The Capitalism of the Ego: James Hillman's Critique of the Ego Function in Psychoanalysis
For post-Jungian archetypal psychologist James Hillman, the concept of the ego familiar to the work of Freud, Jung, and other psychoanalytic thinkers maintains a almost tyrannical predominance in the tradition of psychoanalysis. The myth of Hercules looms large over the discipline and our lives writ large. For Hillman undue importance of the ego has precipitated a multitude of psychological, social, and political problems. The solution? A break with the ego's oppositionalism and a deep dive i...
27 Apr 202313min
The Anarchism and Philosophy of Max Stirner with Acid Horizon
Here, Will and Adam from Acid Horizon engage in a discussion on a simultaneously well known and largely overlooked enigmatic figure in the history of German philosophy, idealism and its discontents, and even insurrectionary anarchism, Max Stirner. The discussion provides both an in-depth look at Stirner’s core philosophical commitments and the intellectual milieu within which and against which he toiled. What is at stake in Stirner’s The Unique and its Property? How are we to understand Stirn...
24 Apr 20231h 11min
Bataille Contra Deleuze: Sadism and Masochism with Tiger Liu
"A sadist and a masochist walk into a podcast, the masochist says 'hurt me', the sadist says 'no'" Our laughter at such a scene conveys our habitual association between violence and possession, De Sade and Sacher-Masoch, or to take them in their 20th century philosophical champions: Georges Bataille and Gilles Deleuze. How are Sadism and Masochism problems not only of psychology, but logical problems of philosophy and the limits of reason? How does the economy of each relation to one's self a...
21 Apr 20231h 8min
Anger in Ancient Philosophy: Seneca, Epictetus, and Stoicism with Dr. Gregory Sadler and Acid Horizon
Acid Horizon and Jim sit down again with Dr. Gregory Sadler to discuss stoicism and anger management, specifically through the work of Seneca and Epictetus. Find Dr. Sadler here: https://www.youtube.com/@GregoryBSadler Support the podcast: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizon Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Zer0 Books and Repeater Media Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeater Merch: http://www.crit-drip.com Order 'The Philosopher's Tar...
17 Apr 20231h 4min
Mark Fisher's 'Flatline Constructs': Reading Group Wrap Up #1 (Zer0/Repeater)
We speak with James from Zer0/Repeater's current reading group, which is tackling Mark Fisher's dissertation entitled 'Flatline Constructs'. With James, Acid Horizon delves into the work's several concepts and philosophical mediators that appear in the first sections of the book. Please join us for a future reading group sessions on the Zer0/Repeater Patreon account linked below! Support Zer0 Books and Repeater Media on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: https://www.patreo...
10 Apr 20231h 5min
Who is "Bad Badiou"? (with Andrew Culp [author of 'Dark Deleuze'] and Alexander Galloway)
Alexander R. Galloway and Andrew Culp join Acid Horizon to discuss their new podcast series on Alain Badiou's 1988 work Being and Event. We discuss Badiou's mathematical ontology and its roots in Cantor's Set Theory and Cohen's theory of the Generic. We also trace the roots of his militant arithmetic in philosophers of the French Resistance such as Cavailles, and his revolutionary Marxist Anti-Statism. There will be an online launch event for their new podcast series where people can learn m...
3 Apr 20231h 5min
Deleuze's 'Proust and Signs' with Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour (Unlocked Patreon Content)
Here is an informal discussion of 'Proust and Signs' with Taylor Adkins and Cooper Cherry of Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour we had more than two years ago! This is unlocked Patreon content from another era. Please support Acid Horizon by following any of the links below: Support the podcast: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizon Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Zer0 Books and Repeater Media Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeater Merch: http://w...
26 Mars 20231h 18min
The Limit of the Useful: Bataille, War, and Fascism
In the decade prior to the publication of Inner Experience (L'expérience intérieure), the twentieth-century French philosopher Georges Bataille produced a nascent masterwork containing some of his most original and extensive reflections on a range of subjects. With thoughts on ritual sacrifice and military conquest, the nature of laughter, and the mechanisms of capitalism, The Limit of the Useful, as Bataille had planned to title the work, illuminates the philosopher's later corpus, yet it re...
10 Mars 20231h 14min
