When one of our cadre of eco-cultural theorists gets noticed — more so, fêted — by one of the leading newspapers in the world, we need to take note and celebrate with him. In this case, it’s Timothy Morton getting called “the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene” by The Guardian, in a profile titled “A reckoning […]
Posts Tagged ‘Morton’
Mortonian prophecies
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Anthropocene, cultural theory, ecocriticism, Guardian, Morton, OOO, Timothy Morton on June 16, 2017 | 2 Comments »
SR, or Morton on The Universe of Things
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Morton, Shaviro, speculative realism, theory on July 28, 2015 | 2 Comments »
Tim Morton has penned a nice (if thoroughly Mortonish) introduction to a very nice introduction (by Steven Shaviro) to speculative realism. With lines like these:
Lava lampy Whitehead?
Posted in Philosophy, Process-relational thought, tagged Bogost, lava lampy materialism, Morton, object-oriented philosophy, Whitehead on November 30, 2013 | 1 Comment »
While I find much to admire in Tim Morton’s writings (and in him personally, as I’ve recently related), I’m sure he knows that his writing on what he calls “lava lampy materialism” leaves me unconvinced. (I’ve discussed that topic here, here, and elsewhere.) I haven’t read his Realist Magic yet, so I can’t comment on […]
Examining life, trash, & radical nature
Posted in Philosophy, Visual culture, tagged ecology, film, Morton, nature, philosophy, Zizek on February 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGCfiv1xtoU I enjoyed Astra Taylor’s film Examined Life when I first saw it a couple of years ago, and, having just watched it again, I’m glad to see that it bears re-viewing. As one might expect, some segments are more lasting than others. Slavoj Zizek wearing an orange safety vest talking about ecology at a […]