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The Endgame of Fiat Money - The Philosophical Salon Can we still see the wood for the trees? What we are living through is not a sequence of disconnected crises, but the weird consolidation of a debt‑saturated economic system. ... Read More

Fabio Vighi on fiat money: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-endgame-...

Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague | Centrum pro environmentální a technologickou etiku - Praha

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Arthrosophy: The Wisdom of Joints by Michael Marder | Northwestern University Press I have always shied away from thinking, publicly speaking, and writing about “the body,” a theme that has been fashionable in philosophy and social theory

On arthrosophy: nupress.northwestern.edu/blog/2026/01...

Free online workshop in collaboration with the writing(with)plants network "that moves through shadow, muddy marshes, story, and ephemeral ponds with Prof. Michael Marder and Dr. Wendy Wuyts." Guest plant is Marsh reed. Mar 8, 2026, 15-17.00 (Brussels time). woodwidewebstories.com/2026/01/25/y...

A Report on Determinism and the Possibilities of Change - The Philosophical Salon Any attempt to think about things necessarily and repeatedly returns to a fundamental principle: between every entity and its possibility of existing, a necessary relation obtains. Whether we articula...

A reflection on determinism and change by a PhD candidate from Iran: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-report-on-...

The Dump / Undumping …and what if the dump were our only reality, consistently blocking any and all points of access to itself?

The Dump / Undumping
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Michael Marder / The Arthritic Society Religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions have been getting a bad press since the dawn of modernity. Bacon’s recommendation to smash the idols of the past and Descartes’s doubt prompting him to do away with every established certainty except for that of the cogito have cast all “received knowledge” in a negative light. For the philosophers of early modernity, tradition was the realm of stagnation, a suffocating and mystifying veil that had to be torn and destroyed for human emancipation to stand a chance.

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Religious, philosophical, and cultural traditions have been getting a bad press since the dawn of modernity. Bacon’s recommendation to smash the idols of the past and Descartes’s doubt prompting him to do away with every established certainty except for that…

Appearances - The Philosophical Salon Dan Nadasan is right to point out that the main shattering impact of the AI on our lives concerns the status of appearance.[1] In this context, we’ve got to introduce ... Read More

Slavoj Zizek on appearances in the age of AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/appearances/

You are invited to join writing(with)Marsh reed and Michael Marder on March 8th Yes, that’s a lot of M’s in the title. What if we didn’t rewrite dark myths into prettier stories, but learned how to walk through them together?  On Sunday, March 8th, 15-17.00 (Brussels…

March 8. All are invited: woodwidewebstories.com/2026/01/25/y...

The sensitivity of the roots seeking moisture in the dark of the soil, the antennae of a snail probing the way ahead, and human ideas or representations we project, casting them in front of ourselves, are not as dissimilar from one another as we tend to think.

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Anaïs Tondeur e Michael Marder, i segnali delle piante offese
https://ilmanifesto.it/anais-tondeur-e-michael-marder-i-segnali-delle-piante-offese

The Mystery of Caravaggio's Daisies - The Philosophical Salon I first saw Caravaggio’s (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio,1571-1610) St Francis in Ecstasy, 1595 in the exhibition titled Caravaggio 2025 at the Palazzo Barberini Rome. Made in Rome when he was ... ...

Caravaggio's daisies don't cease to amaze: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-mystery-...

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.

Hemispheric Piracy
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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...

Publication date of Joints and Other Articulations: The Futures of Arthrosophy today: nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014961...

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...

From 'Green Transition' to Rearmament: thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-different-...

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

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 .....

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 The violence of light.

"Flickers of Sense" for 2026: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/flickers-o...

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...

The Faces of AI: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-faces-of...

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.

I'm dreaming of a green Christmas: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/i-am-dream...

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

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 ...

Michael Marder on #Zootopia2: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unbearab...

In Exile from Vegetal Sensuality Throughout my life, I have undergone several experiences of immigration and exile, across various countries and continents.

In exile from vegetal sensuality: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/in-exile-f...

36. Thinking with plants – on Hildegard of Bingen’s ecological theology // MICHAEL MARDER Although the view from my window today is mostly muted gray, this episode is all about the green.

Thinking with plants, Hildegard von Bingen, ecology:

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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

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.

Finally, for English-speakers, The Flowers of Fire are here! www.lartiere.com/en/prodotto/...

Inhibitions: Of Ecological Thinking and/in Action A slice of Eco-Freud in the wake of COP30

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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

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...

Politics and illusions: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-regressi...

Res, non verba One hardly expects to be taught a philosophy lesson when passing by a police station.

Res, non verba: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/res-non-ve...