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<p>This essay explores the diffractive relationship between Aleksandr Bogdanov and Otto Neurath. Using a diffractive methodology derived from Karen Barad, these two thinkers are brought into relationship through their impact upon the German Figurative Constructivists, a political-art movement which emerged from the Council Communist current grouped around the Berlin review <italic>Die Aktion</italic>. This yields a contextualization of both Bogdanov and Neurath within the political environment that arose within Social Democracy in the first third of the twentieth century. This interpretation provides a basis for how tektological approaches can be implemented in the age of digitized information.</p>
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This essay explores the diffractive relationship between Aleksandr Bogdanov and Otto Neurath. Using a diffractive methodology derived from Karen Barad, these two thinkers are brought into relationship through their impact upon the German Figurative Constructivists, a political-art movement which emerged from the Council Communist current grouped around the Berlin review Die Aktion. This yields a contextualization of both Bogdanov and Neurath within the political environment that arose within Social Democracy in the first third of the twentieth century. This interpretation provides a basis for how tektological approaches can be implemented in the age of digitized information.

Towards a Tektology of Tektology

Cultural Science Journal

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This essay explores the diffractive relationship between Aleksandr Bogdanov and Otto Neurath. Using a diffractive methodology derived from Karen Barad, these...

Towards a Tektology of Tektology

Article Category: Research articles

Published Online: Dec 22, 2021

Page range: 164 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/csj-2021-0013

Keywords
Tektology, Situationism, Jorn, Barad, Neurath, Bohr

© 2021 Fabian Tompsett, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Towards a Tektology of Tektology

Article Category: Research articles

Published Online: Dec 22, 2021

Page range: 164 - 176

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/csj-2021-0013

KeywordsTektology, Situationism, Jorn, Barad, Neurath, Bohr

© 2021 Fabian Tompsett, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Tektology, Situationism, Jorn, Barad, Neurath, Bohr