web01.fireside.fm Mon, 11 May 2026 13:38:17 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Weird Studies - Episodes Tagged with “Joshua Ramey” https://www.weirdstudies.com/tags/joshua%20ramey Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:00:00 -0400 Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." en-us episodic Art and philosophy at the limits of the thinkable Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel host a series of conversations on art and philosophy, dwelling on ideas that are hard to think and art that opens up rifts in what we are pleased to call "reality." yes weird, art, philosophy Phil Ford and J. F. Martel admin@weirdstudies.com Episode 22: Divining the World with Joshua Ramey https://www.weirdstudies.com/22 2996e483-c847-451b-bbd8-f1483c9f98c5 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:00:00 -0400 Phil Ford and J. F. Martel 22 Divining the World with Joshua Ramey full Phil Ford and J. F. Martel Phil and JF talk with American philosopher Joshua Ramey about his work on chance, contingency, and divination. 1:09:07 yes <p>American philosopher Joshua Ramey, author of <em>The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and the Spiritual Ordeal</em>, and <em>Politics of Divination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency</em>, joins Phil and JF to discuss a philosophical project whose implications go deep and weird. In his books and articles, Joshua proffers the vision of a world where divination -- whether or not it is recognized as such -- isn't just possible, but <em>necessary</em> for advancing knowledge, creating art, and forming communities. And his research has revealed that the wardens of our neoliberal order know this all too well. As he writes in an essay discussed in this episode, the mandate of a weird age ought to be clear: "Occupy, and practice divination."</p> <p>**REFERENCES</p> <p>Joshua Ramey, <em><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-hermetic-deleuze" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and the Spiritual Ordeal</a></em><br> Joshua Ramey, <em><a href="https://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/politics_of_divination/3-156-c10d5ea3-3149-479b-87bf-03db7e5a7b2f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Politics of DIvination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency</a></em><br> Joshua Ramey, "Contingency Without Unreason: Speculation After Meillassoux" (<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0969725X.2014.920638" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">abstract</a>) <br> Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, University of British Columbia, at <a href="https://ubc.academia.edu/VanessadeOliveiraAndreotti" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">academia.edu</a> <br> Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/undercommons-fugitive-planning-black-study-ebook/dp/B01EX6CYJ6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study</a></em> <br> Deleuze, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzsche_and_Philosophy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nietzsche and Philosophy</a></em>, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_and_Repetition" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Difference and Repetition</a></em>, and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Logic_of_Sense" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Logic of Sense</a></em><br> Quentin Meillassoux, <em><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/after-finitude-9781441173836/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">After Finitude: An Essay on Contingency</a></em><br> Elie Ayache, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470725222/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Blank Swan: The End of Probability</a></em> <br> Weird Studies, "Does Consciousness Exist?" Parts <a href="http://www.weirdstudies.com/17" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">One</a> and <a href="http://www.weirdstudies.com/18" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Two</a></p> <p>Special Guest: Joshua Ramey.</p> joshua ramey, contingency, divination, chance American philosopher Joshua Ramey, author of The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and the Spiritual Ordeal, and Politics of Divination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency, joins Phil and JF to discuss a philosophical project whose implications go deep and weird. In his books and articles, Joshua proffers the vision of a world where divination -- whether or not it is recognized as such -- isn't just possible, but necessary for advancing knowledge, creating art, and forming communities. And his research has revealed that the wardens of our neoliberal order know this all too well. As he writes in an essay discussed in this episode, the mandate of a weird age ought to be clear: "Occupy, and practice divination."

**REFERENCES

Joshua Ramey, The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and the Spiritual Ordeal
Joshua Ramey, Politics of DIvination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency
Joshua Ramey, "Contingency Without Unreason: Speculation After Meillassoux" (abstract)
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, University of British Columbia, at academia.edu
Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study
Deleuze, Nietzsche and Philosophy, Difference and Repetition, and The Logic of Sense
Quentin Meillassoux, After Finitude: An Essay on Contingency
Elie Ayache, The Blank Swan: The End of Probability
Weird Studies, "Does Consciousness Exist?" Parts One and Two

Special Guest: Joshua Ramey.

]]> American philosopher Joshua Ramey, author of The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and the Spiritual Ordeal, and Politics of Divination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency, joins Phil and JF to discuss a philosophical project whose implications go deep and weird. In his books and articles, Joshua proffers the vision of a world where divination -- whether or not it is recognized as such -- isn't just possible, but necessary for advancing knowledge, creating art, and forming communities. And his research has revealed that the wardens of our neoliberal order know this all too well. As he writes in an essay discussed in this episode, the mandate of a weird age ought to be clear: "Occupy, and practice divination."

**REFERENCES

Joshua Ramey, The Hermetic Deleuze: Philosophy and the Spiritual Ordeal
Joshua Ramey, Politics of DIvination: Neoliberal Endgame and the Religion of Contingency
Joshua Ramey, "Contingency Without Unreason: Speculation After Meillassoux" (abstract)
Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, University of British Columbia, at academia.edu
Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning and Black Study
Deleuze, Nietzsche and Philosophy, Difference and Repetition, and The Logic of Sense
Quentin Meillassoux, After Finitude: An Essay on Contingency
Elie Ayache, The Blank Swan: The End of Probability
Weird Studies, "Does Consciousness Exist?" Parts One and Two

Special Guest: Joshua Ramey.

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