Philosophy & Theory Roundup - October 31, 2025
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Accelerationism
15 min read
The roundup features an article on 'Accelerationism and Political Violence' discussing Right and Left variants. This philosophical concept about accelerating capitalism or technology to bring about radical change is complex enough that most readers would benefit from deeper context on its origins, key thinkers like Nick Land, and its controversial political applications.
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Sublime (philosophy)
15 min read
The roundup opens with an article 'On the Limit in Kant' specifically about the sublime. Kant's conception of the sublime as the experience of overwhelming magnitude or power that transcends our comprehension is a foundational aesthetic concept that connects to contemporary discussions of technology, nature, and human limits.
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The Tao of Physics
14 min read
Explicitly referenced in the roundup as the subject of an article on Eastern mysticism. Fritjof Capra's 1975 book drawing parallels between quantum physics and Eastern philosophy was hugely influential and controversial, and understanding its arguments and reception provides context for ongoing debates about science and spirituality.
ROUNDUP
Part 5: On the Limit in Kant (3 likes): The sublime. By in Kosmotheoros.
The role of philosophy (and other humanities) in perilous times (11 likes): A map and a compass. By in Humaning is Hard, but Philosophy Can Help.
The Compute-Industrial Complex (7 likes): Inside some of the coalitions turning America’s AI boom into a new model of infrastructural enclosure, deregulation, and state-capital coordination. By in Techno-Statecraft.
If humans went extinct, could we re-evolve? (11 likes): Maybe — just don’t expect a carbon copy. By and in Mini Philosophy.
What is Eastern mysticism? Beyond the Opposites (10 likes): Fritjof Capra, “The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism” (1975) #8. By in Philosophy and Beyond.
Me trying to write like Frank O’Hara (3 likes). By in The Existential Reader.
An Existential Guide to: Love (356 likes): In 3 parts (like my heart after my first girlfriend left me) xD. By in The Shadowed Archive.
Accelerationism and Political Violence (13 likes): Join me for a live event in DC + an excerpt from my book on Right and Left Accelerationism. By in Daniel’s Journal.
Intimate Relationships course: check-in and Q&A (15 likes): A recording from Ellie Anderson’s live video. By in Intimate Reltionships.
User Not Found (11 likes): On the ground at Delete Day with Nick Plante. By attention in The Empty Cup.
Uncovering histories of the targeting and policing of Muslims in Kenya (18 likes): A conversation with scholar Samar Al-Bulushi about her powerful book “War-Making as Worldmaking: Kenya, United States and the War on Terror.”. By in Radical Books Collective.
The God of Too Much (3 likes): A love letter to the women who never got to be angry out loud. By in ZERO POINT.
Migration and Self-Mutilation as Protest (3 likes): By K. T. Mills. By in Everyday Analysis Substack.
The Ideal of Self-Governance (5 likes): For a Tocquevillian Political Economy. By @cyrilhedoin in The Archimedean Point.
Notes From Ian McEwan’s What We Can Know (12 likes): On what we can know, what we should preserve, and why the humanities matter... By in g.m..
Free Will and Violence (11 likes): Spinoza Versus Buddhist Scripture: Fight! .... But Nonviolently. By in Philosophy As Therapy.
145. AI Chatbots (5 likes). By in Overthink Podcast.
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