Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Coop & Tay discuss Marx's analysis of differences between Democritus and Epicurus, including atomistic theories, time, free will, quantum entanglement, philosophy and science, eternal nature of atoms, quasi cause, and comparison of Hume and Epicurus

Gil, co-host of the What's Left of Philosophy Podcast and translator of French Philosophy joined Coop & Taylor to discuss sections 9 The Civilized Capitalist Machine, 10 Capitalist Representation, & 11 Oedipus at Last of Chapter 3: Savages, Barbarians and Civilized Men. Gil's Links: https://twitter.com/gdmorejon https://gilmorejon.wordpress.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-left-of-philosophy/id1544487624 https://www.patreon.com/leftofphilosophy https://twitter.com/leftofphil Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher and sociologist, joins Cooper Cherry, Taylor Adkins, Cute Noumena, and Young Agamben to discuss his book 'The Spirit of Terrorism.' They explore topics such as the shift in terrorist tactics, the role of mass media in amplifying terrorism, the CIA's complicity in breeding terrorists, the connection between the master-slave dialectic and terrorism, the significance of death as freedom, the weakness of Western liberalism, the rise of irony and cynicism after 9/11, and the timing of significant events like 9/11 and the launch of Facebook.

Coop & Taylor perform a very unorthodox analysis of Louis Althursser's famous Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses essay as it pertains to desire, desiring production, the dialectic, the unconscious and what's at stake. Link to the Reading: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

On this week’s episode, Cooper and I welcome Ray Brassier to discuss the trajectory of his philosophical education, his translations of contemporary French theorists, the key insights of Prometheanism, nihilism, and his future work on Fatelessness. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Will (@EmoFoucault), co-host of the Acid Horizon podcast has a project of his own, called RevoltingBodies. We took a look at Will's piece titled Going Astray. https://revoltingbodies.com/2021/12/13/going-astray/. Will's Links: https://t.co/RzYKf50ZcP?amp=1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/acid-horizon/id1512615438 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Comedian Jake Flores joins Coop and Taylor to explore Freud's jokes and the unconscious. They discuss the clinical nature of analyzing comedy, the expectations of humor, the dark side of comedians, the role of repression in jokes, coping mechanisms, analyzing a demented car commercial, the relationship between humor, jokes, and laughter, anti-comedy, contradictory thoughts in the unconscious, layered jokes and references, and upcoming events and projects.

Daniel W. Smith is an American philosopher, academic, researcher, and translator. Smith is known for his interpretation of the work of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and is the author of Essays on Deleuze. He is also the co-director of The Deleuze Seminars project. https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/ Charles Stivale Episode https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/charles-stivale-the-abcs-of-deleuze?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Taylor and Coop investigate Chapter 56of Jean Baudrillard's Symbolic Exchange and Death: The Extermination of the Name of God. Symbolic Exchange & Death Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/sets/symbolic-exchange-and-death Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

A collaboration between two podcasts leads to a Q&A session where they discuss the purpose of theory, favorite books and authors, the impact of non-theoretical reading, engaging with philosophy in daily life, making theory accessible to the general public, the debate over Nick Land's transformation, perceived rifts in philosophy, Tobin Seabers' work in disability studies, influential figures in psychoanalysis, and their gratitude and future plans.