teleological
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the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion
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In this modelling we have a teleology--the linear passing through different modes of production in which communism solves the riddle of history
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In this modelling we have a teleology--the linear passing through different modes of production in which communism solves the riddle of history
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vertiginous
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causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep
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To stand on the deck is to experience a vertiginous toppling of the frozen moment of launching.
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To stand on the deck is to experience a vertiginous toppling of the frozen moment of launching.
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metempsychosis
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the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species
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Paul Virilio turns to the metaphysics of metempsychosi--the transmigration of souls--to suggest the tension of the loading of the soul on to various metabolic vehicles
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Paul Virilio turns to the metaphysics of metempsychosi--the transmigration of souls--to suggest the tension of the loading of the soul on to various metabolic vehicles
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picaresque
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(adjective) of or relating to rogues or rascals / (adjective) of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist / (noun) one that is picaresque
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imbricated
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arranged (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles
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tense imbrication with the dynamics of capitalism
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tense imbrication with the dynamics of capitalism
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sublation
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(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel
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The potential obsolescence of labor is resolved by violent sublation into the machine
kinda nice
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The potential obsolescence of labor is resolved by violent sublation into the machine
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ambit
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(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something
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within the ambit of Marx at his most accelerationist
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within the ambit of Marx at his most accelerationist
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reifying
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make (something abstract) more concrete or real
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