History of Philosophy Audio Archive Acid Communism: Philosopher Emma Stamm on Mark Fisher's Unfinished Manuscript, Capitalist Realism, the Slow Cancellation of the Future, Joe Rogan, Critical Theory, AI, and Life in Para-Academia
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I am joined on this episode by independent writer and philosopher Emma Stamm to discuss the late, great, Mark Fisher. Emma is a member of the theory collective LEPHT HAND, and she has a new online course enrolling soon/now on Mark Fisher's "Acid Communism." You can also follow Emma's writing (Elf Theory) on Substack.
SHOW NOTES:
Books and Articles Referenced:
Books by Mark Fisher:
Acid Communism (Unfinished Introduction, 2016)
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009)
The Weird and the Eerie (2016)
Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures (2020)
Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology, and Lost Futures (2014)
K-Punk: Politics (Anthology, 2020)
More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (2025) by Adam Becker
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (1992) by Judith Herman
Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze
Works by philosopher Byung-Chul Han:
Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power (2014)
Book that Emma and I did NOT like about 'longtermism' and Effective Altruism: What We Owe the Future (2022) by William MacAskill
Other Events, People, References:
Haight-Ashbury Human Be-In (January 1967)