LEPHT HAND - Myth, Nostalgia, and Liberation: Federico Campagna’s 'Otherworlds: Mediterranean Lessons On Escaping History'
Acid Horizon23 Aug 2025

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 practice of imagination, solidarity, and survival. We look at myth’s place in anti-capitalist politics, its tension with materialism, and its role in resisting despair. What emerges is a vision of myth as a politics of possibility against history’s catastrophes. Acid Horizon Research Commons is now li...

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There Is No Unhappy Revolution - Tarì and Destituent Power (Part 1)

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Why We Choose Gods and Masters: Reich on Ideology

Why We Choose Gods and Masters: Reich on Ideology

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In this episode, we invited friends of the show, Will and Anton, to discuss their upcoming project: an ethnographic, musicological, and philosophical investigation into the aesthetic phenomenon of 'PC...

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Derrida on the Secret, Sacrifice, and the Singularity of Death

Derrida on the Secret, Sacrifice, and the Singularity of Death

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Imposter Syndrome and Philosophy: Thinking with Gilles Deleuze and Mark Fisher

CONTENT WARNING: MENTAL HEALTH DISCUSSION In this episode, Craig, Will, Matt, and Adam invite friend of the show Rose( @8leggedloser) to discuss the notion of 'impostor syndrome'. Using texts such as ...

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