The Anti-Enlightenment Project
Not a return to the Dark Ages—just a long-overdue audit of the Enlightenment’s books.
The light we worship wasn’t neutral; it was engineered.
The project gathers essays, fragments, and provocations tracing how “reason” became infrastructure—and how to live after its collapse.
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New from David Bentley Hart
The Genealogy of Genealogy
Or: The Suspicion of Suspicion
What I do know, however, is that, in its critical Nietzschean or Heideggerian or Foucauldian form, genealogy of this kind is so interminable a task as always to threaten to become an obsessive disorder rather than a critical discipline.
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https://davidbentleyhart.substack.com/p/the-genealogy-of-genealogies
Michel Foucault and the “Defense of Incompetence”: How Power Escapes Responsibility
Foucault reveals a crucial mechanism: the "defense of incompetence," a discourse that transforms serious errors into mere clumsiness, thereby protecting power from genuine accountability challenges. #Foucault #Power #Responsibility #PoliticalCritique Michel Foucault, in his analyses of power and knowledge relationships, uncovers a often overlooked but fundamental phenomenon: the…
The Invisible Hand of the Market as a Megamachine Control Tool: A Critical Reversal of Adam Smith
Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand,” often presented as a self-regulating mechanism, is in reality a tool of megamachine control: it orchestrates, motivates, and normalizes behaviors serving technico-economic domination. #Foucault #Megamachine #Biopower #Domination #Mumford From Self-Regulation to Orchestration: The Invisible Hand as a Megamachine DeviceAdam Smith’s “invisible…
Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand,” often presented as a self-regulating mechanism, is in reality a tool of megamachine control: it orchestrates, motivates, and normalizes behaviors serving technico-eco…
La société automatique : colonisation institutionnelle de la sphère privée et mystification de la sphère publique
Stiegler, Elias, Arendt, Foucault et Han nous dévoilent une société automatique où la sphère privée devient colonie institutionnelle tandis que la sphère publique se sacrifie à l’emprise du spectacle et du simulacre. Pouvoir oligarchique, technocratie et subjectivation algébrique font écran à l’autonomie collective. #SociétéAutomatique #Stiegler #Foucault…
Stiegler, Elias, Arendt, Foucault et Han nous dévoilent une société automatique où la sphère privée devient colonie institutionnelle tandis que la sphère publique se sacrifie à l’emprise du spectac…
Deconstruction as Emancipation: Revealing Power, History, and the Possibility of Change
Why engage in critical deconstruction? Because no structure is natural or immutable—it is shaped by history, power, and exclusion. Deconstruction reveals systemic closure and opens paths for collective transformation and new possibilities. 🇬🇧 EN 🇫🇷 FR #Deconstruction #CriticalTheory #Emancipation #Derrida #Foucault Engaging in a sociological and philosophical critical deconstruction …
From Ancient Megamachines to Modern Biopower: Genesis and Distinctions of a Power over Life
Biopower, as defined by Foucault, emerges with the modern state and capitalism, but its roots lie in ancient megamachines (Egypt, Mesopotamia, China). These empires already exercised collective control, though they did not manage life itself as modern biopolitics does. #Biopower #Megamachine #Foucault #HistoryOfPower According to Michel Foucault, the notion of biopower (and…
Biopower, as defined by Foucault, emerges with the modern state and capitalism, but its roots lie in ancient megamachines (Egypt, Mesopotamia, China). These empires already exercised collective con…
Each Mode of Production Shapes Its Subjectivities: Foucault, Guattari and the Making of Individuals
What is a "mode of production"?Each system (ancient, feudal, capitalist...) shapes our ways of thinking, acting, and feeling. Foucault and Guattari show that subjectivities are always produced to fit the system. #philosophy #Foucault #Guattari #sociology A mode of production refers to how a society organizes the production of goods and services, combining productive…
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