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A unique platform, curated by Michael Marder, where thinkers discuss today’s crucial issues & philosophy's perennial questions.
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Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. He works in the phenomenological tradition of Continental philosophy, environmental thought, and political philosophy. .. more
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A Letter to the Unknown Creatures Who Live Deep in the Abyss of the Oceans - The Philosophical Salon
At the end of 2025, Giovanbattista Tusa wrote to Françoise Vergès while she was working on a film about struggles in Réunion Island and on her parents’ personal archives, recalling ... Read More
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The new series of Planetary Conversations, organized by Giovanni Tusa has begun! Read Françoise Vergès' letter to the unknown life of the oceans: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-letter-to-...
Planetary Conversations - The Philosophical Salon
Born from an idea of Giovanbattista Tusa in collaboration with The Philosophical Salon, “Planetary Conversations” is an attempt to reimagine the shape of an engaged public philosophy for the age of .....
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The second series of Giovanni Tusa's "Planetary Conversations" at The Philosophical Salon starting on the first Monday of the year. thephilosophicalsalon.com/planetary-co.... Stay tuned!
The Faces of AI - The Philosophical Salon
In the titanic dispute between humans and robots—a confrontation that never ceases to astonish us and that grows daily with new and unprecedented moral dilemmas—what stands out is the need ... Read Mo...
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Under an Open Sky - The Philosophical Salon
Man is an animal. But not just any animal. “Man does not live by bread alone.” He is a desiring creature. He is never content with the earthly here and ... Read More
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On how to reconsider transcendence and immanence in down-to-earth terms: thephilosophicalsalon.com/under-an-ope...
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being a Hollywood Liberal: Zootopia 2 - The Philosophical Salon
In Zootopia 2 (Jared Bush & Byron Howard, 2025), Hollywood once again entrusts its political intuitions to animals, as though nonhuman faces could soften the blows of contentious themes. The ... Read ...
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Michael Marder on #Zootopia2: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unbearab...
My Spiritual Journey from Roman Catholicism to Élan Vitalism - The Philosophical Salon
Deharbe’s Catechism, which I was taught from an early age, begins thus: Q: Who made you? A: God made me. Q: And why did God make you? A: To ... Read More
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A "conversion" to "élan vitalism": thephilosophicalsalon.com/my-spiritual...
Flowers of Fire – Anaïs Tondeur, Michael Marder | L’Artiere Edizioni, independent publishing house and photography books
An artist’s book by Anaïs Tondeur exploring polluted landscapes in Italy’s Terra dei Fuochi, with images and texts in dialogue with philosopher Michael Marder.
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Finally, for English-speakers, The Flowers of Fire are here! www.lartiere.com/en/prodotto/...
The Idea of "AI Slop" Is Slop - The Philosophical Salon
I was recently in Naples for a conference, a marvelous city that I like to think of as “the Italy of Italy.” In one of its countless souvenir shops, most ... Read More
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A fresh perspective on 'AI slop': thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-idea-of-...
The Regressive Form of Illusionary Politics - The Philosophical Salon
It is not without reason that advocacy for political utopias is often scorned, dismissed outright, or simply denounced as a manifestation of naïveté (or even infantilism). The argument typically boils...
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Politics and illusions: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-regressi...
Heavy Talk: The In/Hospitality of the Earth<!-- --> – KoozArch
In this address philosopher and academic Michael Marder expands on what he refers to as the ‘geodump’ of the earth, divided into surface and depth. As the relative hospitality of the earth’s surfaces ...
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"The In/Hospitality of the Earth": www.koozarch.com/essays/heavy...
The Plate-Spinning Trip of Climate Agnotology - The Philosophical Salon
We should stop calling them climate deniers. Because they’re not denying it; if they denied anthropogenic climate change, they wouldn’t be acting so feverishly to shut-up, actively reject, and blow .....
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How to think of climate change denialism? thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-plate-sp...
Inside the Bubble of “Successful Paranoia”: Lacanian Reflections on Techno-Capitalist Delusion - The Philosophical Salon
‘A successful paranoia might just as well seem to constitute the closure of science’.[i] In psychoanalytic terms, denial negates reality, whereas delusion replaces it. In denial, the subject refuses t...
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Fabio Vighi on 'successful paranoia': thephilosophicalsalon.com/inside-the-b...
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Un Plan Marshall al revés: así financia Europa las empresas de armamento estadounidenses | Opinión
La retórica moral de la solidaridad entre socios de la OTAN para aumentar el gasto en defensa oculta una transferencia masiva de riqueza pública de los contribuyentes europeos a corporaciones de Estados Unidos
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⭕💬 #Opinión | La retórica moral de la solidaridad entre socios de la OTAN para aumentar el gasto en defensa oculta una transferencia masiva de riqueza pública de los contribuyentes europeos a corporaciones de Estados Unidos
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On the dialectics of energy: www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/16...
Drifting with the World: Additional Reflections on Passengerhood
I am jotting these lines down while waiting for an early morning flight at the tiny Santander airport, which was still closed less than two hours before scheduled takeoff.
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Drifting with the world--more on passengerhood
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Technofeudalism and the Psychological Foreclosure of the Future - The Philosophical Salon
In recent years, there has been much talk about the death of capitalism—whether that death is imminent, in process, or something that has already happened. In the latter category, we ... Read More
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Reflections on technofeudalism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/technofeudal...
No Longer to Become - The Philosophical Salon
The mind is not located, but enacted. Let me rephrase: you say hello to your neighbour, not out of kindness, but because he still hasn’t returned the carton of eggs ... Read More
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Mind, brain, attention, becoming... no longer: thephilosophicalsalon.com/no-longer-to...
Unlearning Zionism - The Philosophical Salon
Edward Said ends his introduction to Orientalism with a plea for “unlearning”: “If [Orientalism] stimulates a new kind of dealing with the Orient, indeed if it eliminates the ‘Orient’ and ... Read Mor...
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How to unlearn Zionism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/unlearning-z...
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Now available! METAMORPHOSES REIMAGINED is a work of breathtaking philosophical, literary, and linguistic experimentation, proposing creative ways to write and think, to be and become. buff.ly/9aYTHXV