How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains
Acid Horizon28 Jul 2025

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 common sense, and therapeutic impulse. Christoph Schuringa, author of A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (Verso), reveals how analytic thought emerged from institutional, class-based, and geopolitical forces. We also discuss its uneasy relation to continental philosophy, AI ethics, and the e...

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

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

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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. Support the show Support the podc...

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