Following on from the excellent biography of the philosopher Gilbert Simondon to which I linked recently, here he is, in his own words, in a short interview:
I came to this thanks to the Politics and Matter research group (Geographical Science, University of Bristol) blog.
In the interview, the subject of individuation is touched upon and briefly articulated. This is central to Simondon’s philosophical project as a theorisation of a metastable and pre-individual “more-than-one”, as explained in the aforementioned biography.
Muriel Combes excellent introduction to Simondon’s work “Gilbert Simondon and the philosophy of the transindividual“, recently translated for MIT Press, has been reviewed by David Scott on NDPR. It is a detailed and useful review and offers some insights into Simondon’s work in its own regard, well worth a read if you’re interested.
I give a summarized translation of the whole set here: http://terenceblake.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/interview-with-simondon-on-mechanology-1/. This translation is more detailed than mine but it is less complete as it stops after 8 minutes, but there are some errors too. I will try to synthesize both into one block (as described in the interview for the wheel) over the next few days.
Thanks Terence, that’s very helpful!