Podcast Episodes

Concepts in Focus: Tensors, Black Holes, and the Unconscious in Deleuze and Guattari (pre-episode content)

Ahead of our interview with Taylor Adkins on his translation of Guattari's seminar entitled “Les Quatres Inconscients 13/01/1981”, we outline some of the concepts featured in the text: the unconsciou…

Published on 5 years, 4 months ago

G. A. Cohen and "The Structure of Proletarian Unfreedom": A Reading With Ben Burgis

Ben Burgis of Zer0 Books is the author of Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. He joins us to conduct a reading of analytic Marxist G.A. Cohen’s noted essay, “The Structure of Proletarian Unfre…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Mark Fisher and Poscapitalist Desire: Reading "Egress: On Mourning, Melancholy, and Mark Fisher" with Matt Colquhoun (Part 1)

Author and photographer Matt Colquhoun joins the podcast to discuss the elegiac biography and personal memoir Egress: On Mourning, Melancholy, and Mark Fisher (Repeater Books). As we discuss the book…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Foucault's "Politics of Health" and "What Is Enlightenment?"

We delve into Foucault's work on medicalization in the 18th century while also discussing his relation to Enlightenment thought. We furthermore take a few jabs at Jordan Peterson and Stephen Hicks in…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Concepts in Focus: Foucault and Docile Bodies

In this bonus episode, Will offers a detailed reading of Foucault's concept of docile bodies from Discipline and Punish. 

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Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Postmodernization in Hardt & Negri's Empire

More than twenty years from its initial publication, we examine Hardt & Negri's Empire.  In this episode we attempt to unpack the authors' notion of 'postmodernization' or 'informatization'. We also …

Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Concepts in Focus: Bataille's Metaphilosophy

In this special episode, Craig discussed the introduction to Georges Bataille's Theory of Religion, which presents a picture of Bataille's metaphilosophy.

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Published on 5 years, 6 months ago

Deleuze, Foucault, and Prisons: Revisiting "Intellectuals and Power"

In this episode, we revisit the famous talk between Deleuze and Foucault entitled "Intellectuals and Power".  Our discussion of interview involves breaking down Deleuze's theory of theory and praxis …

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Welcome Episode: The Syllabus May 2020

This is the first live episode of Acid Horizon. Craig, Will, Afreen, and Matt gather to discuss a series of four readings in political philosophy.  This upcoming series will be the first 'block' of o…

Published on 5 years, 7 months ago

Concepts in Focus: The Body without Organs (Part 1)

Episode 1

In this special episode, Craig explains Deleuze and Guattari's concept of 'the body without organs' with reference to the way it has been developed in Anti-Oedipus.

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Published on 5 years, 7 months ago