Interregnum: Recent Episodes
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https://ia601504.us.archive.org/33/items/on-blanchot/1462-2010-10-26-1-paul.mp3 Slought is pleased to announce “On Maurice Blanchot and the Political,” a conversation on the political works of Maurice Blanchot, on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. It will feature Zakir Paul, Ann Smock, and Helen Tartar in conversation and will be moderated by Jean-Michel Rabate. The event serves as the book … Continue reading On Maurice Blanchot and the Political: A conversation about political writing, refusing authority, and politicizing the written word
Daniel W Smith discussed Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s works Anti-Oedipus & A Thousand Plateaus at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2009. Smith, a professor of philosophy at Purdue University, is a leading expert of Deleuze and Guattari’s work. In these lectures, he lucidly outlines the theories and implications of the most political sections of Deleuze and … Continue reading Deleuze’s Politics, Day 3, Part 2
Daniel W Smith discussed Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s works Anti-Oedipus & A Thousand Plateaus at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2009. Smith, a professor of philosophy at Purdue University, is a leading expert of Deleuze and Guattari’s work. In these lectures, he lucidly outlines the theories and implications of the most political sections of Deleuze and … Continue reading Deleuze’s Politics, Day 3, Part 1
(Unfortunately Part 2 was not recorded.) Daniel W Smith discussed Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s works Anti-Oedipus & A Thousand Plateaus at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2009. Smith, a professor of philosophy at Purdue University, is a leading expert of Deleuze and Guattari’s work. In these lectures, he lucidly outlines the theories and implications of the … Continue reading Deleuze’s Politics, Day 2 Part 1
Daniel W Smith discussed Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s works Anti-Oedipus & A Thousand Plateaus at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2009. Smith, a professor of philosophy at Purdue University, is a leading expert of Deleuze and Guattari’s work. In these lectures, he lucidly outlines the theories and implications of the most political sections of Deleuze and … Continue reading Deleuze’s Politics, Day 1
Sandy Stone talk about gender and performance. http://ia601503.us.archive.org/33/items/SandyStoneKeynotePerformanceGenderBodiesTechnology2014Fixed/Sandy%20Stone%20Keynote%20performance,%20Gender%20Bodies%20&%20Technology%202014%20-%20fixed.mp3
Susan Stryker delivering an impressive transgender history covering the last 150 years in the United States. http://ia601500.us.archive.org/4/items/SusanStryker/Susan%20Stryker.mp3
Conversation between Sandy Stone and Kate Bornstein about transgender issues. Lots of stories and they field questions from the audience. http://ia601505.us.archive.org/19/items/SandyStoneAndKateBornstein/Sandy%20Stone%20and%20Kate%20Bornstein.mp3
Discussion following Ken Corbett’s talk on psychoanalysis, gender, and queerness. http://ia801500.us.archive.org/28/items/0720120518TransdisciplinarityLynneSegalResponseToCorbett/07%202012_05_18_Transdisciplinarity_LynneSegal_ResponseToCorbett.mp3
Ken Corbett on psychoanalysis, gender, and queerness. http://ia801501.us.archive.org/18/items/0520120518TransdisciplinarityKenCorbettTalk/05%202012_05_18_Transdisciplinarity_KenCorbett_talk.mp3
Sara Heinamaa on phenomenology, sex, and gender. http://ia601500.us.archive.org/18/items/0620120518TransdisciplinaritySaraHeinamaaTalk/06%202012_05_18_Transdisciplinarity_SaraHeinamaa_talk.mp3
Tuija Pulkkinen talk on Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and disciplinarity. http://ia601501.us.archive.org/21/items/0320120518TransdisciplinarityTuijaPulkkinenTalk/03%202012_05_18_Transdisciplinarity_TuijaPulkkinen_talk.mp3
Simon Morgan Wortham response to Cunningham’s talk on Derrida and the university. http://ia801501.us.archive.org/20/items/0220120517TransdisciplinaritySimonMorganWorthamResponseToCunningham/02%202012_05_17_Transdisciplinarity_SimonMorganWortham_ResponseToCunningham.mp3
David Cunningham Talk for Transdisciplinarity Conference on Derrida and the university. http://ia601505.us.archive.org/16/items/0120120517TransdisciplinarityDavidCunninghamTalk/01%202012_05_17_Transdisciplinarity_DavidCunningham_talk.mp3
Interregnum Week 4 and 5 These two weeks of podcasts finished the trans-disciplinarily conference and continued with talks by prominent transgender thinkers. David Cunningham talks about Derrida’s writing about the university. His engagement with Derrida is absolutely stunning, and showcases the skills of a close thinker who can draw on a deep philosophy catalogue. The … Continue reading Interregnum Week 4-5
http://ia601506.us.archive.org/12/items/20120517TransdisciplinarityPatriceManiglierResponseToBalibar/2012_05_17_Transdisciplinarity_PatriceManiglier_ResponseToBalibar.mp3 Patrice Maniglier’s response to Étienne Balibar’s talk on philosophical anthropology.
http://ia601502.us.archive.org/25/items/20120517TransdisciplinarityEtienneBalibar/2012_05_17_Transdisciplinarity_EtienneBalibar.mp3 Étienne Balibar, “Anti-Humanism, and the Question of Philosophical Anthropology” Covering Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lévi-Strauss, and Foucault.
http://ia801505.us.archive.org/17/items/20120517TransdisciplinarityPeterOsborneIntroduction/2012_05_17_Transdisciplinarity_PeterOsborne_Introduction.mp3 Peter Osborne’s introduction to “Transdisciplinary Problematics: Anti-humanism and Gender Study.”
http://ia801503.us.archive.org/13/items/20160630FeminismAndRadicalUtopianismQuestions/2016_06_30_Feminism_and_Radical_Utopianism_questions.mp3 Feminism and Radical Utopianism question.
http://ia601509.us.archive.org/28/items/20160630FeminismAndRadicalUtopianismTalk/2016_06_30_Feminism_and_Radical_Utopianism_talk.mp3 In the early 19th century, Utopian Socialists envisaged a world free from sexual oppression, and set out to build communities where men and women would live as equals. 150 years later, at the height of the Women’s Liberation Movement, Barbara Taylor wrote a study of these radicals and their attempts to found a ‘New … Continue reading Feminism And Radical Utopianism Talk
http://ia801508.us.archive.org/33/items/20160630FeminismAndRadicalUtopianismIntro/2016_06_30_Feminism_and_Radical_Utopianism_intro.mp3 Intro to session on Feminism and Radical Utopianism.
http://ia801509.us.archive.org/6/items/InterregnumWeek3/interregnum%20week%203.mp3 Interregnum Week 3 This week and the following week have less content. There are two reasons: first, I commuted fewer times, and second, I used some commutes to read comparative mythology for a paper on Prometheanism. Most important so far has been Jean-Pierre Vernant’s writing on Hesiod. The first lectures are from a session … Continue reading Interregnum: Week 3
Discussion between Nancy Fraser, Lynne Segal, and Nina Power at “The Future of Feminism,” a session on Nancy Fraser’s recent book “The Fortunes of Femininsm,” an assessment of the complicity between feminism and neoliberalism. http://ia801509.us.archive.org/5/items/20130606TheFutureOfFeminismDiscussion/2013_06_06_The%20Future%20of%20Feminism_discussion.mp3
Nina Powers’s talk at “The Future of Feminism,” a session on Nancy Fraser’s recent book “The Fortunes of Femininsm,” an assessment of the complicity between feminism and neoliberalism. http://ia801500.us.archive.org/21/items/20130606TheFutureOfFeminismNinaPowerTalk/2013_06_06_The%20Future%20of%20Feminism_Nina%20Power_talk.mp3
Lynne Segal’s talk at “The Future of Feminism,” a session on Nancy Fraser’s recent book “The Fortunes of Femininsm,” an assessment of the complicity between feminism and neoliberalism. http://ia801507.us.archive.org/8/items/20130606TheFutureOfFeminismLynneSegalTalk/2013_06_06_The%20Future%20of%20Feminism_Lynne%20Segal_talk.mp3
Nancy Fraser’s talk at “The Future of Feminism,” a session on Nancy Fraser’s recent book “The Fortunes of Femininsm,” an assessment of the complicity between feminism and neoliberalism. http://ia601507.us.archive.org/35/items/20130606TheFutureOfFeminismNancyFraserTalk/2013_06_06_The%20Future%20of%20Feminism_Nancy%20Fraser_talk.mp3
Éric Alliez talk at “Media, New Media, Post-Media: What is German Philosophy of Media?” http://ia601509.us.archive.org/10/items/20110526GermanMediaEricAlliezResponse/2011_05_26_GermanMedia_EricAlliez_response.mp3
Bernhard Siegert talk at “Media, New Media, Post-Media: What is German Philosophy of Media?” http://ia801505.us.archive.org/12/items/20110526GermanMediaBernhardtSiegertTalk/2011_05_26_GermanMedia_BernhardtSiegert_talk.mp3
Lorenz Engell talk from “Media, New Media, Post-Media: What is German Philosophy of Media?” http://ia601505.us.archive.org/18/items/20110526GermanMediaLorenzEngellTalk/2011_05_26_GermanMedia_LorenzEngell_talk.mp3
Boris Groys’s introduction to “Media, New Media, Post-Media: What is German Philosophy of Media?” http://ia801503.us.archive.org/5/items/20110526GermanMediaLorenzGroysTalk/2011_05_26_GermanMedia_LorenzGroys_talk.mp3
Roundtable of participants from Media After Kittler conference. http://ia801508.us.archive.org/7/items/20131009KittlerRoundtable/2013_10_09_Kittler_Roundtable.mp3
“The Humming of Machines. To the End of History and Back,” Mai Wegener talk at Media After Kittler conference. http://ia801505.us.archive.org/17/items/20131009KittlerWegenerTalk/2013_10_09_Kittler_Wegener_talk.mp3
“The Forbidden Pleasures of Media Determinism,” Matthew Fuller talk at the Media After Kittler conference. http://ia801502.us.archive.org/18/items/20131009KittlerFullerTalk/2013_10_09_Kittler_Fuller_talk.mp3
“The Calculable and the Incalculable: Hölderlin after Kittler,” Samuel Weber’s talk from the Media After Kittler conference. http://ia801506.us.archive.org/15/items/20131009KittlerWeberTalk/2013_10_09_Kittler_Weber_talk.mp3
Interregnum, Week 2 I began the week by finishing the “Media After Kittler” conference, with three incredible talks and a discussion. The first talk was by Samuel Weber, a huge name in philosophy and friend of Kittler. His talk, titled “The Calculable and the Incalculable: Hölderlin after Kittler,” was a masterful demonstration of how Kittler’s … Continue reading Interregnum: Week 2
Stefan Heidenreich, “Media Materialism and the Logic of Links” When Friedrich Kittler said, “media determine our situation,” the term “situation” (or Lage, in German) refers to a type of military briefing that provides an overview of different positions on the battlefield and the accordant actions to be taken. Surprisingly, this “situation,” as a very contemporary, … Continue reading Kittler Heidenreich Talk
Bernhard Siegert, “Media After Media.” What was media analysis according to Friedrich Kittler? What have become of the media after they have been ontologically degraded to source code? What then are Media after the Media? And what are the possible futures of Media Studies in the Kittlerian sense beyond the cult of Aphrodite? http://ia801508.us.archive.org/13/items/20131009KittlerSiegertTalk/2013_10_09_Kittler_Siegert_talk.mp3
Media After Kittler, Martin McQuillan, “A Post Card for Kittler.” Poetic, provocative, pushes the boundary “materialist.” http://ia801504.us.archive.org/9/items/20131009KittlerMcQuillanTalk/2013_10_09_Kittler_McQuillan_talk.mp3
Media After Kittler conferece, introduction by Eleni Ikoniadou. Precise, excellent survey. http://ia801506.us.archive.org/6/items/20131009KittlerIntroduction/2013_10_09_Kittler_Introduction.mp3
A Discussion with Alexander Galloway, Ian James, and John Ó Maoilearca: Many philosophies claim to be practical: performativity, praxis, practice-based thought, truth procedures and enquiries, and even artistic performance have each been connected to various philosophical positions. So what, if anything, makes François Laruelle’s Non-Standard Philosophy different? ‘What Can We Do With Non-Philosophy?’ brings together three … Continue reading What Can We Do With Non-Philosophy?
Jean-Jacques Lecercle is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Paris, Nanterre. His work spans the fields of philosophy of language,literary theory, English literature (especially Victorian literature). His most recent book is entitled Badiou and Deleuze Read Literature (Edinburgh,2010) and other publications include A Marxist Philosophy of Language (Brill,2006), Deleuze and Language (Palgrave, 2002), … Continue reading Jean-Jacques Lecercle: Dark Epiphanies
A review of week 1’s podcasts, including a lecture on darkness by Jean-Jacques Lecercle, a trio of talks on François Laruelle, and half of a conference on German Media Studies called “Media After Kittler.” Subscribe to Interregnum at http://feeds.feedburner.com/AnarchistWithoutContent or on Apple iTunes at https://itun.es/us/axlweb.c. https://ia801505.us.archive.org/15/items/InterregnumWeek1/interregnum%20-%20week%201.mp3
Interregnum began as the radical theory playlist of my commute. Its aim is to deepen the gaps between work and leisure. Key reference points are French post-structuralist philosophy, anarchist nihilism, anti-state communism, and queer feminism. Subscribe to Interregnum at http://feeds.feedburner.com/AnarchistWithoutContent or on Apple iTunes at https://itun.es/us/axlweb.c. http://ia801506.us.archive.org/6/items/20131009KittlerIntroduction/2013_10_09_Kittler_Introduction.mp3