Theory Underground
Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Keep up with everything at theoryunderground.com
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The theme of day one is on Timenergy and The Commons. In the same way that Žižek talks about how a concept can evolve just in how it gets applied to something, likewise I would say that timenergy theory evolves in this event because of three factors: 1. New audience (it always takes on some new clarity with new audiences), 2. Bringing it expressly into dialogue with the commons, which I have never tarried with… I do get into it els...
This is the one about the ontological and epistemological status of psychoanalysis, with Duane Rousselle. Rousselle is the author of Jacques Lacan and American Sociology, After Post-Anarchism, and many others including Gender, Sexuality, and Subjectivity: A Lacanian Perspective on Identity, Language and Queer Theory.
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Nina Power and Benjamin Studebaker of the LACK podcast join TU during an epic marathon stream. Watch those in their entirety via this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKEqbXCNsSO9kj9G4vtsW-P
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https://theoryunderground.com/eu-tour-2024/
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Dr. Ashley Frawley joins Dave and Nance at Theory Underground to talk about her work. You can follow her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawley This conversation with @AshleyAFrawley is from one of the Epic Marathon Streams at Theory Underground in 2024 - you can see the whole thing here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKEqbXCNsSO9kj9G4vtsW-P
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From the first time Slavoj Žižek visited Theory Underground, to commemorate our 1 year anniversary! Now being released as a stand-alone video and podcast episode. In the previous visit to TU we introduced Slavoj to the ideas of Nick Land, who he then wrote an article about. In this interview, we talk about the philosophical concept of The Event, Slavoj calls Underground Theory (our first collaborative volume) "my bible," he says ni...
We're going to Europe next week! We met with some of the participants and organizers for varios stops along the way, including Nina Power, Cadell Last, Carl Hayden Smith, and Lukasz. The official final version of the EU Tour gets revealed, we talk about it, and you can look at the stops and even RSVP using this link here: http://theoryunderground.com/eu-tour-2024/
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THIS ONE IS AN AMAZING VIDEO SO PLEASE WATCH ON YT: https://youtu.be/d-FhCfjTPDk
Ivan Illich is the most important thinker of institutions, technology, tools, and the human condition who got overhyped while simultaneously misunderstood and then eclipsed by Foucault and Habermas on the one side, and Freire, hooks, and Giroux on the other. We're calling for a critical, sincere, and earnest return to Ivan Illich. Bryan Weeks, one of t...
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Douglas (Doug) Lain of Sublation Media was here before there was an online theory scene to speak of, much less one that was considered "Left." Dave and Nance bring him on to talk about the Left, what he means by this term, his time in the scene, and his vision for a way forward. This includes a critical defense of anti-establishment (or "populist") liberals like Russel Brand, Matt Tiabbi, and Glenn Greenwald. (Something Dave and Na...
What is the difference between "class" politics and "universal" politics? Why does it matter? What goals ought we to have when thinking about the future? We get into all these questions and more on a special episode with Dr. Christine Louis-Dit-Sully.
Dr. Christine Louis-Dit-Sully is the author of Transcending Racial Divisions: Will You Stand By Me? she has two PhDs and a very low tolerance for identity politics, whether those be...
As the headliner of an Epic Marathon Livestream at Theory Underground, we got to talk to Anna Greenspan about her work. I'm still mind blown by the possibilities her work opens.
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Coming to a city near you? Or are you coming to visit us in OUR spot, from afar!? A digital oasis for niche consumer BS, or an actual center for lectures, research, art, and publishing!? Come find out what's all about. This is part 1.
Also, from the brainstorm for this description, Nance was like: "Busking at the end of history | What is really going on | Plans for the future | "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.""
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Sahil is back to lecture on the rest of Chapter 1 of Volume 1 of Das Kapital, the section on fetishization, followed by a speed run of chapter 2!!! You won't want to miss this one.
A very special episode - let's goooo
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Justin Murphy joins us to talk about the inspiration he has taken from Land and, ultimately, the direction he has taken it: Catholic Accelerationism!
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Amazing conversation with the author of Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide: https://a.co/d/gol2ajX
Brent Adkins is Professor of Philosophy at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, USA. His primary interests are 19th and 20th Century European philosophy, Modern Philosophy, and politics. https://roanoke.academia.edu/BrentAdkins
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Arguably the most important work by Marx for thinking timenergy theory.
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Meet Terence Blake, IRL student of Deleuze, as well as Lyotard, Foucault, and many others. He we talk learning French, what it was like to study under Deleuze, and also we get into Theory Underground courses and activities a bit. Hope you enjoy!
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