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Monsters vs. Empire

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Bould, M. (2018). Monsters vs. Empire. Boston Review, 8, pp. 114-122

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Jacques Derrida talks about two different notions of the future. There is “the future” (le futur), the programmed, prescribed, predictable unrolling of the present so as to perpetuate what already is, to extend the way things are. This is the future in which capital relentlessly expands and empires cling on, locking in and deepening existing relations of power. The immiseration of the peripheries. The financialization of everything. The sixth mass extinction. The carbon we have already burned, suspended in the air around us, and that which is still in the ground but which we cannot avoid burning. [...]

the last few lines are weirdly pretty

—p.115 by Mark Bould 4 years, 5 months ago

Jacques Derrida talks about two different notions of the future. There is “the future” (le futur), the programmed, prescribed, predictable unrolling of the present so as to perpetuate what already is, to extend the way things are. This is the future in which capital relentlessly expands and empires cling on, locking in and deepening existing relations of power. The immiseration of the peripheries. The financialization of everything. The sixth mass extinction. The carbon we have already burned, suspended in the air around us, and that which is still in the ground but which we cannot avoid burning. [...]

the last few lines are weirdly pretty

—p.115 by Mark Bould 4 years, 5 months ago

(noun) a building or chamber in which bodies or bones are deposited

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among the abattoirs and charnel houses from which scientist Victor Frankenstein scavenges body parts

—p.116 by Mark Bould
notable
4 years, 5 months ago

among the abattoirs and charnel houses from which scientist Victor Frankenstein scavenges body parts

—p.116 by Mark Bould
notable
4 years, 5 months ago