Philosophy
Toward a Non-Anthropocentric Vision of Nature
An essay about the poet Goethe's discovery of the intermaxillary bone and its importance for the history of biology and environmental philosophy.
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History
On Blumenbach's Concept of Nature
The meaning of nature as it appeared in J. F. Blumenbach's 18th-century textbook on natural history
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Philosophy
The Conceptual Foundations of the Anthropocene
Considerations of the Anthropocene and the German Romanticist F. W. J. Schelling
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Travel
Banksia by Any Other Name
The interesting history of the Banksia, a plant that grows nearly everywhere in Australia
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Travel
We Aren’t in Kansas Anymore
My first impressions of Sydney, Australia, featuring all the amazing wildlife that island has to offer, from when I visited in 2013.
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Philosophy
An Incunabulum of Posthumanism
In this new genealogy of posthumanism, I trace the concept back to the thinking of Neohegelian Max Stirner.
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Projects
The Creation of Wilderness
The art of Peter Karklins is unsettling, beautiful, and provocative.
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Travel
Auf Wiedersehen
My farewell to Berlin and my hope to visit Germany in my lifetime.
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Travel
Jewish Museum, Berlin
Vignette of my trip to the amazing Jewish Museum in Berlin
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Travel
One Little Goat
A visit to Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie to see Frank Stella's work.
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Travel
Dr Pong
How do you play ping pong when you've got 100 people? Dr Pong has some ideas.
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Travel
Beethoven-Haydn-Mozart-Denkmal
A few words on a statue in Berlin that honors a few famous composers
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Travel
Winterfeldtplatz Markt
Anything your little heart could possibly desire at the Winterfeldtplatz market in Berlin.
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Travel
Fahrräder überall!
If I remember Berlin as seen from my bike, the memory will seem like a dream I had once.
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Travel
Mein Haus
What would the quirks be of my new host family? Fetishists? Nudists? Cannibals? All of the above?
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Travel
A Lengthy Journey
Getting to Berlin on trains, planes, and automobiles.
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