As in many other fields, I find it hard to unearth great (i. e. significant, life-changing) philosophical contributions belonging to our century. I have my unholy trinity of Sloterdijk, Agamben and latter-day Negarestani; but naturally I wish to delve deeper and see through more of the lenses of minds capable of unsettling, overwhelming or otherwise enriching my own. I coursed through what I called lesser philosophers, or more succintly put, pop philosophers who are often editorial hits and aim at contemporary ills and perplexities, albeit from a reductive or half-baked standpoint. Chul-Han, Zizek or Pinker are comprised in this subcategory.As the title suggests I'm begging for markers and recommendation. Any suggestion would be of great... help for this perenially distraught anon.Pic scarcely related, but this is what I look like.
Michael Löwy and Lorenz Bruno Puntel. Habermas is boomer slop and Žižek is an entertainer probably promoted by the CIA
>>25024677I like Agamben but there's a sizeable portion (I surmise) or leftover covidiots here who defend academia for effectively marooning him for being the tenth dentist in regards to that particular event in human history. as for your question, I would say John Ralston Saul and Charles Taylor are up there. not a Canuck, but they seem to produce the best ones these days. Searle was good but he died just recently. Chalmers and Nagel too (though the latter is getting up there, dunno how much life he has left). I don't like Dennett or most modern continental thinkers, except what you named (besides Chul-Han)
Bumping for interest. Nice recommendations all around.
>Agamben, Sloterdijk, & NegarestaniSolid choices. Homo Sacer deserves all its praise. Spheres is magnificent. I wasn't taken w Cyclonopedia but Intelligence and Spirit was decent albeit mistaken.>Byung Chul Han and ZižekMemes for sure.>PinkerAn even worse meme.>my faves (top 3)Does Laruelle count? RIP. Strange fella. But provacative as all hell.I really enjoyed Catren's Pleromatica recently as well. Pretty beautiful work too in addition to creative and whatnot.The third, hmmmm, perhaps Meillassoux? After Finitude was nice. When's his big work coming though... Idk.
>>25024765I have two books by Laurelle I bought ages ago. whats his deal? He intrigued me.
Unfortunately nobody here even actually reads philosophy, and especially not contemporary philosophy. But imma bump cuz its interesting
>>25024996I've read 70 works of it so far, allegedly. I'd have to dig up my goodreads.
>>25024677Jocko Willink unironically.
Philosophy is meaningless in a world controlled by AI
>>25025092You're only as controlled as you let yourself be
>>25024730>but there's a sizeable portion (I surmise) or leftover covidiots here who defend academia for effectively marooning him for being the tenth dentist in regards to that particular event in human history.What?
>>25024677I’ve only read Teleoplexy in full by him but Land is profound in his own right for being ahead of the curve on technology and AI. Hes definitely an intentional obscurantist writer though.
>>25025152Negasterani or however you spell his name and I got into an argument years ago on social media. I write my own stuff and while I'm currently university to become "official", when I've posted my stuff here its gotten bad press.
>>25025148Like I said I'm a writer. Sometimes I write in an intentionally provocative manner.Which brings me to another question, who are some genealogists like Skinner and Foucault that are in contemporary era I should be on the lookout for?
>>25024807I'd suggest starting w From Decision to Heresy. Tis a good mix of shorter and longer works excerptedHe has a obfuscatory style, at least in the hands of certain translators, but his main goal is a sort of quantumization of ontology and epistemologyWhether he succeeds is questionable. I think his style impedes him somewhat. But damn intriguing at times.>>25025152Land is just pop deleuzeanism. Teleoplexy is also short af. At least read Fanged Noumena.>>25025169Skinner and Foucault? Walden II seems opposed to Discipline and Punish but what do I know. So... conty anthro? Descola is interesting and popular, I suppose. Between Nature and Culture is his big book. You could also read Clastres and follow it up w de Castro. Admittedly, such works operate on fringe of west rather than center. Oh wait. You say geneaology specifically? Agamben is the answer then beyond a shadow of doubt.>>25025148Lefties used to be yay agamben bc state of exception was good antifa theory but then he said covid vax policies was evil biopolitics and the lefties turned on him.
bump cuz good thread
>>25024697>LöwyWannabe Benjamin>PuntelWannabe Marion
