Buy Nicolas' Book: https://www.routledge.com/Mental-Health-and-Social-Withdrawal-in-Contemporary-Japan-Beyond-the-Hikikomori/Tajan/p/book/9780367645724Discover Nicolas' Book via open access: http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351260800This book examines the phenomenon of social withdrawal in Japan, which ranges from school non-attendance to extreme forms of isolation and confinement, known as hikikomori. Based on extensive original research including interview research with a range of p...

The Politics of 'Hikikomori': Social Withdrawal in Japan and Beyond featuring Nicolas Tajan

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What is a creative act? In other words, what is the nature of the forces which bring 'the new' into the world? Also, what is the role of resistance and the potential not to act against notions of creativity? In this episode, Craig, Will, and Adam perform a close reading of Gilles Deleuze's "What is a Creative Act?" and Giorgio Agamben's response, "What is an Act of Creation?", examining the respective nuances in the philosophers' views of creativity.Support the Show.Support the podcast:https:...

Deleuze Versus Agamben on Creativity and Resistance

Federico's 'The Last Night' on Zer0 Books: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/last-nightTechnic and Magic: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/technic-and-magic-9781350044036/We take for granted that only certain kind of things exist – electrons but not angels, passports but not nymphs. This is what we understand as 'reality'. But in fact, 'reality' varies with each era of the world, in turn shaping the field of what is possible to do, think and imagine. Our contemporary age ha...

Technic and Magic: Politics, Neoplatonism, and the Limits of Language with Federico Campagna

Pre-Order Here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761928/quit-everything-by-franco-berardi/In Quit Everything, Franco Berardi argues that this "depression" is actually conscious or unconscious withdrawal of psychological energy and a dis-investment of desire that he defines instead as "desertion". A desertion from political participation, from the daily grind of capitalism, from the brutal reality of climate collapse, and from a society which offers nothing but chaos and pain.Berardi a...

QUIT EVERYTHING with Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Acid Horizon, and Kenny Novis

Buy the Book: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/primer-utopian-philosophy-ernst-blochThe utopian project lies in ruins, but perhaps in our present moment, there are elements from the history of thought that can provide fresh resources for utopianism. In this groundbreaking introduction, Jon Greenaway explores the work of German philosopher Ernst Bloch, whose complex and challenging philosophy is a primer for a philosophical renewal of the struggle for a better world.Supp...

Ernst Bloch's Utopian Marxism: A New Hope with Jon Greenaway

I met Jack at local bar, and he promised to join me one day to do an explainer on Bergson's 'Matter and Memory'. A few beers later (over several months), here we are! Apologies for the rough interviewer audio; fortunately you can hear Jack loud and clear!Jack's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLTX61i5PIsw2IsVsIOfl2g More by Jack on 'Matter and Memory': https://youtu.be/b0_AQ4WbWDI?si=RMiaBIVhfsGKPLP3Bergson and the Metaphysical implication of calculus: https://www.youtube.com/...

The Politics of 'Hikikomori': Social Withdrawal in Japan and Beyond featuring Nicolas Tajan

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