On An Ungrounded Earth. Towards A New Geophilosophy

119 Pages·2013·2.084 MB·English

by  Ben Woodard

ON AN UNGROUNDED EARTH:
TOWARDS A NEW GEOPHILOSOPHY

ON AN UNGROUNDED EARTH

TOWARDS A NEW GEOPHILOSOPHY

Ben Woodard

punctum books ✶ brooklyn, ny
ON AN UNGROUNDED EARTH: TOWARDS A NEW
GEOPHILOSOPHY
© Ben Woodard, 2013.
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First published in 2013 by
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ISBN-13: 978-0615785387
ISBN-10: 0615785387
Cover Image: computer fractalization of detail from
Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), Kunstform der Natur (1904),
plate 70: organisms classified as Ophiodea.
Facing-page drawing by Heather Masciandaro.

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for K., my accomplice at the abyss’s edge

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

While much of this book was written in solitude, the ideas on
which it rests, as always, belong to others. I am especially
grateful for the work of Iain Hamilton Grant and Reza
Negarestani, whose brilliance completely restructured my
own thinking and, as a result, many of their ideas occupy the
core of this text. I wish to thank my classmates and professors
during my time at the European Graduate School where I first
began this project. I also wish to thank all those who have
continually surprised and humbled me with their interest in
this book throughout its plodding formation.
Lastly, I must thank Eileen Joy for her perpetual support
and tireless efforts, as well as Nicola Masciandaro for his
editorial toil. Most of all, I must thank Andrew Weiss for his
uncanny thoroughness and care in editing and commenting
on this manuscript. It is to him I owe more than I can repay
for helping me to bring this book into material existence.