web02.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:37:04 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Gilles Deleuze” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/gilles%20deleuze Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:45:00 -0500 Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. en-us episodic Theory on the outside, theory of the outside, outside of the theory Geoff Shullenberger Outsider Theory is an interview-based podcast exploring the mutations of theories outside of the authorized spaces of intellectual life as well as theories of that ever-alluring figure, the outsider, and related subjects. no critical theory, conspiracy theory, outsider intellectuals, outsiders, the outside Geoff Shullenberger gshullenb@gmail.com Hubbard, Burroughs, Foucault with Dr Benway https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/standard-tech-of-the-self 3a8a8af5-fd86-462b-9b76-b114fb07ea2d Fri, 07 Jan 2022 14:45:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Dr Benway returns to the show to discuss his extensive research on the vast oeuvre of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, as well as William S. Burroughs's prolonged engagement with Hubbard's doctrines and practices and their odd resonances with post-structuralist thought. 1:41:48 no Dr Benway returns to the show to discuss his extensive research on the vast oeuvre of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, as well as William S. Burroughs's prolonged engagement with Hubbard's doctrines and practices and their odd resonances with post-structuralist thought. We examine both the genealogical and analogical relations between Hubbard's thinking and ideas developed in more respectable realms of 20th century ideological life, including psychoanalysis and Foucauldian theories of technologies of the self and technologies of power. David Wills's "Scientologist!": https://www.google.com/books/edition/Scientologist/k9JtnQEACAAJ?hl=en https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/scientology-psychiatry https://nonsite.org/the-first-privilege-walk/ L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology, Dianetics, William S. Burroughs, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, psychoanalysis, technologies of the self, technologies of power Dr Benway returns to the show to discuss his extensive research on the vast oeuvre of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, as well as William S. Burroughs's prolonged engagement with Hubbard's doctrines and practices and their odd resonances with post-structuralist thought. We examine both the genealogical and analogical relations between Hubbard's thinking and ideas developed in more respectable realms of 20th century ideological life, including psychoanalysis and Foucauldian theories of technologies of the self and technologies of power.

David Wills's "Scientologist!": https://www.google.com/books/edition/Scientologist/k9JtnQEACAAJ?hl=en

https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/scientology-psychiatry

https://nonsite.org/the-first-privilege-walk/

]]> Dr Benway returns to the show to discuss his extensive research on the vast oeuvre of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, as well as William S. Burroughs's prolonged engagement with Hubbard's doctrines and practices and their odd resonances with post-structuralist thought. We examine both the genealogical and analogical relations between Hubbard's thinking and ideas developed in more respectable realms of 20th century ideological life, including psychoanalysis and Foucauldian theories of technologies of the self and technologies of power.

David Wills's "Scientologist!": https://www.google.com/books/edition/Scientologist/k9JtnQEACAAJ?hl=en

https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/scientology-psychiatry

https://nonsite.org/the-first-privilege-walk/

]]> Meming Theory and Theorizing Memes with Beyond Woke and Problematic https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/theory-memes 78132611-ba75-499e-83b8-740c1912fc97 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0500 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger The popular dissemination of theory now occurs primarily in the form of the meme. One of the premier posters in the "theorygram" space joins me to theorize the theory meme. 58:57 no In recent years, memes have risen to prominence as a medium for witty, irreverent, surreal engagement with the canon of High Theory. At the speed of the internet, memes now circulate the ideas of thinkers from Deleuze to Dugin, from Land to DeLanda, in humorous and fragmentary forms, instantiating in their mode of dissemination the sorts of positive feedback loops, rhizomatic growth, and strata hopping that some such thinkers have theorized. Beyond Woke and Problematic, a premier poster in the "theorygram" space, joins Outsider Theory to survey the dramatic ascent of the theory meme in the new millennium and explore the relationship of this popular form to the ideas it purveys. With reference to François Cusset's "French Theory," we also compare the meme to earlier vehicles of pop theory. Follow Beyond Woke and Problematic: https://linktr.ee/beyondwokeand_problematic François Cusset, French Theory: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/french-theory theory, memes, structuralism, Gilles Deleuze, Manuel deLanda, Nick Land, Reza Negarastani In recent years, memes have risen to prominence as a medium for witty, irreverent, surreal engagement with the canon of High Theory. At the speed of the internet, memes now circulate the ideas of thinkers from Deleuze to Dugin, from Land to DeLanda, in humorous and fragmentary forms, instantiating in their mode of dissemination the sorts of positive feedback loops, rhizomatic growth, and strata hopping that some such thinkers have theorized. Beyond Woke and Problematic, a premier poster in the "theorygram" space, joins Outsider Theory to survey the dramatic ascent of the theory meme in the new millennium and explore the relationship of this popular form to the ideas it purveys. With reference to François Cusset's "French Theory," we also compare the meme to earlier vehicles of pop theory.

Follow Beyond Woke and Problematic: https://linktr.ee/beyond_woke_and_problematic

François Cusset, French Theory: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/french-theory

]]> In recent years, memes have risen to prominence as a medium for witty, irreverent, surreal engagement with the canon of High Theory. At the speed of the internet, memes now circulate the ideas of thinkers from Deleuze to Dugin, from Land to DeLanda, in humorous and fragmentary forms, instantiating in their mode of dissemination the sorts of positive feedback loops, rhizomatic growth, and strata hopping that some such thinkers have theorized. Beyond Woke and Problematic, a premier poster in the "theorygram" space, joins Outsider Theory to survey the dramatic ascent of the theory meme in the new millennium and explore the relationship of this popular form to the ideas it purveys. With reference to François Cusset's "French Theory," we also compare the meme to earlier vehicles of pop theory.

Follow Beyond Woke and Problematic: https://linktr.ee/beyond_woke_and_problematic

François Cusset, French Theory: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/french-theory

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