I’ve come to think that my running body is—when it is working well—a body without organs. I have to follow the steps Deleuze and Guattari describe. I first produce a surface on which it is possible to circulate the intensities I desire: the rhythmic jolting, the contracting and relaxing of muscles, the heat and sweat and stink pouring out of skin.
The complete and universal guide to finishing a PhD
So I’ve recently submitted my PhD thesis for examination and, as is customary, it is now time for me to explain to you the best way to finish a thesis.
academic prose and my fear of other writing
I used to do lots of different kinds of writing. But while over the last few years of doing a PhD my writing ability has certainly improved, I've felt increasingly less free to write. I've felt less free to play around with different modes of writing and expression.
book review: Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason
150 years ago, Karl Marx wrote a book called Capital and provided what is probably the most important analysis of political economy ever published. While I haven’t read it (yet), I have read David Harvey’s latest book about it: Marx, Capital and the Madness of Economic Reason.
