This week Cooper and Taylor dive into Marcel Mauss's A General Theory of Magic. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh witter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

Coop and Taylor discus Emmanuel Levinas’s Totality and Infinity, the first section, The Same and the Other.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh witter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

Taylor and Coop have a look at section 1, Humanity, of Max Stirner's The Unique and Its Property.Episodes Mentioned:Ego Book Series:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/the-unique-and-its-property?si=1353f061d719441caa42376e70a24966&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSaul Newman: https://soundcloud.com/po…

The week Coop and Taylor are joined by Matt Bower to discuss a few sections from Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s Husserl at the limits of Phenomenology as well as Husserl's The Origin of Geometry. Matt is currently Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Texas State University. Matt completed his doctoral work at University of Memphis (2013) and…

Cooper and Taylor discuss Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh witter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

James Wakefield returned to discuss the his work on Giovanni Gentile, including translations. He teaches modules on Political Thought, Government and Political Science in the Department of Politics and International Relations. His research focuses on European and American political theory, ethics, philosophy of education, and intellectual history.J…

The week Cooper and Taylor discuss chapter 1 of Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder's The Triumph of Venus The Erotics of the Market, Pandora’s Amphora: The Eroticism of Contract and Gift.Marcel Mauss's The Gift Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/the-gift?si=75d82545bf564e358f5a22f2b59390c3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaig…

This week Cooper and Taylor discuss the first 4 chapters of Rene Girard’s Violence and the Sacred: Sacrifice, The Sacrificial Crisis, Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim, and The Origins of Myth and Ritual.Marcel Mauss's The Gift Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/the-gift?si=75d82545bf564e358f5a22f2b59390c3&utm_source=clipboard&ut…

This week Cooper and Taylor discuss Freud's Moses and Monotheism. This builds on what Freud laid out in Totem and Taboo as well our as discussion on that text. Working through different modes of the Oedipus complex as put forth in the concept of the primal father. This relationship between law, economy and the social bond is the focus.Our episodes …

This week Cooper and Taylor spoke with Dr. Kara Kennedy about her book, Frank Herbert's Dune: A Critical Companion. Dr. Kennedy's publications include the books Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen, Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion and Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction …

This week Cooper and Taylor tackle the introduction and chapter 1 of Gilbert Simondon’s On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. Chapter 1 Genesis of the technical object: the process of concretization.PDF:https://monoskop.org/images/2/20/Simondon_Gilbert_On_the_Mode_of_Existence_of_Technical_Objects_Part_I_alt.pdfSupport us on Patreon:https:…

This week Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss their collaborative project, Cute Accelerationism.Amy Ireland is a theorist and experimental writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on questions of agency and technology in modernity, and she is a member of the techno-materialist trans-feminist collecti…

This week Coop and Taylor had the pleasure of hosting Adrian Johnston. Adrian is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He is the author of many books, including Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive; Irrepressible Truth: On Lacan’s “The Freudian Thing”; and A New…

This week Cooper and Taylor spoke to Bradley McClean about his book, Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity Schizoanalysis, Affect and Multiplicity.Dr. Bradley H. McLean is the Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Knox College. He is the author of seven books including Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Herm…

This week Coop and Taylor speak with Jason Read on his recent book, The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work.Jason is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine and whose works include The Micropolitics of Capital: Marx and the Prehistory of the Present; The Politics of Transindividuality; The Production of Subj…

Cooper and Taylor speak with Ian Buchanan, who is a Professor of Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong Australia. Ian is the author and editor of many books, some of which include Deleuzism: A Metacommentary; Fredric Jameson: Live Theory; and, most recently, The Incomplete project of Schizoanalysis: Collected Essays o…

Cooper and Taylor discuss the Introduction and first chapter of Gilbert Simondon's Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information, Form and Matter.This volume was translated by our very own Taylor Adkins.https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/individuation-in-light-of-notions-of-form-andSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.c…

In this week's episode Cooper and Taylor speak with Elizabeth Grosz, who has published and edited over a dozen books and whose most recent work, The Incorporeal: Ontology, Ethics, and the Limits of Materialism, will be the topic of today’s discussion.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Groszhttps://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-incorporeal/97…

This week, Jon Repetti joined Coop and Taylor for a discussion on Lacan's Seminar 11. Jon is finishing a phd in American literature at Princeton, focusing on naturalism, radical empiricism, and psychoanalysis. Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

Coop and Taylor speak with Jon Greenaway, aka The LitCritGuy. Writer, podcaster, and content creator from the North of England. Host of the Horror Vanguard Podcast. He writes about horror, contemporary capitalism, and cultural theory. Today we’ll be discussing his book, A Primer on Utopian Philosophy; An Introduction to the Work of Ernst Bloch.Jon'…

Rocco Gangle joined Coop and Taylor to discuss a piece titled Autopoiesis and Eigenform by Louis H. Kauffman. Article Link:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/11/12/247Rocco's first appearance:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/eric-schmid-rocco-gangle-on-mathematical-structuralism?si=26acc817ecf44e9d8f20a3b4c8330d06&utm_source=clipboard&utm…

This week Coop and Taylor discuss Freud's Totem and Taboo. Ambivalence, Anti-Oedipus, repetition, sacrifice, cannibalism and more. Freud Playlist:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/freud?si=7394d554bb4f4915ac9d731243e347f4&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSupport us on Patreon:www.patreon.com/muhhTwit…

This week, Charles Stivale and Dan Smith returned to the podcast to discuss a series of lectures Deleuze delivered titled "Painting and the Question of Concepts". They also shared a bit about their experience with the Deleuze Seminars project hosted by Purdue University.Quick recapThe team discussed the introduction of a new feature on Zoom that ca…

Brian Massumi joined Cooper and Taylor for a discussion on his forthcoming book: The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life.Massumi was instrumental in introducing the work of French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to the English-speaking world through his translation of their key collaborative work A Thousan…

Jeffrey Bell joined us to speak about his recently published book, An Inquiry into Analytic-Continental Metaphysics.Jeffrey A. Bell is Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University. He has recently been a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London, during which time much of this book was…

Cristóbal Escobar joined Coop and Taylor to discuss his new book, The Intensive-Image in Deleuze’s Film-Philosophy.Cristóbal is a Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne and Film Programmer at the Santiago International Documentary Film Festival (FIDOCS). His publications include The Intensive-Image in Deleuze’s Film-Philosophy (2…

Michael Hardt returned to discuss his most recent book, The Subversive Seventies.Hardt argues that the 1970s offers an inspiring and useful guide for contemporary radical political thought and action. Although we can still learn much from the movements of the sixties, that decade's struggles for peace, justice, and freedom fundamentally marked the …

Henry Somers-Hall joined us to discuss a chapter from a book he's currently writing on A Thousand Plateaus. This discussion focuses on a chapter from the book, Treatise on Nomadology: The War Machine.Henry's Links:https://henrysomershall.net/about/https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/henry-somershall(9b215915-fcd6-4567-8463-c0c39f5aed…

Thomas Nail returned to discuss his new book, Matter and MotionA Brief History of Kinetic Materialism. From the Minoans to Virginia Woolf and a hint of chaos. Thomas's Links:The book we discuss: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-matter-and-motion.htmlThomas's previous appearance:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/thomas-nail-mar…

This week Graham Harman returned to discuss his first book, Tool Being, and share some great stories from his career.Graham's first appearance:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/graham-harman-object-oriented-ontology?si=d162f30106dc42088c8379e1df7ce67b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharinghttps://en.wikipedia.…

This week we read and discuss two pieces: Freud’s Mystic Writing Pad and Derrida’s Freud and the Scene of Writing.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

This week Gil Morejon joined us to discuss his book, The Unconscious of Thought in Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hume. Book Links: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/gil-morejonKant's Prolegomena Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/gil-morejon-kants-prolegomena-to-any-future-metaphysics?si=6e79819c620342dfb23546a21c45bbb6&utm_source=cl…

This week Grant Maxwell returned to discuss the mythic dialectic in the work of Spinoza, Nietzsche, and Deleuze. The discussion focuses on these 3 central figures in Grant's book, Integration and Difference: Constructing a Mythical Dialectic. Previously, we spoke with Grant on the whole book and so it was nice to narrow the focus a bit and center t…

This week Coop and Taylor investigate Martin Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

This week, Jon Repetti joined Coop and Taylor for a discussion on Deleuze's monograph, Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation.Jon is finishing a phd in American literature at Princeton, focusing on naturalism, radical empiricism, and psychoanalysis. Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushh…

This week Cooper and Taylor focused on 3 essays on Transference-Love: Freud’s The Dynamics of Transference, Observations on Transference Love, and Intervention on Transference by Lacan.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

This week Cooper and Taylor read and discussed Alain Badiou's ethics. Fidelity to the event, the genesis of evil, and much more.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

This week Coop and Taylor discussed Jean Francois Lyotard's famous book, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. We discuss meta-narratives, language games, science and more.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

This week Cooper and Taylor discuss Raymond Ruyer's Neofinalism. Neofinalism offers a systematic and lucidly argued treatise that deploys the innovative concepts of self-survey, form, and absolute surface to shape a theory of the virtual and the transspatial. It also makes a compelling plea for a renewed appreciation of the creative activity that o…

This week Cooper and Taylor discussed Michel Serres' The Birth of Physics. A discussion centering on flows, vortices, the clinamen and optimal pathways.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

The Acid Horizon crew joined us to discuss their new book, Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape. Adam, Craig, and Will describe the writing process, some of the key concepts, and we wrap up on the relationship between cinema and ocularity.Acid Horizon Links:Book Link:https://repeaterbooks.com/product/anti-oculus-a-philosophy-of-escape/Podcast links:…

This week Josh spoke with Cooper about his new book, Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It. We spend some time chatting about markets, tokens, smart contracts, daos, coordination, voting, Hayek and more. Josh's Links:Site: https://theblockchainsocialist.com/What is a DAO: https://theblockchainsocialist.com/crypto-lefti…

This week Coop and Taylor spoke with film journalist, Max Evry about his new book, A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History. We discuss the soundtrack, the performances, the missed opportunities and the triumphs of this flawed masterpiece. The Transcendental Ending:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcAQJsFK4yM&pp=ygUkZGF2aWQgbHl…

This week Taylor and Coop investigate Julia Kristeva's Revolution in Poetic Language. Topics include semiotics/semiosis, the mother as phallus and much more.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

This week, Griffin joined Cooper and Taylor for a look at Alan Turing's Computing Machinery and Intelligence. We dig into what it means to think, and what a machine and a human might share or how they differ when it comes to thinking.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushh…

This week Cooper and Taylor read two of Deleuze’s essays on Nietzsche, Nomad Thought and Nietzsche and St. Paul, Lawrence and John of Patmos. We largely focused on nomad thought and spent time discussing decoded flows and more.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushhDi Cooper Cherry Jr.

Part 2 of a two part series on Deleuze’s monograph on Nietzsche, Nietzsche and Philosophy. This episode will cover chapter 4 through the end of the book.Part One: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/deleuze-nietzsche-and-philosophy-pt-1?si=9cfb13b906bd45d6bab147d5689a2869&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingSu…

We begin part 1 of a two part series on Deleuze’s monograph on Nietzsche, Nietzsche and Philosophy. This episode will cover the first 3 chapters, and then next week we’ll finish the second half of the book.Part Two:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/deleuze-nietzsche-and-philosophy-pt-2?si=5860243366fd4eeb9dc81b9db8af7e10&utm_source=cli…

This week Claire Colebrook joined Taylor and Coop for a discussion of her new book, Who Would You Kill to Save the World. Claire is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English, Philosophy, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State University. Claire is the author of over a dozen books spanning a broad range of disciplines and topics. …

This week Taylor and Cooper have a look at Paul Virilio's War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception. We spend some time discussing the pseudo-concept of cinematic ontology, the co-development of both film and war machinery, and much more.Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/muhhTwitter: @unconscioushh…