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Join this channel Membership to get access to the entire video archives of past and present Seminars:    / @newcentre   Join this channel’s membership to gain access to the complete archives of past and present seminars. https://thenewcentre.org/membership/m... #TheNewCentre #Transdisciplinary #CertificatePrograms #tnc INSTRUCTOR: Bruno Belém PROGRAM: Critical Philosophy; History, Design & Worldmaking; Transdisciplinary Studies CREDIT(S): 2 DATE: December 6, 13, 20, January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7 TIME: 14:00-16:30 ET DESCRIPTION: We have yet to be Nick Land’s contemporaries, too late and too early at the same time. Unlike any other living philosopher, the courtroom of Land’s trial has been ongoing since the publication of Fanged Noumena. From his generalized criticism of the 90s to a rightward turn in the new millennium, Land’s philosophical experiments stand as a heresy against every form of humanism and anthropocentrism. After the blows delivered by Copernicus, Darwin, Marx and Freud against the beliefs that the human is at the center of the universe, life, and ourselves, Land adds yet another: we are no longer even the authors of the very work that once seemed all too human: Culture. In the theoretical machinery of libidinal materialism, philosophy, economics, computation, and geopolitics are generated by a primary process of signals from cybernetic desires. What we call Culture is a camouflaged attack coming from the Outside through the counter-chronological portal of technocapitalism, which amplifies as more of this future signals pour out from it. Thus, over the past few decades, as we have learned more about Land’s philosophy, the world around us has become manifestly more Landian, unbestowed as to whether this process signals a deep recognition or a superficial conflation. In this Seminar, we invite researchers to navigate Land’s conceptual current in search of verdicts or reformulations of what those signals entail. The urgency of this call is not only theoretical but also practical realism, since Land himself has become a cultural singularity, reaching new territories while remaining placeless, and generating modest endorsements but passionate disagreements throughout the political spectrum. These effects refract depending on the angle of approach. For the left, land remains an aberration that subverts the youth and gives a misguided meaning to radicalism. For the liberal and conservative center, he is a suspect figure: diverging both from the liberal positivity of the diagnosis that technocapitalism aligns with humanity, and from the anachronistic negativity of the conservative conviction that Accelerationism is a futile revolt against modernity by the luddite forces of tradition. While the reasons for putting Nick Land on trial are diverse, the evidence points in one direction: whether we like it or not, he continues to be an unavoidable figure for those trying to understand our current predicament. Session 1, Land against and with the World: This Session identifies and systematizes the key elements that make up the genesis and structure of Land’s research program, along with its transformations. We begin with an overview that defines the case: Is Land’s world our world? Does the evidence allow for couplings and connections with other frameworks, or does it point to fraud? Session 2, Anti-philosophy and Anti-humanism: We examine Land’s challenge to traditional philosophical and humanist frameworks, exploring how his critique redefines or abolishes familiar boundaries of thought. Session 3, Xenocapitalism: This Session analyzes the intersection of Landian philosophy and capitalism, investigating the emergence of a radical form of capitalism that operates beyond humanist or traditional economic limits. Session 4, Inside Outsideness: We address Land’s engagement with the concept of the Outside, the status of the Other, and how “outsideness” transforms philosophical, political, and existential horizons. Session 5, Spironomics and Hyperoccultation: This Session explores Land’s speculative and often occult-inflected ideas about economics, energy, and the movement of capital, focusing on his concepts of spirals, secrecy, and hidden dynamics. Session 6, Gods and Demons of Speculative Computing: We look at Land’s writings on computation, intelligence, and artificial agency, and how these inform his vision of a post-human, techno-capitalist future. Session 7, Nick Land as Cultural Singularity: We reflect on Land’s broader cultural impact and singular status, evaluating the intensity of both endorsement and opposition across different intellectual and political milieus. Session 8, Feedback Loop: The Seminar concludes by inverting the roles of jury and accused, inviting participants to deliberate on the “trial” and offer a Landian judgment on the proceedings. IMAGE: Frank Lloyd Wright, Falling water, 1935.