Leaky finitude

17May07

/1/ – (In)finity How is that finitude exceeds infinitude? Exceed is a purposefully sloppy word to choose, it exceeds infinitude in its use-value to put it in inappropriately Marxist terms. Douglas Adams may have explained it best: “Arthur had a clear idea of what infinity looked like. It wasn’t infinity in fact. Infinity itself looks […]

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Zombie Economy

17May07

[Note: The following is a truncated version of an essay I wrote last semester entitled “The answer to ‘Che Vuoi?’ is ‘Vous’: Understanding Capitalism, Ideology and Desire through the Zombic text” with some extensions, additions and other tweaks.] 1 – Marx avec Romero Zombies, (due most likely to their non-western roots) are not found in […]

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