Issue 6 Released
“Control Societies II: Philosophy, Politics, Economy”, edited by Florian Cord and Simon Schleusener, is now online!
“Crowd(ed) Futures” will be released in December, “Im/Possibility” in January. Stay tuned!
Author: Florian Cord
Looking Backward at the Present, 2020–1990: Deleuze’s “Postscript on Control Societies”
Pages 1-6, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-729170
Issue 5 Released
Issue 5 of Coils of the Serpent, entitled “Control Societies I: Media, Culture, Technology” and edited by Florian Cord and Simon Schleusener, is now online! This is the first volume of two special issues dedicated to Gilles Deleuze’s “Postscript on Control Societies”. We invite everyone to comment, share their thoughts, and participate in the debate!
“Control Societies II: Philosophy, Politics, Economy” will follow shortly!
Navigating the Coils of the Serpent
Pages 1-13, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-715962
Issue 4 Released
Issue 4 of Coils of the Serpent is now online! As always, we welcome comments and debate.
Issue 3 Released
After a few delays, issue 3 of Coils of the Serpent is now online! This is a thematic special issue entitled “Culture, Power and Identity: The Theoretical Legacy of Stuart Hall”, edited by Florian Cord and Gerold Sedlmayr.
Dirty, Messy Business: Stuart Hall, Politics and the Political
Pages 27-42, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-322673
Introduction: ‘Wrestling with the Angels’
Pages 1-6, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-322653
Announcement: Special Issue “Societies of Control”
In late 2019/early 2020, Coils of the Serpent will publish a special issue dedicated to Gilles Deleuze’s “Postscript on the Societies of Control” (which the journal references in its title).
Read today, the Postscript seems to anticipate many of the mechanisms and forms of power characteristic of the present age. It is therefore not surprising that many diagnosticians of contemporary culture and society – and, in particular, analysts of late capitalism, neoliberalism, and the digital era – continue to refer to the text and use it as a source of inspiration. In 2020, it will be thirty years since the initial publication of the essay. To mark this occasion, we invite experts in Deleuze studies as well as in the theory and analysis of contemporary power dynamics to respond to the question: what relevance does the Postscript (still) have for thinking power and resistance in the 21st century?
The issue, edited by Florian Cord and Simon Schleusener, will bring together, and bring into dialogue with each other, a number of renowned experts as well as some younger scholars to engage in a debate not only about Deleuze’s “Postscript on the Societies of Control,” but on contemporary power in general.
The Challenge of the New Right
The second issue of Coils of the Serpent, a thematic special issue on “The Challenge of the New Right”, is now online. We welcome comments and debate!
Issue 3, another special issue entitled “Culture, Power and Identity: The Theoretical Legacy of Stuart Hall”, will be published in the summer.
Postdemocracy, the New Right and the Paralysis of the Left: A Commentary
Pages 35-39, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-211139
Introduction: The Challenge of the New Right
Pages 1-3, urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-157373
First issue released
The first issue of Coils of the Serpent, featuring contributions by Alex Demirovic, Marc Rölli, Franziska Martinsen and Gerold Sedlmayr, is now online. We cordially invite everyone to comment, share their thoughts, and participate in the debate!
Issue 2, a thematic special issue on “The Challenge of the New Right”, will be published in the winter.
Kick-off Symposium
Coils of the Serpent was officially launched with a kick-off symposium at Leipzig University on October 28, 2016. Here is the program of the event.
The first issue of the journal will be published in the spring of 2017.