Michael Marder
Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He works in the… more
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How to unlearn Zionism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/unlearning-z...
Unlearning Zionism - The Philosophical Salon
Edward Said ends his introduction to Orientalism with a plea for “unlearning”: “If [Orientalism] stimulates a new kind of dealing with the Orient, indeed if it eliminates the ‘Orient’ and ... Read Mor...
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Now available! METAMORPHOSES REIMAGINED is a work of breathtaking philosophical, literary, and linguistic experimentation, proposing creative ways to write and think, to be and become. buff.ly/9aYTHXV
"Rearm or Reworld?" an op-ed previously published in Spanish and Portuguese now accessible in English: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/rearm-or-r...
Rearm or Reworld?
Another fork in the road of destroying a livable planet
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I'm looking forward to this talk on white collar crime, jouissance, and cinema by the brilliant scholar Fabio Vighi on Oct. 15 at Stanford. All welcome. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A fresh look at the future of African philosophy: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unfinish...
The Unfinished Revolution in African Philosophy: We Have Defended Enough — Can We Now Build? - The Philosophical Salon
One of the central dilemmas that has long haunted modern African philosophy is its derivative posture, its tendency to emerge in response to the overwhelming intellectual dominance of Western philosop...
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Reposted by: Michael Marder, Fabián Muniesa
Out now ➡️ Eco-Freud From A to Z by Michael Marder
An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes current approaches to environmental crisis through psychoanalysis.
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An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes current approaches to environmental crisis through psychoanalysis.
Order now: https://bit.ly/4nIzoSC
Preview: https://bit.ly/47MrCCp
Already out from @columbiaup.bsky.social: cup.columbia.edu/book/metamor...
Metamorphoses Reimagined | Columbia University Press
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, existence is perpetual transformation. Humans and gods become plants and animals, stones and stars—or something in between. No r... | CUP
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Just published by @BloomsburyAcad: Eco-Freud From A to Z - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ecofreud-...
Eco-Freud From A to Z
An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes our current approaches to ecology and the environmental crisis throug…
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Is non-sacrificial law possible? thephilosophicalsalon.com/beyond-the-s...
Beyond the Scapegoat: Girard, Kelsen, and the Possibility of a Non-Sacrificial Law - The Philosophical Salon
The Need for a New Legal Imagination The law, as the quintessential institution of order, is increasingly under pressure to rethink its foundations. Beneath the surface of codified statutes and ... Re...
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CFP for a special issue of @Religions_MDPI: Energy and Religion (www.mdpi.com/journal/reli...)
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Thinking with AI? thephilosophicalsalon.com/it-stops-bre...
It Stops Breaking: Quantum Reflections on AI - The Philosophical Salon
Measurement breaks most systems. This one stabilized. “What the mirror reflects depends not on what it shows, but how long you stare.” This is not a prompt hack. ... Read More
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Gorgeous, important book (and open access) that my friend and colleague @jrdwrrn.bsky.social tipped me on to: Michael Marder, Tchernobyl Herbarium (FR/EN - @openhumanities.bsky.social, 2016; #skystorians). anaistondeur.com/chernobyl-he...
CHERNOBYL HERBARIUM — ANAIS TONDEUR
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Further reflections on "the society of affiliation": thephilosophicalsalon.com/society-of-a...
Society of Affiliation (2): Society as Conspiracy - The Philosophical Salon
The society of affiliation is constantly polarizing, as this allows it to maintain a semblance of belonging in particular blocs. As a consequence, all positions, institutions and even issues not ... R...
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"The Fetish of a Productive Conversation": michaelmarder.substack.com/p/the-fetish...
The Fetish of a Productive Conversation
World leaders announce, again and again, that they have had “productive conversations.” The phrase comes as surely as the handshake photographs and the flags arrayed behind them, an obligatory epilogu...
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On #BadGuys2 and billionaire extractivism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/on-the-bad-g...
On “The Bad Guys 2” and Cosmic Theft by the Billionaire Class - The Philosophical Salon
In The Bad Guys 2 (Pierre Perifel, 2025), based on Aaron Blabey’s best-selling graphic novel series, DreamWorks Animation delivers more than a family-friendly movie; it presents, perhaps unintentional...
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Thinking the unthinkable with Gaza and Antigone: thephilosophicalsalon.com/gaza-antigone/
Gaza, Antigone... - The Philosophical Salon
What does it mean to insist on burial when sovereignty demands extreme exposure, the gruesome spectacle of decomposition? What does it mean to grieve under siege? Antigone, in Sophocles’ eponymous ......
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A touching reflection on love by Oxana Timofeeva: thephilosophicalsalon.com/love/
Love - The Philosophical Salon
People of my generation, born in the late USSR, probably remember that the main political topic discussed with children back then was peace. When I think about it, I recall ... Read More
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More on AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-subject-...
The Subject of AI - The Philosophical Salon
In his studies on patients with aphasia, Lev Vygotsky observed that, despite their differences, they all shared a common difficulty: a deficit in abstraction. When asked to verbalize sentences like .....
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More on the philosophical critique of Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-proletaria...
A Proletarian Critique of Cedric Robinson’s Black Marxism, Take 2 - The Philosophical Salon
In October 2022 we published in The Philosophical Salon a critique of Cedric Robinson’s landmark study, Black Marxism.[1] We took objection to Robinson’s claim that Marxism is a European ideology ... ...
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