Acid Horizon Phaedrus Phun: Reading Plato Through Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, and Derrida (with Taylor Adkins)
Oct 4, 2020
Theory maven and translator Taylor Adkins joins Will and Craig to explore interpretations of Plato's 'Phaedrus' through Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, and Derrida. Topics discussed include desire, writing, rhetoric, self-reflection, beauty, internal suppression, Greek sexuality, madness, memory, and the fear of nature and writing in Socrates' dialogue.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Exploring Derrida's view on writing and Plato's disdain for rhetoric
02:39 • 2min
Desires and Dialogues
04:24 • 23min
Desire and its Definition
26:58 • 8min
Further Exploration of Rezontemann and Nietzsche's Critique of Plato
34:28 • 2min
Exploring Greek Sexuality and Madness in Philosophy
36:24 • 2min
Madness, Memory, and the Outside
38:43 • 21min