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Hermitix

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Hermitix is a podcast focusing on one-on-one interviews relating to fringe philosophy, obscure theory, weird lit, underappreciated thinkers and movements, and that which historically finds itself 'outside' the academic canon. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameshermitix/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Contact: hermitixpodcast@protonmail.com
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Episodes

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer (Book Review)

Review of The Wall (Die Wand) by Marlen Haushofer --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ twitter.com/hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Oct 01, 202429 min

The Work of Friedrich Kittler with Geoffrey Winthrop-Young

Geoffrey Winthrop-Young’s (CENES) research focuses on media theory and archaeology, posthumanism, biological models of social evolution, Science Fiction, and science and culture in the Third Reich. Young bio: https://cenes.ubc.ca/profile/geoffrey-winthrop-young/ --- --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠ / hermitixpodcast ⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠ https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - ⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠ Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠http://teespr...

Sep 25, 20241 hr 5 min

Max Stirner, Rudolf Steiner, and Individualist Anarchism with Aaron French

Aaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in Germany. His main research focuses on the History of Esotericism, the History and Philosophy of Science, Sacred Space and Architecture, modern German Philosophy, and Science and Technology Studies. In this episode we discuss Max Stirner, Rudolf Steiner, and Anarchism. Paper link: https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/137451 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast...

Sep 18, 20241 hr 6 min

The Life and Work of Maurice Nicoll with Gary Lachman

Gary Joseph Lachman, also known as Gary Valentine, is an American writer and musician. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s as the bass guitarist for rock band Blondie. Since the 1990s, Lachman has written full-time, often about mysticism and occultism. In this episode, we discuss his book Maurice Nicoll: Forgotten Teacher of the Fourth Way. Book link: https://www.innertraditions.com/books/maurice-nicoll --- --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠...

Sep 11, 20241 hr 35 min

Aztec Ethics and the Tonalamatl with James Maffie

James Maffie is principal lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and affiliate of the Latin American Studies Program at the University of Maryland. Images site: http://www.famsi.org Maffie's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aztec-Philosophy-Understanding-World-Motion/dp/160732461X Previous discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLi2f452GNo&ab_channel=HermitixPodcast --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ...

Sep 06, 20241 hr 3 min

Dark-Land: Memoir of a Secret Childhood with Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart (editor) grew up in London and Brisbane, and now lives in the USA. He is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Flame Tree: Selected Poems (2002). He has won both the Victorian and NSW Premiers’ Awards for Poetry, and the Christopher Brennan Award for a sustained contribution to Australian poetry. His published works include studies of Jacques Derrida, A.D. Hope, Samuel Johnson, and Maurice Blanchot, and a translation of the poems of Giuseppe Ungaretti. In this episode, w...

Sep 04, 20241 hr 9 min

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima (Book Review)

Review of The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ twitter.com/hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Sep 02, 202431 min

The Work of Guy Debord with Edward Matthews

Edward J. Matthews teaches philosophy, writing, and communications in the School for Language and Liberal Studies at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, Canada. He is also a part-time lecturer and instructor at the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University. His most recent publications include Arts & Politics of the Situationist International 1957-1972: Situating the Situationists (Lexington Books, 2021) and Guy Debord’s Politics of Communication: Liberating Languag...

Aug 28, 20241 hr 46 min

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (Book Review)

Review of Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ twitter.com/hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Aug 23, 202454 min

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn with John Michael Greer

This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael Greer, to discuss the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Greer's website: https://www.ecosophia.net/ Greer's astrology patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgreer Greer's books: https://bookshop.org/contributors/john-michael-greer-dcc85fd9-cfd4-4940-b35a-a6252d57e3cc --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/herm...

Aug 21, 20241 hr 12 min

Darwin, Dickinson, and Disenchantment with Renée Bergland

Renée Bergland is professor of literature and creative writing at Simmons University. She is the author of Maria Mitchell and the Sexing of Science: An Astronomer among the American Romantics and The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects. In this episode we discuss her book Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science. Book link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691235288/natural-magic --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Her...

Aug 14, 20241 hr

Jung, why bother? with Jakob Lusensky

Jakob Lusensky is a Jungian analyst working in Berlin. Jakob's site: https://www.psychoanalystinberlin.com/ Jakob's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast... Podcast listeners can pre-order a copy of the book 'C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity' for a special 20% discount with the coupon code facetoface2024! on the publisher ⁠Chiron Publications’s website⁠. It will be shipped immediately. The book is also available as a pre-order on ⁠Amazon⁠. Those orders there will be delivered fi...

Aug 07, 20241 hr 6 min

Byung-Chul Han: Boredom, Burnout, and the Human with Steve Knepper and Rob Wyllie

Steven E. Knepper is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies at the Virginia Military Institute. Rob Wyllie is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ashland University. In this episode we discuss their recently co-authored (with Ethan Stoneman) book Byung-Chul Han - A Critical Introduction. Book link: https://www.wiley.com/en-ae/Byung-Chul+Han%3A+A+Critical+Introduction-p-9781509560998 --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ...

Jul 31, 20241 hr 24 min

Lacanian Psychoanalysis with Bruce Fink

Bruce Fink is a practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst and analytic supervisor. He trained as a psychoanalyst in France for seven years with and is now a member of the psychoanalytic institute Jacques Lacan created shortly before his death, the École de la Cause freudienne in Paris, and obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris VIII (Saint-Denis). He served as a Professor of Psychology from 1993 to 2013 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and ...

Jul 24, 20241 hr 26 min

The Devil and His Advocates with Erik Butler

​Erik Butler translates literature and scholarship from French, German, and other European languages. He also writes on cultural history. In this episode we discuss his book The Devil and His Advocates Butler's site: https://erikbutler.weebly.com/about.html Book link: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-devil-and-his-advocates --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: ...

Jul 17, 202449 min

Myths of Progress, Reason, and Faith - A Genealogy of Secular Modernity with Peter Harrison

Peter D. Harrison FAHA (born 1955) is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. In this episode we discuss his book Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age . Book link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/some-new-world/300E90A9C1F983C06D4859F2BD365474 --- --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast ⁠⁠⁠Su...

Jul 10, 20241 hr

Individuation, Parzival, and Jung with Paul Bishop

Professor Paul Bishop is the author of multiple books on the work of Carl Jung, Friedrich Nietzsche, alongside other texts on analytical psychology and German thought. In this episode we discuss Bishop's ' Jung and the Epic of Transformation Volume 1, Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” and the Grail as Transformation '. Book link: https://chironpublications.com/shop/jung-and-the-epic-of-transformation-volume-1-wolfram-von-eschenbachs-parzival-and-the-grail-as-transformation/ Image: Parsifal on ...

Jul 03, 202458 min

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (Book Review)

Review of Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ twitter.com/hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74

Jun 28, 202443 min

The Work of William Golding with Tim Howles

Tim is Junior Research Fellow in Political Theology at Campion Hall, University of Oxford, and Researcher Director at the "Laudato Si' Research Institute", a new institute conducting academic research in the field of ecology and social change. He is also an ordained Priest in the Church of England. In this episode we discuss the work of William Golding. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠https://w...

Jun 26, 20241 hr 4 min

The Golden Ass by Apuleius (Book Review)

Review of The Golden Ass by Apuleius Goodreads review mentioned (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80080.The_Golden_Ass#CommunityReviews (top review, Bill Kerwin) --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠ twitter.com/hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B...

Jun 21, 202437 min

Giacomo Leopardi, Nature, and the Barbarism of Modernity with Alice Gibson

Alice Gibson has a PhD in ‘Philosophical Fables as Ecological Tools for Resisting Environmental Catastrophe within The Anthropocene,’ with a focus on Giacomo Leopardi, at Kingston University. Previously, she worked on the Special Collections team at The National Archives. In this episode, we discuss her book The Ethics of Giacomo Leopardi: A Philosophy for the Environmental Crisis. Book link: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ethics-of-giacomo-leopardi-9781350298668/ --- Become part of the Hermitix ...

Jun 19, 202456 min

Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy (Book Review)

Review of Sweet Days of Discipline by Fleur Jaeggy Book link: https://www.andotherstories.org/sweet-days-discipline/ (Thumbnail photographer site: https://parallel-aesthetics.com/category/gallery/) --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠ / hermitixpodcast⁠⁠⁠ Support Hermitix: Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/hermitix⁠ Donations: - ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod⁠⁠⁠ Hermitix Merchandise - ⁠⁠⁠ http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-... Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXE...

Jun 13, 202428 min

Charles Fort and the Forteans with Joshua Buhs

Joshua Buhs is scholar of the overlap of politics, biology, and ecology in twentieth-century America, Joshua Blu Buhs has written articles that have appeared in Isis, Environmental History, The World of Genetics, and Journal of the History of Biology, In this episode we discuss Charles Fort and the Forteans. Book link: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo214839745.html Buh's blog: http://www.joshuablubuhs.com/ --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - ⁠⁠http...

Jun 12, 202451 min

Carl Jung and Christianity wih Jakob Lusensky

Jakob Lusensky is a Jungian analyst working in Berlin. Jakob's site: https://www.psychoanalystinberlin.com/ Jakob's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/psychology-the-cross/id1555012364?l=en Podcast listeners can pre-order a copy of the book 'C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity' for a special 20% discount with the coupon code facetoface2024! on the publisher Chiron Publications’s website . It will be shipped immediately. The book is also available as a pre-order on Amazon . Those...

Jun 05, 202459 min

Spells by Michel de Ghelderode (Book Review)

Review of Spells by Michel de Ghelderode Book link: https://wakefieldpress.com/products/spells --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - / hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - / hermitix Donations: - https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod Hermitix Merchandise - http://teespring.com/stores/hermitix-2 Bitcoin Donation Address: 3LAGEKBXEuE2pgc4oubExGTWtrKPuXDDLK Ethereum Donation Address: 0x31e2a4a31B8563B8d238eC086daE9B75a00D9E74...

May 31, 202425 min

Weird Mysticism: Bataille, Cioran, Ligotti with Brad Baumgartner

Brad Baumgartner is a theorist and writer. He is the author of several works, including Dead Man's Switch: Glissades (Orbis Tertius Press, 2022), The –Tempered Mid·riff: A Play in Four Acts (Schism-Neuronics, 2020), Celeste: Our Lady of Flowering Marvel (Spuyten Duyvil, 2020), which was a semi-finalist for the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Award, and Quantum Mechantics: Memoirs of a Quark (The Operating System, 2019). Additionally, Stylinaut (Spuyten Duyvil, 2021), a hybrid work of experimental fictio...

May 29, 20241 hr 2 min

The Life and Work of Léon Bloy with Erik Butler

​Erik Butler translates literature and scholarship from French, German, and other European languages. He also writes on cultural history. In this episode we discuss the work of Léon Bloy. Butler's site: https://erikbutler.weebly.com/about.html Wakefield Bloy 1: https://wakefieldpress.com/products/sweating-blood Wakefield Bloy 2: https://wakefieldpress.com/products/disagreeable-tales?_pos=2&_sid=6bcbf48c8&_ss=r --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter....

May 22, 202454 min

Max Stirner, Egoism, and the Modern Manifesto with Wayne Bradshaw

Wayne Bradshaw is a research associate at James Cook University, Australia, where he completed a PhD in literary studies. He is the founder of James Cook University’s postgraduate cultural magazine, Sudo Journal, and has also published a chapter on the importance of philosophical egoism to the terrorist persona in Metaphysical Sociology: On the Work of John Carroll (2018). In this episode we discuss Bradshaw's book The Ego Made Manifest Max Stirner, Egoism, and the Modern Manifesto. Book link: h...

May 15, 20241 hr 2 min

Cybernetics and the Origin of Information with Ashley Woodward

Ashley Woodward is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee and is a founding member of the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. In this episode we discuss Raymond Ruyer's text Cybernetics and the Origin of Information. Book link: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786614995/Cybernetics-and-the-Origin-of-Information --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/hermitix Donations: - ...

May 08, 20241 hr 12 min
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