Desire of the Possessed

2026

Published by:
Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem

ISBN: ISBN 978-80-7561-559-6

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Václav Janoščík
Volume/Event Contributors:

Václav Janoščík, McKenzie Wark, Marek Poliks, Roberto Alonso Trillo, Reza Negarestani, Bernd Herzogenrath, Mary Woods, Zdenek Smutny, Amanda Beech, Ivars Frisch, Jeremiasz Rzenno, Brian Willems.

Today, we find ourselves beyond the tragic space of Romantic irony; there is no subject to sacrifice; there is no desire for the possessed for society has become the void. We are identifying at least two major reasons for tToday, we find ourselves beyond the tragic space of Romantic irony; there is no subject to sacrifice; there is no desire for the possessed for society has become the void. We are identifying at least two major reasons for this: weak interpretations of and from the poststructuralist and new materialist left and the anarchic relativism and idealism of the tech-bro’s Eden. The trouble is that the success (populism) of idealist materialism by vitalist culture supports and participates within techno-theistic capital to a full extent. The modernist dream of alienation doubled down on by contemporary theory, meets the realities of capitalist mystification. his: weak interpretations of and from the poststructuralist and new materialist left and the anarchic relativism and idealism of the tech-bro’s Eden. The trouble is that the success (populism) of idealist materialism by vitalist culture supports and participates within techno-theistic capital to a full extent. The modernist dream of alienation doubled down on by contemporary theory, meets the realities of capitalist mystification.

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