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We don't often have current events to cover, but once in a while the current events are Hegel.
The Hegelian E-Girl Council was to be the head of a new cult, which fell into a Twitter flame war about a week after its launch. Our guest's studio was the physical origin site of the Hegelian E-Girl Council which first blasted into the real world in NYC, and then onto theorytwitter for a glorious week before bursting into flames for the internet's schadenfreude.This was, in our consideration, not the abortive event it may seem at first glance, but a sign for the near future of theory.
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Find Jreg's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@JREG and his podcast here https://www.youtube.com/@HSTPOD

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Pill Pod 181 - Hegelian EGirl Council ft. Jreg

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Derrida: White Mythology (preview) 15:46

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Pill Pod 212 - The Mass Desire for Fascism 1:19:03

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Pill Pod 210 - New York Times LIES about "Fascism Experts" fleeing Trump 1:12:17

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Pill Pod 208 - Prime Minister Mark Carney: Vibes Banker 1:09:58

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Pill Pod 206 - Trump Declares War on Education 1:06:35

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Pill Pod 202 - Paradise has been Lost ft. Victor Hainagiu 1:34:46

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Pill Pod 201 - Only German Idealism can save us ft. Christopher Satoor 1:17:34

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Pill Pod 198 - Three Philosophies of Freedom 1:21:04

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Pill Pod 192 - Marxism vs. Ideology: Althusser 1:19:50

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Pill Pod 185 - Bataille on Fascist Psychology (preview) 10:00

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Pill Pod 183 - Carl Schmitt on the Friend/Enemy Distinction (preview) 11:18

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Pill Pod 182 - Bataille & Sacrifice (preview) 7:32

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Pill Pod 181 - Hegelian EGirl Council ft. Jreg 1:17:37

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We don't often have current events to cover, but once in a while the current events are Hegel. The Hegelian E-Girl Council was to be the head of a new cult, which fell into a Twitter flame war about a week after its launch. Our guest's studio was the physical origin site of the Hegelian E-Girl Council which first blasted into the real world in NYC, and then onto theorytwitter for a glorious week before bursting into flames for the internet's schadenfreude.This was, in our consideration, not the abortive event it may seem at first glance, but a sign for the near future of theory. Sorry for the ads but all public episodes are ad-free for free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills, plus more Find Jreg's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@JREG and his podcast here https://www.youtube.com/@HSTPOD…

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Pill Pod 180 - The Gift by Marcel Mauss (preview) 16:33

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Pill Pod 179 - The Mana Principle (Preview) 10:28

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Pill Pod 178 - We Solved the World with Diego Ruzzarin 1:45:07

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Pill Pod 177 - Society as Magic, Society as Religion: Emile Durkheim 1:19:22

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Pill Pod 175 - The Straussian Plot Against America 1:25:36

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Conspiracy theory or actual conspiracy? Today we investigate how a small cabal of philosophers managed to take over America and caused the invasion of Iraq based on the writings of eminent political philosopher Leo Strauss. Listen ad-free, for free, and get the source readings at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Trump v. United States (preview) 16:31

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Pill Pod 173 - Biden v. Trump & The Economy of Fear 1:23:22

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Dark Academia (preview) 20:17

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Pill Pod 171 - Zizek Goes Monarchist 1:02:11

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Pill Pod 96 - The Malaise of Modernity (Taylor's Version) UNLOCKED 1:28:41

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Pill Pod 170 - The Ethical Dilemma of Killing Nazi Children (Preview) 9:16

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We continue reading Simone DeBeauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity, and try to sus out its particular ethical dilemmas. The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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PP169 - Is Existentialism Ethical? 1:14:05

vor 1 year1:14:05

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PP168 - Ecomarxism (preview) 10:59

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Pill Pod 167 - Schopenhauer: Christianity is the Worst Religion 1:13:56

vor 1 year1:13:56

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Pill Pod 165 - Dissident Right Fight Night: Yarvin vs. Rufo 1:24:34

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Deviating from our usual strategies for the leftist future, we look to the strategists of the conservative future, as discussed in this article , where Christopher Rufo debates Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin. It was pretty anti-climactic so we also veered into some more Moldbuggery found here . Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 163 - How to Control a Democracy ft. 1Dime 1:28:01

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This week we discuss how modern liberal democracies co-opt resistance and adapt to internal opposition as a mechanism of inverted totalitarian control. Our guest is Tony from 1Dime, who made a video on what he calls "contained opposition", find it here: https://youtu.be/7uPevWDAYFI . Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Find the 1Dime podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yQRX2YMFFsCMekReE9toW?si=798a164d02884310…

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Pill Pod 162 - Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (preview) 14:52

vor 1 year14:52

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Erik and Pills read Walter Benjamin's most famous essay (and perhaps the most famous essay of critical theory), The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Get this episode and all other exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 161 - Andy Warhol and the End of Art 1:16:30

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We're still on why everything's ending, this time with another pillar of civilization: art, and modern art in particular. Part of the discussion comes from Frederic Jameson's Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, the cover of which features a (particularly ugly) Warhol print ( https://amzn.to/3PD4M6m ). The other two books referenced are The Diary of Andy Warhol and The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, written by the man himself. Check out the Plasticpills YouTube channel to see the new video about why Warhol is to blame for killing art: https://www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 160 - Walter Benjamin on Leftist Content Creators (Preview) 8:32

vor 1 year8:32

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We read Walter Benjamin's (perhaps) undelivered address to the Anti-Fascist Club: The Author as Producer, and try to test whether or not it holds up. Get this episode and all other exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 159 - The End of the University 1:12:00

vor 1 year1:12:00

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Most everyone agrees that the university has failed its ideal, but few agree as to the reasons for why this happened. Did it get too arcane? Too expensive? Too woke? Maybe there's a bit of everything, but these explanations forget the most material cause: the private-sector vampires sucking it dry. We read a case study that you can find here Don't miss an episode! find the full feed ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasicpills…

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Pill Pod 158 - Walter Benjamin & The Idea of History (preview) 13:04

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Pill Pod 157 - Progressive v. Reactionary Christianity ft. John Hamer 1:13:51

vor 1 year1:13:51

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Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Although Conservative Christians are the most attention-seeking of the Flock, our patrons reminded us that there are progressive Christians out there. For the sake of fair and balanced reporting, we invited John Hamer from Centre Place Toronto to represent the leftist side of the Christian Flock. We asked about his view of the church in history and in politics, and read this Christofascist article together. Find more of John's work on Youtube .…

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Pill Pod 156 - Christofascism 1:13:18

vor 1 year1:13:18

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Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills What if, instead of letting history end or disappear, we hit the rewind button and let the Church have another shot? We navigate through some stars in the Christofascist constellation and read Why Liberalism Failed ( https://amzn.to/3waNh6l) to see what the world might look like if the Catholic intellectuals had their way.…

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Pill Pod 155 - Jean Baudrillard & The Disappearance of History (preview) 10:21

vor 1 year10:21

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As all things disappear, we have our rountable on Baudrillard's "Illusion of the End." Get the full episode and all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasicpills

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Pill Pod 154 - Christian Intellectuals at the End of History 1:08:42

vor 1 year1:08:42

1:08:42

Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills While no one is exactly happy that history has ended, few are quite as perturbed about it as Christian conservatives. We delved into a treasure trove of the Christian brain trust—"The Imaginative Conservative"—to piece together what they think history is for, and how they react to it's having ended.…

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Pill Pod 152 - Fukuyama on The End of History (preview) 10:34

vor 2 years10:34

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Adjusted for inflation, Francis Fukyama received $1,311,814.68 to write The End of History and the Last Man ( https://amzn.to/3tPo5Bt ); we want to see what $1,311,814.68 is worth. Get the full episode and many more at https://www.patreon.com/plasicpills

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Pill Pod 151 - The End of History 1:24:54

vor 2 years1:24:54

1:24:54

We embark on the notion of "the end of history" by trying to figure out if we have an idea of history. This is mostly inspired by our reading of Fukuyama's book ( https://amzn.to/3tPo5Bt) but the series won't be limited to it. Support our efforts and get the full series on https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 149 - Gothic Horror: Edgar Allen Poe & The Fall of The House of Usher 1:26:36

vor 2 years1:26:36

1:26:36

Inspired by the new Netflix series, we read some Poe short stories and compared them to their TV adaptation. Victor Hainagiu (aka Litvic aka @horatiovictor ) came on to help us put gothic horror into historical context. Half our episodes are here, but if you want the other half check us out on https://patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 148 - Badiou: Philosophy & Antiphilosophy 1:02:09

vor 2 years1:02:09

1:02:09

Some oversimplified Badiou plus a look at Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy (https://amzn.to/47xStiv) Want more episodes? Every other one is posted to https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 147 - Authenticity & Existentialism (preview) 5:29

vor 2 years5:29

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Dr. Phil battles Heidegger and Sartre. Get all of our episodes by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills.

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Pill Pod 146 - Heidegger on the Anaximander Fragment (preview) 6:26

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Anaximander, Apeiron, Heidegger, Derrida, Logocentrism. It's a mouthful. Get all of our full episodes by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 145 - Metamodernism is just bad 1:29:46

vor 2 years1:29:46

1:29:46

Postmodernism has fallen. All hail the new dumbuy cult: METAMODERNISM. We took its FRESH NEW RADICAL academic wing out for a spin, as seen in this book: https://amzn.to/3So0kKH. Find tons of content from our all-powerful postmodern windmill at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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There are no Democratic Systems (Pill Pod 144 Preview) 5:46

vor 2 years5:46

5:46

Get the full episode and whole lot more at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 143 - Gaza & Frantz Fanon on Violence 1:38:49

vor 2 years1:38:49

1:38:49

We noticed a few Fanon name drops so this week we decided to read "On Violence" from Wretched of the Earth and see whether it's a useful heuristic for the discourse of violence in Gaza. You can read the chapter here . If you want all our episodes they are on www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 142 - Systems Theory Politics in the Shadow of Gaza 1:09:13

vor 2 years1:09:13

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Despite the shadow of Gaza hanging over our consciences this week, we try to introduce Systems Theory via politics. The book is Political Theory in the Welfare State by Niklas Luhmann ( https://amzn.to/48Q6I3g), and we hope to give you a glimpse of what it looks like in practice. This is the sixth episode on systems theory, some of which are on here and all of which are on patreon at www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 140 - Heidegger Nazi Debate No. 125,421 1:16:53

vor 2 years1:16:53

1:16:53

The timeloop continues: Another Ukrainian SS soldier in Canada and another wave of books and articles about the dangers of Heidegger following the publication of the third edition of History of Beyng, we reflect on air fryers and moralism after the end of history.

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Affect Theory and Revolutionary Routines - Interview with Carolyn Pedwell 1:28:39

vor 2 years1:28:39

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Victor interviews Professor Carolyn Pedwell, editor of the Affect Theory Reader (two volumes) and Revolutionary Routines ( https://amzn.to/44FykoA ). Pedwell argues that minor gestures may be as significant as major happenings, revealing the potential in our ability to remake social or political habits and then to reinhabit everyday life.…

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Pill Pod 137 - Groomer Mythology 1:20:12

vor 2 years1:20:12

1:20:12

Erik and Pills break down the myths of grooming, childhood, sexuality and the semiotic systems which produced them. The book is Roland Barthes, 195, Mythologies ( https://amzn.to/47i5kpd) The rest of this series on myth is available at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 135 - Political Mythologies of the Left and Right ft. Diego Ruzzarin 1:30:31

vor 2 years1:30:31

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Diego Ruzzarin is back on the Plastic Pills Podcast to talk about mythologies of the Left and Right as analyzed by Roland Barthes in his 1957 book (https://amzn.to/47i5kpd). Our previous two episodes covering "Mythologies" (introducing the book and analyzing car commercials) are on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 132 - Fairy Tale Feminism 1:32:31

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With the release of the Barbie movie, the feminine symbol has been deployed this summer. But for thousands of summers previous, the role of the feminine was managed by folk stories and fairy tales. Featuring the literary stylings of Victor Hainagiu (known to us as Lit Vic) we broach the topic of the feminine symbolic through the story of Snow White. Check out this version of Neil Gaiman's Snow White in the form of a graphic novel: https://comiconlinefree.net/snow-glass-apples/issue-tpb/1 Follow Lit Vic on Twitter at @HoratioVictor There are many more episodes and tons of bonus content for our patrons at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 131 - Freedom Isn’t Free 1:12:13

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Everyone speaking on freedom but nobody's asking what it means. "Freedom-from interference" is a 400-year-old definition that covers a few bases but not much beyond that. We looked to Maurice Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology in this book ( https://amzn.to/3OdpzwL ) to give us something a little better. Pill Pods #59, #60, #61, #62 are all about Merleau-Ponty in more detail. Find all the episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 130 - We Have Never Been Modern 1:20:59

vor 2 years1:20:59

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Pills and Erik celebrate Latour Day. Cracking one of our old favs ( https://amzn.to/3O2fLVp), to discuss the theory island chain, the scheme of actor network theory, and why reality is more complex than theoretical models. All our episodes are up at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 126 - Based Rousseau 1:15:42

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One of those guys we rarely think about but who single-handedly pulled the track lever in the history of philosophy, it's Rousseau. We read Discourse on the Origin of Inequality this week and appraised its significance. Get all our exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 124 & 125 - The Light of Reason and the Eye of the Mind (preview) 16:03

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Pill Pods 124 & 125 cover a paper written by Pills, which argues that despite banishing figurative language for the sake of "clarity", Western philosophy has forgotten it was founded on a metaphor equating reason with vision, a metaphor we unknowingly reiterate on the daily. The episodes are available to patron subscribers at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 123 - ”Western Civilization” According to Francis Bacon 1:16:48

vor 2 years1:16:48

1:16:48

We revisit Atlantis, the new one, in this Victor Hainagiu (Lit Vic) episode where we peer into the the early modern, colonial, proto-capitalist imagination. Find the short story here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2434/2434-h/2434-h.htm Follow Victor @HoratioVictor Get all our eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 122 - Mosh Pit Sociology (Preview) 11:49

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11:49

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Pill Pod 121 - Obscurantism in French Philosophy: Searle on Foucault & Derrida 1:15:06

vor 2 years1:15:06

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Today we discuss how to pet your professor's ego to get better marks, and review John Searles sassy attempt to take down Derrida by quoting Foucault gossip. Sources come from Reiterating the Differences: A Reply to Derrida and Limited Inc. https://amzn.to/3oIfJc0 More content—video and audio—at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 119 - Bernard Stiegler & Posthumanist Post-Marxism (ft. Diego Ruzzarin) 1:36:18

vor 2 years1:36:18

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How many posts can be fit into a title? Diego's back is back and so are we to have a look at why Stiegler believes that the class war is over, the techno/grammatological pharmakon is in and proletarianization has been total. We looked at the first half of "A New Critique of Political Economy", which was suggested to us by a patron (thank you). Find Diego's work (mostly esp) on the internet (he's easy to find). The even-numbered episodes and video lectures are at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 117 - Baudrillard as Post-Marxist 1:30:01

vor 2 years1:30:01

1:30:01

We are still on the lookout for some worthwhile post-marxisms, we found a dude who is post-everything. Our reading is from "Ironic Strategies" from Baudrillard's Fatal Strategies ( https://amzn.to/3ZqeDhS ), and it turned out to be a pretty seductive text all around. All episodes: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 116 - Guattari & Negri: Communists Like Us (preview) 14:43

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New week, new book, and we're still on the hunt for a "post-Marxism" that hits. As usual, we were split on which ingredients we look for in the recipes of political theorists. This is a preview of our debate and all our arguments can be found at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 115 - Althusser and Structuralist Marxism 1:25:38

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Erik and Pills duo on Althusser, reading "Contradiction and Overdetermination" from the book For Marx . We read this anticipating a couple episodes trying to figure out what "post-marxism" could mean, and we don't want to strawman, and this is one of my (Pills') favourite bites attempting to delineate what Marxist theory can and cannot aspire to. Get all the exclusive eps at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 114 - POST-MARXISM ft. Diego Ruzzarin (Preview) 10:01

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n the 80s, Laclau and Mouffe decided they wanted to succeed Marxism with discourse stuff and some identity politics thrown in. We read their apologetic for Post-Marxism and while Post-Marxism is interesting as a direction, this version of it leaves something to be desired. Find the full episode and many more on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 113 - Slavoj Zizek vs Wokeness 1:33:16

vor 2 years1:33:16

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Zizek allegedly wrote an article on the problems of wokeness and we argued about it. Reactionary? Transphobic? Trolling? We don't agree (with each other). The article: https://compactmag.com/article/wokeness-is-here-to-stay The rest of our episodes are available at www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 111 - Spectacles of The Integrated Spectacle 1:24:21

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How many of the intellectual left were assassinated by the CIA? THE TRUTH WILL SHOCK YOU! Guy Debord's head inflates by the time he gets to his book written about his own book, Comments on the Society of Spectacle https://amzn.to/3lLEsLa then we argue over whether America or China is more spectacular, in this last episode of our series on the Situationist International. If you like this kind of content there's more at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 109 - SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE 1:23:28

vor 2 years1:23:28

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We've been leading up to it, and here is the first spectacle of 2 on Debord's popular book ( https://amzn.to/3HRp0pj). Stay tuned for future spectacles. Get the full series on Debord and the Situationist International at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 108 - Psychogeography (preview) 6:54

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This is a preview on our episode covering the Situationist concepts of psychogeography and unitary urbanism, from back when we hoped for such things. Get the full episode and plenty more at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 107 - Situationist Revolutionary Theory 1:35:27

vor 3 years1:35:27

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From 1957 to 1972, the Situationist International published a slew of articles, pamphlets, films and journals trying to bring theoretical Marxist debates into everyday life and change public consciousness. Today we read a few of these articles on topics including art, revolution, and the Los Angeles Watts riots to see what of their imagination might be recovered. Links to Articles: "The Revolution of Modern Art and the Modern Art of Revolution" https://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/si/modernart.html "The Decline and Fall of the Spectacle-Commodity Economy" https://www.cddc.vt.edu/sionline/si/decline.html Don't miss any episodes and support our work! https://patreon.com/plasticpills…

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Pill Pod 106 - Introduction to The Situationist International (preview) 6:23

vor 3 years6:23

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We are starting a series on the theorists and artists of the Situationist International and their most well-known export: The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord. Get all exclusive episodes, bonus content, and help support our efforts at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 27 - BURNOUT SOCIETY by Byung-Chul Han UNLOCKED 1:16:44

vor 3 years1:16:44

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It's been a while since we released an exclusive episode, but I thought this that this episode is as pertinent as it ever was, so enjoy this release from two years ago, and Merry Christmas. It's a discussion of The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (whom we had then recently discovered, by the sound of it). Find the book here: https://amzn.to/3sW85IL As always, get more of this every week by joining us at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…

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