Non-State Societies and Deleuze and Guattari: A Discussion of 'Edges of the State'
On this episode, Craig and Will are joined by John Protevi to discuss his latest book, Edges of the State. Protevi challenges dominant notions in anthropological research and other human sciences with anarchic perspective informed by theorists such as Pierre Clastres, Gilles Deleuze, James C. Scott, and others. Central to our discussion is the question of how our historical understanding of human sociality and the manifestation of the state could be altered if we decentered the concept of pri...
17 Sep 202156min
Inner Experience: Bataille Contra Hegel in "Torture"
This is your Inner Experience. On this episode we’re finally going through the text that inspired the origin of this show; George Bataille’s Torture, from his book ‘Inner Experience’. Craig, Will, and Adam sketch out the terminological landscape of Bataille’s project, tackling such concepts as ‘Salvation’ ‘Impossibility’, ‘Divinity’, ‘Sacrifice’, ‘Non-Knowledge’, ‘Ecstasy’, ‘Anguish’, and much more. We pick Bataille’s brain for his anxieties regarding the End of History and the completion of ...
2 Sep 20211h 8min
Mark Fisher: Solidarity at the Rave - A Conversation with Natasha and Matt
In this episode we are joined by Matt Colquhoun and Natasha Eves to discuss Mark Fisher’s essay on the politics of British rave culture, "Baroque Sunbursts". What type of solidarity and mutual commitment can be achieved through such experiences? What is the relation between conformity, the productive logic of neoliberalism, and “mandatory individualism”? How can Mark Fisher’s work help us understand temporality and collectivity in resistance? Theorists mentioned include Deleuze, Eshun, ...
21 Aug 20211h 11min
Foucault (With Hair) - The Early Foucault With Stuart Elden
On this episode, Adam and Will are joined by Stuart Elden to discuss his latest book, The Early Foucault. We discuss the academic experiences and personal relationships that were formative in the Foucault’s development as an intellectual. The conversation ranges from Foucault’s early interest in Hegelianism to the influence of Canguilhem, Hyppolite, Barraque, Althusser, and others! Grab the book: https://politybooks.com/the-early-foucault/ Contribute to Acid Horizon: https://www.patreon.com...
10 Aug 20211h 4min
Concepts in Focus: The Unique and the Creative Nothing
In the latest edition of our Concepts in Focus series, our resident Stirner researcher Adam gives an overview of his conclusions so far regarding the meaning of two of Stirner's key notions; The Unique, and the Creative Nothing. Here, Adam draws upon his doctoral research into Stirner's work as well as his historical roots in Hegelianism, Hegel's Logic, and the Left-Hegelian circles of his time. As a result of this work, he articulates the Creative Nothing as a theory of nihilistic ontogenesi...
28 Juli 202111min
Inner Experience: From James Hillman's Archetypal Psychology towards a Liberation Psychology
Subscribe to Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Merch: http://www.crit-drip.com On this episode of Inner Experience, Craig, Adam, and Will are joined by Micah, who is a grad student in the field of critical psychology. The focus of the discussion is the late American archetypal psychologist, James Hillman. Hillman’s work marks a deviation from his psychoanalytic predecessors in a way that has extended implications for anti-capitalist politics and other forms...
27 Juli 20211h 1min
Acid Horizon vs. Sadler - A Reading of Nick Land's 'Fanged Noumena'
Subscribe to Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Merch: http://www.crit-drip.com On this episode of Acid Horizon we’re joined by educator and public philosopher Dr Gregory B. Sadler to discuss Nick Land’s Fanged Noumena. We talk about the historical trajectory of Land’s work, his critiques of Kant and redeployments of Deleuze and Guattari, and the ways in which Land problematizes the relationship between capitalism, desire, cybernetics, and the future of the h...
19 Juli 20211h 16min
The Promise of Cruelty: The Second Essay of Nietzsche's 'On the Genealogy of Morals'
On this episode, we discuss the second essay of Friedrich Nietzsche’s On the Genealogy of Morals and the question of the developmental origins of responsibility and conscience from the moral point of view. To bring responsibility under the knife, Nietzsche focuses on a paradigm case of morality playing itself out on the field of responsibility on the levels of both Being and Acting. This paradigm case is the promise. So, to account for the origins of the moral value of responsibility, Nietzsc...
6 Juli 20211h 6min
