Laruelle's Nietzsche and Nietzsche's 'Political Materialism' (Deleuze, Foucault, Nietzsche, Marx)

Jan 16, 2024

Scholars Jeremy R. Smith and Jacob Vangeest discuss Laruelle's view on Nietzsche and his influence on 20th century French thought. They touch on Laruelle's theory of 'political materialism,' Nietzsche's impact on thinkers like Bataille, Deleuze, Foucault, and explore left- and right-Nietzscheanisms in relation to various political ideologies.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Exploring Laruelle's Non-Philosophy and Application in Politics

01:46 • 22min

Exploring Political Materialism Through a Marxist Lens

24:09 • 28min

Interpreting Nietzsche through Mastery, Fascism, Rebellion, and Revolution

52:16 • 3min

Exploring Laruelle's Political Materialism

55:30 • 11min

Political Materialism and Nietzsche: A Critical Analysis

01:06:37 • 12min

Exploring the Impact of Selected Text and Upcoming Event

01:18:25 • 3min

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Jeremy R. Smith returns alongside Jacob Vangeest to discuss Laruelle's view on Nietzsche and Nietzsche's influence upon the milieu of 20th century French thought, which includes thinkers such as Bataille, Deleuze & Guattari, Foucault, and others. Our brush with Laruelle's 'Nietzsche Contra Heidegger' involves a discussion of Laruelle's theory of 'political materialism' in addition to various political appropriations of Nietzsche's thought.

Acts of reading. Non-philosophy and humanities: https://www.fabula.org/actualites/111229/acts-of-reading-non-philosophy-and-humanities.html

Laruelle's 'Phenomenon & Difference': https://tripleampersand.org/books/phnomenon-difference/#:~:text=Phenomenon%20and%20Difference%20is%20a,as%20the%20%E2%80%9Cblack%20universe.%E2%80%9D

Jeremy's translation of François Laruelle's “The Problem of the Heideggerian Interpretation of Nietzsche,” from 'Nietzsche Contre Heidegger' (1977):
https://endemictheory.wordpress.com/2022/04/07/translation-of-francois-laruelle-the-problem-of-the-heideggerian-interpretation-of-nietzsche-from-nietzsche-contre-heidegger-1977/

"Nietzschean Problematics" by Jacob Vangeest: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9745&context=etd

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