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In Foucault’s consequential lecture series written at the height of the formative time in his development of genealogy, “Society Must Be Defended”, there is a short interlude that demands some meditation – especially in our time.There was a moment, in that constant war of political philosophy in the Early Modern period, where Homo oeconomicus was,Continue reading “The Barbarian’s Eternal Present”

These are comments from a panel at SPEP I would like to thank Shawn and John for graciously sending me this invite to participate in this roundtable on an intriguing and difficult topic – one that titans from Reiner Schurmann to Hannah Arendt and others have attempted to speak to all in different ways. Well,Continue reading “The Philosopher and the Population”

Maurice Blanchot, in his excursus on friendship, is brief, tactfully so. Blanchot is an author who can make of brevity a tool for opening expanses. Blanchot’s mastery of the aphoristic form exemplifies this, but even in his more conventional prose one finds where he restrains himself the most to be the most pensive. His essay,Continue reading “A Word on Friendship”

Introduction: A Tenuous Thread It is difficult to overstate the complexity and vastness, as well as the delicacy and modesty, of Giorgio Agamben’s twenty-year research project, Homo Sacer. What seemingly began as a book meant to examine the relation between the ontological structure of the polis and its (excluded and annihilated) components ultimately expanded toContinue reading “The Exception of Politics: On Disability in Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer”

Letter to a Harsh Friend: It is said that we are simultaneously resigned, and yet the great antagonists of philosophy. We admit we are no friends of the history of philosophy, that is certainly true. We do not take the blackmail of the enlightenment to be given unities that are to be left untouched. WeContinue reading “The Indignation of Disability: Other Life, Other Philosophy, Other Thought”

I What does it mean to write philosophy in an epoch characterized by the complete domination of refinement? What does it mean to confront refinement as both the pinnacle of modernity and its primary concern? And, beyond these questions, what does it mean to even begin a discussion about the refinement of the human being?Continue reading “Preliminary Questions to an Investigation into Eugenic Modernity and its Metaphysics”

Introductory statement: Because it is my first reading group, I need to promise you that I will not give the “why Foucault” talk. I’ve talked about it elsewhere, and I would imagine most of you have already found a reason or two to mute my Twitter. So we will dive right into this lecture. WhichContinue reading “Foucault’s Analytic Philosophy of Politics: My First Seminar Address at Acid Horizon (2021)”

It Recedes upon its naming, knowable only by its circumscription. Where there is a named community, there is no common – an unchosen name left in place of an evacuated ethos or ecumen. Only its defense is left discernible once it is constituted. The common is shared, yes, but it is not given, received, orContinue reading “A Comment on the Common”

This is a DSC4 Presentation Manuscript [Introductory comments] [Freedom for Palestine, power to all those resisting Empire.] Eugenics has not returned. It has not returned because it has never left. We must be careful with narratives about resurgence, whether they be of the despotism of world leaders (which are becoming increasingly pathologized) or popular reactionaryContinue reading “On Human Capital and the Eugenic Commitment”