Foucault and Praxis: On Genealogical Method and Abolition with Bernard Harcourt
Acid Horizon hosts Bernard Harcourt, a distinguished critical theorist, legal advocate, and prolific writer and editor. Bernard joins the cast to discuss the legacy of Foucault's work, its emergence w...
13 Aug 202246min
Who Was Lucretius? with Thomas Nail
Thomas Nail joins the cast to give us an overview of the work of the ancient philosopher Lucretius, who is known for his generally atheistic ontology and his theory of the clinamen or "the swerve". Th...
6 Aug 20221h 12min
Georges Bataille and Lev Shestov: Lost in the Labyrinth
This is breakdown of Bataille's notion of the labyrinth from his 1936 essay "The Labyrinth" found in the Visions of Excess collection. Also, I highlight the connection between Shestov's musings on the...
20 Jul 202212min
From Capitalist Realism to Acid Communism: A Brief History of Mark Fisher's Concepts
In this episode, Adam takes us through Mark Fisher's concept of Capitalist Realism, and how the concept developed across Fisher's theoretical writings. Adam focuses on how the notion is deployed in hi...
17 Jul 202218min
Georges Bataille: Sovereignty
This video offers an overview of Georges Bataille's concept of sovereignty as he lays it out in The Accursed Share, Volume III. This was released as a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SlgmI5I-v2A ...
12 Jul 202211min
Deleuzoguattarian Autopsy and the Body Without Organs
Austin is a member of our A Thousand Plateaus reading group and a friend of the podcast. He is also a doctor who performs hospital autopsies and cancer diagnoses. Together, we revisit our recent readi...
4 Jul 20221h 31min
What is Destituent Communism? Tarì Part 2
On this episode of Acid Horizon, Craig, Matt, Will, and Adam are joined by Henry from the Forms podcast, Matteo Spanò of Cashmere Radio, and musician Danji Buck-Moore to discuss There is No Unhappy Re...
17 Jun 20221h 23min
Machinic Enslavement: Deleuze and Guattari's 'Apparatus of Capture'
On this episode, Craig, Adam, Matt, and Will recap and reflect on the reading group’s discussion of Deleuze and Guattari’s “Apparatus of Capture”. What does “capture” mean in the work of Deleuze and G...
10 Jun 202255min
