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What does it mean to feel outclassed by your own creations? In this episode, host Craig is joined by Christopher John Müller, translator and co-editor of the new University of Minnesota Press edition of Günther Anders' The Obsolescence of the Human, and Penn State Philosophy Professor Nicholas de Warren, to explore the life and work of one of the twentieth century's most prescient and overlooked thinkers. Together, we unpack Anders' core concepts, including Promethean shame, the phantom world...

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Livestream: Grief and Philosophy with Acid Horizon and Dr. Greg Sadler

Livestream: Grief and Philosophy with Acid Horizon and Dr. Greg Sadler

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Sex With Deleuze: A Poststructuralist Approach to Sexuality and Sex Education with Justin Hancock

How do we decentre conceptual hierarchies in our emotional and sexual lives? How can we practice new forms of relationships and modes of connection? Could we relate to our body as a sexual becoming be...

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