Just a shout out in regards to a well-written and fascinating article on the subject of Julian Assange and the philosophy of Wikileaks. Very much worth the time to read.
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It’s early in the morning so this is mostly a jumble of thoughts rather than a cohesive opinion.
-Throughout the whole diplomatic links, I keep thinking of how very ‘In The Loop’ it all seems. However, Assange’s theories both seem to support and reject the movie’s depiction of politics.
-A lot of contemporary philosophy/theory discusses how capable capitalism has become at absorbing protest, and what this means for art and intellectualism that find itself utterly toothless. A friend in our philosophy department is working on something like post-Marxism, trying to figure out what the next radicalism, protest, and/or social structuring can look like since Marxism, as such, is clearly no longer viable (if it ever was). I wonder if Assange is on to something viable or if capitalism will just find a way to absorb this protest as well.
-Lastly, I find it fascinating that these links come from inside and are given then given to Assange. Um, guess that’s all I have to say about that now.
Would love email or comments with further discussion! (Perhaps I will re-read when I am less foggy too.)
Wow, I am intrigued by the “capitalism has learned how to absorb protest” bent. Seriously- and we’re cutting philosophy programs across the states; what a shame!!
Got a link to more talk along those lines?
One book I know of is Ugly Feelings by Sian Ngai. Particularly her final chapter, “Disgust,” speaks to this topic. (I may be able to get you a pdf; I’ll see.) As to my philosopher compadre, he has an article but I haven’t read it and don’t know if I can get it. However, he works a lot on Deleuze and Guattari, which may or may not be relevant/helpful, and I’m not sure what else he looks at that factors into his work.