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Anthony Malcolm Daniels, who generally uses the pen name Theodore Dalrymple is an English writer and retired prison doctor and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in the East End of London. Before his retirement in 2005, he worked in City Hospital, Birmingham and Winson Green Prison in inner-city Birmingham, England. He is the author of a number of books, including Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass; Our Culture, What's Left of...
Dmitry Orlov is a Russian-American engineer and a writer on subjects related to "potential economic, ecological and political decline and collapse in the United States. (Wikipedia) He is the author of multiple books including: *Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects*, *The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivor's Toolkit* and more. In this episode we discuss Dmitry's overarching theories regarding collapse alongside his book *Shrinking the Technosphere*. Dmitry currently blog...
Erik Davis is an American writer, scholar, journalist and public speaker whose writings have ranged from rock criticism to cultural analysis to creative explorations of esoteric mysticism. He is perhaps best known for his book Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information, as well as his work on California counterculture, including Burning Man, the human potential movement, and the writings of Philip K. Dick. In this episode we discuss Erik’s latest book, High Weirdness. Which ...
James Howard Kunstler (born October 19, 1948) is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere (1994), a history of American suburbia and urban development, The Long Emergency (2005), and Too Much Magic (2012). --- Please support Hermitix at: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespri...
Michel Serres was a French philosopher, theorist and writer. His works are notable for discussing subjects like death, angels and time. They are also noted for incorporating prose and multifaceted perspectives. Serres had a unique approach to translating his works from accounts rather than from authoritative singular translations. (Wikipedia) David Webb is a professor of philosophy at Staffordshire University, specializing in contemporary European philosophy, French epistemology and philosophy o...
John Michael Greer is an American author who writes on the environment, various religions, and occult topics. He currently blogs at: www.ecosophia.net Note: A big thank you to H.E. for helping address audio issues. --- Please support Hermitix at: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oub...
John Zerzan is an anarchist and primitivist ecophilosopher and author. His works criticize agricultural civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of hunter-gatherers as an inspiration for what a free society should look like. (Wikipedia) --- Please support Hermitix at: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/...
Charlie Johns is the author of Neurosis and Assimilation, alongside being the editor of The Neurotic Turn. In this episode we talk about the history of neurosis in relation to capitalism and society. --- Please support Hermitix at: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK...
Simon Sellars is a writer and editor. He is the custodian of ballardian.com, and the co-editor of Extreme Metaphors: Interviews with J.G. Ballard 1967–2008. He has most recently published Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/applied-ballardianism) In this episode we discuss the work of J.G. Ballard, Applied Ballardianism, theory, technology and writing. --- Please support Hermitix at: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon ...
Nick Land is an English philosopher, short-story horror writer, blogger, and "the father of accelerationism". His writing is credited with pioneering the genre known as "theory-fiction". A cofounder of the 1990s collective Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, his work has been tied to the development of accelerationism and speculative realism. (Wikipedia) He can be found on Twitter @outsideness In this episode we discuss accelerationism, capital, time, Kant and decimalism. --- Please support Hermit...
John Cussans currently works as the Associate Lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths. John does research in Politics, Literature and Film, Race, Ethnicity and Politics and History of Religion. His current project, The Skullcracker Suite, is a practice-led artistic research project investigating processes of cultural decolonization in British Columbia with a focus on resurgence of potlatch culture within the Kwakwaka'wakw community. (Researchgate) In 2017 John published *Undead...
This discussion delves into the transformative ideas of Mark Fisher, particularly his seminal work "Capitalist Realism," which argues that imagining the end of the world is easier than envisioning a post-capitalist future. The conversation also explores Fisher's concepts of hauntology and the "unnameable thing," linking them to mental health and a critique of outdated leftism. Finally, it examines Fisher's vision of "Acid Communism" and "The Weird and the Eerie," emphasizing the necessity of confronting societal horror to imagine new collective subjectivities and futures beyond capitalism.
