Just a quick note to direct interested readers to a new group blog focusing on critical animal studies called The Inhumanities and includes long-time blog friend Craig. Here is the announcement of their first book event:
We are pleased to announce our first event, an intervention in and reading of Matthew Calarco’s Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida. We plan to cover a chapter a week, and the first post on the book will be up this coming Tuesday, 9-1-09. We encourage everyone to participate in comments, or emails. Calarco has been kind enough to agree to follow the discussion, and post a response at the end of the discussion.
Remember, if you want to email us just drop us a line at inhumanitiesblog@gmail.com
I hope to read along and you should to.
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Thanks for linking to us, Anthony — but isn’t tagging it as “boredom” a bit backhanded!!?
Friday, August 28, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Damn. I just have a bad habit of forgetting to tag posts and “boredom” is the default tag (ie what is always selected). I’ll fix it when I’m back home.
I ordered the book today. Looking forward to reading along with you guys.
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:38 am
I have now changed the default category to “blog posts,” to avoid such misunderstandings in the future.
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:51 am
Should probably just change it to “Anthony enjoys erotic self-asphyxiation” and then I’d remember to pick real categories.
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:56 am
You all make me laugh. Thanks for the shout out. Sorry I couldn’t do beyond monotheism with you guys, though I am super psyched for you all doing Calarco with us!
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 11:48 am
I actually thought “boredom” was deliberately chosen to reflect the whole problematic in Heidegger on animals (which is central to Schopenhauer too on animals) that animals can’t be bored. Or am I missing a whole big joke about this very thing?
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 9:54 pm
I don’t think you’re missing a joke, though I bet that right now Anthony is wishing he would’ve claimed that he used the “boredom” category for Heidggerian reasons.