Resisting AI with Dan McQuillan
Resisting AI: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai Dan's website: www.danmcquillan.org Durations Festival: https://publicrecords.nyc/events/durations-festival-2024/ Adam and Will are joined by Dan McQuillan, a lecturer in creative and social computing, to discuss his book "Resisting AI: An Anti-Fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence", an essential read to understand the computational processes of optimization, dataification, and efficiency that are sold to as 'AI' solution...
16 Sep 202456min
Anti-Identity: Becoming-Woman and Becoming-Imperceptible in Deleuze and Guattari w/ Claire Colebrook
Essays on Extinction Volume 2: Sex After Life https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/sex-after-life/ Who Would You Kill to Save the World?: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496234988/who-would-you-kill-to-save-the-world/ Craig sits down with Claire Colebrook to discuss the basics of 'minor becomings' through the concepts of 'becoming-woman' and 'becoming-imperceptible' in the work of Deleuze and Guattari. How do becomings challenge notions of liberal feminism and uns...
8 Sep 202437min
LEPHT HAND - The Alchemy of Salt and Subjectivity: James Hillman and Jacques Derrida VS a Salty Jordan Peterson
Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND In this monologue, Sereptie explores the fascinating intersections of alchemy, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist philosophy. The discussion centers around the concept of alchemical salt, its significance in Renaissance alchemical traditions, and its appropriation in 20th-century psychological theories. This episode connects these ideas with the works of Carl Jung, James Hillman, and Jacques Derrida, offering a unique perspective on the ...
1 Sep 202451min
Byung-Chul Han: A Critical Introduction with Steven Knepper and Robert Wyllie
Subscribe to Acid Horizon today: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Get the book: https://www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/an-introduction-to-byung-chul-han Byung-Chul Han is one of the most important living philosophers, renowned for his critiques of the digital age. In response to the idea that new technological devices expand our freedom, he argues that they lead to burnout and self-absorption and that we must redevelop contemplative practices which slow us down and open us up. He...
18 Aug 20241h 12min
Biopolitics as a System of Thought with Serene Richards
Purchase 'Biopolitics as a System of Thought' from Bloomsbury: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/biopolitics-as-a-system-of-thought-9781350412095/ Our contemporary mode of life is characterised by what Serene Richards in Biopolitics as a System of Thought calls: Smart Being. Smart Being believes in the solutions of techno-capital where living is always at stake and directed to survival. Armed with this concept, this book examines how we arrived at this mode of being and asks how it could be that...
11 Aug 20241h 2min
Artaud: In Search of Myth and Revolution in Mexico feat. Stuart Kendall on "Journey to Mexico"
Buy 'Journey to Mexico: Revolutionary Messages & the Tarahumara' (Contra Mundum Press) with introduction by Stuart Kendall: https://www.contramundumpress.com/journey-to-mexico 'Dionysus Speed' (Contra Mundum Press): https://www.contramundumpress.com/product-page/dionysos-speed About 'Journey to Mexico: Revolutionary Messages & the Tarahumara': On 10 January 1936, the poet, actor, and dramatic theorist, Antonin Artaud departed Europe on a journey to Mexico that would take him ...
4 Aug 20241h 14min
Introducing LEPHT HAND: Examining Georges Bataille's "The Psychological Structure of Fascism" (Part 1)
In this inaugural episode of LEPHT HAND, we delve into Georges Bataille's seminal essay, "The Psychological Structure of Fascism." We explore Bataille's analysis of the social and psychological dynamics underpinning fascist regimes. Key concepts discussed include: Marxism, anarchism, anthropology, political economy. Join the Patreon (free or paid membership): https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND Follow me on "Twitter": @lepht_hand Support the show Support the podcast: https://www.acidhorizonp...
31 Jul 202458min
Capitalism: A Horror Story: Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side of the Radical Imagination with Jon Greenaway
Buy Jon Greenaway's book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/capitalism-a-horror-story-gothic-marxism-and-the-dark-side-of-the-radical-imagination/ Jon's podcast: https://pod.link/1445594437 What does it mean to see horror in capitalism? What can horror tell us about the state and nature of capitalism? Blending film criticism, cultural theory, and philosophy, Capitalism: A Horror Story examines literature, film, and philosophy, from Frankenstein to contemporary cinema, delving into the soci...
29 Jul 20241h
