Foucault's "Politics of Health" and "What Is Enlightenment?"
Acid Horizon21 Kesä 2020

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 the process. Our discussion of healthcare in the US and the UK then leads us towards applying Foucault's analysis to the coronavirus pandemic and the evolution of surveillance technologies. Will Agamben be vindicated in the future? Also: Marx contra Foucault. Support the show Support the po...

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Concepts in Focus: The Hegelian Dialectic

Concepts in Focus: The Hegelian Dialectic

Adam breaks down the often misconstrued, misused, and misrepresented Hegelian dialectic. He also brings into the discussion conspiracy theories, Fallout: New Vegas, David Chalmers, and, well, a magnet...

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Who is 'Dark Deleuze'?: A Discussion with Andrew Culp

Who is 'Dark Deleuze'?: A Discussion with Andrew Culp

Andrew Culp is the author of Dark Deleuze, the controversial piece of Deleuze scholarship which challenges appropriations of Deleuze by academics and professionals uncommitted to a program of radical ...

23 Elo 202053min

Understanding Foucault and the Feminist Philosophy of Disability with Shelley Tremain

Understanding Foucault and the Feminist Philosophy of Disability with Shelley Tremain

How do we centered disabled voices in academia and at large? How is the the notion of impairment socially constructed? Shelley Tremain joins Craig, WIll, and Adam to discuss her essay "This Is What a ...

16 Elo 20201h 4min

Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin

Althusser's Concept of Ideology: A Discussion with Anthony Gavin

Anthony Gavin of the podcast Out of Left Field helps us explicate a few chapters from Louis Althusser's On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology And Ideological State Apparatuses. Figures featured ...

8 Elo 20201h 6min

The Case for Becoming-Plant: Karen Houle on Plant Ontology and the Image of Thought

The Case for Becoming-Plant: Karen Houle on Plant Ontology and the Image of Thought

How does one 'become-plant'? Karen Houle joins us and guides us through her work on critical vegetal studies. We address how the notion of becoming-plant (a term originally coined by Deleuze and Guatt...

1 Elo 202042min

Techno, Black Metal, Nostalgia, and Communization: A Discussion with Benjamin Noys

Techno, Black Metal, Nostalgia, and Communization: A Discussion with Benjamin Noys

We tap Benjamin Noys to engage in a broad discussion of aesthetics and politics related to his writings on techno, black metal, and communization. Some figures who appear within the discussion: Nietz...

25 Heinä 20201h 25min

Guattari Tapes: A Discussion with Taylor Adkins about Guattari's Four Unconsciouses

Guattari Tapes: A Discussion with Taylor Adkins about Guattari's Four Unconsciouses

Taylor Adkins of Theory Talk joins the show to explicate a seminar by Felix Guattari entitled “The Four Unconsciouses”. Taylor recently translated this seminar into English, which is available on his ...

21 Heinä 20201h 1min

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

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 unconscious...

18 Heinä 202015min

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