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Tag Archives: Amador Fernández-Savater
Amador Fernández-Savater: Questions engendered by a virus
A transcription (in translation) of a talk by Amador Fernández-Savater at a colloquium held in Madrid at Espacio La Atenea, “To Inhabit and to govern uncertainty. Reflecting together in confusing times ”. Wednesday, July 15. Published by the online magazine … Continue reading
Who is the enemy? The Thing
A reflection on the coronavirus, the enemy within, by Amador Fernández-Savater. (lobo suelto! 19/03/2020) My friend Jun Fujita, passing through Madrid on his return to Japan from Argentina, has been trapped by the quarantine at my house. For me, a … Continue reading
Amador Fernández-Savater: Reaching for a politics of pure potentiality, or trying to keep power at bay
One never takes power, it is power which takes us. Tomás Ibáñez We follow Peter Gelderloos’ critical evaluation of spain’s “radical” municipalism with a more theoretical reflection, by Amador Fernández-Savater, on the political cycle in the country that began with … Continue reading
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The rebel as passer-smuggler: A footballers’ lesson
pasador, ra 1. adj. Que pasa de una parte a otra. 2. adj.Dicho de una persona: Que pasa contrabando de un país a otro. Playing with the polysemy of the spanish word “pasador”, Amador Fernández-Savater offers us the picture of the rebel as a … Continue reading
May 68 and the politics of desire: Amador Fernández-Savater
(photograph by Jean-Claude Seine)* It is difficult, if not impossible, to close political debate, even for ourselves. And therefore our announcement of the end of our series on May 68, with an essay by Tomáz Ibáñez, was premature. Below, we share … Continue reading
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Tagged Amador Fernández-Savater, desire, france, François Lyotard, May 68, revolution
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Reimagining revolution: Amador Fernández-Savater
With the seeming proliferation and celebration of anniversaries of revolutions, “successful” or “failed”, we lose cite of the conceptual wealth and practical weight of the concept itself. The Autonomies collective has endeavoured, however modestly, to reflect upon the history and … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Amador Fernández-Savater, anarchism, Antonio Gramsci, Feminism, François Jullien, Furio Jesi, Lapo Berti, maoism, revolution, russian revolution
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Amador Fernández-Savater: Like lost children
The maturity of man – that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil A fragment from the prologue to Amador Fernández Savater’s recently published essay, Habitar y … Continue reading →