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 5 Open Access Theory & Philosophy Books You Should Be Reading

August 15th, 2013  |  by . Published in Lists

The ever-expanding revolution in open access publishing is not without its flaws (such as predatory publishers), but the Internet as a publishing platform does have the capacity to radically de-stabilize the stratifications which has kept academic material only in the hands of those with the capital to pay for it.
I was recently given an iPad. And while it has been collecting dust for a while now, I recently discovered Notability, an app designed for note-takers in a classroom setting. But the real beauty of this app is the feature that allows you to import PDFs. I have been resisting e-readers for a long time for the simple reason that it is hard, if not impossible, to earmark, highlight, and write in the margins of an e-book. At least, until Notability. So taking my first step into the modern age, I have been searching the Internet for reading material and thought that I would share the fruits of my labor. Here are the five best open access books that I have found so far.
Click on the headings to download the book.

#1 The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism

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Editors: Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman; Publisher: re.press; Published: January 2011
Continental philosophy has entered a new period of ferment. The long deconstructionist era was followed with a period dominated by Deleuze, which has in turn evolved into a new situation still difficult to define. However, one common thread running through the new brand of continental positions is a renewed attention to materialist and realist options in philosophy. Among the current giants of this generation, this new focus takes numerous different and opposed forms. It might be hard to find many shared positions in the writings of Badiou, DeLanda, Laruelle, Latour, Stengers, and Zizek, but what is missing from their positions is an obsession with the critique of written texts. All of them elaborate a positive ontology, despite the incompatibility of their results. Meanwhile, the new generation of continental thinkers is pushing these trends still further, as seen in currents ranging from transcendental materialism to the London-based speculative realism movement to new revivals of Derrida. As indicated by the title The Speculative Turn, the new currents of continental philosophy depart from the text-centered hermeneutic models of the past and engage in daring speculations about the nature of reality itself. This anthology assembles authors, of several generations and numerous nationalities, who will be at the center of debate in continental philosophy for decades to come.
Contributors include: Alain Badiou, Ray Brassier, Nathan Brown, Levi Bryant, Gabriel Catren, Manuel DeLanda, Iain Hamilton Grant, Martin Hägglund, Peter Hallward, Graham Harman, Adrian Johnston, Francois Laruelle, Bruno Latour, Quentin Meillassoux, Reza Negarestani, John Protevi, Steven Shaviro, Nick Srnicek, Isabelle Stengers, Alberto Toscano, Slavoj Žižek

#2 Penumbr(a)

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Editors: Sigi Jöttkandt and Joan Copjec; Publisher: re.press; Published: July 2013
Umbr(a) was one of the most important US theory journals of the 1990s and early 2000s, publishing work by some of the greatest philosophers, psychoanalysts and theorists of our era. In every regard, it was ahead of the curve – in content, design, and style – often introducing thinkers who have subsequently become globally influential. This anthology presents a selection of the very best of Umbr(a), including contributions from Joan Copjec, Sam Gillespie, Juliet Flower MacCannell , Charles Shepherdson, Russell Grigg, Alenka Zupancic, Slavoj Žižek,Mladen Dolar, Catherine Malabou, Tim Dean, Steven Miller, Dominiek Hoens, Petar Ramadanovic, Sigi Jöttkandt, Colette Soler, Jelica Sumic and A. Kiarina Kordela.

#3 The Democracy of Objects

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Author: Levi R. Bryant; Publisher: Open Humanities Press; Published: 2011
Since Kant, philosophy has been obsessed with epistemological questions pertaining to the relationship between mind and world and human access to objects. In The Democracy of Objects, Bryant proposes that we break with this tradition and once again initiate the project of ontology as first philosophy. Drawing on the object-oriented ontology of Graham Harman, as well as the thought of Roy Bhaskar, Gilles Deleuze, Niklas Luhman, Aristotle, Jacques Lacan, Bruno Latour and the developmental systems theorists, Bryant develops a realist ontology that he calls “onticology”. This ontology argues that being is composed entirely of objects, properties, and relations such that subjects themselves are a variant of objects. Drawing on the work of the systems theorists and cyberneticians, Bryant argues that objects are dynamic systems that relate to the world under conditions of operational closure. In this way, he is able to integrate the most vital discoveries of the anti-realists within a realist ontology that does justice to both the material and cultural. Onticology proposes a flat ontology where objects of all sorts and at different scales equally exist without being reducible to other objects and where there are no transcendent entities such as eternal essences outside of dynamic interactions among objects.

#4 Immersion Into Noise

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Author: Joseph Nechvatal; Publisher: Open Humanities Press; Published: 2011
The noise factor is the ratio of signal to noise of an input signal to that of the output signal. Noise can block or interfere with the meaning of a message in both human and electronic communication. But in Information Theory, noise is still considered to be information.
By refining the definition of noise as that which addresses us outside of our preferred comfort zone, Joseph Nechvatal’s Immersion Into Noise investigates multiple aspects of cultural noise by applying the audio understanding of noise to the visual, architectural and cognitive domains. Nechvatal expands and extends our understanding of the function of cultural noise by taking the reader through the immersive and phenomenal aspects of noise into algorithmic and network contexts, beginning with his experience in the Abside of the Grotte de Lascaux.
Immersion Into Noise is intended as a conceptual handbook useful for the development of a personal-political-visionary art of noise. On a planet that is increasingly technologically linked and globally mediated, how might noises break and re-connect in distinctive and productive ways within practices located in the world of art and thought? That is the question Joseph Nechvatal explores in Immersion Into Noise.

#5 New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies

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Editors: Rick Dolphijn and Iris van der Tuin; Publisher: Open Humanities Press; Published: 2012
This book is the first monograph on the theme of “new materialism,” an emerging trend in 21st century thought that has already left its mark in such fields as philosophy, cultural theory, feminism, science studies, and the arts. The first part of the book contains elaborate interviews with some of the most prominent new materialist scholars of today: Rosi Braidotti, Manuel DeLanda, Karen Barad, and Quentin Meillassoux. The second part situates the new materialist tradition in contemporary thought by singling out its transversal methodology, its position on sexual differing, and by developing the ethical and political consequences of new materialism.

Further Resources

For more open access books, check out:
re.press; Open Humanities Press; Directory of Open Access Books; Open Access Directory


 Watch Noam Chomsky Attack Foucault’s ‘Regimes of Truth’ in 2011 Q&A

August 19th, 2013  |  by . Published in Theory and Theorists


chomsky noamNoam Chomsky, a professor of linguistics at MIT and vocal anarchist, has had quite a few feuds with French philosophers, including the likes of Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek and Michel Foucault. Two years ago, Chomsky partook in a Q & A at the Théâtre National Raison on March 19, 2011 that continued this trend.
Chomsky begins by addressing the question of moral relativism, arguing that some variants of moral relativism are widely accepted and factually true. Chomsky points, in this case, to the existence of multiple moral systems across the globe.
But, for Chomsky, to claim that there is a universal horizon to human behavior unconstrained by basic moral principles is incoherent, as the very thought of morality entails constraints. He then goes on to argue multiple circumstances where power regimes changed and moral rules which were once set in stone were made undeniably better. He cites such examples as the repression of homosexuality, the subjugation of women and slavery. Chomsky differentiates this “factually true” moral relativism for the more extreme forms which he finds incoherent, citing specifically the work of Michel Foucault.  The argument isn’t too clear, and Chomsky continues to discuss the moral debate slave-owners had with Northern industrialist (most likely in reference to George Fitzhugh).
But then Chomsky proceeds to answer a question concerning Foucault’s idea of regimes of truth, attacking Foucault as someone who “wildly exaggerates” the influence of power in scientific discourse. This is the idea that what is portrayed as incontrovertible scientific fact is rather a product of specific power relations which produce that fact as truth. Instead, he argues,
I think Foucault wildly exaggerates. There’s kind of a truism which is not controversial that power systems have some effect on how scientific work proceeds so that it can be accepted and so on. At the extreme it’s Stalinist biology, there’s corporate influence on how drug trials are conducted, that’s true, there are professional constraints, I’ve lived through them in my entire life, when I started my work I couldn’t publish because it was too inconsistent with accepted ideas. In fact, the first book I wrote in 1955, it didn’t come out for 20 years. When it came out then it was submitted but rejected. When it came out later it was more a historical interest as the field had grown. But it’s marginal. There are self-correcting procedures in the sciences which work pretty well…not perfectly…but pretty well. So there is an element of power relations that enter into say, scientific work, to talk about regimes of power that seems to me to be radically overstating the case. Like moving from non-controversial moral relativism to incoherent moral relativism.
Watch the full video below, and as always, feel free to bitterly attack each other with ad hominems about whether Foucault or Chomsky is right (really, cut that shit out). The “regimes of truth” comments starts around 11:15.



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Critical-Theory is Six Months Old, Here’s Some of Our Favorite Posts You May Have Missed

August 1st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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In case you missed it.

4 Most Subversive Clips from Wonder Showzen

July 21st, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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What happens when culture jamming gets on MTV?

5 Great Introductory Theory and Philosophy Lecture Series Freely Available Online

July 19th, 2013 by Connor | No Comments
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Why spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on college when you can watch these for free?

5 Forthcoming Books You Should Be Excited About

July 17th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Five sweet books to add to your future collection.

3 Studies That Prove Capitalism is Making Us Evil

July 8th, 2013 by Sir Giggleton | No Comments
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Symptoms of capitalism include stealing candy from children and cravings for the tears of the proletariat.

13 Things You Didn’t Know About Deleuze and Guattari – Part III

July 2nd, 2013 by Eugene | 3 Comments
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#12 Deleuze worked in a philosophy deptartment headed by Foucault that lost its ability to give out diplomas

13 Things You Didn’t Know About Deleuze and Guattari – Part II

June 20th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Guattari was an incessant womanizer, and other facts from the book “Intersecting Lives”

13 Things You Didn’t Know About Deleuze and Guattari – Part I

June 18th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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A look into the lives of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.

5 Crazy Facts About The Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

June 11th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The philosopher who embraced suffering had pretty good reason to.


Check Out These Critical Theory Publishers From The NYC Anarchist Book Fair

April 6th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Publishers that don’t suck.

10 Free Critical Theory Journals You Should be Reading

March 23rd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Ten quality, free journals for all of your critical theory needs.

Load Up Your eReader With These Free Philosophy Books

February 9th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Get these free classics on your eReader today.


I Can Haz Biopower? Philosophy Memes

February 5th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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More than just Feminist Ryan Gosling, we swear.


Redditor Offers Best Profanity-Laced Explanation of Foucault Ever

August 9th, 2013 by Eugene | 5 Comments
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Foucault’s in the tradition of critical fuckin’ theory, or philosophy to shake some shit up.

The Missed Connection You’ve Been Waiting For, Deleuze on the C Train

August 5th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Woman seeks bespectacled man reading “Anti-Oedipus”

Somebody Got Noam Chomsky to Appear in a ‘Gangnam Style’ Video

August 2nd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Linguist Noam Chomsky makes a cameo in an MIT rendition of “Gangnam Style”

Jean-Paul Sartre Making Omelettes, Fun for the Whole Family

July 29th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The long lost notes of an existentialist journey into the world of omelette-making.

The Zizek Song Mash-Up You Never Wanted

July 29th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
Zizek Opera
Zizek sings “The Great Pretender” by The Platters.

Zizek for Twelve-Year-Olds: Ideology and Rebecca Black

July 27th, 2013 by Eugene | 6 Comments
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It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down with Friday.

Don’t Ever Take Dating Advice from Friedrich Nietzsche

July 25th, 2013 by Eugene | 3 Comments
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From 2003, a short film follows a young student who is haunted by the ghost of Friedrich Nietzsche as the specter insists on providing life and relationship advice to his young pupil.

Critical Theory Trading Cards: Commodify Them All

June 11th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Guy Debord is rolling in his grave.

What the Fuck is Queer Theory?

May 31st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Your completely inaccurate guide to queer theory.

Dear God, Why? Nietzsche Pops

May 22nd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Your morning cereal might turn you into a fascist.

Around the Interweb: Critical Theory Jokes

May 12th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Ubermensch vs Superman
Read this instead of doing your finals.

For the Love of God, Look at this Tumblr

May 2nd, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Cosmarxpolitan gets raunchy with critical theory.

The Best May Day Poster Ever

May 1st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Cat meme can haz resistance!

Explaining Nietzsche to Five Year Olds

March 24th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Inspired by the Reddit group “Explain Like I’m Five,” two brave souls explains the philosophical teaching of Friedrich Nietzsche to a group of five year olds.

SpongeBob or Nietzche?

March 15th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Can you spot a SpongeBob quote versus a Nietzsche quote?

A Competely Incorrect Guide to Pronouncing Philosophers

March 12th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Wintugonasty or Wittgenstein?

Making A Monster of Critical Theory: Tobias Funke Schizoanalrapist Part 2

March 8th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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An awful adventure is becoming-meme.

Vice’s Guide To Critical Theory Wildly Inaccurate, Still Funny

March 7th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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A look at Vice’s “A Slob’s Guide to Critical Theory.”

The Only Explanation of Baudrillard You’ll Ever Need

February 26th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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If you’re like most people, your first experience with the musings of Jean Baudrillard left you deeply confused. But fear no more.


Nietzsche’s Family Circus

February 22nd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Random Nietzsche quotes on the Sunday funnies.


The Honey Boo Boo Philosophy GIFs You Missed

February 21st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The Honey Boo Boo GIFs you never saw.

Tobias Funke: Schizoanalrapist

February 13th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Live-blogging Anti-Oedipus, sort of.

Ke$ha + Zizek = Fun for the Whole Family

February 12th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Deleuze once conceived philosophy as an act of sodomy that bore a monster. And adorning GIFs of pop-singer Ke$ha’s videos with quotes from Slavoj Zizek is probably just that.


Critical Valentine’s Cards

February 9th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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What better way to celebrate the orgy of consumerism than to send your loved ones an empty gesture.

Anarchists Rejoice: Hierarchy is Bad for Your Health

August 12th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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A scientists who studies baboons makes a startling discovery about hierarchy and physical health.

Michael Hardt Discusses Revolution, Recalls Being Told to Start an Armed Revolution in El Salvador

August 8th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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“It’s easy. You go to the mountains, you start an armed cell, you start a revolution.”

Alain Badiou Interviews Michel Foucault: ‘What is Psychology?’

August 7th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Alain Badiou sits down with Michel Foucault in 1965.

Watch ‘Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media’ on YouTube

August 6th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The full 1992 documentary.

Watch Jacques Derrida Explain the Question of Being and the ‘Trace’

August 1st, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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What is the question that precedes the question?

Watch Alain Badiou Explain Money

July 29th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Alain Badiou on a Marxist theory of money.

Guardian Continues Radical Thinker Series with Videos on Critchley, Horkheimer and More

July 25th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The Guardian’s latest video on Radical Thinkers focuses on Critchley’s notion of anarchism and politics

Don’t Ever Take Dating Advice from Friedrich Nietzsche

July 25th, 2013 by Eugene | 3 Comments
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From 2003, a short film follows a young student who is haunted by the ghost of Friedrich Nietzsche as the specter insists on providing life and relationship advice to his young pupil.

Marx Reloaded: Documentary Featuring Ranciere, Power, Negri, Hardt, Zizek and More

July 24th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Marx Reloaded focuses on the modern day relevance of Marxism with interviews from Marxists and economists.

Documentary From 90s Recounts Foucault’s LSD Use, Love of America and More

July 21st, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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A 1993 documentary discusses the life and work of Michel Foucault.



4 Most Subversive Clips from Wonder Showzen

July 21st, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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What happens when culture jamming gets on MTV?

Watch Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor Go for a Walk, Deconstruct it.

July 8th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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In this clip from “Examined Life”, critical theorist/queer theorist Judith Butler goes on a walk with disability and animal rights activists Sunaura Taylor.

Watch the Zizek! Documentary on YouTube

June 30th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Watch the full 2005 documentary.

Finally, a Trailer for Zizek’s Pervert’s Guide to Ideology

April 9th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Except the subtitles and copy are in another language, oh well.

Is Community Postmodern?

April 4th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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One does not simply define postmodernism.

Sneak Peak of Upcoming Angela Davis Movie

April 1st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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A scene from the upcoming movie about Angela Davis.

Cornel West: How Intellectuals Betrayed the Poor

March 27th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The Princeton professor discusses how intellectuals came to resent the poor.

Here’s 8 Minutes of Tim Wise Shitting on Affirmative Action Opponents

March 9th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Anti-racist activist Tim Wise tears down the opposition to affirmative action in the best 8 minutes ever.

Zizek Likes Cuddling. The Art of Leninist Hugging

March 3rd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Zizek discusses proper cuddling technique.

When Heidegger and Socrates Go Head to Head in Soccer

February 25th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
Philosopher Football
A clip from comedians Monthy Python gets really smart.


Jacques Derrida: Stop Watching Seinfeld

February 24th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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What does Jacques Derrida think about George Costanza?

Watch the Trailer for the (Kind of) New Hannah Arendt Movie

February 20th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Hannah Arendt, a film that portrays the life of German philosopher Hannah Arendt was recently shown on Saturday Feb. 16 at the Portland International Film Festival.

What Is Post-Stucturalism? Best Expanation Ever

February 17th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Fuck your father, fuck his narratives, fuck his authority, and fuck his essential structures.

Shit Slavoj Zizek Says: A Lesson In Madness

February 16th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Your friendly guide to random things Zizek has rambled about.


Native American Reminds Xenophobes Who Was Here First

February 5th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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A Native American man reminds a group of anti-immigrant protestors who the originally illegal immigrants are. Found on Gawker.

Watch Noam Chomsky Attack Foucault’s ‘Regimes of Truth’ in 2011 Q&A

August 19th, 2013 by Sir Giggleton | No Comments
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Chomsky argues in 2011 that Foucault “wildly exaggerates” the influence of power on science.

Listen: Christopher Robin meets Karl Marx in Paris

August 14th, 2013 by Doug Lain | 1 Comment
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Doug Lain has a guest appearance on the Alpha to Omega podcast.

Check Out Nietzsche’s Death Mask

August 13th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Death masks are one of the creepier traditions in history.

Critical Theory Podcast on Self Thinking

August 8th, 2013 by Doug Lain | No Comments
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The guest on this week’s Diet Soap podcast is the Marxist economist and radical thinker Andrew Kliman. Kliman is the author of the terrific books “Reclaiming Marx’s Capital” and “The Failure of Capitalist Production.”

New David Harvey Interview on Class Struggle in Urban Spaces

August 7th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Marxist geographer David Harvey discusses urbanization, class struggle and social media.

Listen: Podcast Delves Into Chomsky vs. Zizek Debate

August 4th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The Diet Soap Podcast explores the debate between Noam Chomsky and Slavoj Zize,

James Baldwin Writes to Angela Davis: ‘Revolution in Black Consciousness’ Means ‘Beginning or End of America’

August 3rd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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James Baldwin writes to Angela Davis in 1970 after her recent imprisonment.

Deleuze and Foucault Discuss Theory, Practice and Power in 1972

July 30th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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In this 1972 conversation between Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault, the two philosophers discuss the importance of theory and practice.

Letters Between Adorno and Marcuse Debate 60s Student Activism

July 26th, 2013 by Eugene | 3 Comments
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Adorno writes to Marcuse to claim about the “regressive” nature of the emerging student movements.


Read Me: Judith Butler Interviewed on OpenDemocracy.Net

July 24th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Judith Butler talks about her book Parting Ways, and cohabitation in Israel and Palestine.


In Defense of Obscurantism

July 24th, 2013 by Connor | 1 Comment
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With all of this Zizek and Chomsky bickering, can obscurantism be useful?

Purdue President Responds to Zinn Censorship, Gets a $50k Bonus

July 21st, 2013 by Eugene | 3 Comments
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Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels receives an incentive bonus just days after emails are leaked showing he tried to censor Howard Zinn’s work.

Everyone is Wrong About Hannah Arendt

July 16th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Arendt Movie
It turns out Arendt didn”t think what everyone thinks she thought.

Zizek: Revolutionary Terror is Awesome

July 15th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Slavoj Zizek talks to the BBC about Robespierre and the Terror.

Jeremy Bentham’s Preserved Corpse Will Haunt Your Nightmares

July 13th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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Bentham’s preserved body at UCL is the creepiest thing you’ll see all day.

Read Me: Todd May on Poststructural Anarchism

July 12th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Todd May speaks to 3:AM Magazine.

Foucault On Obscurantism: ‘They Made Me Do It!’

July 11th, 2013 by Eugene | 10 Comments
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Foucault’s startling admission to John Searle.

The ‘Free Angela’ Posters from the 70′s are Awesome

July 5th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Today, Che t-shirts are viewed as just another example of shrewd marketing, but back in the day, the tendency of people to support causes based on the attractiveness and perceived coolness of their leaders was known derisively as “radical chic.”

Letter from a Young Giorgio Agamben to Hannah Arendt

June 24th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
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A relatively unknown Giorgio Agamben writes to Hannah Arendt.


Slavoj Zizek: ‘Blah Blah Blah Ideology Blah Tits, and So On and So On’

June 21st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Pure ideology!

Karl Marx Was an Anti-Communist Dick

June 19th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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A look at Jonathan Sperber’s new book on the life of Marx from the New York Review of Books.

Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln, Penpals

June 7th, 2013 by Eugene | 2 Comments
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Karl Marx wrote Lincoln, and Lincoln replied.

Slavoj Zizek Wants to Tell You a Dirty Joke

May 28th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Slavoj Zizek tells a dirty joke during his address at the Subversive Film Festival.

The Critical-Theory Guide to that Time Zizek Pissed Everyone Off (Again).

May 22nd, 2013 by Sir Giggleton | No Comments
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Postcolonialists vs. Slavoj Zizek.

Henry Giroux: Lil Wayne is a ‘Lyrical Fascist’

May 14th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Lil Wayne’s lyrics were sexist and racist, alleges Giroux.

Todd May on Nonviolence

April 28th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Rancieran/Deleuzian/Post-structural anarchist Todd May drops some knowledge.

Jodi Dean and Andrew Feenberg Debate the Interweb

April 21st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Jodi Dean and Andrew Feenberg talk about the radical potential of that thing that lets us watch cat videos.

Zizek Responds to His Critics

April 5th, 2013 by Sir Giggleton | No Comments
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His response? Fuck you, Walter Mignolo.

Jacques Derrida Was a Shitty Student, and Other Things I Learned Today

April 3rd, 2013 by Eugene | 2 Comments
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Deconstructing an exam has and always will result in a failing grade.


Who the Fuck is Jacques Ranciere?

March 28th, 2013 by Eugene | 12 Comments
Ranciere, Critical Theorist and Troll
Your obnoxious guide to the musings of Jacques Ranciere.

Slavoj Zizek Animated

March 26th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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RSA animates a Slavoj Zizek lecture on corporate responsibility.

That Time Zizek Wrote for Abercrombie & Fitch

March 19th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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The results are as amazing as you’d expect.

Noam Chomsky Calls Jacques Lacan a ‘Charlatan’

February 28th, 2013 by Eugene | 7 Comments
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Noam Chomsky rails on Slavoj Zizek and Jacques Lacan.

Baudrillard and the Hunger Games

February 24th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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If you’re wondering what the late Jean Baudrillard would have to say about the blockbuster hit “The Hunger Games”, fear no more.

Why You Shouldn’t Care About “The Feminine Mystique”

February 21st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Jacobin Magazine’s Sheila Bapat is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” by reminding us all about how it kind of sucked in the first place.

Slavoj Zizek: Capitalism Loves 2013

February 20th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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Slavoj Zizek wrote a new article for The Guardian on Sunday, Feb. 17 titled “Why the Free Market Fundamentalists Think 2013 Will be the Best Year Ever.”

Foucault’s Boomerang: Colonialism and the New Urban Militarism

February 20th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
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A look at colonialism and the biopolitical boomerang effect.

Happy Birthday Audre Lorde: Read Why the Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House

February 18th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
Audre Lorde Master's Tools
Read the poet and activist’s seminal essay on intersectionality in feminist scholarship.

Understanding Deleuze Through Community

February 18th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Abed and Deleuze
Looking at repetition through an episode of the NBC comedy Community.


Shit Slavoj Zizek Says: A Lesson In Madness

February 16th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
Zizek Bed
Your friendly guide to random things Zizek has rambled about.

This Song About Heidegger is Awesome

February 15th, 2013 by Eugene | 2 Comments
Being And Time
We don’t speak German, but this is still amazing.

Happy Valentine’s Day: Slavoj Zizek Wants You To Know About Flesh Lights

February 14th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Zizek Guardian Valentine's
The Slovenian philosopher chimes in on Valentine’s Day.

Henry Giroux, Critical Pedagogue, Gets His Own Journal Issue

February 14th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
Henry Giroux
A journal on critical pedagogy was published late last year dedicated to critical theorists Henry Giroux.

Jean Baudrillard Goes All William Shatner With Poetry

February 7th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Baudrillard
The French-theorist rocks out with his poetry backed by an all-star band.

Zizek: Zero Dark Thirty and the Normalization of Torture

February 5th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Zizek Zero Dark Thirty
The Slovenian philosopher took a break from his usual misanthropy to weigh in on the torture controversy surrounding the hit film Zero Dark Thirty.


Zizek Takes on Gangnam Style, Casually Asks What He Should Call “Cripples”

January 31st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
adbusters
The Slovenian superstar rambles and rambles and talks about Gangnam style before rambling more at the University of Vermont.




Submit Your Papers: Two New Open Access Journals Announced, Pax Marxista and Feral Feminisms

August 19th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
marxista feral feminisms
Pax Marxista and Feral Feminisms are now accepting submissions for their open access journals!

The Hidden History of Gay Liberation in the Communist Party

August 7th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
harry hay
The story of Harry Hay.

Read Me: Marxism and Science

July 23rd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
marxism science
How do science and Marxism intersect?

New Issue of Critical Animal Studies, Read it Here!

July 12th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
critical animal studies
Volume 11, Issue 1 is now available and viewable here.

The International Journal of Badiou Studies is Now a Thing

July 1st, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
badiou studies
International journals, they’re giving them to everybody these days.

Open Access Journals: Download Back Issues of Settler Colonial Studies for Free!

June 25th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
settler colonial studies
Free back issues of a sweet journal.

Kryptonite & Citizenship: On Being Alien in America by JL Schatz

June 23rd, 2013 by JL Schatz | No Comments
man of steel
Binghamton University’s JL Schatz discusses immigration and Superman.

Read Me: ‘A Triple Movement?’ by Nancy Fraser

June 12th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser’s latest article in the June issue of the New Left Review.

New Issue of the International Journal for Zizek Studies, Out Now (Fo’ Free)

June 10th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
zizek journal
Volume 7, #2 is out now and freely available in PDF format.


Speciesist Fiction and the Ethics of The Hobbit

April 16th, 2013 by JL Schatz | No Comments
Hobbit Speciesism
The Brown Wizard’s Unexpected Politics: Speciesist Fiction and the Ethics of The Hobbit.

New Issue of Theory and Event, Out Now

March 18th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
deleuze
Theory and Event’s March issue features articles on Occupy and Deleuze, Ranciere, Greek austerity, and more.

That Band With All the LSD-Inspired Cover Art is Revolutionary, or Something

March 14th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Alex Grey tool
Psychedelic rockers Tool are becoming-minoritarian! Maybe.

Platypus Review’s New March Issue Features Interviews with Jodi Dean, Bruno Bosteels

March 10th, 2013 by Eugene | 1 Comment
Platypus Review
The Platypus Society has released the March issue of The Platypus Review, a special issue on Communism. It is open-access and free to read.

Read Me: Boots on Campus and Militarization of Academia

March 6th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Yale University Neuroscience Controversy
Kelly B. Vlahos published a new article on Truthout discussing a recent controversy surrounding Yale University’s neuroscience program.

New Issue of ‘Foucault Studies’ Out Now

March 4th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Foucault
It’s free and we’re only a month late.

Read Me: Historical Materialism and American Racism

March 2nd, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Adolph Reed Racism and Marxism
A new article by Adolph Reed Jr. has appeared in this month’s issue of New Labor Forum titled Marx, Race, and Neoliberalism.


New Issue of Radical Philosophy, Out Now

February 26th, 2013 by Eugene | No Comments
Badiou Radical Philosophy
UK-based Radical Philosophy has released their March/April issue.

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