An essay in which Fisher utilises some Nietzschean tools to criticise the modern, moralising left. In short, it's basically a polemic against what we can call identity politics. Now, identity politics is not necessarily a new phenomenon, in fact the grouping of individuals by common signification - whether affirmatively as an act of solidarity and … Continue reading Book Review: Mark Fisher – Exiting the Vampire Castle
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Thought: Identity & the Law
The majoritarian state says "you are this, and this is Other", and identity politics or identitarianism says "yes, I am this, and proud!". The problem, is that the first, and primary, imposition of the prior instance remains completely unchallenged, and even, in some cases, affirmed. "Everything that I am is based on this!" Both the … Continue reading Thought: Identity & the Law
Doing the Multiple 