Causality and Cognition posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects
This post by Graham made me do a Scooby-Doo double take, letting out a deep confused, yet high pitched, “huhr?”, wondering why he is attributing these claims to me: I’ve encountered this claim from others ...
Religious Realities and Scientistic Fantasies
posted by Gagdad Bob at One Cʘsmos
posted by Gagdad Bob at One CʘsmosThings still haven't settled back down to normal in the Gagdad household, so I've randomly selected a post from two years ago that looked like it might need some work to get it up to speed. In it, I was tr...
Sunlight, shadows and Dhoop posted by shantanu dutta at Around and About
Perhaps it was a matter of chance that I was watching the film Dhoop which deals with the subject of the family of a Kargil martyr on Republic Day. Perhaps it was incidental that the film has a shot of th...
posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE
After decades of bitterly divisive communal politics, the RSS, the BJP and even the Chacha State
posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects .
Recently Mel’s got me reading Katherine Hayles’ How We Became Posthuman
, which is rewarding for a variety of reasons (Yes, yes, I know, I should have read this long ago, but damn it Jim, I mean Mel, I’m a ...
, which is rewarding for a variety of reasons (Yes, yes, I know, I should have read this long ago, but damn it Jim, I mean Mel, I’m a ...God Hates Signs! posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects .
This warms my heart. I wrote about this strategy of protest against hate groups a long while back. It’s nice to see similar strategies being used against homophobic hate groups such as Phelps. Read the res...
The social meaning of the power law posted by keith at The Memory Bank
For some time now I have tried to relate major innovations in science and mathematics to the movement of society in history. At the grandest level of generalization, there are observations such as Oswald S...
posted by c4chaos at ~C4Chaos
Francis Raven is almost here. It’s cool to see his little brain growing at a fast pace. I wonder what he’s feeling, thinking, and dreaming at this time… Take your time, son. Keep on dreaming of ten million...
posted by Elizabeth McAlister at The Immanent Frame
I have written a good bit recently about the intense religious responses to the Haiti
Happy Birthday, Body posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects .
Yep, as of midnight last night, I’m now 36 years younger. Aging seems to be accelerating more quickly now. More gray hairs, oddly localized in one part of my beard, etc., and other things I don’t think I n...
On Sovereignty... And Unilateralism posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE
posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE Lost & Found Cosmic American Soul posted by Gagdad Bob at One Cʘsmos
posted by Gagdad Bob at One Cʘsmos All hell broke loose with the excitement of Mrs. G.'s return last night. Wanda got a bad case of the zoomies and almost tore off a footpad in the backyard. Lotta blood. Had to take her to ...
We need private firms in defence posted by M J Akbar at M.J. Akbar - Author and Veteran Journalist - 2 days ago
posted by M J Akbar at M.J. Akbar - Author and Veteran Journalist - 2 days agoBy M J Akbar In theory the Republic Day parade is an exposition of our military strength. In practice it might have become an exposure of military fragility. If it wer...
What About The Indian State Police? posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE
posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTEContinuing the discussions of the past few days on “good government” (all these posts are now under a separate label), let me begin by recalling the definition of government – the “social apparatus of comp...
posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects
I’m pleased to announce the Object-Oriented Ontology Symposium hosted by Georgia Tech in April. You’ll find all the information here. Bogost has done a fantastic job designing the webpage. Come dressed as ...
posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects
A number of interesting discussions have arisen in relation to questions of flat ethics. Over at Critical Animal, Scu has a post up which I have not yet been able to go through in any detail. In relation t...
John Law posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects
Hat tip to Adrian Ivikhiv. Actor-Network Theorist John Law’s After Method: Mess in Social Sciences is now available for free through aaaarg.org. I’ve heard people gush about this book for a while but have ...
posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects
Adrian Ivakhiv and I have been having a terrific exchange on objects and relations which really goes to the heart of what I’m trying to think about (here, here, and here). Indeed, in an earlier draft of Th...
Peace means the summer of 1965 posted by M J Akbar at M.J. Akbar - Author and Veteran Journalist
posted by M J Akbar at M.J. Akbar - Author and Veteran JournalistPeace means the summer of 1965 There is a duality but not a contradiction running through the complexities of the India-Pakistan relationship. Friday’s newspapers, for instance, rep...
What Is "Good Government"? Part 3 posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE
posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE Bad news: LRC is off the airwaves – and I am getting withdrawal symptoms. Also, we have no water supply for 3 days. I think it is “hydraulic despotism,” typical of the oriental despot. Give these morons an...
The Politics of Objects & Relations posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects .
Adrian has what looks like a first rate post up elaborating on our debate about objects and relations in response to my recent post on ethics (I haven’t gotten to read it all yet). I have to say I’m pretty...
posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects .
It looks like this is the week of Speculative Realism over at Indieoma. Today Nick has a brief interview up discussing Speculative Realism. I confess that despite my friendship with and admiration for Nick...
Civil religion of a different kind posted by Ebrahim Moosa at The Immanent Frame
[image: The People of Chilmark, Thomas Hart Benton (1920)]Very different from the mode of civil religion that I discussed in my previous post are the experiences of religious communities in South Africa
posted by Sauvik at ANTIDOTE No news is good news – so I can resume the discussion of yesterday, on “good government.” Let's consider what government actually is. In truth, is not government but an institution of compulsion and coer...
Graham Live posted by larvalsubjects at Larval Subjects
Indieoma has a nice interview up with Graham Harman. I wanted to draw attention to two passages in particular, as they so nicely encapsulate the general spirit of Object-Oriented Ontology: The human-world ...
posted by Gagdad Bob at One Cʘsmos
Mrs. G. doesn't actually depart until tomorrow morning, so here we are. With luck, we'll have time for another post. Remember "Ezekiel," the raving Jewish sage from a couple of posts back? He says that t...
In this issue, we will tread carefully on the delicate issue of sleep. The world of science has taken multiple peeks into this mysterious phenomenon, mysterious because one probably has absolutely no clue ...
The red lotus is the Avatar. The white lotus is the Divine Consciousness The red lotus represents Sri Aurobindo, the white one represents me. In a general way the lotus is the flower of the Divine Wisdom, ...
'A crystal globe in the center, a sun-ray passing through it the whole day' - that was part of the Mother’s vision of the interior of the Matrimandir in Auroville. It has materialized. 'No religion, nor...
Turning Points: An inner story of the beginnings of Auroville posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore
posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, SingaporeThis new book is not primarily about Auroville's physical beginnings and development. It's about how the pioneers were drawn here and what keeps them here today. Christine, the editor, asked 24 Aurovilia...
Sri Aurobindo: About the blue flag, I presume you mean the flag with the white lotus. If so, it is the Mother’s flag, for the white lotus is her symbol as the red lotus is mine. The blue of the flag is m...
Am I right in thinking that she as an individual embodies all the Divine Powers and brings down the Grace more and more to the physical plane, and her embodiment is a chance for the entire physical con...
From Savitri posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore
posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, SingaporeThe Force in her drew earth’s subhuman broods; And to her spirit’s large and free delight She joined the ardent-hued magnificent lives Of animal and bird and flower and tree. They answered to her with the si...
Editorial posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore
posted by Sri Aurobindo Society, Singapore The Mother has said on herself, “Do not ask questions about the details of the material existence of this body; They are in themselves of no interest and must not attract attention. Throughout all this l...
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