#4 – Février / February 2022
POLITYS &/or SONNETS
63 enigmatic quatrains
21 stealth couplets
1.1
the last interview
a stranger in my own country
linguistics: why it matters
classics: why it matters
art: why it matters
wonder beyond belief
upheaval, the refugee trek through Europe
god is beautiful
state of emergency
I am not a brain
why the world does not exist
. . . or worse
formations of the unconscious
talking to a brick wall
1.2
the quantified self
on the names-of-the-father
thinking in cases
I know how many of you there are
the true life
our wound is not so recent
in praise of mathematics
in praise of theatre
black, the brilliance of a non-color
metamorphosis of the world
what is to be done
the new french philosophy
figures of history
jealousy
1.3
on love
the method of equality
the politics of literature
aesthetics and its discontents
what happened in the 20th century
the aesthetic imperative
saving beauty
selected exaggerations
what is power
the scent of time
rape and resistance
the expulsion of the other
human dignity
who is Charlie
1.4
the feminine subject
dispossession
the posthuman
are we all postracial yet
the future of whiteness
freedom to fail
an imaginary racism
the fanaticism of the apocalypse
a biography of ordinary man
general theory of victims
intellectuals and power
the insurrection of the victim
why philosophize
classification struggles
1.5
clint eastwood’s america
spike lee’s america
alfred hitchcock’s america
steven spielberg’s america
martin scorsese’s america
foucault now
derrida now
rancière now
nancy now
xenofeminism
narcocapitlism
ascendency of finance
playstation dream world
persons and things
1.6
platform capitalism
infinite distraction
immaterialism
the radicality of love
symbolic misery
states of shock
automatic society
the lost spirit of capitalism
uncontrollable societies of disaffected individuals
what makes life worth living
the great accelerator
the futurism of the instant
the university of disaster
are filter bubbles real
1.7
kristeva
dream notes
abstracts and brief chronicles of the time
twists and turns in the heart’s antarctic
old women in bloom
the art of freedom
eve escapes
zero’s neighbor
philosophical introductions
five approaches to communicative reason
the future of whiteness
optical media
search engine society
a history of silence
2.1.1
manufacturing happy citizens, or
the last interview
white privilege, or
a stranger in my own country
what dogs can teach us about the good life, or
linguistics: why it matters
the lure of technocracy, or
classics: why it matters
love, power and knowledge, or
art: why it matters
lectures on negative dialectics, or
wonder beyond belief
the future of feminism, or
formations of the unconscious
2.1.2
what is the future, or
upheaval, the refugee trek through Europe
birth of the intellectuals, or
god is beautiful
the colours of our memories, or
state of emergency
impossible objects, or
I am not a brain
the happiness fantasy, or
why the world does not exist
strangers at our door, or
. . . or worse
presumed intimacy, or
talking to a brick wall
2.2.1
the crisis of expertise, or
the quantified self
merchants of culture, or
on the names-of-the-father
anxiety, or
thinking in cases
how to be a geek, or
I know how many of you there are
the ecology of attention, or
the true life
for a politics of the common good, or
our wound is not so recent
dialogues on power and space, or
figures of history
2.2.2
The digital condition, or
in praise of mathematics
networks of outrage and hope, or
in praise of theatre
social semiotics for a complex world, or
black, the brilliance of a non-color
social media abyss, or
metamorphosis of the world
the new boss, or
what is to be done
distant love, or
the new french philosophy
babel, or
jealousy
2.3.1
facing gaia, or
on love
rejoicing, or
the method of equality
should schools be colorblind, or
the politics of literature
resonance, or
aesthetics and its discontents
the communication manifesto, or
what happened in the 20th century
the night cleaner, or
the aesthetic imperative
the end, or
human dignity
2.3.2
theodor w. adorno : letters to his parents, or
saving beauty
future metaphysics, or
selected exaggerations
modernity and ambivalence, or
what is power
being modern in china, or
the scent of time
nature, or
rape and resistance
managing like a man, or
the expulsion of the other
plebeian prose, or
who is charlie
2.4.1
baudrillard now, or
the feminine subject
the great accelerator, or
dispossession
the futurism of the instant, or
the posthuman
kittler now, or
are we all postracial yet
modernity and whiteness, or
the future of whiteness
left and right, or
freedom to fail
popular music and society, or
why philosophize
2.4.2
seduction, or
an imaginary racism
reality tv, or
the fanaticism of the apocalypse
postmetaphysical thinking II, or
a biography of ordinary man
the spirit of revolution, or
general theory of victims
awareness of what is missing, or
intellectuals and power
narrative power, or
the insurrection of the victim
resolutely black, or
classification struggles
2.5.1
going viral, or
clint eastwood’s america
sharing, or
spike lee’s america
privacy, or
alfred hitchcock’s america
social media abyss, or
steven spielberg’s america
why does patriarchy persist, or
martin scorsese’s america
gender, or
foucault now
the mood of the world, or
playstation dream world
2.5.2
seduction, or
derrida now
paparazzi, or
rancière now
speculative realism, or
nancy now
trauma, or
xenofeminism
politics of affect, or
narcocapitlism
society of fear, or
ascendency of finance
the drama of social life, or
persons and things
2.6.1
the mediated construction of reality, or
platform capitalism
cosmopolitanism and culture, or
infinite distraction
speculative reason, or
immaterialism
the age of disruption, or
the radicality of love
the telemachus complex, or
symbolic misery
along the trenches, or
states of shock
internal colonization, or
the university of disaster
2.6.2
the media education manifesto, or
automatic society
the most subline hysteric, or
the lost spirit of capitalism
mysteries and conspiracies, or
uncontrollable societies of disaffected individuals
demanding the impossible, or
what makes life worth living
confrontation, or
the great accelerator
the tragedy of property, or
the futurism of the instant
crimes unspoken, or
are filter bubbles real
2.7.1
the invention of celebrity, or
kristeva
believe and destroy, or
dream notes
white magic, or
abstracts and brief chronicles of the time
the power of images, or
twists and turns in the heart’s antarctic
pornography, or
old women in bloom
radical innovators, or
the art of freedom
death shall be dethroned, or
search engine society
2.7.2
ordinary organizations, or
eve escapes
after the internet, or
zero’s neighbor
youtube, or
philosophical introductions
from the factory of the metropolis, or
five approaches to communicative reason
diary of an escape, or
the future of whiteness
african american theater, or
optical media
so close, or
a history of silence
Derived from Polity Books Catalogues, 2018 -2021;
New and Recent Titles. Three poems from Part 1
were originally podcast in slightly different format on
Poem-a-Day, 8.30.21, by the Academy of American
Poets, curated by Kazim Ali.