Acid Communism: Philosopher Emma Stamm on Mark Fisher's Unfinished Manuscript, Capitalist Realism, the Slow Cancellation of the Future, Joe Rogan, Critical Theory, AI, and Life in Para-Academia

Hemlock #42 - Support the History of Philosophy Audio Archive on Patreon, and follow William Engels's writing on Substack. I am joined on this episode by independent writer and philosopher Emma Stamm to discuss the late, great, Mark Fisher. Emma is a member of the theory collective LEPHT HAND, and she has a new online course enrolling soon/now on Mark Fisher's "Acid Communism." You can also follow Emma's writing (Elf Theory) on Substack. SHOW NOTES: Books and Articles Referenced: Books by Mark Fisher: Acid Communism (Unfinished Introduction, 2016) Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009) The Weird and the Eerie (2016) Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures (2020) Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology, and Lost Futures (2014) K-Punk: Politics (Anthology, 2020) More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (2025) by Adam Becker Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (1992) by Judith Herman Postscript on the Societies of Control (1990) by Gilles Deleuze Works by philosopher Byung-Chul Han: The Agony of Eros (2017) Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power (2014) The Burnout Society (2010) Gaia Wakes: Earth's Emergent Consciousness in an Age of Environmental Devastation (2025) by Topher McDougal Book that Emma and I did NOT like about 'longtermism' and Effective Altruism: What We Owe the Future (2022) by William MacAskill Other Events, People, References: Haight-Ashbury Human Be-In (January 1967) Jacob Chansley the " QAnon Shaman" Timothy Leary and Eldridge Cleaver do LSD in Algeria (1970)