Tag Archives: Capitalism

Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri, Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire

By Steen | May 5, 2006

A sequl to Empire, this book examines the “other side” of Empire; ie. the different groups and formations that resist Empire. Much of the book is a historical in addition to a philosophical investigation of these developments. The most useful aspect of their book, is the concept of the multitude, which allows for a broader [...]

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Hal Hartley, The Girl From Monday

By Steen | November 29, 2005

I’ve just seen Hal Hartley’s The Girl From Monday which is an excellent film, so far only available through Netflix but can be purchased through Possible Films January 10, 2006. In many ways it reminds me of Abel Ferrara’s New Rose Hotel in the way that the world which is presented is the future but [...]

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Fredric Jameson, Archaeologies of the Future

By Steen | November 12, 2005

Fredric Jameson’s third installment in his projected six volume series The Poetics of Social Forms, this is also purported by Jameson to be the ‘last’ one, ie. volume six, though there still remains three more to be written (Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism and A Singular Modernity are the two previous ones). [...]

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Robert Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

By Steen | October 9, 2005

No wonder that Heinlein is regarded as one of the premiere sf writers and why practically all who discuss sf poetics have to at least mention Heinlein briefly. His ability to create other worlds through language is quite impressive, especially since it always seems so easy and logical. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is [...]

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J.G. Ballard, Super-Cannes

By Steen | July 25, 2005

In this novel, Ballard continues his critical views of contemporary society indicting not just the social structures which he finds but the humans who create them. Where ever Ballard looks he finds perversion; one could in fact argue that Ballard’s main obsession is with perversion in all its forms, not just sexual though that is [...]

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