web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:57:23 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Outsider Theory - Episodes Tagged with “Michel Foucault” https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/tags/michel%20foucault 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/

]]> "In the Stubborn, Bright Sun of Polish Liberty": Foucault in Warsaw with Remigiusz Ryziński and Sean Bye https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/foucault-in-warsaw ad769ea9-e30d-4ed9-a403-3314d1bb8376 Wed, 04 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Writer and philosopher Remigiusz Ryziński and translator Sean Bye join me to discuss "Foucault in Warsaw," a fascinating new investigation of a pivotal but little-known episode in Michel Foucault's career. 1:29:04 no "Foucault in Warsaw," just out in English translation from Open Letter Books, is a fascinating investigation of the time Michel Foucault spent as a cultural attaché in Warsaw in the late 1950s. The book is at once an intellectual biography of the philosopher during the pivotal year when he wrote much of his first major work, "History of Madness," an archival detective story set amidst the records of the Polish secret police, and an oral history of the underground gay community of Communist Poland. Author Remigiusz Ryziński and translator Sean Bye join me for a discussion of the book, its various contexts, and the significance of Foucault's Polish sojourn for the development of his thought. Buy "Foucault in Warsaw": https://www.openletterbooks.org/products/foucault-in-warsaw Read an excerpt: https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/june-2018-queer-issue-ix-foucault-in-warsaw-remigiusz-ryziski-sean-bye Michel Foucault, Poland, Communism, Homosexuality, Queer Theory, Surveillance, Police "Foucault in Warsaw," just out in English translation from Open Letter Books, is a fascinating investigation of the time Michel Foucault spent as a cultural attaché in Warsaw in the late 1950s. The book is at once an intellectual biography of the philosopher during the pivotal year when he wrote much of his first major work, "History of Madness," an archival detective story set amidst the records of the Polish secret police, and an oral history of the underground gay community of Communist Poland. Author Remigiusz Ryziński and translator Sean Bye join me for a discussion of the book, its various contexts, and the significance of Foucault's Polish sojourn for the development of his thought.

Buy "Foucault in Warsaw": https://www.openletterbooks.org/products/foucault-in-warsaw

Read an excerpt: https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/june-2018-queer-issue-ix-foucault-in-warsaw-remigiusz-ryziski-sean-bye

]]> "Foucault in Warsaw," just out in English translation from Open Letter Books, is a fascinating investigation of the time Michel Foucault spent as a cultural attaché in Warsaw in the late 1950s. The book is at once an intellectual biography of the philosopher during the pivotal year when he wrote much of his first major work, "History of Madness," an archival detective story set amidst the records of the Polish secret police, and an oral history of the underground gay community of Communist Poland. Author Remigiusz Ryziński and translator Sean Bye join me for a discussion of the book, its various contexts, and the significance of Foucault's Polish sojourn for the development of his thought.

Buy "Foucault in Warsaw": https://www.openletterbooks.org/products/foucault-in-warsaw

Read an excerpt: https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/june-2018-queer-issue-ix-foucault-in-warsaw-remigiusz-ryziski-sean-bye

]]> RETVRN TO FOUCAULT with Blake Smith https://outsidertheory.fireside.fm/retvrn-to-fovcavlt b09b8e0d-a54b-494b-811d-b8eb5499de9f Wed, 31 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0400 Geoff Shullenberger full Geoff Shullenberger Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching of theory, the formation of elites, and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert. 1:24:05 no Historian and writer Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching theory and the formation of elites; the surprising affinities between Strauss and Foucault; the parallel grooming practices of Straussians and Derrideans; the perverse economy of enjoyment in the Trump era; Obama’s failed use of theory as seduction prop; and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert. Blake on "Foucault Through Strauss": https://im1776.com/2021/02/19/foucault-through-strauss/ Blake's writing at Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/blake-smith Geoff's seminar on Foucault and Covid: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/biopolitics-covid theory, pedagogy, elites, biopolitics, Michel Foucault, Leo Strauss, Jacques Derrida, Donald Trump, Barack Obama Historian and writer Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching theory and the formation of elites; the surprising affinities between Strauss and Foucault; the parallel grooming practices of Straussians and Derrideans; the perverse economy of enjoyment in the Trump era; Obama’s failed use of theory as seduction prop; and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert.

Blake on "Foucault Through Strauss": https://im1776.com/2021/02/19/foucault-through-strauss/

Blake's writing at Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/blake-smith

Geoff's seminar on Foucault and Covid: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/biopolitics-covid

]]> Historian and writer Blake Smith joins Outsider Theory to discuss the teaching theory and the formation of elites; the surprising affinities between Strauss and Foucault; the parallel grooming practices of Straussians and Derrideans; the perverse economy of enjoyment in the Trump era; Obama’s failed use of theory as seduction prop; and why Foucault was the original Bronze Age Pervert.

Blake on "Foucault Through Strauss": https://im1776.com/2021/02/19/foucault-through-strauss/

Blake's writing at Tablet: https://www.tabletmag.com/contributors/blake-smith

Geoff's seminar on Foucault and Covid: https://www.speakeasy.com/e/biopolitics-covid

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