Dr. Samo Tomšič
Samo Tomšič studied Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and received his PhD from the university’s Institute of Philosophy for a thesis entitled »What is Anti-Philosophy?« in 2008. Previously he worked for the Scientific Research Centre at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Between 2011 and 2013, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Department of German Literature at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His current research centres on the philosophical questions of formalisation, the history of rationalism, and the topicality of the structuralist program.
Monographs & Books
Tomšič, S. 2019. The Labour of Enjoyment. Toward a Critique of Libidinal Economy. Berlin: August Verlag.
Articles in Edited Volumes
Stakemeier, K., Tomšič, S. 2020. »Two Intertwined Readings: One Close, One Mimetic.« In Steve Reinke: Butter, Wien: MUMOK, 119-127.
Tomšič, S. 2020. »Die Extimität des symbolischen Milieus.« In Milieu Fragmente. Technologische und ästhetische Perspektiven, edited by Ladewig R., Seppi A. Leipzig: Spector Books, 130-139.
Tomšič, S. 2020. »The Instability of Structuralism.« In Blick, rörelse, röst. Festskrift till Cecilia Sjöholm, edited by Katz Thor, R., Vallrup E. Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 145-153.
Tomšič, S. 2020. »Trieblehre und Krisenlogik: Freud mit Marx gelesen.« In Esst mich! A Reader, Wien: Westphalie Verlag, 113-132.
Tomšič, S. 2019. »Capitalism.« In The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalytic Political Theory, edited by Stavrakakis, Y. London: Routledge, 296-306.
Articles
Grubner, B., Tomšič, S. 2020. »Trauma, Trieb und die Logik der Störung. Ein Dialog über Jenseits des Lustprinzips (1920).« Freie Assoziation, 23, (1+2): 182-194.
Tomšič, S. 2019. »Durcharbeiten: Klinika in Politika.« Problemi. Journal for Psychoanalytic Theory and Philosophy, 57, (7-8): 59-84.
Reviews of Books & Exhibitions
Tomšič, S. 2019. »The Materialist Rebirth of Dialectic. A Review of The Birth of Theory.« The Birth of Theory, Cole, A., http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/book-review/materialist-rebirth-dialectic
Talks & Presentations
Grubner, B., Tomšič, S. Kultur als Symptom. Talk at Seminar. Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie, Free University Berlin. Virtual. 18 February 2021.
Tomšič, S. Capital Hate. Panel Presentation at Conference. The Psychic Life of International Politics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Virtual. 28 April 2021.
Tomšič, S. Der Wachstumszwang. Talk at Online Lecture Series. Temperatures: Eine Online-Reihe des Bonner Kunstverein, Kunstverein München und Kunstverein Nürnberg, Virtual. 23 February 2021. https://vimeo.com/519535325
Tomšič, S. From the Orderly World to the Polluted Unworld. Talk at Colloquium. Research Colloquium in Practical Philosophy 2020/21, Session 8, University of Lisabon. Virtual. 2 March 2021. https://cful.letras.ulisboa.pt/praxis/praxis-seminar-2020-21-s8/
Tomšič, S. Sexismus, Rassismus und ursprüngliche Akkumulation. Talk at Internal Colloquium. Stiftungsuniversität Hildesheim. Virtual. 22 January 2021.
Tomšič, S. The Anti-Sociality of Capitalism (Some Reflections). Talk at Online Lecture. Amsterdam. Virtual. 17 April 2021.
Tomšič, S. Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory: Past, Present and Future. Colloquium. Colloquium, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Virtual. 1 December 2020.
Tomšič, S. The Capitalist Unconscious. Talk at Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Tuzla. Virtual. 25 September 2020.
Tomšič, S. The Culture of Death Drive. Capital and the End of the World. Keynote at Ringvorlesung. The Coming Catastrophe, Bauhaus University, Weimar. 28 January 2020.
Tomšič, S. The Politics of Resentment. Keynote at Online Lecture. International Study Group on Anti-Social Affects and Contemporary Politics. Virtual. 3 December 2020.
Tomšič, S. Zwischen Kunstwerk und Kunststück: Hegel und die Spaltung künstlerischer Arbeit. Talk at Conference. Jahrestagung des Graduertenkollegs Ästhetische Praxis, Stiftung Universität Hildesheim. 14 February 2020.
Tomšič, S. »Ex-«: Ontology, Topology, Psychoanalysis. Talk at Conference. Extimacy: Authority, Anxiety and the Desire for Revolution in a Time of Austerity, American University of Beirut. 20 February 2020.
Wegener, M., Tomšič, S. Psychoanalyse und Politik. Dialogue at Dialogue. Psychoanalytischer Salon, Antiquariat Fundus, Berlin. 24 February 2020.
Chukhrov, K., Tomšič, S. Marxism and Psychoanalysis: Alliance or Conflict? From Soviet Psychology to the Present. Keynote at Workshop. workshop of the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths College, London. 31 May 2019. https://cpct.uk/2019/05/01/chukrov-and-tomsic-on-marxism-and-psychoanalysis-may-31/
Mayer, K., Tomšič, S. Institution und Begehren. Conversation at Conversation. Akademie der bildenden Künste, Düsseldorf. 26 June 2019.
Svaneeng, J., Tomšič, S. The Labour of Enjoyment. Toward a Critique of Libidinal Economy. Book launch. Book launch, Psychoanalytische Bibliothek, Berlin. 1 July 2019.
Tomšič, S., Proctor, H., Hoens, D. Conversation: Psychoanalysis and the Critique of Capitalism. Talk at Conference. Libidinal Economies of Crises, ACUD, Berlin. 27 September 2019. https://libidinaleconomyberlin.tumblr.com/
Tomšič, S. Marx as a Thinker of Catastrophe. Keynote at Workshop. Marx 200 Years, Södertörn University, Stockholm. 4 April 2019.
Tomšič, S. The Discourse of Enjoyment. Keynote at Exhibition. Lisa Holzer Exhibition »Esst mich!«, Kunstverein München. 25 June 2019.
Tomšič, S. The Life of Drives. Keynote at Conference. Life Choreographies – infrastructures for a livable life #1, Public Art Agency, Stockholm. 4 June 2019.
Tomšič, S. „Rhegelez-vous“: Hegel, Mai 68 und das Nachleben des Strukturalismus. Talk at Ringvorlesung. 50 Jahre Theorie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 11 February 2019.
Events & Workshops
Friedman, M., Tomšič, S. On Activity II: Space and Materiality. Conference. Virtual. 19 March 2021. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/3760/on-activity-ii-space-and-materiality
Teaching & Courses
Tomšič, S. Affekte und ihre Metamorphosen. Seminar, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg. 15 October 2020 - 4 February 2021.
Tomšič, S. Das Leben der Sprache. Seminar, Akademie der Bildenden Künste. 13 April 2020 - 10 July 2020.
Tomšič, S. Körper sein/haben. Seminar, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg. 13 April 2020 - 7 July 2020.
Tomšič, S. Körper sein/haben. Seminar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 5 November 2020 - 25 February 2021.
Tomšič, S. Körper sein/haben II. Seminar, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg. 12 October 2020 - 1 February 2021.
Tomšič, S. Einführung in die psychoanalytische Kulturtheorie. Seminar, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg. 14 October 2019 - 14 February 2020.
Tomšič, S. Entfremdung. Das Unbehagen in der Moderne. Seminar, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nürnberg. 14 October 2019 - 7 February 2020.