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here's a TON of other really cool looking articles on here too.

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one of the many interesting things that can be gleaned from reading this piece, is one gets to see how Latour reads Deleuze in many respects. and when he wants to explain the virtual as a strictly 'retrospective' operation in thought, guess whom and what he cites as an authority? none other than one of the books i'm translating, mainly Zourabichvili's "Vocabulaire de Gilles Deleuze", entry on the Virtual.
i find this very interesting that Latour essentially accepts Zourabichvili's reading of Deleuze, if in fact I am warranted in drawing such a conclusion. (see the footnotes to this article)

Quoted: What is Given in Experience? A Review of Isabelle Stengers Penser avec Whitehead : Une libre et sauvage création de concepts. Paris, Gallimard, (2002) ...

it seems a bit summary in nature, but this book might be interesting as an extention of the new "Speculative Realism" project being put forward by Brassier, Meillasoux, and Harman, etc....

anyone looked at it?

Quoted: Northwestern University Press. From its inception Northwestern University Press has striven to be at the forefront in publishing not only scholarly works in different disciplines, but also quality works of fiction, nonfiction, and literary criticism.

this article kind of functions as an indicator species (you know, like those frogs who mutate and tell us the air is polluted) of how the public perception of philosophy is portrayed today.
it makes some very irritating associations. but i suppose if the overall message is 'philosophy is worth your time, and people are figuring that out again', then their absurd claims about Ancient philosophy being 'armchair' shit is forgettable (note: i didn't say forgivable).

oh yeah, let's not forget the memorable quote it ends with:

Jenna Schaal-O’Connor, a 20-year-old sophomore who is majoring in cognitive science and linguistics, said philosophy had other perks. She said she found many male philosophy majors interesting and sensitive.

“That whole deep existential torment,” she said. “It’s good for getting girlfriends.”

Quoted: Philosophy is being embraced by a new generation of college students as they try to make sense of a world full of moral dilemmas, such as the Iraq war or the latest political scandal.

anyone read this?

just bought a copy off amazon. i've read some montag on Althusser, and he's usually pretty on the spot.

Quoted: Amazon.com: Bodies, Masses, Power: Spinoza and His Contemporaries: Warren Montag: Books

it's only one chapter of Logic and Existence.,....but it's a good one.

vols 8-13 are now in downloadable pdfs.
so many good essays in here.

check it out.

i wish i could go to this so much.
-k

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Spinoza's Philosophy & its Misappropriation by Antonio Negri

A talk by Jørgen Sandemose
Author of the forthcoming study of Spinoza's philosophy, Universets Ansikt (Face of the Universe)

Monday, March 10th at 7 pm

The work of Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt has brought new attention to the thought of the 17th century Dutch philosopher Baruch de Spinoza. In this talk, Jørgen Sandemose will critique Negri's views on Spinoza's historical position and political philosophy, and discuss the relevance of Spinoza's philosophy for contemporary social science. He will explore Spinoza's body-centered philosophy in its relationship to the manufacturing period of production, and he will explore Spinoza's 'geometrical' order and method in relationship to forms of dominion in mercantilist society. Sandemose will also discuss Spinoza's concept of 'multitudo,' contrasting it to Hardt and Negri's concept of 'multitude' which, he will argue, confuses different forms of capitalist dominance in the contemporary world.

Jørgen Sandemose, a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Oslo, has been a prominent thinker and activist on the Norwegian left for more than three decades. Other works of his include Ricardo, Marx and Sraffa; State, Religion, Economy: Karl Marx and the Forms of Capitalism; Philosophical Scrutiny; and Totality and Method: Three essays on Marx's Hauptwerk (English translations of Norwegian titles).

$7 - $10, suggested donation

This talk will be held at TRS Inc. Professional Suite

44 East 32nd Street, 11th floor (between Park & Madison Avenues)

New York, NY 10016