> > > Message: 12 > Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:54:00 -0700 > From: Rob Myers <[email protected]> > > Landian accelerationism is certainly ultra-capitalist (Nick Land regards > capitalism/AI/globalization/modernism/critique as identical). > > But as the D&G quote notes our current political/economic system is > actually a drag on productive forces. > > Left accelerationism can be seen as a return to the historical project > of setting those forces free - > > > http://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/ > > http://www.versobooks.com/books/1989-inventing-the-future > > The introduction to the accelerationist reader (available online) goes > through this history in some detail - > > > http://www.urbanomic.com/Publications/Accelerate/Accelerate-Introduction.pdf > > I still really don't understand Lyotard's part in all this though. :-( > > For a nice concise take on political and philosophical > (left-)accelerationism I recommend - > > http://urbanomic.com/pub_speculativeaesthetics.php > > - Rob. >
You’re right, they are writing in the midst of the recent economic crisis, it’s still, however, somewhat pie-in-the-sky. “The command of The Plan must be married to the improvised order of The Network.” (#AM 03.14) Having just re-read the #ACCELERATE MANIFESTO, I am reminded of the potentially fascist nature of this New World Order (as coined elsewhere) that they themselves recognize (#AM 03.21) this could turn into. By including Lyotard’s Libidinal Economy as an expansion on D&G and especially his Energumen Capitalism, I think that a recognition of the messiness of this needed process is made. BTW Speculative Aesthetics is now on my list. - *Anthony Stephenson* *http://anthonystephenson.org/* <http://anthonystephenson.org/>
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