Feeling watched? Suspicious your Google Home is a front for Big Brother? From period tracking apps to police body cams, surveillance has immense social-political implications for our everyday lives. In episode 55 of Overthink, Ellie and David draw on social philosophy to understand our experiences of mass surveillance. How do technologies of surveillance that promise convenience and freedom lead us to welcome new forms of control into our lives? They also consider how these technologies have empowered people to take up new methods of resisting state violence. Works DiscussedAnders Albrechtslund, “Online social networking as participatory surveillance”Roger Clark, “Information technology and dataveillance”Gilles Deleuze, “Postscript on the Societies of Control”Michel Foucault, Discipline and PunishKevin Haggerty and Richard Ericson, “The surveillant assemblage” Steve Mann, “’Sousveillance’: inverse surveillance in multimedia imaging’”Support the showPatreon | patreon.com/overthinkpodcast Website | overthinkpodcast.comInstagram & Twitter | @overthink_podEmail | dearoverthink@gmail.comYouTube | Overthink podcast

Exploring the controversial 1977 letter critiquing France's consent laws, focusing on Michel Foucault's involvement. Delving into power dynamics in relationships and questioning traditional notions of children's autonomy and sexuality for liberation.

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze's perspective on Palestinian struggle, Zionist tactics pre and post WWII, Palestinian resistance, and the challenges they face in gaining recognition and rights amidst unequal power dynamics.

Gilles Deleuze, philosophe français renommé pour ses études sur Spinoza, explore dans cette conférence la pertinence contemporaine des idées spinozistes. Il discute de l'importance de vivre les principes de Spinoza au quotidien, en interrogeant nos relations avec le corps et nos affects. Deleuze lie également l'art à la philosophie, mettant en avant les concepts de vitesse et d'affect. Enfin, il repense la philosophie à l'ère des machines, soulignant les défis de comprendre notre expérience esthétique à travers le prisme de Spinoza.

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze discusses concepts from his text 'Nietzsche & Philosophy', including resentment, active and reactive forces, and hierarchy. They explore the transformative potential of reactive forces and the challenges of thinking in terms of individuals. The chapter also delves into the politics of becoming and the transformation of values within hierarchical systems.