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Buddhism After Badiou Talk at Middlesex Philosophy Dept. March 1

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

I’ll be giving a talk in London at the Middlesex U. Philosophy Department on Tuesday, March 1.  Details here.  This is one of the most progressive philosophy departments around and it’s a real honor to speak there, even more so … Continue reading →

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Buddhism and Critical Theory: New Approaches!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

I participated in a very interesting panel at the Modern Language Association meeting in Los Angeles last weekend.  Three of us, Tim Morton, author of Ecology Without Nature, Eric Cazdyn, author of the soon to be published The Already Dead, … Continue reading →

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Catherine Christer Hennix, Drones and the Changing Same

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

I’ve spent the last few weeks finishing a profile of Swedish mathematician/visual artist/composer Catherine Christer Hennix for The Wire, in honor of the recent release of her 35 year old sustained tone masterpiece The Electric Harpsichord.  The conversation spiraled off … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks as a Culture of the Copy

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

Plato wanted to keep imitation out of the Republic, even as he copied the words of Socrates to write his text.  The WikiLeaks affair reminds us how improbable that dream of a world without imitation remains today.   With WikiLeaks’ recent … Continue reading →

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