Gothic Insurrection

There’s an interesting dialogue taking shape in the Italian weird theory scenes that is taking its chief concern such esoterica as ‘neo-Middle Age’ temporalities, revolutionary eschatology, and the ‘Gothic Insurrection’. It’s an attempt in part, to quote Claudio Kulesko, “to restore the multi-dimensional mythology of [CCRU]’s writings”. It’s also much more—and more will have to be said about it, especially given that it trafficks in topics (e.g. time-tangling, apocalypse culture) and figures (e.g. Sorel) that are central to this blog’s own concerns.

Here’s the contours of the discussion, laid out in chronological order, for those interested in diving in (and please, if I’ve overlooked any pieces feel free to drop them in the comments section below):

• Valerio Mattioli::“The Digital Middle Age”.
• Claudio Kulesko::“Gothic Uprising”.
• Enrico Monacelli::“Waiting for Extinction”.
• Claudio Kulesko::“Some Notes on Gothic Insurrection, Anti-Praxis and Active Extinction”.
• Claudio Kulesko::“Horror and Terror: (A) Gothic Theology”.

EDIT: another more bits to add to the roster:

• Enrico Monacelli::“Total Fucking Chaos War”
• Gruppo di Nun::“Manifesto of Revolutionary Demonology”