Hier ist eine deutsche Übersetzung meines Artikels auf die #GiletsJaunes. Vielen Dank Enough Is Enough! Reblogged von The Philosophical Salon und RED.
Deutsche Übersetzung meines Artikels auf die #GiletsJaunes
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Article on Yellow Vests in LA Review of Books
My latest article in the LA Review of Books is available here. It critically examines the relationship between the professional intelligentsia and the Yellow Vests: “Although France has the reputation of having a leftwing intelligentsia, some of the most visible theorists on the Left—including the self-proclaimed torchbearers of the ‘spirit of ’68’—have positioned themselves firmly against the movement or admonished it from the sidelines. This disconnect between important segments of the professional intelligentsia and one of the most powerful social movements of recent years raises very serious questions regarding the politics of intellectual life and, more generally, the relationship between the literati and uprisings. By exploring the intelligentsia’s response—both in France and beyond—to the Yellow Vests movement, this article seeks to elucidate the broader problematic of the role of intellectuals in the maintenance or transformation of the current socio-economic order […read more].”
A special thanks to all of my RED comrades for their excellent feedback and suggestions on this article, which we’ve also run here on RED’s website.
CTW Symposium on Counter-History & Theory
The Critical Theory Workshop will by launching its symposia series on April 26th, 2019, and I will be presenting my research on the consequences of the CIA’s cultural Cold War on the international theory industry. Click here for additional details.
Presentation: Art and Theory Program
I am very pleased to have the opportunity to present with Jennifer Ponce de León at the International Art and Theory Program in New York tomorrow, April 18th, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. We will be discussing third cinema and the limits of decolonial theory in the framework of our ongoing research on aesthetics and revolutionary politics.
Lecture on the Cinematic Remake
I am honored to have the opportunity to present my research on the remake, entitled “Temporal Vertigo: The Art of the Remake from Hitchcock to Gilliam via Marker,” at the University of Houston on April 4th, 2019.
Discussion with Boots Riley
I am excited to have a public conversation with Boots Riley at Villanova!
Article on Yellow Vests
My latest article, entitled “Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War against the Yellow Vests,” was just published here in CounterPunch.
Excerpt: “Violence is a spectacular weapon deployed by the ruling class to discredit movements from below and justify their repression. It is spectacular in the sense of being a great and powerful political tool for governing the masses, and keeping them in their place. In order to do this, however, the weapon of violence is spectacular in a second sense: it creates a carefully orchestrated mise en scène that seeks to render ruling class violence invisible, while simultaneously transforming acts of resistance into prodigious spectacles of criminal violence.”
