Tag Archives: Carl Schmitt

Simon Critchley: Mystical Anarchism

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Julius Gavroche

Exploring the facets of the desire to smash time, through “mystical anarchism … It is not enough for us to reject conditions and institutions; we have to reject ourselves. “Do not kill others, only yourself” – such will be the … Continue reading →

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Now and the anarchy of destituent power: Reading politics with the invisible committee

Posted on June 11, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

… they wanted to reinvent everything, each day; to make themselves masters and possessors of their own lives. Guy Debord If to constituent power corresponds revolutions, uprisings and new consititutions, that is, a violence that lays down and constitutes new … Continue reading →

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Time, revolution and historical subjectivity

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

(Photographs by Alexey Titarenko) In revolution, everything happens incredibly quickly, just like in dreams in which people seem to be freed from gravity. Gustave Landauer, Revolution We have merely to tear down the Bastilles of the future, restructure the past … Continue reading →

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