Timothy Morton has called themself an anarchist ontologist. Five of Morton's essays have now been read on Immediatism podcast, across the 17 episodes linked below. Perhaps of greatest interest to anarchy generalists would be the fifth of these, entitled "Things in Common" (episodes 719-723), which serves as the introduction to their book, "Humankind: Solidarity With Non-Human People" (Verso, 2017). In "Things in Common," Morton cleverly ties together their ideas from the other four essays, showing that an anti-racist stance toward perceiving our world is necessary to be both anti-speciesist and anti-fascist, and ties in anti-capitalist analysis as well. These are not arguments toward activism but instead toward having a clearer understanding of our own perception of our world/s.
Ideas in the other four essays include the analysis of humans as part of the natural world and not outside of Nature, which is a social construction (of deep relevance to green anarchy); that objects, including humans and non-human beings, are unique in the Stirnerian sense; and the notion that our thoughts are exterior to ourselves -- that we experience them largely as part of our environment. All of these ideas lead up to the understanding of the fifth essay, "Things in Common."
Part 1 Realist Magic: Objects, Ontology, Causality
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/707-realist-magic-objects-onto…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/708-realist-magic-objects-onto…
Part 3
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/709-realist-magic-objects-onto…
Part 1 Theory of Ecological Criticism
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/710-theory-of-ecological-criti…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/711-theory-of-ecological-criti…
Part 3
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/716-a-quake-in-being-3-intro-t…
Part 4
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/713-theory-of-ecological-criti…
Part. 1 A Quake in Being: Intro. to Hyperobjects
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/714-a-quake-in-being-1-intro-t…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/715-a-quake-in-being-2-intro-t…
Part 3
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/716-a-quake-in-being-3-intro-t…
Part 1 All Objects are Deviant: Feminism & Ecological Intimacy
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/717-all-objects-are-deviant-1-…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/718-all-objects-are-deviant-2-…
Part 1 Things in Common: Solidarity With Nonhuman People
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/719-things-in-common-1-solidar…
Part 2
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/720-things-in-common-2-solidar…
Part 3
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/721-things-in-common-3-by-timo…
Part 4
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/722-things-in-common-4-by-timo…
Part 5
https://immediatism.com/archives/podcast/723-things-in-common-5-by-timo…
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Timothy Morton
Blockhead (not verified) Thu, 12/16/2021 - 08:02
Will be on a panel talking about transhumanism in about an hour, 12 noon eastern
https://newnowbymanege.com/transhumanism
I'm not promoting this, just thought someone might be interested.
thanks for letting us know
anonymous (not verified) Fri, 12/17/2021 - 12:51
In reply to Timothy Morton by Blockhead (not verified)
i missed it - it is online anywhere? how did it go? what was it like to talk to THEM?
I don't know.
Blockhead (not verified) Sun, 12/19/2021 - 15:35
In reply to thanks for letting us know by anonymous (not verified)
I don't know.
It was coincidence that i saw the notice on twitter & then this, so i posted the link. But i was unprepared to watch a zoom thingy at the time. I'm sure one could look for it if one was inclined to.
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