Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

Coop and Taylor speak with Jon Greenaway, aka The LitCritGuy. Writer, podcaster, and content creator from the North of England. Host of the Horror Vanguard Podcast. He writes about horror, contemporary capitalism, and cultural theory. Today we’ll be discussing his book, A Primer on Utopian Philosophy; An Introduction to the Work of Ernst Bloch. Jon's Links: https://soundcloud.com/user-317910500 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437 https://twitter.com/horrorvanguard Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Rocco Gangle joined Coop and Taylor to discuss a piece titled Autopoiesis and Eigenform by Louis H. Kauffman. Article Link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3197/11/12/247 Rocco's first appearance: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/eric-schmid-rocco-gangle-on-mathematical-structuralism?si=26acc817ecf44e9d8f20a3b4c8330d06&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Jonathon "Rocco" Gangle is a philosopher whose current research focuses on metaphysics, semiotics, diagrammatic logic, and category theory. He is also one of the foremost translators and expositors of the work of contemporary French thinker Francois Laruelle. He has published several books, including Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy (2015) and, with Gianluca Caterina, Iconicity and Abduction (2016). He is co-director of the Center for Diagrammatic and Computational Philosophy. At Endicott, Gangle teaches a variety of courses in philosophy, intellectual history, and religious studies. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Coop and Taylor discuss Freud's Totem and Taboo, examining ambivalence, Anti-Oedipus, repetition, sacrifice, and cannibalism. They explore the shift from totemism to the father as a religious symbol, societal dynamics, incest prohibition, and Freudian analysis of Eucharist and Communion.

This week, Charles Stivale and Dan Smith returned to the podcast to discuss a series of lectures Deleuze delivered titled "Painting and the Question of Concepts". They also shared a bit about their experience with the Deleuze Seminars project hosted by Purdue University. Quick recap The team discussed the introduction of a new feature on Zoom that can summarize discussions. They also discussed the difference between a summary and a transcription, with Taylor noting that the summary feature was not as detailed as a transcription. The conversation then moved to a discussion about a future book based on revised transcripts of Deleuze's 1981 painting seminars. The team also discussed the content of the cinema books and their translations, as well as the author's view on modern art and philosophy. The discussion ended with Taylor bringing up the idea of practicing the act of deletion in pre-pictorial art. Summary Cooper introduced a new feature on Zoom that can summarize discussions, which Taylor and Daniel found interesting. The team discussed the difference between a summary and a transcription, with Taylor noting that the summary feature was not as detailed as a transcription. They also discussed the potential difficulty of creating transcripts and the possibility of using AI to generate auto captions. The conversation then moved to a discussion about a future book based on revised transcripts of Deleuze's 1981 painting seminars. The team also discussed the content of the cinema books and their translations. They then moved on to discuss the author's view on modern art and philosophy. The discussion ended with Taylor bringing up the idea of practicing the act of deletion in pre-pictorial art. The team also discussed the genesis of the Produce seminar program and the challenges faced in adding content and understanding the project's goals. They also discussed the collaborative nature of their project, emphasizing the importance of a team approach over individual efforts to ensure consistency and quality. Charles' research interests include 19th-century French novels, contemporary critical theory and cultural studies, and writings of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, as well as serving as co-director, with Prof. Daniel W. Smith, of the Purdue University Deleuze Seminars web site, developing transcriptions and translations of Deleuze's university seminars. Dan Smith is professor of philosophy at Purdue University. He is the author of Essays on Deleuze (Edinburgh 2012) and editor of the Cambridge Companion to Deleuze (2012, with Henry Somers Hall); Deleuze and Ethics (2011, with Nathan Jun); and Gilles Deleuze: Image and Text (2009, with Eugene W. Holland and Charles J. Stivale). He is also the translator, from the French, of books by Gilles Deleuze, Pierre Klossowski, Isabelle Stengers, and Michel Serres. The Deleuze Seminars Website Hosted by Purdue: https://deleuze.cla.purdue.edu/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Brian Massumi joined Cooper and Taylor for a discussion on his forthcoming book: The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life. Massumi was instrumental in introducing the work of French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari to the English-speaking world through his translation of their key collaborative work A Thousand Plateaus (1987) and his book A User's Guide to Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Deviations from Deleuze and Guattari (1992).[2] His 1995 essay "The Autonomy of Affect",[3] later integrated into his most well-known work, Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation (2002), is credited with playing a central role in the development of the interdisciplinary field of affect studies.[4] Massumi received his B.A. in Comparative Literature at Brown University (1979) and his Ph.D in French Literature from Yale University (1987). After a Mellon postdoctoral fellowship in the Stanford University Department of French and Italian (1987-1988), he settled in Montréal, Canada, where he taught first at McGill University (Comparative Literature Program) and later at the Université de Montréal (Communication Department), retiring in 2018. Massumi has lectured widely around the world, and his writings have been translated into more than fifteen languages. Since 2004, he has collaborated with the SenseLab,[5] founded by Erin Manning[6] as an experimental "laboratory for thought in motion" operating at the intersection of philosophy, art, and activism. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Massumi https://recherche.umontreal.ca/english/our-researchers/professors-directory/researcher/is/in14429/ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Jeffrey Bell discusses the history of analytic and continental philosophy, highlighting the shared focus on regresses. The conversation explores infinite regress, brute facts, and the intersection of science and philosophy. Bell also touches on the relationship between mathematics and philosophy, challenging narratives in power dynamics, and navigating through complex philosophical inquiries.

Cristóbal Escobar joined Coop and Taylor to discuss his new book, The Intensive-Image in Deleuze’s Film-Philosophy. Cristóbal is a Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Melbourne and Film Programmer at the Santiago International Documentary Film Festival (FIDOCS). His publications include The Intensive-Image in Deleuze’s Film-Philosophy (2023), an edited collection on Cine Cartográfico (2017), and a co-edited dossier with Barbara Creed on ‘Film and the Nonhuman’ (2024). Book Link: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-intensive-image-in-deleuze-s-film-philosophy.html About Cristobal: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/726014-cristobal-escobar-duenas Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Michael Hardt returned to discuss his most recent book, The Subversive Seventies. Hardt argues that the 1970s offers an inspiring and useful guide for contemporary radical political thought and action. Although we can still learn much from the movements of the sixties, that decade's struggles for peace, justice, and freedom fundamentally marked the end of an era. The movements of the seventies, in contrast, responded directly to emerging neoliberal frameworks and other structures of power that continue to rule over us today. They identified and confronted political problems that remain central for us. The 1970s, in this sense, marks the beginning of our time. Looking at a wide range of movements around the globe, from the United States, to Guinea Bissau, South Korea, Chile, Turkey, and Italy, The Subversive Seventies provides a reassessment of the political action of the 1970s that sheds new light not only on our revolutionary past but also on what liberation can be and do today. Links: The book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-subversive-seventies-9780197674659?cc=us&lang=en& Michael's Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hardt Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh Instagram: @unconscioushh

Henry Somers-Hall joined us to discuss a chapter from a book he's currently writing on A Thousand Plateaus. This discussion focuses on a chapter from the book, Treatise on Nomadology: The War Machine. Henry's Links: https://henrysomershall.net/about/ https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/henry-somershall(9b215915-fcd6-4567-8463-c0c39f5aed70).html https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=YKRlvfwAAAAJ&hl=en Henry's First appearance: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/henry-somers-hall-deleuze-difference-and-repetition?si=4aa136cb26b041e2a2f6ff2a8a49513d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Thomas Nail returned to discuss his new book, Matter and Motion A Brief History of Kinetic Materialism. From the Minoans to Virginia Woolf and a hint of chaos. Thomas's Links: The book we discuss: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-matter-and-motion.html Thomas's previous appearance: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/thomas-nail-marx-and-motion?si=c15df144007741479d701b7ba15899d9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Thomas's Blog: https://philosophyofmovementblog.com/author/matterinmotionblog/ Thoma's Wikipedia Entry 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