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A Collection of Reflections

Taught in Winter ‘23 by Prof. Philip Thurtle for the Comparative History of Ideas Department at UW.

WeekTitleAuthor
1Eye and MindMaurice Merleau-Ponty
1“Introduction” from Queer PhenomenologySara Ahmed
1“Before We Proceed” from EmergenceJohn Holland
1“Complexity, Agency, and Time” from A World of BecomingWilliam Connolly
2“Theoretical Introduction” from The Accursed ShareGeorges Bataille
2“Introduction” from Mapping Abundance for a Planetary FutureCandace Fujikane
2“Immanence: A Life” from Pure ImmanenceGilles Deleuze
3“The Genesis of the Individual” from IncorporationsGilbert Simondon
3The SpiralItalo Calvino
3Desert IslandsGilles Deleuze
4“Animal Architecture” and “Making Babies: 25,000 Genes, Some Assembly Required” from Endless Forms Most BeautifulSean Carroll
4“How Do You Make Yourself a Body Without Organs” from A Thousand PlateausGilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
5“Zombie Roaches and Other Parasite Tales” Ted TalkEd Yong
5“Racial Capitalism: A Fundamental Cause of Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Inequities in the United State”Whitney N. Laster Pirtle
6Vampyroteuthis InfernalisVilém Flusser and Louis Bec
7AnnihilationJeff Vandermeer
9“Posthuman Humanities: Life Beyond Theory” from The PosthumanRosi Braidotti