A Reading of Gilles Deleuze's "Letter to a Harsh Critic"

Was Gilles Deleuze a Marxist? Before his death in 1995, Deleuze had intended to write a book entitled The Grandeur of Marx, a work which would have consummated the role of Marx as long time mediator within Deleuze's political writings. In the discussion, we unpack political concepts within Deleuze's corpus, such as "minor politics", "a people to come", and "a new earth" and explore their resonances with Marx's work. Moreover, we follow Thoburn in advancing the perhaps controversial idea that ...

26 Sep 20221h 12min

Adam performs a reading of the essay "Cybernetic Culture" by CCRU, which can be found in the essay compilation #ACCELERATE published by Urbanomic. Support the podcast: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizon Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Merch: http://www.crit-drip.com Preorder 'The Philosopher's Tarot': https://repeaterbooks.com/product/the-philosophers-tarot/ Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/169wvvhi Happy Hour at Hippel's (...

21 Sep 20228min

Acid Horizon hosts Cooper and Taylor of Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour to discuss Jean-François Lyotard's Libidinal Economy, the infamous forceful poetic intervention which lambasted the French communism of the 1970s and the legacy of Marxism itself. This deep dive emerges out of Zer0's postcapitalist desire reading group which covers the incomplete final lecture series of Mark Fisher. Lyotard was an important mediator in Fisher's work and a pivotal figure in the accelerationist politics mor...

19 Sep 20221h 27min

In this episode, Craig, Adam, Will, and Noah tackle the concepts in "Of The Refrain" from Deleuze and Guattari's 'A Thousand Plateaus' through a series of quesions: How do refrains (jn the form of ditties, melodies, loops, and other forms of sonic redundancies) serve to stabilize our plenum of social relations? How do they propel us towards action? How can refrains be either revolutionary or reactionary? Moreover, what does a theory of the refrain have to say about how milieus and territories...

16 Sep 202255min

The Acid Horizon crew are joined by Ray Brassier to discuss the new edition of Marcuse's 5 Lectures, out on Repeater Books as 'Psychoanalysis, Politics, and Utopia', which he wrote the introduction for. We discuss Marcuse's influence on accelerationism, his historical materialist take on Freudian psychoanalysis, and the function of repression and enjoyment in a capitalist landscape where scarcity appears increasingly artificial in light of technological and cybernetic advances in production. ...

11 Sep 20221h 14min

Justin, an avid Nietzsche reader and friend of the podcast, joins us to discuss the relationship between the philosophy of Nietzsche and his work as an early childhood educator. We discuss arguments presented in "New Directions in the Philosophy of Education: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Education" pertaining to Nietzsche's concept of the order of rank and his concept of ressentiment. We also take brief inventory of Nietzsche's explicit writings on anti-education and his concept of reading as an...

18 Aug 202258min

Acid Horizon hosts Bernard Harcourt, a distinguished critical theorist, legal advocate, and prolific writer and editor. Bernard joins the cast to discuss the legacy of Foucault's work, its emergence within its historical milieu, and the practical implications it offers. Bernard also offers a concise explanation of what is meant by Foucault's genealogical method and how we can best understand the normative aspects implicit in Foucault research. Bernard's links: Critique and Praxis: http://cu...

13 Aug 202246min