The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization w/ Mohamed Amer Meziane
🔮 Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' 🔮 - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosophy and tarot in this daring new deck. Pre-launch is live—discover more and join us in this journey: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille?ref=discovery&term=bataille&total_hits=8&category_id=273 Get the 'States of the Earth': https://www.versobooks.com/products/3050-the-states-of-the-e...
29 Sep 20241h 12min
Death and Time in the Work of Gilles Deleuze with Ben Decarie
If you want more videos/podcasts like these, simply subscribe to our Patreon account and support public philosophy: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Ben Decarie is a graduate student from Penn state University who is working on a paper using Deleuze's theory of time to confront the concurrent ecological crises and the question of extinction. Craig and Ben explore Deleuze's theory of time, death, ressentiment, and Deleuze's own twist on Nietzsche's eternal return in paired readings ...
22 Sep 202454min
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
