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Christian Marks
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political philosophy, social philosophy, critical theories; dissertation work on un/timely conceptions of the future with Arendt, Fanon, Césaire and Anders

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Thanks for this, I know this piece, it's great. Is your monograph about Lorde already available? :)
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Sounds great! The 1st chapter of my Lorde book is about her vision of the political power of poetry, & then I try to show that vision in action across the other chapters. Her 1986 collection Our Dead Behind Us is 🔥 for this

You should also check out this article by political theorist Jack Turner.
Audre Lorde’s Anti-Imperial Consciousness - Jack Turner, 2021
Providing the first extended analysis of Audre Lorde’s critique of the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, this essay argues that Lorde’s critique models a form of a...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Thank you for sharing, Caleb! I want to deal more with Lorde's poetry as a repertoire for political thought for some for some time now and this definitely keeps me going in that direction (amid my 387 other projects).
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Thank you for sharing! I will have a look again into this text and mine it for insights.
August 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'll have a look into this! I work on how Anders conceived some form of elevated futural orientation, and since his work tries to preserve agential freedom one could conclude that absolute freedom (and the max. of corresp. futurity) might be relevant to this form - which I was skeptical about.
August 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Very interesting passage, which text does it belong to?
August 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM