Our Sociable Sociality, #4–Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality.

Table of Contents I. Introduction: How to Go Beyond The Mind-Body Politic II. They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality III. There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality IV. Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality V. “Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility … [continue reading]

How to Philosophize with a Hammer and a Blue Guitar, #6–Philosophical Blue Guitars, & Conclusion.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2.  What I Mean By “Philosophy,” “Politics,” and “Rational” 3. Philosophical Quietism and Philosophical Activism 4. Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism 5. How and Why All Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism are Rationally Unjustified and Morally Unacceptable 6. Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism 7. How and Why the First Eight … [continue reading]

Our Sociable Sociality, #3–There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality.

Table of Contents I. Introduction: How to Go Beyond The Mind-Body Politic II. They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality III. There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality IV. Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality V. “Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility … [continue reading]

Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism, and the Chess-Obsessed.

In general, Libertarians and Anarcho-Capitalists [sic][i] are like people who got reasonably competent at playing chess, go to chess meetups to talk about how smart they are because they know the names of all the chess-pieces, apply chess-terminology to every aspect of life, claim that chess isn’t a game, but is, instead, the one-and-only natural … [continue reading]

How to Philosophize with a Hammer and a Blue Guitar, #5–A Critique of the First Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism, and a Defense of the Ninth Variety.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2.  What I Mean By “Philosophy,” “Politics,” and “Rational” 3. Philosophical Quietism and Philosophical Activism 4. Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism 5. How and Why All Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism are Rationally Unjustified and Morally Unacceptable 6. Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism 7. How and Why the First Eight … [continue reading]

Technologies of Togetherness.

APP Editors’ Note: An earlier version of the essay below was presented by Emre Kazim as part of An Alternative Map of the Universe, London–conceived by artists and curators, Niccolò Moronato, Jessica Taylor, Abbas Zahedi–a series of events at the Guest Projects gallery/exhibition space (Monday 28 October – Friday 1 November 2019).  The synopsis of … [continue reading]

Our Sociable Sociality, #2–They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality.

Table of Contents I. Introduction: How to Go Beyond The Mind-Body Politic II. They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality III. There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality IV. Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality V. “Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility … [continue reading]

How to Philosophize with a Hammer and a Blue Guitar, #4–Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2.  What I Mean By “Philosophy,” “Politics,” and “Rational” 3. Philosophical Quietism and Philosophical Activism 4. Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism 5. How and Why All Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism are Rationally Unjustified and Morally Unacceptable 6. Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism 7. How and Why the First Eight … [continue reading]

Our Sociable Sociality: The Emancipatory Politics of Everyday Life, #1–Introduction.

Table of Contents I. Introduction: How to Go Beyond The Mind-Body Politic II. They Fuck You Up: Families and Sociality III. There Is No Love: Intimacy and Sociality IV. Lonely Are the Brave and the Millennials: Friendships and Sociality V. “Louis, I Think This is the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship”: Camaraderie-&-Solidarity, Identity, and Utility … [continue reading]

How to Philosophize with a Hammer and a Blue Guitar, #3–How and Why All Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism are Rationally Unjustified and Morally Unacceptable.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2.  What I Mean By “Philosophy,” “Politics,” and “Rational” 3. Philosophical Quietism and Philosophical Activism 4. Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism 5. How and Why All Seven Varieties of Philosophical Quietism are Rationally Unjustified and Morally Unacceptable 6. Eight Varieties of Philosophical Activism 7. How and Why the First Eight … [continue reading]