Reposting a blog published 2 March 2026 — unedited apart from a crucial illustration Babette Babich is an American philosopher, a founder of the New Nietzsche Studies writing on continental aesthetics, philosophy of science (Nietzsche), technology (Heidegger, Anders), critical and cultural theory. She published Günther Anders’ Philosophy of Technology: From Phenomenology to Critical Theory in 2021 (Bloomsbury academic). Continue reading “Babette Babich Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #321”
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Feyerabend’s “Science as Art” and Aloïs Riegl: On Progress in Science and Art
Babich, Progress in Science and Art Borderless Philosophy 8 (2025): 1-31. 1. Introduction: Progress and Decline, Evolution and the Primitive The idea of “decadent art” is well-known from its use against cultural elements often associated with Jewish artists during the Nazi era. But, as Paul Feyerabend (1924- 1994) points out, the idea of Verfall wasContinue reading “Feyerabend’s “Science as Art” and Aloïs Riegl: On Progress in Science and Art”
Anti-Conviviality
Ivan Illich as Nature Activist Given the controversial ‘Extinction Rebellion,’ it might seem reasonable to suppose that Ivan Illich might have supported this movement, given his criticism of the education industry along with the missionary industry, today that would include nonprofit and humanitarian NGOs, along with criticizing the medical industry, the water (treatment and recycling)Continue reading “Anti-Conviviality”
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