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Contents
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AM he Limit
Nina Méntmann
ntadacion
26
‘esting Intestin: On Etic,
Pcs and Caatorship
‘Simon Critchley in conerston
ith Miguel A Herninder Navarro
Disguise a6 a Dog: Cyn! Occupy?
eter Osbocne
56
Tronic Ei
Franco Beran Bio
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ri Be Thow My God
Ronald Jones
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Seal Sues The Puta Beooy
ofthe At Sends
Maria Karlsson and Mina Weange
126
rial Considerations in Public rt
ato Thompson
a4
‘cuator tail Code
jin Cone Zones,
Galeslee
34
‘Ont tsi for Homan Activites
Renzo Marten
vith E}Demos
36
Aig olicaly within
the Real of Aesthetics,
Piea Bayer and Annette Kraus
168
ArchetwcesAmation and Ci
Marco Steinweg
76
Cstibors
8
Colophon‘on the incorporation of aipoiicalaspecs no pil pac
‘iee~antpaieal hati nthe conventional resi ene
of practice that is dicted tad decisive wasformton oh
‘cil relations vs the medio of the tat, Cie denote.
live inal’; but those who do believe in polis nent
less cod cynical elemento thei politsif they at tet,
within ther, th arent probleme ats of"polics ee
tive to both sca interests and the wold itor procssr
of expt acumulation.
tis the powers and ef of poll program
haracteristicof the Occupy movement ha pacsitinasocal
pace relted to yetineatonally dines from ar oritisan
‘tonic condition ofthe mats, anger oceuption of public
space wth tems, which the edignados stated in Spia toward
the mide of zou, that those pubic paces aren longer sites
forthe ariculaton of power. Ther occupation sthus necessarily
symbol (The station in North fia sth Middle ati,
completely liferent rom thi and has wholly oer poll
Ayzamis and meaning) ledoed, Occupy Wal Suet a Zac
irk wa an explicit acknowledgement ofthat fit, nsf a¢
“il Sai ot Fomally publ space (eition could ake
place on the asisof private omnersip) and onthe eter had,
sea metonymof nance capital ti eesvely everywhere,
enc, the logans-Nt, Square Everywhere and Oacapy Bey
vihere™
‘But hi formal log of universlotion cries the danger
ofrapid auto destruction or atlest extreme ition, and mei
dive caltulination, These issuer re spmptomatc ofthe
‘ire problematic sata of pls ae suc lative othe
srl historia development of expitalism Thi problematic
Sous iethe eultof thro growing htt dsjnctions: rst,
‘between ndiiduals nd efetivecllactves;eaond,betmeen
collectives and socal form; and bird, beeen soil llc:
‘ies andthe itor poce—we might ll isthe sed of
theilsin of orld istorca” action, wpon which te igh
‘enment concept of politics depends, since sins histor
‘mediation are being destroyed by changin the eationships
osteo wansnatinal ormsof apt
‘With spect tothe cultural dimension of hie stato, a
Europea soci ite the ute of punk~eather than the po
lcd sori movement ofthe 19608 and easy g7os—that
foms the background to Oceapy std elated movements (espe
ily inthe UK) Punks the counteclaral expresion ofthe
scl cts ofthe capita state fhe 1972 ad xy 9805
Not for ating did panks wea dog calles. his staged anima
inc eduction classe Cia. In their rhetorical ata
ticlereigthnkale ofthe oe ofthe homes, and the de
‘ates that tirpresence acavoned within be Occupy camp at
Si Pauls Cather in London, for exemgle—such performances
oflifeeappoprnte the indifetence tal bigher rales thats
inherent in th commodity struct of the money fr
‘Money is bath the roi ours ofthe mils moder form
yoiiand the ress fort inereapabiiy Ie carts with
lathe constant danger of the recoding ofeyial equ of the
social backint the militia of elfinteret—xaged ia
the inevitable commodification of the cual apes of pret
snd provost, fia since he 96. Once aan, tbe
‘erin ienale mars alow point here wih ts instal in
‘corporation of arocalled stosomous section incucing Oxupy
Museums within is pros, Tis efectively projets theater
rational Occupy movement aan ofhon ofthe Bera Benzale
itr encourage a starthveviit tthe Bensaleia the
lob Sguaein ondr"to ten spectrin cians?
ould experince for themselves the formal subsumption of Fat
tis under th at inetuton, The Gentriction Program pte
ents a taston tit ral sbsumpton,