In this talk, I revisit my notion of the ontological dump (defined to a large extent by its heaviness) via the metabolic breakdown that makes itself felt at every level of existence and that is the underside of the extractivist theory and practices of energy. More specifically, I return to the 'geodump' of the earth, still divided into its surface and depth. If the relative hospitality of the earth's surfaces is waning, can its depths still hold the promise of absolute hospitality, which is of a piece with death?
Michael Marder
Michael Marder is IKERBASQUE Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Reconstitution (IGRec), Berlin. His latest book is Pyropolitics: Fire and the Political (2025).