Western Marxism vs. Stalinism: Domenico Losurdo’s Controversial Legacy with Ross Wolfe
Acid Horizon19 Syys 2025

Western Marxism vs. Stalinism: Domenico Losurdo’s Controversial Legacy with Ross Wolfe

What if the very idea of Western Marxism has less to do with geography than with defeat? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we dive into Domenico Losurdo’s controversial use of the term and ask what’s at stake in his defense of actually existing socialism against its critics. With our guest Ross Wolfe, we explore the tangled afterlives of Western Marxism—from the Frankfurt School to structuralism, from Stalinism to contemporary China. Along the way we confront the uncomfortable question: do tod...

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LEPHT HAND - Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'

LEPHT HAND - Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'

Can myth itself serve as a material force in struggles for liberation? Federico Campagna joins me to discuss how myth—too often dismissed as escapism or co-opted by reaction—can instead become a pract...

23 Elo 20251h 8min

Identity on Credit: Ajax, Achilles, and the Modern Self with Fredrik Westerlund

Identity on Credit: Ajax, Achilles, and the Modern Self with Fredrik Westerlund

What happens when the self we imagine drifts further from the one we actually live? In this episode, philosopher Fredrik Westerlund joins Craig and Nicholas de Warren to explore his concept of “identi...

17 Elo 20251h 16min

From Chaos to Creation: Deleuze, Francis Bacon, 'On Painting', and 'The Logic of Sensation' with Charles J. Stivale

From Chaos to Creation: Deleuze, Francis Bacon, 'On Painting', and 'The Logic of Sensation' with Charles J. Stivale

What happens when the painter’s hand breaks free from the eye, and chaos reorganizes the entire field of vision? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we join Charles Stivale, translator of On Painting and...

14 Elo 20251h 14min

How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains

How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains

What if analytic philosophy isn't as politically neutral as it claims to be? In this episode, we explore the hidden ideological scaffolding of analytic philosophy—its deference to science, retreat to ...

28 Heinä 20251h 15min

Becoming Worthy of the Event: Deleuze, Nietzsche, and Revolutionary Ethics with Justin

Becoming Worthy of the Event: Deleuze, Nietzsche, and Revolutionary Ethics with Justin

What does it mean to become worthy of the event? In this episode, we’re joined by Justin, longtime collaborator and host of our current reading group on Pierre Klossowski’s Living Currency. Together, ...

17 Heinä 202558min

Fanon and Sartre: Rethinking Praxis, Race, and Revolution

Fanon and Sartre: Rethinking Praxis, Race, and Revolution

What happens when the dialectic between Sartre and Fanon is not one of influence, but of mutual transformation? Today we're live at Webster’s in State College with Tyrique Mack-Georges, who returns to...

6 Heinä 202539min

The Roots of 'Gender-Critical' Fascism: White Supremacy, Reactionary Feminism, and the Far Right

The Roots of 'Gender-Critical' Fascism: White Supremacy, Reactionary Feminism, and the Far Right

What if the history of feminism wasn’t only a story of liberation—but also one of betrayal, reaction, and complicity? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we speak with Michael Richmond and Alex Charnley,...

29 Kesä 20251h 7min

Georges Bataille’s 'On Nietzsche': War, Chance, and the Collapse of Meaning with Stuart Kendall

Georges Bataille’s 'On Nietzsche': War, Chance, and the Collapse of Meaning with Stuart Kendall

What does it mean to write philosophy in a time of catastrophe? In this episode, we’re joined once again by Stuart Kendall to explore Georges Bataille’s On Nietzsche, a fragmented, intimate, and disor...

21 Kesä 20251h 44min

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