Nihilism and the Anthropocene
Sponsored by the Humanities and the Anthropocene Initiative, Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the Critical Theory Collective
10:00: Introduction
10:15-11:45: Keynote Adress, Peter Trawny (U Wuppertal), “Hypernihilism: On the Lost Origin of Mankind.”
11:45-12:30: Lunch
12:30-1:30: Stefano Franchi (Independent Scholar), "Apocalyptic reduction vs. hypocalyptic revolutions: on the temporality of radical change in the technological era."
1:30-2:30: Maddalena Cerrato (Texas A&M), "Metis and Machine Learning: New Economies of Secrecy and Sacrifice”
Coffee Break
2:45-3:45: Humberto González Núñez (U of Texas-Dallas), “Toward a Pharmacology of Dreams: Thinking the Problem of Nihilism in the Anthropocene With Stiegler.”
4:00-5:00: Rodrigo de los Santos (Texas A&M), “Evil Beyond Meaning and Silence: Infrapolitical Thoughts on Crisis.”
10:00-11:30: Keynote Address, Elliot Wolfson (U of California-Santa Barbara), “The Nihil That Is: Mystical Nihilism and the Skepticism of Faith.”
11:30-12:30: Matthew Peterson (University of Southern California), “Nihilism, Apocalypse, Revolution: Misosophizing with Jean Vioulac.”
12:30-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:00: Alberto Moreiras (Texas A&M), “Being and Allotropy: Moira.”
2:00-3:00: Donovan Stewart (Leiden University/Leuphana University Lüneburg), “The Prosthesis of Nihilism.”
Coffee Break
3:15-4:15: Lucas Wright (Texas A&M), “Messianism, Nihilism, Infrapolitics: Critical Theory, the Politics of Liberation, and 20th Century Jewish Thought.”
4:15-5:15: Rafael Fernández López (Texas A&M), “Desecularization and Dexamiento.”
Event contact: Dr. Alberto Moreiras moreiras@tamu.edu