Dr Marc Botha's Outputs (4)

Precarious Present, Fragile Futures: Literature and Uncertainty in the Early Twenty-First Century (2014)
Journal Article
Botha, M. (2014). Precarious Present, Fragile Futures: Literature and Uncertainty in the Early Twenty-First Century. English Academy Review, 31(2), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/10131752.2014.965411

Why minimalism matters: radical quantity and the representation of immanence (2014)
Journal Article
Botha, M. (2015). Why minimalism matters: radical quantity and the representation of immanence. Textual Practice, 29(4), 745-772. https://doi.org/10.1080/0950236x.2014.969300

Quantity underpins contemporary existence. This point is convincingly argued by Badiou and a host of thinkers writing in his wake. The present piece proposes that the minimalist aesthetic offers us remarkable insight into this quantitative ontology,... Read More about Why minimalism matters: radical quantity and the representation of immanence.

Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Maddison, E., Ranner, P., Bissell, J., Caiado, C., Bhatanacharoen, P., …Garnett, P. (2014). Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00035

Recently, Early Warning Signals (EWS) have been developed to predict tipping points in Earth Systems. This discussion highlights the potential to apply EWS to human social and economic systems, which may also undergo similar critical transitions. Soc... Read More about Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics.

Circling the Void: Derrida's Style of Counting (2014)
Journal Article
Botha, M. (2014). Circling the Void: Derrida's Style of Counting. Parallax, 20(1), 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/13534645.2014.865323