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Angel of Apocalyptic History

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate change, Manifestos & auguries, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2023 | 2 Comments »

My talk at the recent “Apocalyptic Anxieties” conference, at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, is available for viewing at the SFU Institute for the Humanities YouTube page, or below. Here is an abstract of the talk: From the Angel of Apocalyptic History to the Optimism of the Will: Climate Hope within States of Urgency Apocalyptic […]

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The traumatic kernel of the unfolding storm

Posted in Manifestos & auguries, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 25, 2021 | Leave a Comment »

Here are a few thoughts coming out of the five weeks of readings in decolonial theory that I’m doing with my Advanced Environmental Humanities class (which has been online and open to the interested public). The course is centrally concerned with the present “global moment,” and the following can be considered a short take on […]

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Munich surf

Posted in Cinema, Eco-culture, Media ecology, tagged , , , , , , , on July 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Things to do on a Sunday in Munich… 1. Find where nature and culture (river and engineering) slam into each other in a passionate wave. Ride it. Observations: To enjoy it at all, you have to be good. Some of these guys (and women) are really good. If you stay up for more than the […]

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cataclysmic eventology

Posted in Cinema, Spirit matter, tagged , , , , , , on April 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Hiroshima mon amour (dir. Alain Resnais, 1959) In my reply to kvond’s and Meg’s comments on the Event, I alluded to a quote from Derrida’s Cinders, which I thought would be worth posting, especially since I can’t find any reference to it online and I don’t have the book handy to check it. “At what […]

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