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Gerald Raunig - Dividuum: Machinic Capitalism and Molecular Revolution - 9781584351801 - V9781584351801
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Dividuum: Machinic Capitalism and Molecular Revolution

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Description for Dividuum: Machinic Capitalism and Molecular Revolution Paperback. Translator(s): Derieg, Aileen. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Raunig develops a philosophy of dividuality as a way of addressing contemporary modes of production and forms of life. The animal of the molecular revolution will be neither mole nor snake, but a drone-animal-thing that is solid, liquid, and a gas. -from Dividuum As the philosophical, religious, and historical systems that have produced the individual (and its counterparts, society and community) over the years continue to break down, the age of dividuality is now upon us. The roots of the concept of the dividuum can be traced back to Latin philosophy, when Cicero used the term to translate the divisible in the writings of Epicurus and Plato; later, medieval scholars utilized the term in theological discussions on the unity of the trinity. Grounding himself in the writings of the medieval bishop Gilbert de Poitiers and his extensive commentaries on Boethius, Gerald Raunig charts a genealogy of the concept and develops a philosophy of dividuality as a way of addressing contemporary modes of production and forms of life. Through its components of dispersion, subsistence, and similarity, dividuality becomes a hidden principle of obedience and conformity, but it also brings with it the potential to realize disobedience and noncompliant con/dividualities. Raunig's bad news is that dividuality is responsible for much of the intensified exploitation and enslavement taking place under contemporary machinic capitalism. Algorithms, derivatives, big data, and social media technology all contribute to the rampant expansion of divisive management strategies and desires for self-division. The good news, however, is that this same terrain of dividuality presents an opportunity for a new kind of resistance, one that can be realized in the form of con/division.

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Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents
Condition
New
Weight
324g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781584351801
SKU
V9781584351801
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About Gerald Raunig
Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist. He works at the Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich and the eipcp (European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies), Vienna. He is coeditor of the multilingual publishing platform Transversal Texts and the Austrian journal Kamion. He is the author of Art and Revolution, A Thousand Machines, and Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity, all published by Semiotext[e].

Reviews for Dividuum: Machinic Capitalism and Molecular Revolution
It is obvious that Gerald Raunig owes the authors of the Anti-xdipe stylistic inspirations, theoretical background and a terminological basis, when he talks of the molecular revolutions, desiring machines, the dividuum, deterritorialization, machinic subservience and lines of flight. He manages to contextualise a concept that has historic weight and current relevance within a wide field of cultural phenomena, philosophical positions, technological innovation and political problems. A great book. -Mathias Fuchs, Furtherfield

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