"Man has not succeeded in developing political and economic forms of organization which would guarantee the peaceful coexistence of the nations of the world. He has not succeeded in building the kind of system which would eliminate the possibility of war and banish forever the murderous instruments of mass destruction.  ... We must build spiritual ( Read more... )

Been reading Badiou of late and one of his interpreters, Bruno Bosteels:
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     "...the affects that characterize composition are those of joy, sympathy, generosity, and fraternity. It is the gregarious activity of building new collectives with others and with allowing one’s self to become-other in working with others."
      - Levi R. Bryant, Terraism

"When will we be ready for an experience of equality that would be a ( Read more... )

A new interview by Jaques Ranciere: here. Thanks to Peter Gratton at Philosophy in a Time of Error for pointing this out!


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"Are future events in some way predetermined, or is everything left open? In one sense, it seems that the creation of new assemblages will always be possible, and hence novelty can emerge."
     - Graham Harman

"We continue to raise with the Egyptian Government, as we do with other governments in the region, the imperative for reform and greater ( Read more... )

"What would genuine change be? It would be a break with the west, a “dewesternisation”, and would take the form of an exclusion. A dream, you are thinking; but it is precisely a dream typical of an intervallic period like ours."
     - Alain Badiou on Tunsia, Riots, and Revolution

Today, more than ever, Mao Zedong's old motto is pertinent: "There ( Read more... )