Schismogenesis
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Recent papers in Schismogenesis
This paper weaves together two recurring themes in philosophical and political debates of recent years: the idea, loosely inspired by Walter Benjamin, that describes melancholia as a dominant structure of feeling and desire among the... more
.....the double bind as constituting an entirely new, non-material, principle of evolution, major conceptual revisions may need to be made in our general understanding of evolution as contained within the “modern evolutionary... more
Anthropologists have traditionally classified foragers on the Pacific coast of North America into two major culture areas, characterized by strikingly different social and ethical systems. These are " California " and the adjacent "... more
There is a connection between René Girard's Mimetic Desire and Gregory Bateson's Schismogenesis.
I know, only 3 examples it's not enough, but could be a good inition to start thinking with Gregory Bateson
This article (book chapter) explores major the most complicated instrument of the maqām tradition with a fixed supply of pitches, the qānūn plays a central role in the definition of the Near-Eastern tuning system. Originally this... more
Paper presented at Annual Conference 6th & 7th of March 2015 “Permanence and transition/transitoriness: anthropological perspectives” organized by the Anthropological Association of Ireland at University College Cork, Ireland. FAMILY AND... more
Written in German for Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (eds.: R. W. Stoll & F. Lamberty), IV/2010. Nie zuvor wurde in der zeitgenössischen Musik die Auseinandersetzung mit fremden Traditi-onen so umfassend gefördert wie heute. Die... more
Gregory Bateson, Ecology, Schismogenesis
Since the late Ottoman era, musical life in Turkey has been restructured by Western influences. The early Republican government introduced polyphonic music with the aim to create a new cultural expression for a modern, democratic society... more
Did the Allies rush in 1943 to ask Germans Unconditional Surrender? A Symmetrical Schismogenesis.
In this article, we explore what happens in qualitative terms when a social phenomenon accelerates in quantitative terms. We do so by introducing escalation as an analytical concept through which to understand sudden processes of... more
Raccolgo e rielaboro qui una serie di riflessioni sulle rappresentazioni della guerra in Ucraina che ho pubblicato in ambito divulgativo (mediatico e social) durante i primi tre mesi del conflitto. Il tema di fondo è quello del rischio... more
Seminar Philippe Descola 'Anthropologie de la nature', with David Graeber, 22 March 2018 (Collège de France)
This paper engages with the loosely bounded, ill-defined Anonymous movement, in order to develop a theoretical reflection on the process of self-reference within contemporary collectives. It is grounded on a socio-cybernetic framework and... more
This paper engages with the loosely bounded, ill-defined Anonymous movement, in order to develop a theoretical reflection on the process of self-reference within contemporary collectives. It is grounded on a socio-cybernetic framework and... more
Shortcut to get into Schismogenesis and a different view of understanding USA Presidential elections 2020.
In this article, we explore what happens in qualitative terms when a social phenomenon accelerates in quantitative terms. We do so by introducing escalation as an analytical concept through which to understand sudden processes of... more
Parlare di cittadinanza significa parlare di migranti. Oggi è in gran parte così in quanto in Occidente la questione epocale dell’inclusione (o esclusione) dei migranti si realizza, da un punto di vista istituzionale, attraverso il... more
How Time as a strong Bind can move into a Double-Bind.
Given the contemporary ambivalent standpoints toward the future of artificial intelligence, recently denoted as the phenomenon of Singularitarianism, Gregory Bateson’s core theories of ecology of mind, schismogenesis, and double bind, are... more
« Les regards anthropologiques sur la violence : Alain LeRoy Locke, Gregory Bateson, Marcel Mauss », p.95-130 in Christiane Chaulet-Achour (ed) : Etats et effets de la violence, Publications du Centre de Recherche Texte/Histoire, Amiens,... more