as a warning to HN users unfamiliar with the author, this article should probably be taken with a grain of salt -- the guy is known to be somewhat of a jester within that very same niche philosophical community he talks about. think of him as the tai lopez of french theory internet enthusiasts
he's built a reputation basically making memes & posting hot takes on twitter for retweets, and harnessed a sort of following among people who mostly get their knowledge of philosophy through memes and fb groups. the article probably reflects more of a marketing lesson than anything else
you can judge that based on his very content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmdWfFrevzI; he gives a very generalized account of the eternal return (one of the central concepts in D&G's, klossowski's and nietzsche's philosophy) which probably wouldn't get a passing grade in an undergrad philosophy course
he does have many genuinely good and interesting takes; he is definitely purposefully inflammatory and i can’t really evaluate his philosophy writing as someone who doesn’t pay attention to any, but his blog has some excellent and well argued essays. this was my introduction to him and my favorite:
he's built a reputation basically making memes & posting hot takes on twitter for retweets, and harnessed a sort of following among people who mostly get their knowledge of philosophy through memes and fb groups. the article probably reflects more of a marketing lesson than anything else
you can judge that based on his very content: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmdWfFrevzI; he gives a very generalized account of the eternal return (one of the central concepts in D&G's, klossowski's and nietzsche's philosophy) which probably wouldn't get a passing grade in an undergrad philosophy course