Gilbert Simondon - Membrane, Disparation, & the Amortized Individual

About this episode

The episode explores Gilbert Simondon's concepts of individuation, membrane, disparation, and the amortized individual.

Vital Units: Membrane, Disparation, and the Amortized Individual. Simondon, Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Vol. 1. The individual is not a thing, it is an ongoing operation, and the character of that operation is thanatological, topological, and ultimately collective. Conformal Cyclic Cosmology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal_cyclic_cosmology Gilbert Simondon Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/gilbert-simondon?si=52b2d9a5a18b46f682a84f762c7b8f0d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

People in this episode

Host: Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Topics covered

• Individuation
• Membrane
• Disparation
• Amortized Individual
• Thanatology
• Topology
• Collective

Keywords

• Gilbert Simondon
• Individuation
• Membrane
• Disparation
• Thanatology
• Topology
• Collective
• Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

Mentioned in this episode

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Books & works: Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Vol. 1, Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

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