ZSDP

"The inanimate-animate distinction is perhaps one of the most persistent dualisms in Western..."

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:24:45 -0700

“The inanimate-animate distinction is perhaps one of the most persistent dualisms in Western philosophy and its critiques; even some of the most hard-hitting critiques of the nature-culture dichotomy leave the animate-inanimate distinction in place. It takes a radical rethinking of agency to appreciate how lively even “dead matter” can be.”

- Karen Barad, Meeting the Universe Halfway, p 419, footnote 27 (via steveshaviro)

"Often enough, the teacher’s pets and superachievers of their 20’s burn out, while the ones who are..."

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:19:05 -0700

“Often enough, the teacher’s pets and superachievers of their 20’s burn out, while the ones who are struggling to articulate their ideas are the ones with the really good ideas.”

- anotherheideggerblog: Interview with Graham Harman

I really believe this is true—which is a little sad to me, since it seems to be the difference between a number of my friends and myself.

"Perhaps this is one possible definition of postmodern as opposed to modernist art: in postmodernism,..."

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:08:42 -0700

“Perhaps this is one possible definition of postmodern as opposed to modernist art: in postmodernism, the transgressive excess loses its shock value and is fully integrated into the established artistic market.”

- Žižek, The Fragile Absolute, 3, pg. 23

"… the object itself is force, expression of a force. … There is no object (phenomenon)..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:03:27 -0700

“… the object itself is force, expression of a force. … There is no object (phenomenon) which is not already possessed since in itself it is not an appearance but the apparition of a force.”

- Deleuze, Nietzsche & Philosophy, 1.3, p. 6

This is my favorite picture of our new hamster, Luna. My wife...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:58:07 -0700

This is my favorite picture of our new hamster, Luna. My wife has been begging to have one since before we got married, but we couldn’t have any pets under the terms of our lease. Well, now we can, so we went and got one. She’s quite adorable, I admit.

ZSDP: Bugs Bunny is forever ruined for me - not that he was my favorite cartoon in the first place.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:46:55 -0700

ZSDP: Bugs Bunny is forever ruined for me - not that he was my favorite cartoon in the first place.

ZSDP: Failed meal: grated potatoes with chorizo. Came out too watery. Oh well.

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:46:22 -0700

ZSDP: Failed meal: grated potatoes with chorizo. Came out too watery. Oh well.

ZSDP: Does anyone know whether Zizek's book on Schelling is any good?

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:49 -0700

ZSDP: Does anyone know whether Zizek's book on Schelling is any good?

ZSDP: Stayed up way too late reading Schelling. So what do I do now? Read more Schelling! Yeah!

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:49 -0700

ZSDP: Stayed up way too late reading Schelling. So what do I do now? Read more Schelling! Yeah!

ZSDP: I like this talk of the ground as unknowable, indivisible, dark. Very seductive. #Schelling

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:48 -0700

ZSDP: I like this talk of the ground as unknowable, indivisible, dark. Very seductive. #Schelling

My real blog

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:05:08 -0700

My real blog