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Nick Land (1962-) is a person.
- Context:
- It can develop Critical Theory through philosophical writing.
- It can explore Technological Acceleration through theoretical analysis.
- It can examine Capitalist Process through accelerationist lens.
- It can critique Liberal Democracy through neoreactionary philosophy.
- It can combine Philosophy with fictional narrative to create theory-fiction.
- It can influence Contemporary Philosophy through unorthodox approach.
- It can analyze Artificial Intelligence through techno-capital framing.
- It can theorize Technological Singularity through accelerationist perspective.
- ...
- It can range from being a University Academic to being an Independent Theorist, depending on its career trajectory.
- It can range from being a Continental Philosopher to being a Neoreactionary Thinker, depending on its philosophical development.
- It can range from being a Speculative Realist to being a Dark Enlightenment Proponent, depending on its intellectual phase.
- ...
- It can lead Cybernetic Culture Research Unit during 1990s theoretical movement.
- It can develop Dark Enlightenment through critical examination of democratic systems.
- It can establish Outside In as a philosophical blog for neoreactionary thought.
- It can teach at University of Warwick in the philosophy department.
- Nick Land Philosophical Concepts, such as:
- Accelerationism, proposing that capitalism should be accelerated rather than resisted.
- Hyperstition, examining fictional entities that make themselves real.
- Teleoplexy, analyzing technological evolution as an autonomous process.
- ...
- Examples:
- Nick Land (Academic Period), spanning from the 1980s to the 1990s, including:
- The Thirst for Annihilation (1992), exploring Georges Bataille's philosophy.
- Fanged Noumena (2011), collecting early philosophical writings.
- Nick Land (CCRU Period), spanning the mid-1990s, including:
- Meltdown (1994), examining technological acceleration.
- Cyberpositive (1995), exploring cybernetic theory.
- Nick Land (Shanghai Period), from the 2000s onward, including:
- The Dark Enlightenment (2012), outlining neoreactionary philosophy.
- Outside In (Blog), continuing philosophical development.
- ...
- Nick Land (Academic Period), spanning from the 1980s to the 1990s, including:
- Counter-Examples:
- Sadie Plant, who co-founded the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit but pursued cyberfeminist theory rather than accelerationism.
- Ray Brassier, who contributed to speculative realism but rejected Land's political development.
- Mark Fisher, who engaged with accelerationist ideas but maintained leftist political alignment unlike Land's rightward shift.
- Curtis Yarvin, who developed neoreactionary thought but approached it from a computational perspective rather than continental philosophy.
- See: Dark Enlightenment, University of Warwick, Western Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Accelerationism, Speculative Realism, Nihilism, Materialism, Cybernetics, Antihumanism, Cyberpunk.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Land Retrieved:2023-8-12.
- Nick Land (born 17 January 1962) is an English philosopher, theorist, short story writer and blogger. He has been described as "the father of accelerationism", and his work has been tied to the development of speculative realism. He was a leader of the 1990s "theory-fiction" collective Cybernetic Culture Research Unit after its original founder cyberfeminist theorist Sadie Plant departed from it. His work departs from the formal conventions of academic writing and embraces a wide range of influences, as well as exploring unorthodox and "dark" philosophical interests.
Land is also known for later developing the anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic ideas behind neo-reaction and the Dark Enlightenment.
- Nick Land (born 17 January 1962) is an English philosopher, theorist, short story writer and blogger. He has been described as "the father of accelerationism", and his work has been tied to the development of speculative realism. He was a leader of the 1990s "theory-fiction" collective Cybernetic Culture Research Unit after its original founder cyberfeminist theorist Sadie Plant departed from it. His work departs from the formal conventions of academic writing and embraces a wide range of influences, as well as exploring unorthodox and "dark" philosophical interests.
2017
- (Urban, 2017) ⇒ Robin Mackay and Armen Avanessian. (2017). "#Accelerate: The Accelerationist Reader." Falmouth: Urbanomic Media.
- NOTE: Collection featuring several key Land essays in the development of accelerationist thought, placing his work in context with other accelerationist theorists.
2011
- (Land, 2011) ⇒ Nick Land. (2011). "Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings 1987-2007." Falmouth: Urbanomic.
- NOTE: Comprehensive collection of Land's earlier philosophical writings, edited by Robin Mackay and Ray Brassier, documenting his evolution from academic philosopher to experimental theorist.
1992
- (Land, 1992) ⇒ Nick Land. (1992). "The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism." London: Routledge.
- NOTE: Land's first major published work, examining Georges Bataille's thought through a nihilistic lens, establishing his philosophical approach before the CCRU period.