Michael’s Substack

Conflagration

Fire illuminates and enlivens.

Mar 7 • Michael Marder

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January 2026

The Dump / Undumping

…and what if the dump were our only reality, consistently blocking any and all points of access to itself?

Jan 30 • Michael Marder

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Hemispheric Piracy

Woodrow Wilson’s original 1916 slogan America First! was a shorthand of sovereign self-interest and a signpost of the country’s neutral position in…

Jan 16 • Michael Marder

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Flickers of Sense

The violence of light.

Jan 3 • Michael Marder

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December 2025

I Am Dreaming of a Green Christmas

The holiday season, when millions of families worldwide gather around Christmas trees, is a good time to reconsider our relation to the vegetal world.

Dec 24, 2025 • Michael Marder

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In Exile from Vegetal Sensuality

Throughout my life, I have undergone several experiences of immigration and exile, across various countries and continents.

Dec 12, 2025 • Michael Marder

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Inhibitions: Of Ecological Thinking and/in Action

A slice of Eco-Freud in the wake of COP30

Dec 5, 2025 • Michael Marder

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November 2025

Res, non verba

One hardly expects to be taught a philosophy lesson when passing by a police station.

Nov 21, 2025 • Michael Marder

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Aquarium Fragments

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Nov 7, 2025 • Michael Marder

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October 2025

Drifting with the World: Additional Reflections on Passengerhood

I am jotting these lines down while waiting for an early morning flight at the tiny Santander airport, which was still closed less than two hours before…

Oct 24, 2025 • Michael Marder

Essentially Superficial

“Essentially superficial.” Could you imagine these two words as a signature (yours, mine, or a plant’s—it hardly matters), by analogy with “Sincerely…

Oct 10, 2025 • Michael Marder

An Obituary for Fossil Fuels

This time around the deceased will not be missed.

Oct 2, 2025 • Michael Marder