Third seminar for the NRF Posthumanism Radical posthumanism, the affective turn, new materialisms presented by Delphi Carstens, University of the Western Cape

1. RADICAL POSTHUMANISM,
the affective turn and science fiction

2. The Postmodern Condition

3. The Postmodern Condition
• The space of flows

4. The Postmodern Condition
• The space of flows
• Future shock

5. The Postmodern Condition
• The space of flows
• Future shock
• The culture of exhaustion

6. The Postmodern Condition
• The space of flows
• Future shock
• The culture of exhaustion
• Driftworks

7. Apocalyptic Immanence

8. Apocalyptic Immanence
• Fin de siècle / Fin du monde

9. Apocalyptic Immanence
• Fin de siècle / Fin du monde
• The Anthropocene

10. Apocalyptic Immanence
• Fin de siècle / Fin du monde
• The Anthropocene
• Accelerationism

11. Hyperstition

12. Hyperstition
• Self-fulfilling prophecies

13. Hyperstition
• Self-fulfilling prophecies
• Time-travelling fictions

14. Hyperstition
• Self-fulfilling prophecies
• Time-travelling fictions
• Coincidence intensification

15. Hyperstition
• Self-fulfilling prophecies
• Time-travelling fictions
• Coincidence intensification
• Calling the Old Ones

16. Science Fiction:
Anastrophe vs. Catastrophe

17. Science Fiction:
Anastrophe vs. Catastrophe
• The literature of apocalypse

18. Science Fiction:
Anastrophe vs. Catastrophe
• The literature of apocalypse
• Refusing renewal

19. Science Fiction:
Anastrophe vs. Catastrophe
• The literature of apocalypse
• Refusing renewal
• Supernatural agency: a case
for the cybergothic

20. Science Fiction:
Anastrophe vs. Catastrophe
• The literature of apocalypse
• Refusing renewal
• Supernatural agency: a case
for the cybergothic
• Theory-fiction

21. The Apocalyptic Affect

22. The Apocalyptic Affect
• The dark haecceity

23. The Apocalyptic Affect
• The dark haecceity
• Sonic fiction

24. The Apocalyptic Affect
• The dark haecceity
• Sonic fiction
• Hertzian space

25. Ways Forward

26. Ways Forward
• A new aesthetic paradigm

27. Ways Forward
• A new aesthetic paradigm
• New materialisms

28. Ways Forward
• A new aesthetic paradigm
• New materialisms
• The backwards and forwards
momentum

29. RADICAL POSTHUMANISM,
the affective turn and science fiction

30. Artwork by: OrphanDrift – Mer Roberts