Dividuum

Machinic Capitalism and Molecular Revolution

Gerald Raunig, Aileen Derieg

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English

Semiotext (E)
19 February 2016

Social & political philosophy

Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents

"Raunig develops a philosophy of dividuality as a way of addressing contemporary modes of production and forms of life.

The animal of the molecular revolution will be neither mole nor snake, but a drone-animal-thing that is solid, liquid, and a gas. -from Dividuum As the philosophical, religious, and historical systems that have produced the ""individual"" (and its counterparts, society and community) over the years continue to break down, the age of ""dividuality"" is now upon us. The roots of the concept of the ""dividuum"" can be traced back to Latin philosophy, when Cicero used the term to translate the ""divisible"" in the writings of Epicurus and Plato; later, medieval scholars utilized the term in theological discussions on the unity of the trinity. Grounding himself in the writings of the medieval bishop Gilbert de Poitiers and his extensive commentaries on Boethius, Gerald Raunig charts a genealogy of the concept and develops a philosophy of dividuality as a way of addressing contemporary modes of production and forms of life. Through its components of dispersion, subsistence, and similarity, dividuality becomes a hidden principle of obedience and conformity, but it also brings with it the potential to realize disobedience and noncompliant con/dividualities. Raunig's bad news is that dividuality is responsible for much of the intensified exploitation and enslavement taking place under contemporary machinic capitalism. Algorithms, derivatives, big data, and social media technology all contribute to the rampant expansion of divisive management strategies and desires for self-division. The good news, however, is that this same terrain of dividuality presents an opportunity for a new kind of resistance, one that can be realized in the form of con/division."

By: Gerald Raunig
Translated by: Aileen Derieg
Imprint: Semiotext (E)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781584351801
ISBN 10: 1584351802
Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 19 February 2016
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist. He works at the Z rich University of the Arts, Z rich and the eipcp (European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies), Vienna. He is coeditor of the multilingual publishing platform Transversal Texts and the Austrian journal Kamion. He is the author of Art and Revolution, A Thousand Machines, and Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity, all published by Semiotext e .

Reviews for Dividuum: Machinic Capitalism and Molecular Revolution

It is obvious that Gerald Raunig owes the authors of the Anti-xdipe stylistic inspirations, theoretical background and a terminological basis, when he talks of the molecular revolutions, desiring machines, the dividuum, deterritorialization, machinic subservience and lines of flight. He manages to contextualise a concept that has historic weight and current relevance within a wide field of cultural phenomena, philosophical positions, technological innovation and political problems. A great book. -Mathias Fuchs, Furtherfield