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Ex nihilo

Ø. My only hope is that someday somehow we might put a stop to the violence that makes even Children accountable for an Idea that has for so long preceded their being here. future ancestors Under the rubric of the Transcendental I[i], the limits of the transformation of knowledge post-Sixties were the coordinates of the […]

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impossible.

I reflected a lot about whether or not I should write this. But, I am and I am because I am trying to remember why I started this blog, which is related to why I decided to create music again, which is related – but less directly so – to why I decided to take […]

MUMBLE PUNK: A Theory

In loving dedication to Jarius John Gillespie & Andrew Dwayne-Fabio Smith Pessimism of the intellect Pessimism of the heart Pessimism of the will Pessimism, but still forging ahead with courage tenacity, persistence and bravery Pessimism, but stupid enough to try to care: more to feel: everything to hear: everyone Pessimism, but stupid enough to try. […]

Nostalgia and The Shoulders of Giants

OCTOBER 20TH. 2023. Journal from Bologna. “The density of History determines none of my acts. I am my own foundation.” -Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Mask It should be okay to say: we believe the whole world should be different. It should be okay to say: we sit on the precipice of a need for […]

Black Studies, Mathematics: A Syllabus

The following syllabus is imagined for a future reading group/class/discussion group based on the growing interest in the philosophy of mathematics from the perspective of Black Studies. The accompanied readings are not exhaustive of and for the field of history and philosophy of mathematics, but are interesting avenues or pathways into the discussion of math, […]

Divine Madness, Divine Mathematics: note towards a black philosophy of math

Divine Madness, Divine Mathematics: note towards a black philosophy of math There is a lot about math that is veiled beneath its secularization that leads not only to a philosophical resistance to the metaphysical and epistemological questions posed by mathematics but also to a limitation of the pedagogical and practical investment in math itself. If […]

Protected: Porno theory – Chapter 1. Porno Theory: A Syllabus

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The Philosophy of Evil Genius: a reading list

The Philosophy of Evil Genius: A Reading List. The following reading list is a syllabus on the philosophy of evil genius. Books of literature, philosophy, and films by authors, thinkers and directors that look into the problem of evil in very interesting ways. The creators of these texts are either considered evil, in one way […]

Monster

The term ‘heresy’ is used here in the context in which it is used by the Polish philosopher, Kolakowski. He argues that all realms of culture, philosophy, as much as art and customs, exemplify a fundamental antagonism, whereby everything that is new grows out of the permanent need to question all existing absolutes, with every […]

Introduction to Black (Fashion) Studies Syllabus

The following course seeks to investigate and analyze the language, rhetoric, history, and impact of Black culture on the fashion industry today. In doing so, we will utilize contemporary and historical conversations around race, gender, sexuality, and class in order to interrogate and analyze key concepts, moments, styles, and trends of the fashion industry. By […]

Psychedelics and Black Liberation Syllabus

Psychedelics and Black Liberation – FALL 2024 Week 0 Carl Hart, Drug Use for Grown Ups: Chasing Liberty in a Land of Fear Week 1 Mark Fisher, Acid Communism (Unfinished Introduction) Charisse Burden-Stelly, Black Scare/Red Scare – Forthcoming Spring 2023 Week 2 Jacques Derrida, “The Rhetoric of Drugs” Joy James, Warfare in the American Homeland: […]

Terror ad infinitum, Black Extinction, or an Otherwise World.

Photo Digital Painting by JT Creswell entitled, “Sentient Flesh” I shall began at the end. The end of the world that is. Some say such an end has already begun. Others say that this end is on its way. Then there are those who think that the end is only the end if it ends […]