What is an Apparatus? Agamben's Conceptual Analysis of 'Dispositif'
What is a dispositif? Translated into English as “apparatus”, this term plays a crucial role in Foucault’s thought. In this episode, we explore Agamben’s genealogical treatment of this Foucauldian notion. His treatment takes him across Christian theology, Hegel, and more. Joining Craig, Adam, and Will is Yung Agamben from the D E C O D E podcast. Our goal is to understand how Agamben’s description of how apparatuses operate within Foucault’s work, and how they function strategically to direct...
1 Juni 202158min
A Reading of Excerpts from Nietzsche's 'The Gay Science' (Verses 341-346)
In our episode on the non-philosophy of Laruelle, Jeremy mentioned a section from The Gay Science that was important to Laruelle's reading of Nietzsche. Verse 346 and the verses that precede it tie together many important strands in the Acid Horizon extended universe; they form a thread which runs through our episode on Laruelle and Deleuze's attack on the dogmatic image of thought which we covered in our D&R reading group. This excerpt also includes Nietzsche's notion of "the great...
24 Maj 202129min
What is Non-Philosophy?: François Laruelle and Philosophy as the Capital-Form of Thought
In this episode we talk with Jeremy R. Smith, co-editor of Oraxiom: A Journal of Non-Philosophy, a translator, and PhD candidate at the Centre for the Study of Theory & Criticism at Western University. Our discussion is pegged to an essay by the French philosopher Francois Laruelle titled 'Non-Philosophy as Heresy'. Together, we take on the concepts of non-philosophy and 'philosophy as the capital form of thought'. Figures mentioned in the discussion include Nietzsche, Marx, S...
22 Maj 20211h 12min
A Reading of Nietzsche's "The Wanderer and His Shadow"
Acid Horizon presents a reading of Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Wanderer and His Shadow". Contribute to Acid Horizon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/169wvvhi Happy Hour at Hippel's (Adam’s blog): https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com New Revolts (Matt’s Blog): https://newrevolts.com/ Revolting Bodies (Will's Blog): https://revoltingbodies.com Split Infinities (Craig’s Substack): https://splitinfinities.substack.com/ ...
16 Maj 202114min
We Must Dismantle the Face: Deleuze and Guattari on Faciality
What is the role of the face in the construction of societies and the development their forms of political power? In today's episode, we are joined by Sean from 'Buddies Without Organs', a philosophy podcast which conducts close readings of the work of Deleuze and Guattari. Together, we examine the plateau entitled "Year Zero: Faciality" from Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus. We discuss the emergence of the face as a historical object which functions as a component in the depl...
7 Maj 20211h 15min
Real Anarchism Has Never Been Philosophized: An Interview with Catherine Malabou
In this episode of Acid Horizon, we had the privilege to discuss the metaphysics of anarchy with Professor Catherine Malabou of the European Graduate School and the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy. In the interview, we use the introduction to Reiner Schürmann's work "Heidegger on Being and Acting: From Principles to Anarchy" as a jumping-off point to discuss the question of an activity without principles, a unity of theory and practice which supersedes all structures of obed...
26 Apr 20211h
There Is No Unhappy Revolution - Tarì and Destituent Power (Part 1)
This week we discuss the first few chapters of Marcello Tari's new book There Is No Unhappy Revolution. With figures such as Marx, Deleuze, and Negri hovering in the background, Craig, Adam, Matt, and Will discuss the questions and ideas posed in these early sections. We discuss how an insurrection can be turned into a revolution, and whether democracy has anything to add to the idea of Communism. This is part of a slightly larger project, as we will be returning to discuss later chapte...
20 Apr 20211h 3min
Why We Choose Gods and Masters: Reich on Ideology
Why is it that the masses desired and worked toward their own servitude in the 1930s? In this episode, Craig, Will, and Adam take a look at an essay in Wilhelm Reich’s Mass Psychology of Fascism, “Ideology as a Material Force.” Here, Reich pushes back against some of his Marxist contemporaries. To Reich, the purely economic explanation of the rise of fascism is insufficient. What are the limitations of the purely economic explanation of the success of reactionary politics? How is it that the ...
6 Apr 202154min
