hypergenealogy
An intensified form of genealogy that rejects all rational accountability and selectivity, applying suspicion recursively and expansively across all domains, resulting in a libertine and profligate production of claims.
1 chapter across 1 book
Spinal Catastrophism (2019)Thomas Moynihan
This chapter distinguishes between classical genealogy, which reveals contingent causes behind beliefs within specific vocabularies while retaining a commitment to rationality, and hypergenealogy, which rejects all accountability and rational order, promoting an expansive, recursive, and libertine interrogation of belief systems across all domains. It introduces the concept of 'Spinal Catastrophism' as a hypergenealogical approach that explores the deep, historical, and anatomical relation between person and planet, emphasizing a vertical axis of the body and its spinal column as a metaphor for this genealogy. The chapter sets the stage for examining the work of Professor Daniel Charles Barker and his 'Geocosmic Theory of Trauma' within this broader philosophical context.