Weslati, Hager [Speaker] (2018) Silicon Valley's sovereign individuals and the rise of occult politics. In: 15th Annual Historical Materialism Conference 'Taking on the Right'; 08 - 11 November 2018, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Abstract

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Bensaïd did not believe that philosophical thinking had to be redefined within the horizon of terror (after September 11). He nonetheless considered the normalization of the state of exception as a dangerous development, and a major driving force towards de-secularisation and de-politicisation. This talk looks into parallels and possible links between the recent resurgence of a distinctive brand of populist reason amongst alt-right groups in Europe and North America, and the spread of esoteric occultism and new age spiritualism amongst Silicon Valley’s second generation of tech elites.

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