A workshop at UW-Madison: “Alien Earth: Introduction to Planetary Humanities“: The dawn of the Anthropocene, marked by the disastrous consequences of capitalism’s imagined “mastery” over planet Earth, has coincided with a spiked interest in humanity’s extraterrestrial futures. Yet, from President Trump’s ‘Space Force’ to privatized space colonization schemes, such as Elon Musk’s and Jeff Bezos’, […]
“We will only prevent global warming by changing institutions” is a translation of “Nous n’empêcherons le réchauffement planétaire qu’en changeant les institutions,”an interview by Lucas Martin-Brodzicki for the French newspaper L’Humanité: On December 12, 2015, 195 countries approved the Paris Agreement. This text, displaying common ambitions in favor of the climate in order to limit […]
« Nous n’empêcherons le réchauffement planétaire qu’en changeant les institutions », entretien réalisé par Lucas Martin-Brodzicki pour le journal L’Humanité: « Le salut ne viendra pas de nos gouvernements », pose d’emblée Frédéric Neyrat. Pour le philosophe, il faut une transformation radicale, porteuse d’un futur désirable « qui ne consiste pas à survivre sur une planète dévastée ». https://www.humanite.fr/nous-nempecherons-le-rechauffement-planetaire-quen-changeant-les-institutions-697346
“Soleil Amnésique”: Talk (in French), Brown University, Department of French Studies Virtual Event | Tuesday, December 8 | 5:30pm CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
This event will be virtual | https://go.wisc.edu/z9b8kk | Meeting ID: 910 1140 4015 | Passcode: 623639 In my talk, I test and trace the relation between two hypotheses: first, that the Earth has become a phobic object; second, that, feeding on phobic attitudes toward the Earth, eco-fascism looms at the horizon of global politics. To defeat eco-fascism, I will argue […]
My essay for Virus (English edition, there’s also a French one): — THESES ON COMMUNICATION “If you want obfuscation, you can count on me.” Samuel Beckett Thesis 1: There is no authentic communication other than the incommunicable. Explanation: Communication does not consist of transmitting a message from one point to another after a preliminary identification […]
English edition Version française PHOTOGRAPHS :Antoine d’Agata TEXTS :Mehdi BELHAJ KACEMMathilde GIRARDPhilippe AZOURYLéa BISMUTHJuan BRANCOYannick HAENELFrédéric NEYRAT //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// “We are only a little stored, organized solar heat, a memory of Sun. A little phosphorus that burns in the meninges of the world. ” Paul Cézanne From the first day of confinement ensuing the outbreak of […]
mon article pour la revue Terrestres, “U.S.A. : fascisme ou abolition“: Que se passe-t-il aux U.S.A. ? À l’occasion des élections présidentielles, la précipitation d’une orientation fasciste de l’État : la société états-unienne saura-elle s’y opposer ? C’est à cette question que ce texte cherche à répondre, en analysant, d’une part, la manière dont l’esprit de la milice […]
On Vimeo, a video: “Celestial City” (2020).
