Podcast appearances and mentions of Graham Harman

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 64:18

Objects generate time; time does not generate or change objects. That is the central thesis of this book by the philosopher Graham Harman and the archaeologist Christopher Witmore, who defend radical positions in their respective fields. Against a current and pervasive conviction that reality consists of an unceasing flux - a view associated in philosophy with New Materialism - object-oriented ontology asserts that objects of all varieties are the bedrock of reality from which time emerges. And against the narrative convictions of time as the course of historical events, the objects and encounters associated with archaeology push back against the very temporal delimitations which defined the field and its objects ever since its professionalization in the nineteenth century. In a study ranging from the ruins of ancient Corinth, Mycenae, and Troy to debates over time from Aristotle and al-Ash'ari through Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead, the authors draw on alternative conceptions of time as retroactive, percolating, topological, cyclical, and generational, as consisting of countercurrents or of a surface tension between objects and their own qualities. Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology (Polity Press, 2023) invites us to reconsider the modern notion of objects as inert matter serving as a receptacle for human categories. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Ontology and Ritual Theory”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Graham Harman and Christopher Witmore, "Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology" (Polity Press, 2023)

New Books in Anthropology

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 64:18

Objects generate time; time does not generate or change objects. That is the central thesis of this book by the philosopher Graham Harman and the archaeologist Christopher Witmore, who defend radical positions in their respective fields. Against a current and pervasive conviction that reality consists of an unceasing flux - a view associated in philosophy with New Materialism - object-oriented ontology asserts that objects of all varieties are the bedrock of reality from which time emerges. And against the narrative convictions of time as the course of historical events, the objects and encounters associated with archaeology push back against the very temporal delimitations which defined the field and its objects ever since its professionalization in the nineteenth century. In a study ranging from the ruins of ancient Corinth, Mycenae, and Troy to debates over time from Aristotle and al-Ash'ari through Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead, the authors draw on alternative conceptions of time as retroactive, percolating, topological, cyclical, and generational, as consisting of countercurrents or of a surface tension between objects and their own qualities. Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology (Polity Press, 2023) invites us to reconsider the modern notion of objects as inert matter serving as a receptacle for human categories. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Ontology and Ritual Theory”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Graham Harman and Christopher Witmore, "Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology" (Polity Press, 2023)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 64:18

Objects generate time; time does not generate or change objects. That is the central thesis of this book by the philosopher Graham Harman and the archaeologist Christopher Witmore, who defend radical positions in their respective fields. Against a current and pervasive conviction that reality consists of an unceasing flux - a view associated in philosophy with New Materialism - object-oriented ontology asserts that objects of all varieties are the bedrock of reality from which time emerges. And against the narrative convictions of time as the course of historical events, the objects and encounters associated with archaeology push back against the very temporal delimitations which defined the field and its objects ever since its professionalization in the nineteenth century. In a study ranging from the ruins of ancient Corinth, Mycenae, and Troy to debates over time from Aristotle and al-Ash'ari through Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead, the authors draw on alternative conceptions of time as retroactive, percolating, topological, cyclical, and generational, as consisting of countercurrents or of a surface tension between objects and their own qualities. Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology (Polity Press, 2023) invites us to reconsider the modern notion of objects as inert matter serving as a receptacle for human categories. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Ontology and Ritual Theory”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Graham Harman and Christopher Witmore, "Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology" (Polity Press, 2023)

New Books in Archaeology

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 64:18

Objects generate time; time does not generate or change objects. That is the central thesis of this book by the philosopher Graham Harman and the archaeologist Christopher Witmore, who defend radical positions in their respective fields. Against a current and pervasive conviction that reality consists of an unceasing flux - a view associated in philosophy with New Materialism - object-oriented ontology asserts that objects of all varieties are the bedrock of reality from which time emerges. And against the narrative convictions of time as the course of historical events, the objects and encounters associated with archaeology push back against the very temporal delimitations which defined the field and its objects ever since its professionalization in the nineteenth century. In a study ranging from the ruins of ancient Corinth, Mycenae, and Troy to debates over time from Aristotle and al-Ash'ari through Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead, the authors draw on alternative conceptions of time as retroactive, percolating, topological, cyclical, and generational, as consisting of countercurrents or of a surface tension between objects and their own qualities. Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology (Polity Press, 2023) invites us to reconsider the modern notion of objects as inert matter serving as a receptacle for human categories. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Ontology and Ritual Theory”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/archaeology

Graham Harman and Christopher Witmore, "Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology" (Polity Press, 2023)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 64:18

Objects generate time; time does not generate or change objects. That is the central thesis of this book by the philosopher Graham Harman and the archaeologist Christopher Witmore, who defend radical positions in their respective fields. Against a current and pervasive conviction that reality consists of an unceasing flux - a view associated in philosophy with New Materialism - object-oriented ontology asserts that objects of all varieties are the bedrock of reality from which time emerges. And against the narrative convictions of time as the course of historical events, the objects and encounters associated with archaeology push back against the very temporal delimitations which defined the field and its objects ever since its professionalization in the nineteenth century. In a study ranging from the ruins of ancient Corinth, Mycenae, and Troy to debates over time from Aristotle and al-Ash'ari through Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead, the authors draw on alternative conceptions of time as retroactive, percolating, topological, cyclical, and generational, as consisting of countercurrents or of a surface tension between objects and their own qualities. Objects Untimely: Object-Oriented Philosophy and Archaeology (Polity Press, 2023) invites us to reconsider the modern notion of objects as inert matter serving as a receptacle for human categories. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Ontology and Ritual Theory”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

89 - Graham Harman: Speculative Realism & Philosophy of Art and Architecture

Robinson's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 125:11

Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Sci-Arc, the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. He is one of the leading metaphysicians in the continental tradition of philosophy and an influential philosopher of art. Robinson and Graham discuss his work at the forefront of the speculative realist trend in the contemporary continental world, where he is known for his object-oriented ontology, or OOO. They also talk about the philosophy of art and architecture, touching on figures like H.P. Lovecraft and Duchamp, who Graham has written about extensively in his work. Check out Graham's latest book, Architecture and Objects, linked below: Architecture and Objects: https://a.co/d/ewHg5Ur OUTLINE 00:00 In This Episode… 01:54 Introduction 05:22 Graham and Continental Philosophy 13:04 Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology 27:05 On Debating Slavoj Žižek 30:28 Fictional Objects 34:42 Real and Sensual Objects 52:14 Aesthetics OOO 59:47 Was Performance the First Art? 01:07:53 H.P. Lovecraft and Philosophy 01:17:33 Surrealism, Dada, and Literalism 01:23:19 Architecture, Philosophy, and Metaphysics 01:46:06 Philosophical Formalism and Architecture 02:00:20 Final Thoughts Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

Graham Harman, "The Graham Harman Reader" (Zero Books, 2023)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 59:23

'Overcoming the war of religion between analytics and continentals with a brand-new metaphysical insight, Graham Harman has restored to philosophy its greatness and value.' -Maurizio Ferraris, Italian continental philosopher and author of the Manifesto of New Realism The Graham Harman Reader (Zero Books, 2023) is the essential compendium of shorter works by one of the most influential philosophers of the twenty-first century. The writings in this volume are split into seven chapters. The first concerns Harman's resistance to both downward and upward reductionism. The second chapter contains works that develop the specific fourfold structure of Object-Oriented Ontology. In the third, we find Harman's novel arguments for why causal relations between two entities can only be indirect. The fourth chapter discusses why aesthetics deserves to be called first philosophy. The fifth chapter contains Harman's underrated contributions to ethics and politics, and the sixth deals with epistemology, mind, and science. A concluding seventh chapter contains several previously unpublished writings not available anywhere else. Written in Harman's typical clear and witty style, the Reader is an essential resource for veteran readers of Harman and newcomers alike. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

Graham Harman, "The Graham Harman Reader" (Zero Books, 2023)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 59:23

'Overcoming the war of religion between analytics and continentals with a brand-new metaphysical insight, Graham Harman has restored to philosophy its greatness and value.' -Maurizio Ferraris, Italian continental philosopher and author of the Manifesto of New Realism The Graham Harman Reader (Zero Books, 2023) is the essential compendium of shorter works by one of the most influential philosophers of the twenty-first century. The writings in this volume are split into seven chapters. The first concerns Harman's resistance to both downward and upward reductionism. The second chapter contains works that develop the specific fourfold structure of Object-Oriented Ontology. In the third, we find Harman's novel arguments for why causal relations between two entities can only be indirect. The fourth chapter discusses why aesthetics deserves to be called first philosophy. The fifth chapter contains Harman's underrated contributions to ethics and politics, and the sixth deals with epistemology, mind, and science. A concluding seventh chapter contains several previously unpublished writings not available anywhere else. Written in Harman's typical clear and witty style, the Reader is an essential resource for veteran readers of Harman and newcomers alike. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Graham Harman, "The Graham Harman Reader" (Zero Books, 2023)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 59:23

'Overcoming the war of religion between analytics and continentals with a brand-new metaphysical insight, Graham Harman has restored to philosophy its greatness and value.' -Maurizio Ferraris, Italian continental philosopher and author of the Manifesto of New Realism The Graham Harman Reader (Zero Books, 2023) is the essential compendium of shorter works by one of the most influential philosophers of the twenty-first century. The writings in this volume are split into seven chapters. The first concerns Harman's resistance to both downward and upward reductionism. The second chapter contains works that develop the specific fourfold structure of Object-Oriented Ontology. In the third, we find Harman's novel arguments for why causal relations between two entities can only be indirect. The fourth chapter discusses why aesthetics deserves to be called first philosophy. The fifth chapter contains Harman's underrated contributions to ethics and politics, and the sixth deals with epistemology, mind, and science. A concluding seventh chapter contains several previously unpublished writings not available anywhere else. Written in Harman's typical clear and witty style, the Reader is an essential resource for veteran readers of Harman and newcomers alike. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Graham Harman, "Architecture and Objects" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 65:31

Object-oriented ontology has become increasingly popular among architectural theorists and practitioners in recent years. Architecture and Objects (U Minnesota Press, 2022), the first book on architecture by the founder of object-oriented ontology (OOO), deepens the exchange between architecture and philosophy, providing a new roadmap to OOO's influence on the language and practice of contemporary architecture and offering new conceptions of the relationship between form and function. Graham Harman opens with a critique of Heidegger, Derrida, and Deleuze, the three philosophers whose ideas have left the deepest imprint on the field, highlighting the limits of their thinking for architecture. Instead, Harman contends, architecture can employ OOO to reconsider traditional notions of form and function that emphasize their relational characteristics—form with a building's visual style, function with its stated purpose—and constrain architecture's possibilities through literalism. Harman challenges these understandings by proposing de-relationalized versions of both (zero-form and zero-function) that together provide a convincing rejoinder to Immanuel Kant's dismissal of architecture as “impure.” Through critical engagement with the writings of Peter Eisenman and fresh assessments of buildings by Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid, Architecture and Objects forwards a bold vision of architecture. Overcoming the difficult task of “zeroing” function, Harman concludes, would place architecture at the forefront of a necessary revitalization of exhausted aesthetic paradigms. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Graham Harman, "Architecture and Objects" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)

New Books in Architecture

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 65:31

Object-oriented ontology has become increasingly popular among architectural theorists and practitioners in recent years. Architecture and Objects (U Minnesota Press, 2022), the first book on architecture by the founder of object-oriented ontology (OOO), deepens the exchange between architecture and philosophy, providing a new roadmap to OOO's influence on the language and practice of contemporary architecture and offering new conceptions of the relationship between form and function. Graham Harman opens with a critique of Heidegger, Derrida, and Deleuze, the three philosophers whose ideas have left the deepest imprint on the field, highlighting the limits of their thinking for architecture. Instead, Harman contends, architecture can employ OOO to reconsider traditional notions of form and function that emphasize their relational characteristics—form with a building's visual style, function with its stated purpose—and constrain architecture's possibilities through literalism. Harman challenges these understandings by proposing de-relationalized versions of both (zero-form and zero-function) that together provide a convincing rejoinder to Immanuel Kant's dismissal of architecture as “impure.” Through critical engagement with the writings of Peter Eisenman and fresh assessments of buildings by Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid, Architecture and Objects forwards a bold vision of architecture. Overcoming the difficult task of “zeroing” function, Harman concludes, would place architecture at the forefront of a necessary revitalization of exhausted aesthetic paradigms. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Graham Harman, "Architecture and Objects" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 65:31

Object-oriented ontology has become increasingly popular among architectural theorists and practitioners in recent years. Architecture and Objects (U Minnesota Press, 2022), the first book on architecture by the founder of object-oriented ontology (OOO), deepens the exchange between architecture and philosophy, providing a new roadmap to OOO's influence on the language and practice of contemporary architecture and offering new conceptions of the relationship between form and function. Graham Harman opens with a critique of Heidegger, Derrida, and Deleuze, the three philosophers whose ideas have left the deepest imprint on the field, highlighting the limits of their thinking for architecture. Instead, Harman contends, architecture can employ OOO to reconsider traditional notions of form and function that emphasize their relational characteristics—form with a building's visual style, function with its stated purpose—and constrain architecture's possibilities through literalism. Harman challenges these understandings by proposing de-relationalized versions of both (zero-form and zero-function) that together provide a convincing rejoinder to Immanuel Kant's dismissal of architecture as “impure.” Through critical engagement with the writings of Peter Eisenman and fresh assessments of buildings by Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid, Architecture and Objects forwards a bold vision of architecture. Overcoming the difficult task of “zeroing” function, Harman concludes, would place architecture at the forefront of a necessary revitalization of exhausted aesthetic paradigms. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/architecture

Graham Harman, "Architecture and Objects" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)

New Books in Art

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 65:31

Object-oriented ontology has become increasingly popular among architectural theorists and practitioners in recent years. Architecture and Objects (U Minnesota Press, 2022), the first book on architecture by the founder of object-oriented ontology (OOO), deepens the exchange between architecture and philosophy, providing a new roadmap to OOO's influence on the language and practice of contemporary architecture and offering new conceptions of the relationship between form and function. Graham Harman opens with a critique of Heidegger, Derrida, and Deleuze, the three philosophers whose ideas have left the deepest imprint on the field, highlighting the limits of their thinking for architecture. Instead, Harman contends, architecture can employ OOO to reconsider traditional notions of form and function that emphasize their relational characteristics—form with a building's visual style, function with its stated purpose—and constrain architecture's possibilities through literalism. Harman challenges these understandings by proposing de-relationalized versions of both (zero-form and zero-function) that together provide a convincing rejoinder to Immanuel Kant's dismissal of architecture as “impure.” Through critical engagement with the writings of Peter Eisenman and fresh assessments of buildings by Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid, Architecture and Objects forwards a bold vision of architecture. Overcoming the difficult task of “zeroing” function, Harman concludes, would place architecture at the forefront of a necessary revitalization of exhausted aesthetic paradigms. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

Charles William Johns, "Object Oriented Dialectics: Hegel, Heidegger, Harman" (Mimesis International, 2022)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 43:31

In Object Oriented Dialectics: Hegel, Heidegger, Harman (Mimesis, 2022), Johns, in the style of Derrida, looks over the absence or spectre of the signifier ‘dialectic' in both Martin Heidegger and Graham Harman's work, arguing that such a negation of the term turns out to be more of an intentional repression than any passive act of neglection. Johns insists that such repression finds its way into their writing as an alternative interpretation of their core concepts altogether. Less a Hegelian critique of such thinkers and more a Heideggerian and Harmanian resuscitation of the dialectic in Hegel as a realist method capable of integration into contemporary philosophy, this book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the crossroads of contemporary strands of idealism, materialism and realism and the place of the dialectical method today. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Charles William Johns, "Object Oriented Dialectics: Hegel, Heidegger, Harman" (Mimesis International, 2022)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 43:31

In Object Oriented Dialectics: Hegel, Heidegger, Harman (Mimesis, 2022), Johns, in the style of Derrida, looks over the absence or spectre of the signifier ‘dialectic' in both Martin Heidegger and Graham Harman's work, arguing that such a negation of the term turns out to be more of an intentional repression than any passive act of neglection. Johns insists that such repression finds its way into their writing as an alternative interpretation of their core concepts altogether. Less a Hegelian critique of such thinkers and more a Heideggerian and Harmanian resuscitation of the dialectic in Hegel as a realist method capable of integration into contemporary philosophy, this book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the crossroads of contemporary strands of idealism, materialism and realism and the place of the dialectical method today. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Charles William Johns, "Object Oriented Dialectics: Hegel, Heidegger, Harman" (Mimesis International, 2022)

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 43:31

In Object Oriented Dialectics: Hegel, Heidegger, Harman (Mimesis, 2022), Johns, in the style of Derrida, looks over the absence or spectre of the signifier ‘dialectic' in both Martin Heidegger and Graham Harman's work, arguing that such a negation of the term turns out to be more of an intentional repression than any passive act of neglection. Johns insists that such repression finds its way into their writing as an alternative interpretation of their core concepts altogether. Less a Hegelian critique of such thinkers and more a Heideggerian and Harmanian resuscitation of the dialectic in Hegel as a realist method capable of integration into contemporary philosophy, this book will be invaluable to anyone interested in the crossroads of contemporary strands of idealism, materialism and realism and the place of the dialectical method today. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

De eso se trata. La entrevista. Ep. Libro: Escaramuzas: con amigos, enemigos y neutrales.

Radio BUAP

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 8:07

Acompaña a Araceli Toledo y Ricardo Cartas en una emisión más de la revista cultural De eso se trata, espacio de ciencia, de cultura, de gastronomía, de libros y más, de lunes a viernes de 08:30 a 10:00 horas. En La entrevista, el Dr. Ángel Xolocotzi Yañez, director de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, reflexiona sobre el libro: Escaramuzas: con amigos, enemigos y neutrales del filósofo Graham Harman, el cual crítica al realismo ingenuo que funciona a través de las filosofías de acceso humano, y cuestiona si se ha limitado el pensamiento del mundo al observarse solo desde la correlación y la subjetividad. Esta obra de filosofía contemporánea se posiciona desde la perspectiva del realismo especulativo.

On Architecture with Graham Harman

Thales' Well

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 62:00

On this episode Professor Graham Harman returns to talk about architecture and philosophy. We had a fascinating conversation discussing architecture in relation to the history of philosophy. Graham has tackled just this topic in new book Architecture and Objects (2022), which has recently come out with University of Minnesota Press. We discuss a whole host of topics including the role of the ‘big three' philosophers – Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze –how their thought informs architecture, and the ways Graham draws on, develops, and applies his own distinctive object-oriented-ontology (Triple O) position to architecture. Graham also talked about teaching architecture as a philosopher, materialism, the dangers of ‘literalism,' ecology, the ideological dimension of architecture, and of course we spoke about buildings such as Imperial War Museum North, Sydney Opera House, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Louis Vuitton Foundation, Newgrange, and the Tate Gallery London. Graham Harman is a world-leading philosopher. He works at Sci-Arc in Los Angeles. He has authored several books, articles and journals and you can find more information about him on his institutional webpage. In the discussion Graham mentioned these books specifically Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory (2016, Polity), Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018, Pelican) and Speculative Realism: An Introduction (2018, Polity). You can listen to more free back content from the Thales' Well podcast on TuneIn Radio, Player Fm, Stitcher and PodBean. You can also download their apps to your smart phone and listen via there. You can also subscribe for free on iTunes. Please leave a nice review.

Episode 129: Luminous Miasma: On Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"

University of Minnesota Press

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 93:24

Edgar Allan Poe can be lauded as a major inspiration for many innovative artists, genres, and movements, from horror fiction to the music of Maurice Ravel. He has also been a major inspiration for Weird Studies, particularly his short story "The Fall of the House of Usher." In this episode, JF and Phil try to pinpoint just what it is about this tale that is so compelling, discovering in the process that whatever it is cannot be pinpointed. Instead, the haunting mood of the story emerges from the peculiar arrangement of all its parts, becoming something entirely new. Click here (https://www.supernormalfestival.co.uk) for more information on the Supernormal Festival, Aug 12-14, in Oxfordshire, England. Listen to volume 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and volume 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2) of the Weird Studies soundtrack by Pierre-Yves Martel (https://www.pymartel.com) Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) References Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (https://poestories.com/read/houseofusher) Edgar Allan Poe, “The Masque of the Red Death (https://poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death/) Klangfarbenmelodie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klangfarbenmelodie), musical technique Edgar Allan Poe, "The Poetic Principle" (https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/poetprnb.htm) Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9781780992525) Lovecraft without adjectives (https://boingboing.net/2015/08/24/lovecraft-with-adjectives-sim.html) Weird Studies, Development of Circle vs. Spiral: Wheel of fortune (https://www.weirdstudies.com/114), Blade Runner (https://www.weirdstudies.com/116), The Star (https://www.weirdstudies.com/122), Birhane (https://www.weirdstudies.com/122) Matei Calinescu, The Five Faces of Modernity (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780822307679) Weird Studies, Episode 101 on ‘In Praise of Shadows' (https://www.weirdstudies.com/101) Phanes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanes#:~:text=Phanes%20was%20a%20deity%20of,Phanes'%20daughter%20or%20older%20wife.z), deity James Herbert, The Dark (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780330522076) Joseph Adamson, “Frye and Poe” (https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2012/12/16/frye-and-poe-2/) Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_L%C3%A9vy-Bruhl), French anthropologist James Machin, Weird Fiction in Britain (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9783030080365) Edgar Allan Poe, “Eureka” (https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/eureka1.htm)

Architecture and Objects with Graham Harman (Art after Nature 3)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 49:13

Exploring new concepts of the relationship between form and function while thinking through object-oriented ontology (OOO), Graham Harman (ARCHITECTURE AND OBJECTS) deepens the exchange between architecture and philosophy, providing a new roadmap to OOO's influence on the language and practice of contemporary architecture.Art after Nature is a series from University of Minnesota Press that engages with the politics and contradictions of the Anthropocene. Each volume aims to provide the opportunity to creatively engage with new and alternative discourses at the intersection of art, science, and philosophy. More: z.umn.edu/artafternature.Graham Harman is distinguished professor of philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, and author of many books, including Architecture and Objects; Speculative Realism; and Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything.Dr. Giovanni Aloi is an author, educator, and curator specializing in the representation of nature and the environment in art. Aloi is editor-in-chief of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture.Caroline Picard is a writer, cartoonist, curator, and executive director of Green Lantern Press.Episode references:Object-oriented ontology (OOO)Bruno LatourMartin HeideggerJacques DerridaGilles DeleuzeDavid RuyAristotleImmanuel KantClement GreenbergJoanna Malinowska (exhibit, Time of Guerrilla Metaphysics)Edmund HusserlMichael FriedAldo RossiJeffrey KipnisMichael Young (Young & Ayata)Mark Foster Gage Tom WiscombeMarcel Duchamp

Graham Harman - Object Oriented Ontology

Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 110:02

This week, Graham Harman, one of the key figures in Object Oriented Ontology and Speculative Realism to share some of his experiences in academia and expound on some key points of Triple-O. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harman https://www.sciarc.edu/people/faculty/graham-harman https://doctorzamalek2.wordpress.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

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1.30 Formal Cause Part 2: Chairs, Memes, Graham Harman, and Emergence

Dilettantery

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 71:42

“Ecology does not seek connections, but patterns” -Marshall McLuhan “There is no simple linear cause and effect relationship in the emergence of an emergent system as the components that make up the emergent system exert an upward effect on the composite system (the parts creating the whole), and vice versa the composite system exerts downward effects on its components, which form constraints on the behaviour of those components. The interactions of the components that lead to the self-organization of the emergent system are non-linear because of that upward and downward causation. The lateral non-linear causation of the components of the system among themselves actually creates the emergent system. The emergent system then in turn acts downward on those components of which it is composed.” -Robert Logan, 2017 "Technological change is neither additive nor subtractive. It is ecological. I mean ‘ecological' in the same sense as the word is used by environmental scientists. One significant change generates total change. If you remove the caterpillars from a given habitat, you are not left with the same environment minus caterpillars: you have a new environment, and you have reconstituted the conditions of survival; the same is true if you add caterpillars to an environment that has had none. This is how the ecology of media works as well. **A new technology does not add or subtract something. it changes everything.** In the year 1500, fifty years after the printing press was invented, we did not have the old Europe plus the printing press. We had a different Europe. After television, the United States was not America plus television; television gave a new coloration to every political campaign, to every home, to every school, to every church, to every industry.” -Neil Postman, 1992 “...there is a spiritual dimension to formal causality, as there is to all acts of creation. But for those who prefer a more scientific outlook, let me simply note that formal cause corresponds to the systems view of Gregory Bateson, to the dissipative structures of physicist Ilya Prigogine, to the fractal geometry of Benoit Mandelbrot and the metapatterns of Tyler Volk, to the autopoietic systems of biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, and in general to the systems concept of emergence.” -Eric McLuhan, 2011 “From the very beginning of Western philosophy and science, there has been a tension between mechanism and holism, between the study of matter (or substance, structure, quantity) and the study of form (or pattern, order, quality). The study of matter was championed by Democritus, Galileo, Descartes, and Newton; the study of form by Pythagoras, Aristotle, Kant, and Goethe. Leonardo followed the tradition of Pythagoras and Aristotle, and he combined it with his rigorous empirical method to formulate a science of living forms, their patterns of organization, and their processes of growth and transformation. He was deeply aware of the fundamental interconnectedness of all phenomena and of the interdependence and mutual generation of all parts of an organic whole.” Fritjof Capra, 2008 “[McLuhan's formal causality and tetrad] enhances media ecology, obsolesces content analysis, retrieves Einstein's four-dimensional space time continuum and flips into the reversal of cause and effect.” -Lance Strate, 2017 Sources: https://old.reddit.com/r/DilettanteryPodcast/comments/s437w4/130_formal_cause_part_2_chairs_memes_graham/?

Graham Harman, "Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals" (Punctum Books, 2020)

New Books in Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 69:18

One of the fifty most influential living philosophers, a “self-promoting charlatan” (Brian Leiter), and the orchestrator of an “online orgy of stupidity” (Ray Brassier). In Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals (Punctum Books, 2020), Graham Harman responds with flair and wit to some of his best-known critics and fellow travelers. Pulling no punches, Harman gives a masterclass in philosophical argumentation by dissecting, analyzing, and countering their criticism, be it from the Husserlian, Heideggerian, or Derridean corner. At the same time, Skirmishes provides an excellent introduction to the hottest debates in Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology, a speculative style of philosophy long foreclosed by the biases of mainstream continental thought, but which has turned in recent years into one of the most encompassing philosophies of our time, with a major impact on the arts, humanities, and architecture. Part One considers four prominent books on speculative realism. In dialogue with Tom Sparrow's The End of Phenomenology, Harman expresses agreement with Sparrow's critique while taking issue with Lee Braver's “transgressive realism” as not realist enough. Turning to Steven Shaviro's The Universe of Things, Harman defends his own object-oriented model against Shaviro's brand of process philosophy, while also engaging in side-debate with Levi R. Bryant's distinction between virtual proper being and local manifestations. In the third chapter, on Peter Gratton's Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects, Harman opposes the author's attempt to use Derridean notions of time and difference against Speculative Realism, in what amounts to his most extensive engagement with Derrida to date. Chapter Four gives us Harman's response to Peter Wolfendale's massive polemic in Object-Oriented Philosophy, which he shows is based on a failed criticism of Harman's reading of Heidegger and a grumpy commitment to rationalist kitsch. Part Two responds to a series of briefer criticisms of object-oriented ontology. When Alberto Toscano accuses Harman and Bruno Latour of “neo-monadological” and anti-scientific thinking, Harman responds that the philosophical factors pushing Leibniz into monadology are still valid today. When Christopher Norris mocks Harman for seeing merit in the occasionalist school, he shows why Norris's middle-of-the-road scientific realism misses the point. In response to Dan Zahavi's contention that phenomenology has little to learn from speculative realism, Harman exposes the holes in Zahavi's reasoning. In a final response, Harman gives a point-by-point answer to Stephen Mulhall's critical foray in the London Review of Books. Amidst these lively debates, Harman sheds new light on what he regards as the central bias of philosophical modernism, which he terms the taxonomical standpoint. It is a book sure to provoke lively controversy among both friends and foes of object-oriented thought. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

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Graham Harman, "Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals" (Punctum Books, 2020)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 69:18

One of the fifty most influential living philosophers, a “self-promoting charlatan” (Brian Leiter), and the orchestrator of an “online orgy of stupidity” (Ray Brassier). In Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals (Punctum Books, 2020), Graham Harman responds with flair and wit to some of his best-known critics and fellow travelers. Pulling no punches, Harman gives a masterclass in philosophical argumentation by dissecting, analyzing, and countering their criticism, be it from the Husserlian, Heideggerian, or Derridean corner. At the same time, Skirmishes provides an excellent introduction to the hottest debates in Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology, a speculative style of philosophy long foreclosed by the biases of mainstream continental thought, but which has turned in recent years into one of the most encompassing philosophies of our time, with a major impact on the arts, humanities, and architecture. Part One considers four prominent books on speculative realism. In dialogue with Tom Sparrow's The End of Phenomenology, Harman expresses agreement with Sparrow's critique while taking issue with Lee Braver's “transgressive realism” as not realist enough. Turning to Steven Shaviro's The Universe of Things, Harman defends his own object-oriented model against Shaviro's brand of process philosophy, while also engaging in side-debate with Levi R. Bryant's distinction between virtual proper being and local manifestations. In the third chapter, on Peter Gratton's Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects, Harman opposes the author's attempt to use Derridean notions of time and difference against Speculative Realism, in what amounts to his most extensive engagement with Derrida to date. Chapter Four gives us Harman's response to Peter Wolfendale's massive polemic in Object-Oriented Philosophy, which he shows is based on a failed criticism of Harman's reading of Heidegger and a grumpy commitment to rationalist kitsch. Part Two responds to a series of briefer criticisms of object-oriented ontology. When Alberto Toscano accuses Harman and Bruno Latour of “neo-monadological” and anti-scientific thinking, Harman responds that the philosophical factors pushing Leibniz into monadology are still valid today. When Christopher Norris mocks Harman for seeing merit in the occasionalist school, he shows why Norris's middle-of-the-road scientific realism misses the point. In response to Dan Zahavi's contention that phenomenology has little to learn from speculative realism, Harman exposes the holes in Zahavi's reasoning. In a final response, Harman gives a point-by-point answer to Stephen Mulhall's critical foray in the London Review of Books. Amidst these lively debates, Harman sheds new light on what he regards as the central bias of philosophical modernism, which he terms the taxonomical standpoint. It is a book sure to provoke lively controversy among both friends and foes of object-oriented thought. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

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Graham Harman, "Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals" (Punctum Books, 2020)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 69:18

One of the fifty most influential living philosophers, a “self-promoting charlatan” (Brian Leiter), and the orchestrator of an “online orgy of stupidity” (Ray Brassier). In Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals (Punctum Books, 2020), Graham Harman responds with flair and wit to some of his best-known critics and fellow travelers. Pulling no punches, Harman gives a masterclass in philosophical argumentation by dissecting, analyzing, and countering their criticism, be it from the Husserlian, Heideggerian, or Derridean corner. At the same time, Skirmishes provides an excellent introduction to the hottest debates in Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology, a speculative style of philosophy long foreclosed by the biases of mainstream continental thought, but which has turned in recent years into one of the most encompassing philosophies of our time, with a major impact on the arts, humanities, and architecture. Part One considers four prominent books on speculative realism. In dialogue with Tom Sparrow's The End of Phenomenology, Harman expresses agreement with Sparrow's critique while taking issue with Lee Braver's “transgressive realism” as not realist enough. Turning to Steven Shaviro's The Universe of Things, Harman defends his own object-oriented model against Shaviro's brand of process philosophy, while also engaging in side-debate with Levi R. Bryant's distinction between virtual proper being and local manifestations. In the third chapter, on Peter Gratton's Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects, Harman opposes the author's attempt to use Derridean notions of time and difference against Speculative Realism, in what amounts to his most extensive engagement with Derrida to date. Chapter Four gives us Harman's response to Peter Wolfendale's massive polemic in Object-Oriented Philosophy, which he shows is based on a failed criticism of Harman's reading of Heidegger and a grumpy commitment to rationalist kitsch. Part Two responds to a series of briefer criticisms of object-oriented ontology. When Alberto Toscano accuses Harman and Bruno Latour of “neo-monadological” and anti-scientific thinking, Harman responds that the philosophical factors pushing Leibniz into monadology are still valid today. When Christopher Norris mocks Harman for seeing merit in the occasionalist school, he shows why Norris's middle-of-the-road scientific realism misses the point. In response to Dan Zahavi's contention that phenomenology has little to learn from speculative realism, Harman exposes the holes in Zahavi's reasoning. In a final response, Harman gives a point-by-point answer to Stephen Mulhall's critical foray in the London Review of Books. Amidst these lively debates, Harman sheds new light on what he regards as the central bias of philosophical modernism, which he terms the taxonomical standpoint. It is a book sure to provoke lively controversy among both friends and foes of object-oriented thought. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

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Graham Harman, "Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals" (Punctum Books, 2020)

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 69:18

One of the fifty most influential living philosophers, a “self-promoting charlatan” (Brian Leiter), and the orchestrator of an “online orgy of stupidity” (Ray Brassier). In Skirmishes: With Friends, Enemies, and Neutrals (Punctum Books, 2020), Graham Harman responds with flair and wit to some of his best-known critics and fellow travelers. Pulling no punches, Harman gives a masterclass in philosophical argumentation by dissecting, analyzing, and countering their criticism, be it from the Husserlian, Heideggerian, or Derridean corner. At the same time, Skirmishes provides an excellent introduction to the hottest debates in Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology, a speculative style of philosophy long foreclosed by the biases of mainstream continental thought, but which has turned in recent years into one of the most encompassing philosophies of our time, with a major impact on the arts, humanities, and architecture. Part One considers four prominent books on speculative realism. In dialogue with Tom Sparrow's The End of Phenomenology, Harman expresses agreement with Sparrow's critique while taking issue with Lee Braver's “transgressive realism” as not realist enough. Turning to Steven Shaviro's The Universe of Things, Harman defends his own object-oriented model against Shaviro's brand of process philosophy, while also engaging in side-debate with Levi R. Bryant's distinction between virtual proper being and local manifestations. In the third chapter, on Peter Gratton's Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects, Harman opposes the author's attempt to use Derridean notions of time and difference against Speculative Realism, in what amounts to his most extensive engagement with Derrida to date. Chapter Four gives us Harman's response to Peter Wolfendale's massive polemic in Object-Oriented Philosophy, which he shows is based on a failed criticism of Harman's reading of Heidegger and a grumpy commitment to rationalist kitsch. Part Two responds to a series of briefer criticisms of object-oriented ontology. When Alberto Toscano accuses Harman and Bruno Latour of “neo-monadological” and anti-scientific thinking, Harman responds that the philosophical factors pushing Leibniz into monadology are still valid today. When Christopher Norris mocks Harman for seeing merit in the occasionalist school, he shows why Norris's middle-of-the-road scientific realism misses the point. In response to Dan Zahavi's contention that phenomenology has little to learn from speculative realism, Harman exposes the holes in Zahavi's reasoning. In a final response, Harman gives a point-by-point answer to Stephen Mulhall's critical foray in the London Review of Books. Amidst these lively debates, Harman sheds new light on what he regards as the central bias of philosophical modernism, which he terms the taxonomical standpoint. It is a book sure to provoke lively controversy among both friends and foes of object-oriented thought. Adam Bobeck is a PhD candidate in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leipzig. His PhD is entitled “Object-Oriented Azadari: Shi'i Muslim Rituals and Ontology”. For more about his work, see www.adambobeck.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

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The infidelity of beliefs | Graham Harman, Hilary Lawson, Anandi Hattiangadi

Philosophy for our times

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 36:54

14: What's in a Name - Pt 2

Subjects in Process

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 96:57

Jonathan and Jeff continue their discussion about the name of this very podcast by talking about the idea of the Subject, but not before trying to discern their apostolic succession to famous philosophers of the past. (It is a bit of a stretch, actually.) But once they get back on to that topic, they explore where philosophy gets the necessary kick in its pants to dig into the subject of the Subject, especially via the Masters of Suspicion (Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche). (The discussion of this term raises questions surrounding Paul Ricoeur's idea of the hermeneutics of suspicion vs the hermeneutics of generosity). In the second half of the podcast, Jeff and Jonathan start to dig into some of Julia Kristeva's contributions to the Subject along with other psychoanalytical concepts, such as "the mirror stage," Lacan's typology of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real, Kristeva's idea of "the semiotic" and "the symbolic," and ultimately "the subject of enunciation" (that tries to explain and position itself in the world symbolically) and "the subject-in-process" (that is constantly being constrained and unable to express itself in its entirety clearly in language). They likely overly (and unfairly) merge Lacan's and Kristeva's thought, particularly with regards to the Real. As they slow their roll on this, though, they begin to ask whether it's absolutely necessary for the Real to be horrific, or whether the Real could be experienced as a miracle and how the Real might be a sign of hope. (Although they do not discuss Kristeva's idea of "abjection".) Jeff and Jonathan also mull the following competition for listeners: Write a short story of 500 words or less that describes what happens when Martin Heidegger, Owen Barfield, and Jean-Paul Sartre look at a tree. (Hint: One of them pukes). Send your entries along (as well as any questions, comments, rants) to subjectsinprocesspodcast@gmail.com. Show Notes: The Argument and Action of Plato's Laws by Leo Strauss (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo49994683.html) The Closing of the American Mind by Alan Bloom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Closing_of_the_American_Mind) Deconstruction and the Remainders of Phenomenology by Tilottama Rajan (https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=3636) Saving the Appearances by Owen Barfield (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_the_Appearances) Tool-Being by Graham Harman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harman) Freud and Philosophy by Paul Ricoeur and the hermeneutics of suspicion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics_of_suspicion) Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/being-wrong-kathryn-schulz?variant=32123000487970) Game: "The Evolution of Trust" (developed by Nicky Case): https://ncase.me/trust/ Revolution in Poetic Language by Julia Kristeva (http://cup.columbia.edu/book/revolution-in-poetic-language/9780231056434) "The Mirror-Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience" by Jacques Lacan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_stage; http://www.sholetteseminars.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/LacanMirrorPhase..pdf) The Birth of Tragedy by Friedrich Nietzsche and the ideas of "The Apollonian" vs "The Dionysian" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_and_Dionysian) Music Notes: Theme Music: "What u Thinkin? (Instrumental)" by Wataboi on Pixabay Intermission Music: "Lazy Morning" Tim Moor on Pixabay

Do we really experience reality? | Graham Harman, Donald Hoffman & Mazviita Chirimuuta

Philosophy for our times

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 41:03

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023- On Distance, Nietzsche, and Conscious Rap

Sound Philosophy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 59:59

This episode delves into a passage from Nietzsche's Gay Science on giving style to one's life to demonstrate that his view of style is not superficial but rather substantive. This giving of style creates an orbit of several of Nietzsche's most important conceptions: the need for an Ultimate (the Death of God), the dialectic between Apollo and Dionysus, the need for distance or abstraction, the importance of aesthetics, becoming what you are, and the eternal recurrence. To further examine the issue of distance, I turn to Graham Harman's view of the withdrawal of the real object and the tension he labels "allure." The last segment then applies this view of abstraction/distance and the constellation of other concepts discussed to some elements of the conscious rap of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Digable Planets.

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Topsy's Revenge

Nothing to See Here

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2020 59:30

This episode revolves around the story of Topsy the Elephant who was electrocuted by Thomas Edison at Dreamland at Coney Island and drifts into philosophical ideas about sleep, dreams, and death. Voices: David Clark, Mark Hines, Raf MacDonald, Tallis Clark Excerpts from: Jim Morrison, John Haskell, David Albert. Texts quoted: Alphonso Lingis, Graham Harman, Jean Luc Nancy Music sampled: Popol Vuh, Eve Egoyan, Martin Barlett, Valgeir Sigurdsson, Elizabeth Wheeler & Henry Anthony Sound Design by David Clark

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Episode 82: On The I Ching

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 89:33

The Book of Changes, or I Ching, is more than an ancient text. It's a metaphysical guide, a fun game, and -- to your hosts at least -- a lifelong, steadfast friend. The I Ching has come up more than once on the show, and now is the time for JF and Phil to face it head on, discussing the role it has played in their lives while delving into some of its mysteries. REFERENCES I Ching, (https://www.amazon.com/I-Ching-Book-Changes/dp/B000J4GE6Q) Wilhelm-Baynes translation I Ching, (https://www.amazon.com/Total-I-Ching-Stephen-Karcher/dp/074993980X) Stephen Karcher translation Game of Thrones, (https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones) HBO series George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire (https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire) George R. R. Martin, “Sandkings” in: Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Compendium-Strange-Dark-Stories/dp/0765333627) H. P. Lovecraft, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft) American writer Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy (https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Realism-Philosophy-Graham-Harman/dp/1780992521) Aleister Crowley, “777” (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123658.777_and_Other_Qabalistic_Writings_of_Aleister_Crowley) Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics (https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/cannibal-metaphysics) Joel Biroco, Calling Crane in the Shade (https://www.biroco.com) (website) Philip K. Dick, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick) American novelist Lionel Snell, a.k.a. Ramsey Dukes (http://ramseydukes.co.uk/), British occultist Richard Rutt, _Zhouyi: A New Translation with Commentary _ (https://www.amazon.com/Zhouyi-Translation-Commentary-Changes-Durham/dp/070071491X) Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormenghast_(series)) Redmond and Hon, Teaching the I Ching (https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Ching-Changes-Religious-Studies/dp/0199766819) Weird Studies, episode 72 (https://www.weirdstudies.com/72), On the castrati Weird Studies, episode 77 (https://www.weirdstudies.com/77), On the fool tarot card Anonymous, Meditations on the Tarot (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/408555.Meditations_on_the_Tarot) The Usual Suspects (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/) (movie) Colin Wilson, The Occult (https://www.amazon.com/Occult-History-Colin-Wilson/dp/0394465555)

19 - The Subject Supposed to Object? w/ Russell Sbriglia

Žižek And So On

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 61:36

This week, we return to topics we discussed previously with Dr. Russell Sbriglia, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Literature Studies at Seton Hall University. We get Russell's take on Graham Harman's recent essay written in response to his book “Subject Lessons”, and get into the weeds on the debate between Object Oriented Ontology, and the Ljubljana school. "Subject Lessons: Hegel, Lacan, and the Future of Materialism" Edited by Russell Sbriglia and Slavoj Zizek: https://nupress.northwestern.edu/cont... "The Battle of Objects and Subjects: Concerning Sbriglia and Žižek’s Subject Lessons Anthology" by Graham Harman: https://www.degruyter.com/view/journa... Join our patreon for extra episodes: https://www.patreon.com/zizekandsoon twitter: @zizekand

Slavoj Zizek Debates Graham Harman

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2020 79:06

In this episode we introduce the ludicrously prolific thinker Slavoj Zizek. We discuss his talks with Graham Harman as we transition from reading Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything to diving into Zizek's Pandemic! However, most of this episode we talk about the beginnings of the protests against police brutality in Minneapolis. The following texts were recommended to as primers on race relations, the black experience with policing and the justice system, and the history of oppression of people of color in the United States. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY) by Paul Ortiz (In the episode we mention sharing our drawings via instagram but that seems so tone-deaf in the days since the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing protests. In lieu of support for this podcast please direct any donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund.) Our next episode discussion source: PANDEMIC! COVID-19 SHAKES THE WORLD by Slavoj Zizek https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/pandemic/ published in 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

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Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 7

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 89:04

In this episode we finish up our unit on OOO. First we delve in to Harman's attacks on Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault; next we get brief introductions to OOO compatriots Ian Bogost, Levi R. Bryant, Timothy Morton, Jane Bennett, and Tristan Garcia; and finally we follow up with an overview of OOO. Stay tuned for our next unit on Zizek's Pandemic! If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com. We are BaldPhilosophy on all the socials! Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

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Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 6

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Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2020 68:14

In this episode we try to understand OOO's debt to Husserl and Heidegger, the 4-fold tension of objects, and a comparison of metaphor and knowledge. Plus, Budd is about to start a Twitter war and Galen still loves his dog. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 Figure 1 - The Tension of Objects: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAJUkv2hBFb/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Figure 2 - Knowledge: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAJUwIkhvcm/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

Episode 40 - Philosophy

TECHnique

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 32:41

Richard F Adams speaks to Graham Harman, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Graham is known for his work with the metaphysics of objects and in developing of "object-oriented ontology". His recent book, "Artful Objects" is about art and the business of speculative realism. During the episode, the pair discuss philosophy, art, virtual reality and - of course - object-oriented ontology.

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Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 5

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 64:47

Wondering how Object-Oriented Ontology understands and contributes to society and politics? So were we. Now here we are talking about Covid-19, Bruno LaTour's Actor Network Theory (ANT), the American Civil War, and the Dutch East India Company. Learn how symbioses are responsible for the birth, maturity, decadence, and death of an object and wonder if American Capitalism is next on the list of dead objects. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 Sneak Peak at Galen's painting: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TUrALBnRe/?igshid=15fkoz8vowejp --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 4

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 60:04

This week we take a deeper dive into Graham Harman's OOO text concerning Real Objects, Sensual Objects, Real Qualities, and Sensual Qualities.... it sounds much sexier then it is. We also discuss the current political climate. Spoiler Alert: even Budd is depressed. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 OH WAIT!!! Here check out these cool graphics that we reference from the text: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TSrqyh8tM/?igshid=1ax97r36kz2ad --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

Episode 71: The Medium is the Message

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 84:53

On the surface, the phrase "the medium is the message," prophetic as it may have been when Marshall McLuhan coined it, points a now-obvious fact of our wired world, namely that the content of any medium is less important than its form. The advent of email, for instance, has brought about changes in society and culture that are more far-reaching than the content of any particular email. On the other hand, this aphorism of McLuhan's has the ring of an utterance of the Delphic Oracle. As Phil proposes in this episode of Weird Studies, it is an example of what Zen practitioners call a koan, a statement that occludes and illumines in equal measures, a jewel whose shining surface is an invitation to descend into dark depths. Join JF and Phil as they discuss the mystical and cosmic implications of McLuhan's oracular vision. REFERENCES McLuhan, [Understanding Media](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnderstandingMedia)_ The Playboy interview (https://nextnature.net/2009/12/the-playboy-interview-marshall-mcluhan) McLuhan and Quentin Fiore, [The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheMediumIstheMassage) Graham Harman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harman), American philosopher Clement Greenberg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Greenberg), American critic Dale Pendell, [Pharmako/Poeia: Plant Powers, Poisons, and Herbcraft](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556438052/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii2) Brian Eno (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Eno), British composer Marshall and Eric McLuhan, The Laws of Media: The New Science (https://utorontopress.com/ca/laws-of-media-1) _ Jonathan Sterne, _The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction (https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-audible-past) Eric McLuhan and Frank Zingrone (editors), The Essential McLuhan (https://www.amazon.com/Essential-McLuhan-Eric/dp/0465019951) Charles A. Reich, [The Greening of America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheGreeningofAmerica)_ David Fincher (director), The Social Network (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/) _ Gilles Deleuze, _Cinema I (https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/cinema-1) _and _Cinema II (https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/cinema-2) Jean Gebser, The Ever-Present Origin (https://www.amazon.com/Ever-Present-Origin-Part-Aperspectival-Manifestations/dp/0821407694) Eric Havelock,_ Preface to Plato (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674699069)_ Walter J. Ong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_J._Ong), American theorist Plato, [Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic(Plato))_

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Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 38:34

Galen got a puppy, which seems to negate the fact that he bought a proper microphone. Anyway, Galen and Budd discuss chapter 2 of Graham Harman's Object Oriented Ontology: a New Theory of Everything. We discuss Harmon's objections to literalism in more detail, get confused by Kant, and learn the origin story of OOO. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

The Lovecraft Geek Podcast 20-001

The Lovecraft Geek

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2020

In Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy, Graham Harman argues that Lovecraft's description of the Elder Things is intended to be nearly impossible to visualize. But hasn't it been done by various artists? Do you know if H.P. ever said something explicit about Poe's influence on him? Perhaps a "Nodens Cycle" book is impossible due to the lack of material, but I wondered if you could help me flesh out his development as a Mythos entity and as a product of Lovecraft's thought-process. Of all ocean gods in human mythology, why would Lovecraft emphasize Nodens in two stories? Was Lovecraft merely honoring Machen by using that name? And why do you suppose Nodens is connected with the Night-gaunts? Two arguments for using Antarctica as the setting for a film version of At the Mountains of Madness. I was wondering if you could discuss John Carpenter's 1982 film "The Thing"? What are your overall thoughts on it, and can you comment on the Lovecraftian elements of the plot, setting, ending etc. Also, what are your thoughts on the prequel film (if you've seen it), also titled "The Thing" (2011). If HPL lived today, after the discovery of extra-solar habitable planets, would he have changed his belief that there are no alien races out there? Why did HPL, once a fan of Burroughs, turn away from him? Have you ever had a chance to read through HPL's letters? If so did you ever find anything in them that surprised you or altered your basic assumptions and views of the man?

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Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 44:38

In this episode Budd and Galen take a closer read from Graham Harman's first chapter to the text Object Oriented Ontology: a New Theory of Everything. We discuss the why science and string theory cannot explain everything, the problems with overmining, undermining, and duomining, and the definition of 'object' for OOO. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

Graham Harman and Object-Oriented Ontology - Part 1

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 45:03

In this episode Budd and Galen take a closer read from Graham Harman's introduction to the text Object Oriented Ontology: a New Theory of Everything. We discuss the state of post-truth America, the seven basic principles of OOO, and it's detractors. We also talk about OOO and Slavoj Zizek, Bjork, and Benedict Cumberbatch. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Resource Used: Graham Harman Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything Pelican Books 2017 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

Graham Harman - Object-Oriented Philosophy and Art

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2019 33:16

Meet Budd and Galen, two friends who started a philosophy book club. They are both bald. In preparation for their close reading of Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything by Graham Harman, Budd and Galen discuss a video lecture Harman presented in to an art school in 2014. Watch the video (link below) and see if you agree with the Bald Philosophers. If we missed anything, got anything totally wrong, or you want to yell at us, we'd love to hear from you: baldphilosophy@gmail.com Graham Harman: Objects and the Arts Institute of Contemporary Arts, London March 14, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0GR9bf00g --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/baldphilosophy/support

132 - Erik Davis on Perturbations in the Reality Field

FUTURE FOSSILS

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 90:20

This week’s guest is author, culture critic, and philosopher of the weird Erik Davis, whose work has been one of my main inspirations for almost ten years. His latest work of epic scholarship, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies, is an exploration of topics I presumed inaccessible to academic inquiry so masterful I’ve been evangelizing it for months and basically forced a copy on my boss (David Krakauer, President of the Santa Fe Institute, who was a guest in Episode 75). In this episode we peer into the intersection of psychedelics, madness, systems science, postmodernism, and religious studies to ask about the truly other that refuses to allow us a clean answer to the questions, “What is the Real?” and “Did that just really happen?” Strap in for one of the headiest and most important conversations that we’ve ever had on Future Fossils…Join the Future Fossils Podcast Patreon for exclusive perks like an extra 10 minutes of this conversation, in which Erik & Michael discuss “black goo.”Visit Erik’s website to sign up for his email updates (always wonderful) and stay abreast of upcoming events, such as his talk at the SF Psychedelic Society on Thursday Dec 19.Get a copy of High Weirdness at MIT Press.Erik’s appearance on Future Fossils Episode 99 (a kind of prequel to this conversation).My 2011 and 2012 appearances on Erik’s podcast, Expanding Mind.Erik and I discuss over video chat (part 1, part 2) the revised and expanded third edition of his book Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information.Shop through my Amazon storefront and support the show indirectly with your purchases:https://amazon.com/storefront/michaelgarfieldJoin the Future Fossils Facebook Discussion Grouphttps://facebook.com/groups/futurefossilsShow music by Evan “Skytree” Snyder feat. Michael Garfield, “God Detector”https://skytree.bandcamp.com/track/god-detector-ft-michael-garfieldMentioned:Jacques Lacan. Mark Fisher. Carol Cusack. Eric Wargo. Timothy Morton. Graham Harman. Jeff Kripal. Emelie Gomar. Bruno Latour. Albert Hofmann. Sasha Shulgin. Richard Doyle. Williiam James. Phil Dick. Cesar Hidalgo. Rachel Armstrong. Edward Snowden. Daniel Paul Schraber. We Discuss:The abyss is close to home.“The real, by definition, is not amenable to symbolization. Whatever kind of yen we have to sustain the symbolic in the face of the real is going to fail. And in that sense, the real is fundamentally traumatic.”Perturbations of the reality field.Extimacy.“That’s not me…or if it is, I’m not me anymore.”Refusing to remain within the purely human. To lean out. To open a portal.The Weird vs. The Uncanny.Fiction vs. Religion.“In some sense Burning Man and the spirituality of Burning Man, if you want to call it that – the invention of new subjectivities, the development of an ecstatic culture at this end stage of capitalism and modern mythology – in a way is a kind of later iteration of the things I saw in the 70s.”Material agency in the practice of science. “Science is not practiced by humans alone.” “Drugs as active participants in the enactment of their effects.”“The thing about thinking is that sometimes it’s really clear the way you are actively putting things together, or actively exploring. But then sometimes it seems as if you are almost kind of taken over by an idea, and then the idea has stuff it wants to do, and you are just the connector or vehicle for it. What it means to think is to be in relationship to enigmas that have things to say.”“With reductionism in general, it’s very difficult to explain novelty.”“A psychedelic compound sitting on the shelf is not psychedelic. It’s in the interaction that you explore and discover its phenomenological features.”“There’s no way out of environmental effects in the psychedelic experience - both in the set and setting, and in terms of whatever mysterious multiplicities lie in the material itself. So there’s no way to do capital S Science with psychedelics, despite the fact that they are material molecules that reliably have a certain kind of metabolic arc and can be explained in terms of how they are broken down in the body and even light up certain regions or the brain, etc., etc. I think it’s kind of wonderful. But I think that’s where the weird is: the weird is in that. The weird is in the way you can’t get out of the loop.”Psychogenic Networks and Maximal Entropy Production.“If attention is the fuel, then everywhere we turn, we’re producing self-fulfilling prophecies.”Living Fictions.Weird Studies Episode 36.Lachmann et al. 1999 re: Optimal Encoding & Fermi’s Paradox & “The symbols of the divine first emerge in the trash stratum.”“The revelation is always relativized. Once we’re in this cybernetic situation, then not only do we not know, ‘Is that noise or is that signal?,’ but even when you do get a message, you don’t get to know. Because you’ve knocked out that realm of certainty that in the past said, ‘What you’re thinking is true.’”“Now we get to see what it looks like when the symbolic order, consensus reality, breaks down, melts, mutiplies, becomes weaponized, and we try to make our way through that. And it’s not so fun. It’s not so pretty. It’s not so groovy.”Psychonautics as preparation for the insane world we now live in, where the weird has mainstreamed. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 55: The Great Weird North: On Algernon Blackwood's 'The Wendigo'

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 82:32

No survey of weird literature would be complete without mentioning Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951). As with all masters of the genre, Blackwood's take on the weird is singular: here, it isn't the cold reaches of outer space that elicit in us a nihilistic frisson, but the vast expanses of our own planet's wild places -- especially the northern woods. In his story "The Wendigo," Blackwood combines the beliefs of the Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands with the folktales of his native Britain to weave an ensorcelling story that perfectly captures the mood of the Canadian wilderness. In this conversation, JF and Phil discuss their own experience of that wilderness growing up in Ontario. The deeper they go, the spookier things get. An episode best enjoyed in solitude, by a campfire. Header Image: "Highway 60 Passing Through the Boreal Forest in Algonquin Park" by Dimana Koralova, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highway_60_passing_through_the_boreal_forest_in_Algonquin_Park_(September_2008).png) SHOW NOTES Glenn Gould, The Idea of North (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgnGV4hOKU) Algernon Blackwood, "The Wendigo" (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10897/10897-h/10897-h.htm) Game of Thrones (https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones) (HBO series) Weird Studies, Episode 29: On Lovecraft (https://www.weirdstudies.com/29) H. P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx) Edgar Allan Poe, "The Philosophy of Composition" (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69390/the-philosophy-of-composition) Fritz Leiber, [The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FafhrdandtheGrayMouser) Richard Wagner, Parsifal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsifal) David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4093826/) Peter Heller, The River: A Novel (https://www.amazon.com/River-novel-Peter-Heller/dp/0525521879) The Killing of Tim McLean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tim_McLean) (July 30, 2008) Weird Studies, Episode 3: Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People" (https://www.weirdstudies.com/3) Mysterious Universe: Strange and Terrifying Encounters with Skinwalkers (https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/11/strange-and-terrifying-encounters-with-skinwalkers/) Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds (https://www.amazon.com/Passport-Magonia-Folklore-Parallel-Worlds/dp/0809237962) Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy (https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Realism-Philosophy-Graham-Harman-ebook/dp/B009ODXIH6) Arthur Machen, Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstasy (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40241)

Episode 48: Walking the Tightrope with Erik Davis

Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 84:29

Journalist and historian of religion Erik Davis joins Phil and JF to talk about his latest magnum opus, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies. In this masterwork of weird scholarship, Davis explores the simultaneously luminous and obscure worlds of three giants of Seventies counterculture: Terence McKenna, Robert Anton Wilson, and Philip K. Dick. Their psychonautical legacy serve as fuel for a deep-delving conversation on Davis' own ontological leanings, yearnings, and hesitations. We touch on his philosophical development since the release of Techgnosis in 1998, the meaning of "weird naturalism," the primacy of the aesthetic, the uses and abuses of anthropotechnics, the challenges of tightrope-walking across bottomless chasms, and lots more. REFERENCES Erik Davis, High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Expreience in the Seventies (http://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/high-weirdness/) Erik Davis, Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information (https://www.amazon.com/TechGnosis-Myth-Magic-Mysticism-Information/dp/1583949305) Philip K. Dick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick), American science fiction writer Robert Anton Wilson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson), American writer Terence McKenna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna), Half-elf bard Graham Harman, American philosopher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harman) Timothy Morton, British philosopher (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Morton) Jeffrey J. Kripal, The Serpent’s Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion (https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo4126089.html) William James (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James), American philosopher and psychologist Hee-jin Kim, Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist (https://www.amazon.com/Eihei-Dogen-Mystical-Hee-Jin-Kim/dp/0861713761) Dogen, "Instructions for the Cook" (http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Instructions_for_the_cook.html) Steve Reich, "Music as a Gradual Process" (http://www.bussigel.com/systemsforplay/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Reich_Gradual-Process.pdf) Peter Sloterdijk, [You Must Change Your Life](https://books.google.ca/books/about/YouMustChangeYourLife.html?id=aDcBAAAQBAJ&rediresc=y) Albert Hofman’s famous bicycle ride (https://allthatsinteresting.com/bicycle-day-albert-hofmann) Erowid LSD vault (https://erowid.org/chemicals/lsd/lsd.shtml) George Lackoff and Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By (https://www.amazon.ca/Metaphors-We-Live-George-Lakoff/dp/0226468011) Alexander Bard and Jan Söderqvist, [Syntheism: Creating God in the Internet Age](https://www.amazon.com/Syntheism-Creating-God-Internet-Age/dp/9175471833/ref=sr11?qid=1559663582&refinements=p27%3AAlexander+Bard&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Alexander+Bard)_ Special Guest: Erik Davis.

Ep. 58: Synthetic Zero's Michael James on Speculative Realism, Post-Nihilism, Accelerationism, & Climate Catastrophe

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2019 82:41

On this edition of Parallax Views, Synthetic Zero's Michael James joins the show to discuss speculative realism, post-nihilism, the problems of accelerationism, and catastrophic climate change. If you enjoy this conversation there will be a Patreon-exclusive Part II this weekend in which Michael discusses Synthetic Zero's interest in the theory of patchworks, which they are attempting to bring into real-world practice via an experiment akin to the 60s counterculture's communes and shared-living spaces. Synthetic Zero is a "multimedia research and design collective seeking adaptive responses to the various crises and unequally distributed realities of contemporary life." Michael and I begin by discussing the origins of Synthetic Zero and how it was envisioned by Michael, alongside Aaron Crawford, as a para-academic unit born out of philosophical explorations that arose from the speculative realist movement spearheaded by figures like Graham Harman, Timothy Morton, Quentin Meillassoux, and others. We discuss what speculative realism and object-oriented ontology are and their relation to Meillassoux's ideas about finitude. Michael outlines how speculative realism attempted to deal with philosophical conundrums around our perception of reality and reality itself. From there we delve into the topic of nihilism. We give particular mention to the works of philosopher Ray Brassier during this portion of the discussion and Michael goes over some of the basic ideas found in Brassier's Nihil Unbound. From there we delve into Michael's essay "From the Ruins" which deals with Synthetic Zero's interest in the concept of "Post-Nihilism". Michael argues vis-à-vis the philosopher Gianni Vattimo that an emancipatory potential exists within nihilism. Is it possible to find meaning in simply being human rather than searching for meaning in a transcendental narrative like those provided by religion? Is it possible to reach beyond the language games of philosophy and the grips of ideology? Are there new ways of thinking beyond the registers of postmodernism? Can we bridge the gap between theory and praxis? These are just some of the issues we cover during this portion of the conversation. Nick Land From there we delve into Michael's interest in, and harsh critiques of accelerationism. Accelerationism has been a topic we've covered in previous episodes, and has proven a popular topic. Michael has had many interactions with accelerationist thinkers and has become highly critical of them, including the infamous "Shanghai Sith" Nick Land and the meme-loving denizens of U/Acc "Cave Twitter" who advocate for accelerating capitalism to it's endpoint regardless of it's outcome. Michael takes strong issue with these views especially in light of collapse scenarios like climate catastrophe looming in the horizon. We begin wrapping up Part I of the conversation with Michael by delving into the topic of climate catastrophe in light of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report on the topic. Additionally, Michael discusses his background in anthropology, including his research into the Tahltan Nation, and how it relates to his work. We discuss what connects these matters and what the 12 year period the IPPC report gives for dealing with climate change means for the future of humanity.

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Episode 39: The Challenge of the Paranormal, with Jeffrey J. Kripal

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 62:15

"The world is not simply composed of physical causes strung together in strictly materialistic and mechanical fashion," writes Prof. Jeffrey J. Kripal in his seminal book, Authors of the Impossible. "The world is also a series of meaningful signs requiring a hermeneutics for their decipherment." This, in a nutshell, is Kripal's position vis à vis the fact of paranormal experience, a fact that he has explored in numerous works of scholarship over the last 25 years. For Kripal, whether we see supernatural entities as beings from other worlds or creatures of the human imagination is secondary to the question of whether they merit serious philosophical thought and consideration. On that point, he says, "it's not an option to be neutral." JF and Phil had the honor of sitting down with Jeffrey Kripal to discuss the super-natural, the sacred, and the reasons why these categories remain as vital now as they ever have been. Header image: "Artist's Impression of the Mothman," by Tim Bertelink, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mothman_Artist%27s_Impression.png). REFERENCES Jeffrey J. Kripal, Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred (https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo8490174.html), The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion (https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo4126089.html), Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal (https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo5892347.html), The Super Natural: Why the Unexplained is Real (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/530045/the-super-natural-by-whitley-strieber-and-jeffrey-j-kripal/9780143109501/) (with Whitley Strieber), and Changed in a Flash: One Woman's Near-Death Experience and Why a Scholar Thinks it Empowers Us All (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576933/changed-in-a-flash-by-elizabeth-g-krohn/9781623173036/) (with Elizabeth G. Krohn) Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/) Wouter Hanegraaff (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Hanegraaff), historian of hermetic philosophy John Keel, [The Mothman Prophecies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheMothmanProphecies) Graham Harman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harman) and Eugene Thacker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Thacker), philosophers J. F. Martel, Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice (https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/reclaiming-art-in-the-age-of-artifice/) E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande (https://www.amazon.com/Witchcraft-Oracles-Magic-among-Azande/dp/0198740298) The X-Men (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men) (Marvel Comics) Special Guest: Jeffrey J. Kripal.

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On Metaphysics, Objects and Decent Politics with Graham Harman

Thales' Well

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 72:07

This week I had a fantastic conversation with Prof. Graham Harman about his unique theory of Object-Oriented Philosophy. Our discussion was wide-ranging, we discussed Graham’s background, metaphysics, HP Lovecraft, art, architecture, Bruno Latour, contemporary Marxism, and Graham's views on the current politics of the United States. Graham is a Professor of Philosophy at Sci-Arc in Los Angles. He has authored several articles and over 15 books. Most recently his work includes Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018, Pelican) and Speculative Realism: An Introduction (2018, Polity). You can read the article Graham and I discussed about Bruno Latour here. Also, here you will find a link to the article Graham mentioned where he responds to Marxist criticism. Graham is a prolific blogger and you can find more about his writing and upcoming events there. You can also follow him on Twitter: @DrZamalek With thanks to Niki Young of the University of Malta. You can listen to more free back content from the Thales' Well podcast on TuneIn Radio, Player Fm, Stitcher and Podbean. You can also download their apps to your smart phone and listen via there. You can also subscribe for free on iTunes. Please leave a nice review. You can follow me on Twitter: @drphilocity

Ep. 043 _ Graham Harman _ 'OOO'

Night White Skies

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 44:30

This week is a conversation with philosopher Graham Harman. We talk about his introduction of Object Oriented Ontology (or OOO) and it’s potential influence on the discipline of architecture. (photo credit: SciArc)

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Episode 8: On Graham Harman's "The Third Table"