Next week, we’ll be discussing the nihilistic pessimism of Emil Cioran as presented in his book The Trouble With Being Born. We’ll take a look at Chapters 5, 2, and 3. That totals about sixty pages, but given it’s an aphoristic text, many of which are decidedly brief, all three chapters shouldn’t take more than an hour or so to complete (depending on how you ruminate, I suppose). But if for whatever reason you’re unable or disinclined to read all three chapters, it is suggested that you tackle them in the above order. See you soon! ~N

Towards an Anthropology as Science Fiction by Dominique Ganawaabi

Post-Indian Aphorisms by Dominique Ganawaabi

Both of the above readings by Dominique are in Black Seed 7 on TheAnarchistLibrary.org

For next week, we decided to juxtapose the above reading on anthropology as science fiction with excerpts from volume 1 of The Accursed Share by Georges Bataille. Given the focus on anthropology in Dom’s piece, I’m suggesting we discuss the section “The Historical Data 1”. It is a bit long, but split into two parts (“Sacrifices and Wars of the Aztecs” and “The Gift of Rivalry: Potlach”), which you could read either or both of. I’d say the point here is more to focus on the way Bataille approaches “anthropology” in this text rather than needing to necessarily digest every word of both sections. So, as always, just read what you can/are inclined to! Text is HERE. ~N

Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard, A. Ross

The Psychoanalysis of Fire, chapters 3 and 4, by Gaston Bachelard

Break-out From the Crystal Palace pdf selected pages

We will read three sections of chapter 1 of Breakout From The Crystal Palace:

1. The Origins of Anarcho-Psychology
2. The Existentialist
3. The Anarcho-Individualist and Social Action

These three sections are contained in the following Immediatism episodes:

362 The Critique of Ideology 1, by John Carroll

364 The Critique of Ideology 3, by John Carroll

365 The Critique of Ideology 4, by John Carroll

This week we’ll be discussing Against Method by Paul Feyerabend.  The focus is chapters 1 and 2, with chapter 18 included to provide some extra context and fuel for discussion.

Against Method Ch 1,2,18

Bob Black’s Feminism As Fascism

Feminism as Social Pathology by Ljubisa Malenica

Additionally, Critique of feminisms is an outline Jason has been working on, for those who are interested.

Against the Gendered Nightmare, sections 1-11.  In other words, up to the second mythos.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/baedan-against-the-gendered-nightmare

403 Against the Gendered Nightmare 1: Baedan 2 A Queer Journal of Heresy

404 Against the Gendered Nightmare 2: Fragments on Domestication

405 Against the Gendered Nightmare 3: Fragments on Domestication

406 Against the Gendered Nightmare 4: Fragments on Domestication

407 Against the Gendered Nightmare 5: Fragments on Domestication

Boundlessness: On Playing Out the Game Without a Reason, by Rydra Wrong

https://anarchistnews.org/content/boundlessness-playing-out-game-without-reason-rydra-wrong