ABSTRACT

Near the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi published three short meditations on the possible, not probable, outcome of the pandemic. Due to the sudden imposition of isolation and concrete needs, Berardi suggests that death has re-entered contemporary discourse. As a consequence, he speculates that the capitalist postponement of joy may be replaced by time as enjoyment. This text critically accompanies Berardi in imagining the possible outcome of the pandemic by suggesting that it is not death but mortality that offers a pivotal use of time and enjoyment. Mortality, as Hannah Arendt defines it, extends beyond the temporality of survivalist labour and into durable works that contribute to the construction of a human world. Here it is argued that this world and its work is held together by love, in a robust philosophical sense, that is embodied by amateur practice, primarily developed in relation to the work of Bernard Stiegler. Through the work of Stiegler, Donna Haraway and Byung-Chul Han, this paper argues that, masked by professionalism and marketing, amateurism lurks in the possible ruins of pre-COVID life, ready to emerge in the key areas identified by Berardi’s texts.

摘要

在 COVID-19 爆发即将开始时，Franco 'Bifo' Berardi 发表了三篇关于大流行可能的、不太可能的结果的简短思考。由于突如其来的孤立和具体需求，Berardi 认为死亡重新进入了当代话语。因此，他推测资本主义对快乐的推迟可能会被作为享受的时间所取代。这篇文章批判性地伴随着 Berardi 想象大流行的可能结果，它暗示不是死亡而是死亡提供了时间和享受的关键利用。正如汉娜·阿伦特 (Hannah Arendt) 所定义的，死亡率超越了生存主义劳动的时间性，并延伸到有助于人类世界建设的持久作品中。这里有人认为，这个世界和它的工作是由爱维系在一起的，在强烈的哲学意义上，这体现在业余实践中，主要是与伯纳德·斯蒂格勒 (Bernard Stiegler) 的工作有关。通过 Stiegler、Donna Haraway 和 Byung-Chul Han 的工作，本文认为，在专业精神和营销的掩盖下，业余主义潜伏在 COVID 之前生活的可能废墟中，准备在 Berardi 文本确定的关键领域出现。