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Crazy wild thinkers

 
 
No star here laces
16:32 / 09.05.02
I'm helping organise a series of talks here at work by people who either represent the zeitgeist of contemporary thought in their field or just have lots of crazy interesting ideas.

I'm thinking people like Manuel Castells, Michael Hardt, Grant Morrison, Simon Reynolds and Stuart Home.

What philosophers, artists, politicians, journalists and scientists do you think fulfill the criteria above? What would you have them talk about? Who have you heard talk recently and been inspired by?

We have fairly big budgets for this, so anyone is possible. Any and all suggestions welcomed.
 
 
grant
19:21 / 09.05.02
Anyone from the "Invitational" thread in the Policy.
 
 
Disco is My Class War
02:04 / 10.05.02
I don't know whether to laud you for getting cool people to speak or tell you you're just trying to appropriate the cool cats, Tyrone. *s*

Chris Kraus is interesting -- she edits the Native Agents imprint of Semiotexte. She could talk about Bader Minehof and revolution and possibly feminism, in a crazy way. Eileen Myles is amazing. She could talk about how fucked America is.

Get some women in there, by the way. Is my advice. Because all the people you cited were men...
 
 
Jackie Susann
05:41 / 10.05.02
I know you don't like him, but Kodwo Eshun seems an obvious choice.

Manuel de Landa might be interesting - his schtick is that he's a non-academic ('street') philosopher applying ideas of nonlinearity from physics and biology to the social sciences.

Sadie Plant and Sue Golding on women, computers, technomadism, zeitgeisty crap.

All more or less fit the 'crazy interesting ideas' thing.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
05:57 / 10.05.02
Iain Sinclair, if you think the whole "London Psychogeography" thing's cool.
 
 
Gibreel
13:12 / 15.05.02
Michel Serres - but then I would say that!
Also Bruno Latour is a fascinating writer/thinker.
And Theodore Zeldin, may be?
Matt Fuller of IOD would probably rock too (very, very funny).

Not so sure about Simon Reynolds any more. He's been losing a bit since 2000. And Stu Home is a tosser. But it's your gig, brother.

Yeah, definitely get some women in. Painfully aware that the list I've just given is men too. I'd second Sadie Plant.

Donna Haraway (a cyborg not a goddess) is worth a look.

And how about some grassroots politico-types. Some praxis with your theory, sir?
 
 
grant
15:20 / 15.05.02
fix?
 
  
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