Untimely Meditations

The Untimely Meditations series offers short, provocative essays from Germany—available in English for the first time—that draw on philosophy and theory to address a range of cultural topics, from the digital to the erotic, from totalitarian literature to business writing, and from lawful anarchy to unnatural passion.

The Abuse of Property

The Abuse of Property

Daniel Loick, Jacob Blumenfeld

Aug 01, 2023

Good Entertainment

Good Entertainment

Byung-Chul Han, Adrian Nathan West

Oct 08, 2019

Lorraine Daston

May 21, 2019

Law as Refuge of Anarchy

Law as Refuge of Anarchy

Hermann Amborn, Adrian Nathan West

Apr 02, 2019

Andreas Weber

Mar 05, 2019

The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas

The Death Algorithm and Other Digital Dilemmas

Roberto Simanowski, Jefferson Chase

Dec 04, 2018

Roberto Simanowski, Amanda DeMarco, Susan H. Gillespie

Oct 09, 2018

Portrait of the Manager as a Young Author

Portrait of the Manager as a Young Author

Philipp Schönthaler, Amanda DeMarco

Sep 18, 2018

German Philosophy

German Philosophy

Alain Badiou, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jan Völker, Richard Lambert

Sep 18, 2018

The Radical Fool of Capitalism

The Radical Fool of Capitalism

Christian Welzbacher, Elisabeth Lauffer

Apr 20, 2018

Topology of Violence

Topology of Violence

Byung-Chul Han, Amanda DeMarco

Apr 20, 2018

All and Nothing

All and Nothing

Martin Burckhardt, Dirk Höfer, Erik Butler

Oct 06, 2017

Inconsistencies

Inconsistencies

Marcus Steinweg, Amanda DeMarco

Oct 06, 2017

Byung-Chul Han, Philippa Hurd

Oct 06, 2017

Positive Nihilism

Positive Nihilism

Hartmut Lange, Adrian Nathan West

Oct 06, 2017

On Hitler’s Mein Kampf

On Hitler's Mein Kampf

Albrecht Koschorke, Erik Butler

Apr 07, 2017

The Terror of Evidence

The Terror of Evidence

Marcus Steinweg, Amanda DeMarco, Thomas Hirschhorn

Apr 07, 2017

Byung-Chul Han, Erik Butler

Apr 07, 2017

The Agony of Eros

The Agony of Eros

Byung-Chul Han, Alain Badiou, Erik Butler

Apr 07, 2017