borrrrring. These french intellectuals are poison....

2011-09-06T15:02:12.050-07:00

borrrrring. These french intellectuals are poison. The Invisible Committee. Tiqqun. All postmodernist garbage.

You do a really great job in the analysis of weavi...

2011-02-06T08:13:13.766-08:00

You do a really great job in the analysis of weaving together the intellectual fabric of a very scattered text (scattered purposely so, I'd argue).

Anyways, there's a crucial intellectual component missing from this analysis--Badiou.

"The Imaginary Party is the party of the political only insofar that through its presence it exposes each citizen-subject to the intensity of what it means to act politically."

This point about the Imaginary Party is true, but Tiqqun relies heavily on Badiou for the ontological framework of what constitutes "politics" (and, for that matter, ruptures/violence).

Along those lines, it's also important to recognize that the while Intro to Civil War indicates an inward expression of force, given the other writings of the members of Tiqqun, it is clear that such inward force is merely meant to shake us out of the processes of subjectivization so that we can become active partisans, participating in the external struggle against the institutions of Empire (police & publicity) even via physical force if need be.

Fantastic.

2011-01-21T11:46:57.174-08:00

Fantastic.

Comments on the institute for experimental freedom: Oh yeah, that review of Introduction to Civil War ...

borrrrring. These french intellectuals are poison....

You do a really great job in the analysis of weavi...

Fantastic.