Accelerationism and "The Dark Enlightenment"

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1Dime Radio is back! This episode will be on the popular topic of Accelerationism, particularly the "right-wing" Accelerationism of Nick Land. Nick Land is most famous for his works dating back to his time at the CCRU, such as Fanged Numena and his popularization following his rightward turn with his infamous "The Dark Enlightenment" piece.

For this episode, Tony (1Dime) is joined by Michael Downs (Mikey), an independent researcher and author of the famous philosophy and critical theory blog called ⁠The Dangerous Maybe⁠ and is about to teach a course on the theories of Nick Land, Deleuze and Guattari, and Emannuel Kant at Theory Underground, and David McKerracher (Dave), founder of ⁠Theory Underground⁠, an educational platform for learning theory, and publishing house for organic intellectuals or aspiring theorists who pursue theory and philosophy outside of academia, or people with academic backgrounds who don't want to be restricted by academic fetters, i.e. renegade academics.

Theory Underground provides fantastic courses which you can sign up for at a very affordable price, and has recently released the book ⁠Underground Theory Vol⁠ 1 (which includes some big names like Slavoj Zizek and some smaller names like Dave, Mikey, AND myself (I have an essay on the cultural revolution in there!. Both Mikey and Dave are working-class organic intellectuals who have published works of theory. I highly recommend checking them out.

Timestamp:

00:00 Introductions

02:43 The Vision and Mission of Theory Underground

07:32 The Influence of Nick Land on Contemporary Political Theory

11:47 The Importance of Understanding Nick Land's Philosophy

37:52 The Future of Capitalism and Artificial Intelligence

42:48 Human Extinction

01:02:55 Fanged Numena to the Dark Enlightenment

01:09:19 Nick Land as an Anti-Conservative

01:14:07 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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