Cultural Issues and Commentary
Ontology of the Accident: An Essay on Destructive Plasticityby Catherine MalabouReviewed by John David EbertCatherine Malabou is a French philosopher whose recent text Ontology of the Accident was published in France in 2009 and … [Continue reading]
A Look Back at Thomas Pynchon's V.An Essay by John David EbertI.Thomas Pynchon’s 1963 first novel V. is not so much a novel as a series of short novels held together by hinges: the book is composed of 17 chapters (or 16 + an … [Continue reading]
In the World Interior of Capital:A Review by John David EbertPeter Sloterdijk's In the World Interior of Capital was originally published in German in 2005, written immediately after Sloterdijk's completion of his Spheres trilogy in 2004. As … [Continue reading]
A Few Words About the Cover(Excerpted from Art After Metaphysics)by John David EbertFor this book’s cover illustration I have chosen a work by contemporary British artist Chris Boyd, entitled The Book of Darecebu. It is a strange and … [Continue reading]
The Unabomber:An Essay by John David EbertThe BombingsFrom May, 1978 to April, 1995, Theodore J. Kaczynski – a.k.a. the Unabomber – sent out a total of sixteen bombs to various individuals who were all affiliated in one way or … [Continue reading]
Anish KapoorAn Essay by John David EbertRuptured WorldsIn the post-metaphysical age, civilization is no longer protected by spheres or membranes of any kind. All the boundaries, limes, walls, mandalas and macrospheres which, in … [Continue reading]
You Must Change Your Lifeby Peter SloterdijkReviewed by John David EbertThe main thesis of Peter Sloterdijk's newly translated 2009 work You Must Change Your Life is that there is no such thing as religion and never has been. (The … [Continue reading]
Jannis KounellisAn Essay by John David EbertHorsesIn Paleolithic art, the magic of the paint which touched the surface of the rock walls of the cave had the effect of symbolically dissolving the walls so that they could become … [Continue reading]
