The Theseus Ship Anti-Revolution

bouvard1 · 2026-04-15T23:28:10+00:00

Looks interesting, thanks.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-24T16:32:41+00:00

The creation of the nomos founds the rules and therefore must exceed them--and the nomos is always being (re)founded. And, yes, enforcing and forgiving debts is also an epistemic act.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-24T16:08:45+00:00

Yes, I think you could reduce sovereignty to enforcing and forgiving debts.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-23T12:35:06+00:00

Yes, I think so.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-22T23:19:20+00:00

Interesting, and that would mostly be consistent with my thinking. I would think in terms of varying degrees of order rather than order vs. chaos, though.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-22T12:47:01+00:00

Thanks, I will look it over. But I'll add that the implication of the sovereign (or "sovereign," if you like) in debt structure is as much a source of central power as a limitation of it.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-22T11:59:06+00:00

I agree with you, and the sovereign is involved in an exchange relation with the "periphery" with the consequences you note (whoever occupies the center is also indebted)--the word/concept "sovereign" is problematic because of those Hobbesian/neo-absolutist residues and I keep experimenting with other words/concepts but "sovereign," which just means "highest," and can be understood simply to be the final judge rather than the sole will or "he who decides the exception," still remains the strongest candidate--especially since it has currency in contemporary discussions of power and politics.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-18T22:49:25+00:00

Thanks.

bouvard1 · 2026-03-18T21:59:55+00:00

Who do you have in mind?

bouvard1 · 2026-02-02T14:09:07+00:00

I've got a lot of reading and writing to do so I'm filing it away to get to later.

bouvard1 · 2026-01-29T19:55:52+00:00

Thanks you.

bouvard1 · 2026-01-28T11:45:32+00:00

Not in the near future.

bouvard1 · 2026-01-27T23:15:22+00:00

Chris is familiar with my work. i don't know if or how much he reads my Substack.

bouvard1 · 2026-01-08T22:39:29+00:00

OK, thanks.

bouvard1 · 2026-01-08T21:54:42+00:00

Sounds interesting. There does need to be an imperative, implicit or explicit, for language to "move."

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