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Reflections amid violence

(Photograph by Francesca Oggiano, from the series The Stolen Eyes) in memory of Walter Benjamin for n.m.   A historical materialist approaches a historical subject only where he encounters it as a monad.  In this structure he recognizes the sign … Continue reading

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The Government of the Economy or the Economy of Government: Notes on/for Giorgio Agamben

  The current problem is altogether different: it’s a matter of using up, without war, the unprecedented accumulation, which has turned the whole world into a colossal powder keg.                                                                                        Georges Bataille, Sovereignty Krauss misses his stroke, a lump of … Continue reading

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