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Hemispheric Piracy
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Hemispheric Piracy
Woodrow Wilson’s original 1916 slogan America First! was a shorthand of sovereign self-interest and a signpost of the country’s neutral position in World War I.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Hemispheric Piracy
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Publication date of Joints and Other Articulations: The Futures of Arthrosophy today: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014961...
Of Joints and Other Articulations - Northwestern University Press
Articulates a philosophical mode of thinking modeled after our bodily construction points What if we were to reimagine bodies of all kinds—biological an...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Publication date of Joints and Other Articulations: The Futures of Arthrosophy today: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014961...
From 'Green Transition' to Rearmament: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-different-...
A Different Shade of Green: Why Europe Is Rearming Instead of Decarbonising - The Philosophical Salon
Europe’s new “security‑first” agenda is usually presented as a direct response to Russian aggression. That story is emotionally powerful and politically convenient, but it hides a deeper shift. Europe...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
From 'Green Transition' to Rearmament: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-different-...
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-...
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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January 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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-...
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!
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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January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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!
"Flickers of Sense" for 2026: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/flickers-o...
Flickers of Sense
The violence of light.
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January 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
"Flickers of Sense" for 2026: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/flickers-o...
The Faces of AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-faces-of...
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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December 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The Faces of AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-faces-of...
I'm dreaming of a green Christmas: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/i-am-dream...
I Am Dreaming of a Green Christmas
The holiday season, when millions of families worldwide gather around Christmas trees, is a good time to reconsider our relation to the vegetal world.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm dreaming of a green Christmas: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/i-am-dream...
On how to reconsider transcendence and immanence in down-to-earth terms: thephilosophicalsalon.com/under-an-ope...
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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December 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
On how to reconsider transcendence and immanence in down-to-earth terms: thephilosophicalsalon.com/under-an-ope...
Michael Marder on #Zootopia2: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unbearab...
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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December 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Michael Marder on #Zootopia2: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unbearab...
In exile from vegetal sensuality: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/in-exile-f...
In Exile from Vegetal Sensuality
Throughout my life, I have undergone several experiences of immigration and exile, across various countries and continents.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
In exile from vegetal sensuality: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/in-exile-f...
A "conversion" to "élan vitalism": thephilosophicalsalon.com/my-spiritual...
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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December 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A "conversion" to "élan vitalism": thephilosophicalsalon.com/my-spiritual...
Finally, for English-speakers, The Flowers of Fire are here! www.lartiere.com/en/prodotto/...
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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December 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Finally, for English-speakers, The Flowers of Fire are here! www.lartiere.com/en/prodotto/...
A fresh perspective on 'AI slop': thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-idea-of-...
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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December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A fresh perspective on 'AI slop': thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-idea-of-...
Politics and illusions: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-regressi...
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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November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Politics and illusions: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-regressi...
Res, non verba: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/res-non-ve...
Res, non verba
One hardly expects to be taught a philosophy lesson when passing by a police station.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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"The In/Hospitality of the Earth": www.koozarch.com/essays/heavy...
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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November 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"The In/Hospitality of the Earth": www.koozarch.com/essays/heavy...
How to think of climate change denialism? thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-plate-sp...
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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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How to think of climate change denialism? thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-plate-sp...
Fabio Vighi on 'successful paranoia': thephilosophicalsalon.com/inside-the-b...
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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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Fabio Vighi on 'successful paranoia': thephilosophicalsalon.com/inside-the-b...
Aquarium fragments: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/aquarium-f...
Aquarium Fragments
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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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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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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November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
⭕💬 #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...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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