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 “identity on credit,” where our sense of self is built on promises yet to be realized. From Sophocles’ Ajax to Nietzsche, Deleuze, and Scheler, we trace how recognition, resentment, and failure shape the modern psyche. Together we ask whether it is possible to live beyond the creditor–debtor logic of id...

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Acéphalous Launch Livestream is Today, October 31st at 12PM EST!

Acéphalous Launch Livestream is Today, October 31st at 12PM EST!

Yuk Hui episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/machine-and-for-114829416?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Join us for the livestream in these places: Campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... https://www.twitch.tv/acidhorizonpodcast https://www.youtube.com/@AcidHorizon ig: @acidhorizonpod See you there! Support the show Support the podcast: Current classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC...

31 Okt 20241min

'Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking' with Yuk Hui

'Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking' with Yuk Hui

Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille Buy the book from University of Minnesota Press: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917418/machine-and-sovereignty/ What is “planetary thinking” today? Arguing that a new approach is urgently needed, Yuk Hui develops a future-oriented mode of political thought that encompasses the unprecedented global challenges we are confronting: the rise of artificial intelligence, the ...

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The Philosophy of Simone Weil with Kenny Novis and David Levy

The Philosophy of Simone Weil with Kenny Novis and David Levy

Support this project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille In this episode of Acid Horizon, Will takes the lead as host, welcoming Kenny Novis and special guest David Levy. David, a philosophy professor at the University of Edinburgh and one of the translators and editors of 'Simone Weil: Basic Writings', joins the conversation. Simone Weil, the renowned French mystic and political activist, has influenced a broad range of thinkers. ...

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The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization w/ Mohamed Amer Meziane

The States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization w/ Mohamed Amer Meziane

🔮 Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' 🔮 - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosophy and tarot in this daring new deck. Pre-launch is live—discover more and join us in this journey: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille?ref=discovery&term=bataille&total_hits=8&category_id=273 Get the 'States of the Earth': https://www.versobooks.com/products/3050-the-states-of-the-e...

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Death and Time in the Work of Gilles Deleuze with Ben Decarie

Death and Time in the Work of Gilles Deleuze with Ben Decarie

If you want more videos/podcasts like these, simply subscribe to our Patreon account and support public philosophy: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Ben Decarie is a graduate student from Penn state University who is working on a paper using Deleuze's theory of time to confront the concurrent ecological crises and the question of extinction. Craig and Ben explore Deleuze's theory of time, death, ressentiment, and Deleuze's own twist on Nietzsche's eternal return in paired readings ...

22 Sep 202454min

Resisting AI with Dan McQuillan

Resisting AI with Dan McQuillan

Resisting AI: https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai Dan's website: www.danmcquillan.org Durations Festival: https://publicrecords.nyc/events/durations-festival-2024/ Adam and Will are joined by Dan McQuillan, a lecturer in creative and social computing, to discuss his book "Resisting AI: An Anti-Fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence", an essential read to understand the computational processes of optimization, dataification, and efficiency that are sold to as 'AI' solution...

16 Sep 202456min

Anti-Identity: Becoming-Woman and Becoming-Imperceptible in Deleuze and Guattari w/ Claire Colebrook

Anti-Identity: Becoming-Woman and Becoming-Imperceptible in Deleuze and Guattari w/ Claire Colebrook

Essays on Extinction Volume 2: Sex After Life https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/sex-after-life/ Who Would You Kill to Save the World?: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496234988/who-would-you-kill-to-save-the-world/ Craig sits down with Claire Colebrook to discuss the basics of 'minor becomings' through the concepts of 'becoming-woman' and 'becoming-imperceptible' in the work of Deleuze and Guattari. How do becomings challenge notions of liberal feminism and uns...

8 Sep 202437min

LEPHT HAND - The Alchemy of Salt and Subjectivity: James Hillman and Jacques Derrida VS a Salty Jordan Peterson

LEPHT HAND - The Alchemy of Salt and Subjectivity: James Hillman and Jacques Derrida VS a Salty Jordan Peterson

Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND In this monologue, Sereptie explores the fascinating intersections of alchemy, psychoanalysis, and poststructuralist philosophy. The discussion centers around the concept of alchemical salt, its significance in Renaissance alchemical traditions, and its appropriation in 20th-century psychological theories. This episode connects these ideas with the works of Carl Jung, James Hillman, and Jacques Derrida, offering a unique perspective on the ...

1 Sep 202451min

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