Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Elmo Feiten joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss his essay Ethics of the Care for the Brain Neuroplasticity with Stirner, Malabou and Foucault. We discuss mischaracterizations of Stirner, the life sciences, the umwelt, Jakob Johann von Uexküll, resonances with Deleuze/Guattari, and much more! Elmo's Links https://twitter.com/tim_elmo https://uc.academia.edu/TimElmoFeiten https://www.academia.edu/63130316/Ethics_of_the_Care_for_the_Brain_Neuroplasticity_with_Stirner_Malabou_and_Foucault Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

The hosts discuss Marx and Guattari's views on machines and structures, exploring topics such as revolutionary politics, the impact of machines on surplus extraction, exporting pollution and thermodynamics, capitalism's reliance on externalities, Marx's analysis of disposable time and surplus labor, the role of voice in shaping structure, and the transformation of labor into machinery.

Saul Newman, author of Political Theology: A Critical Introduction and Order, Crisis, and Redemption, discusses Carl Schmitt's concepts of sovereignty and the sovereign exception, his relation to anarchism and Stirner, and explores the relevance of Schmitt's ideas in times of crises, including the rise of right-wing populism and the ecological crisis.

In this episode, Cooper and Taylor sit down with Lacanian philosopher Lorenzo Chiesa to discuss his work The Not-Two: God and Logic in Lacan and his forthcoming work God Is Undead to discuss the legacy and practice of psychoanalysis, its interrelations with Marxism, the logic and illogic of the sexual relation, the status of God in strong agnosticism and atheism, the ontological implications of incompleteness and inconsistency, and the exploration of what the author calls 'meta-critical realism. Lorenzo's Links: https://www.lorenzochiesa.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Chiesa https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/not-two Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Thomas Nail joined Coop and Taylor for a discussion primarily focusing on his book Marx in Motion. We discuss the swerve of the atom, primitive accumulation, kinetic communism, and much more in this week's installment of MUHH. Thomas's Links: https://philosophyofmovementblog.com/author/matterinmotionblog/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nail https://liberalarts.du.edu/about/people/thomas-andrew-nail Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Jeremy Smith, expert in Laruelle and non-humanism, discusses topics such as the concept of non-humanism and its relation to violence and information, the title and influences of their thesis, the concept of the on-demic and its relation to redefining humanity, the value of translation and sharing perspectives, the role of invention in emancipation, Laura Wells' work on superior racism and its connection to Nietzsche and biopolitical parallelism, the unsettling aspects of vitality and politics, reinvigorating discussions on non-philosophy, and the role of philosophy for non-philosophy.

Andrew Culp returns to MUHH to discuss his new book, A Guerrilla Guide to Refusal and much much more. Andrew's Links: http://www.andrewculp.org/ https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/a-guerrilla-guide-to-refusal Andrew's First Appearance discussing Dark Deleuze: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/dr-andrew-culp-dark-deleuze?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Machines in Flames: https://machinesinflames.com/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Eugene Holland, Professor Emeritus at Ohio State University, and author of several books ranging from Baudelaire and Schizoanalysis: The Sociopoetics of Modernism to to his upcoming book, Perversion of the Market: Sadism, Masochism and the Culture of Capitalism. Eugene's Links: https://comparativestudies.osu.edu/people/holland.1 https://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/book_review/author/eugene_holland/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Daniel Tutt, co-host of the Jouissance Vampires podcast, discusses the politics of the family and the decline of the nuclear family. The episode explores topics such as the rise of the social super ego, class dynamics, communal living, student debt, Nietzsche's philosophy, and personal reflections on aging.

The hosts discuss Marx's legacy as a philosopher and the practical effects of theory. They explore the scientific value of literature and representation, and the differences between Hegel's and Marx's dialectics. They also delve into the evolution of singing, desire, and motion, with a brief mention of Thomas Nail's critique.