Is Romantic Anti-Capitalism Proletarian? 'The Poetry of Class' with Patrick Eiden-Offe & Jacob Blumenfeld
Workers of the world unite, we have nothing to lose but our chains! But just who is this ‘we’? How do we identify the proletariat, the revolutionary subject, and how does the proletariat identify itself in the midst of an intensifying threat of economic precarity and capitalist immiseration. This ‘we’, to quote Wilhelm Weitling, is a tricky question. Today we’re taking a dive into Historical Materialism with the latest book in the series “The Poetry of Class: Romantic Anti-Capitalism and the ...
23 Feb 20241h 2min
We're All Running from The Terminator: The Radical Left Versus Capitalism
Adam of Acid Horizon dives into the work of Carl Neville to explore the Terminator series as a parable of radicalization, how struggles in the present show the future of our current predicament, and how to fight back. Books by Carl Neville: Eminent Domain (Repeater): https://repeaterbooks.com/product/eminent-domain/ Classless: Recent Essays on British Film (Zer0): https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/classless Support the show Support the podcast: https://www.acidhori...
14 Feb 20249min
The Economy of Damnation: St. Anselm, Nietzsche, Deleuze, and Saidiya Hartman with Sean Capener
Acid Horizon continue their conversation with the folks over at Mimbres School by sitting down with Sean Capener, who'll be teaching their "History of Damnation" course. We read Sean's "On the Fall of the Angels: Economic Theology After the Middle Passage". In this paper, Sean shows how St Anselm's Christian theories about the economy of salvation and Man's debt to God can inform a critical view towards our own narratives about debt and credit under racial capitalism through the mediation of ...
11 Feb 20241h 8min
Karl Marx's "Theses on Feuerbach": The Deep Dive From The Young Hegelians to Deleuze (Part 2)
The Acid Horizon crew venture a deep dive into Karl Marx's "Theses on Feuerbach", both celebrating and challenging aspects of his classic meditation. We unpack some of the language of the text while making connections to other philosophers. Moreover, we discuss Feuerbach's critique of the image of thought and his work's influence on Deleuze as it pertains to Marx's insights. Adam's blogpost: https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com/2024/01/25/the-ends-of-philosophy-commentary-on-marxs-theses...
7 Feb 20241h 2min
Karl Marx's "Theses on Feuerbach": The Deep Dive From The Young Hegelians to Deleuze (Part 1)
The Acid Horizon crew venture a deep dive into Karl Marx's "Theses on Feuerbach", both celebrating and challenging aspects of his classic meditation. We unpack some of the language of the text while making connections to other philosophers. Moreover, we discuss Feuerbach's critique of the image of thought and his work's influence on Deleuze as it pertains to Marx's insights. Adam's blogpost: https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com/2024/01/25/the-ends-of-philosophy-commentary-on-marxs-theses...
4 Feb 202443min
The Rise of Anti-Capitalist Neurodiversity: Robert Chapman's 'Empire of Normality'
Buy the book: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745348667/empire-of-normality/ Neurodiversity is on the rise. Awareness and diagnoses have exploded in recent years, but we are still missing a wider understanding of how we got here and why. Beyond simplistic narratives of normativity and difference, this groundbreaking book exposes the very myth of the 'normal' brain as a product of intensified capitalism. Exploring the rich histories of the neurodiversity and disability movements, Robert Chapm...
28 Jan 202456min
'Plastic Ghosts and Trash Immortals: Our Afterlife as Waste' with Nicolas de Warren
Nicolas de Warren joins Acid Horizon for a live event at Webster's Bookstore and Cafe in State College, PA. Our quest for immortality is complete: we will live forever through our trash. Our penchant for plastic disposables in particular presents us with a future in which forms of life will remain haunted by human waste. What does the legacy of 'homo detritus' mean for humanity and the world? Support the show Support the podcast: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ Linktree: https://link...
23 Jan 202448min
Laruelle's Nietzsche and Nietzsche's 'Political Materialism' (Deleuze, Foucault, Nietzsche, Marx)
Join the reading groups: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reading-groups-96060845?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Jeremy R. Smith returns alongside Jacob Vangeest to discuss Laruelle's view on Nietzsche and Nietzsche's influence upon the milieu of 20th century French thought, which includes thinkers such as Bataille, Deleuze & Guattari, Foucault, and others. Our brush with Laruelle's 'Nietzsche Contra Heidegger' ...
16 Jan 20241h 21min
