Answering, of course, requires being able to say what’s old about the past and what is and is not old about the present. In the context of a longer post, Steve Shapiro at Pinocchio Theory kindly responded to my notes on Deleuze’s “Postscript on the Societies of Control.” (more…)
April 18, 2006
… is new about the present?
April 15, 2006
… is control?
As in, ’societies of control.’ (more…)
April 14, 2006
… is Toni’s deal?
Was in lovely Canadia recently. Went with Tzuchien and Geo, met up w/ Jon and - unexpectedly - with another friend from dimension blog, and several transplant Minnesotan friends. Saw uncle Toni speak. Good times all ’round. (more…)
February 23, 2006
… is post-novelty?
In a recent post Jodi’s I Cite site cites k-punk on postfordism from a post that came after a post on a film about the (post)political condition post-1968. (more…)
January 5, 2006
… is lexical rigidity?
To be even more obtuse, maybe it should be “relative (ideo)lexical rigidity.” Eric and I have been having a conversation by email about modes of speech, and power plays related to them. (more…)
October 17, 2005
… time do you work?
This is the text I’m using as the basis for a talk I’m giving later this week on Negri etc. It’s about as polished as I have time to make it right now, which is to say, it’s a rough draft including my own notes to self. I lost the footnote numbers and don’t have time to put them in again right now. If/when I clean this up I’ll repost the cleaner version here. Comments welcome. (more…)