Theory Underground

Week 1 In Review (Theory Underground Community Update)

Week in review. What you need to know. Keeping it short and to the point.ABOUT / CREDITS / LINKSWelcome to the Theory Underground.Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life.The website will be seeing big time improvements every day. If you want to help out, you can try using it and give me feedback at theorypleeb@gmail.com If you take a course or join a discussion, there will be a group with dedicated forums on the website. Because fuck Discord. We want to honor quality questions, not bury them. We want to honor people who actually read as opposed to staying glued to their phones all day, so we aren't going to become reliant on a "community" app that is so attention-demanding. Forums give people time to think and come back later to ask questions or add to discussions. Help beta trial this athttps://theory-underground.com/Check out the courses, patron tiers and books, as well as events listed at these links: https://theory-underground.com/courseshttps://theory-underground.com/supporthttps://theory-underground.com//eventsAlso the Theory Underground instagram and TikTok are both where it's happening:https://www.instagram.com/theory_underground/https://tiktok.com/@theory_undergroundMUSIC CREDITSLogo sequence music by https://olliebeanz.com/musichttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode

Announcing a Christmas Advent gift from Theory Underground to You (over at Theory Underground Audiobooks)

Go subscribe to Theory Underground Audiobooks!Dave is releasing an audiobook chapter of Karl Jasper's The Idea of the University each day until Christmas! If you find this work interesting and would like to go deeper, then sign up for the course Dave, Bryan, and Ann are teaching at http://theory-underground.com/courses/tiotuThe course begins January 14th, 2023Credits:Songs made available by FMA:Audiorezout - Winter Morning Scott Holmes Music - Silent Night 🕯️❄️Everything else was recorded, edited, and produced by Dave.

The Vision and Goal of Theory Underground + Announcing 3 courses for spring 2023

This is Dave's recording of the Theory Underground launch event. If you missed it, or just want to relisten, here it is on your favorite podcast app. Find out about the new vision and the first steps of the plan!

Jonah Hill’s Stutz vs. Lacan - The Young Žižekians critique Therapism and Ego Psychology with psychoanalysis

Young Žižekians take on Jonah Hill's brand new Netflix documentary "Stutz." This film focuses on the life and psycho-therapeutic techniques of Jonah Hill's therapist, Phil Stutz. In this video, we approach the content of his techniques as well as the film's depiction of the relationship between doctor and patient from a Lacanian perspective. More broadly, we tackle the phenomenon of "therapism" (or "therapy culture") while bringing to light the unspoken class dynamic underlying the message of the film. By "we" I mean Dave (Pleeb) of Theory Underground, Mikey of The Dangerous Maybe, Nick (FreeBeerTmrw) and Andrew (Master_Signified_Bodies) both of Que Vuoi. To see the video version, go to their channel Que Vuoi on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO4ztWebQEE

THE UPDATE... Plus Subjectivity, Drive, Obsession and Deviance | Ft. Mikey, Andrew, Bryan

Update... plus we talk about Lacan, Jung, Nietzsche, Marx, Heidegger, Zizek, Levinas, Butler, Butler, and more!All of Pleeb’s work has been de-monetized and self-funded for over a year. If you want to give back in any way you can support #FreeMikey at www.Patreon.com/TheDangerousMaybe. Tell him Pleeb sent you.Learning a language? Follow pleeb on Duolingo and use this link so pleeb gets a week of free Plus https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKTP747NSNMAOYEIGet Pleeb’s updates and thoughts here https://nspleeb.substack.com/Make sure to follow https://www.instagram.com/pleebmemes/ for memes related to pleeb’s work and community

Introduction to Phenomenology and Its Discontents

Bruce Beerman is back for a long-form conversation with the pleeb on phenomenology, its precursors like Descartes and Kant, and some of its detractors, like certain Marxists or Lacanians today.

How the PMC ruins everything | feat. Catherine Liu, author of Virtue Hoarders

Catherine Liu joins the pleeb to discuss how the PMC hijacks revolutionary potential towards its own advancement and virtue hoarding. "The Professional Managerial Class" has become a hot topic in some circles, but it is rarely critiqued in good faith. Liu (and Pleeb) argue that the PMC is a necessary mode of analysis and critique if we are to ever get out of the current political deadlock.All of Pleeb’s work has been de-monetized and self-funded for over a year. If you want to give back in any way you can support #FreeMikey at www.Patreon.com/TheDangerousMaybe. Tell him Pleeb sent you.Learning a language? Follow pleeb on Duolingo and use this link so pleeb gets a week of free Plus https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKTP747NSNMAOYEIGet Pleeb’s updates and thoughts here https://nspleeb.substack.com/Make sure to follow https://www.instagram.com/pleebmemes/ for memes related to pleeb’s work and communityPLAYLISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:Pleeb 'n Mikey Lecture-Interviewshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TLvXtp5bYnmCjf_otZw0M2NPleeb interviews and gets schooled by amazing peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKo5_C6vyIphjsMD7c_fbMwProfessor Pleeb Lectureshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TISAuNvqAdpOexm08Gc8yVhPleeb’s old video essayshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJpzDw4TRjnW3zR9Al-3_JxPleeb’s Assisted Readings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKnWyq5fxA5pMTAMtxGzuExMUSIC CREDITSRoyalty Free Planet - EVA - Rear ViewLicense:Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicenseMike Chino – Demigods: https://youtu.be/M6wruxDngOkLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

The Cutrone Strikes Back! Schooling pleeb on political Marxism AKA Why Lenin

Chris Cutrone is back to explain the necessity of political Marxism to Theory Pleeb, who has only ever liked Marx the theorist while being generally skeptical of political Marxism.All of Pleeb’s work has been de-monetized and self-funded for over a year. If you want to give back in any way you can support #FreeMikey at www.Patreon.com/TheDangerousMaybe. Tell him Pleeb sent you.Learning a language? Follow pleeb on Duolingo and use this link so pleeb gets a week of free Plus https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKTP747NSNMAOYEIGet Pleeb’s updates and thoughts here https://nspleeb.substack.com/Make sure to follow https://www.instagram.com/pleebmemes/ for memes related to pleeb’s work and communityPLAYLISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:Pleeb 'n Mikey Lecture-Interviewshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TLvXtp5bYnmCjf_otZw0M2NPleeb interviews and gets schooled by amazing peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKo5_C6vyIphjsMD7c_fbMwProfessor Pleeb Lectureshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TISAuNvqAdpOexm08Gc8yVhPleeb’s old video essayshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJpzDw4TRjnW3zR9Al-3_JxPleeb’s Assisted Readings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKnWyq5fxA5pMTAMtxGzuExMUSIC CREDITSRoyalty Free Planet - EVA - Rear ViewLicense:Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicenseMike Chino – Demigods: https://youtu.be/M6wruxDngOkLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

The burnout to Theory pipeline, feat. Caleb Cain of FaradaySpeaks

Caleb AKA FaradaySpeaks got his moment of fame when the New York Times used his "alt right pipeline" testimonial to talk about the dangers of misinformation and alternative media. Caleb got involved in various kinds of activism that focuses on de-radicalization, but he got completely burnt out on that when he realized none of the solutions come close to addressing the deeper issues we are faced with today. The Right keeps getting strategically better while the Left gets worse. Dissatisfied with all the laid out paths, Caleb struck out on his own... somewhere along the way he found this weird thing called Theory and then realized it has some kind of relationship with philosophy, which it turns out is not just boring historical puzzles. So why are reactionaries appropriating Theory while the would-be positive world changers lose relevancy? Is there any hope for a future that is not only increasingly worse? We talk about all this and more, including personal liberation, the PMC, ADHD-learning styles, and why base-literacy helps us find healthy outlets for death drive.All of Pleeb’s work has been de-monetized and self-funded for over a year. If you want to give back in any way you can support #FreeMikey at www.Patreon.com/TheDangerousMaybe. Tell him Pleeb sent you.Follow pleeb on Duolingo and use this link so pleeb gets a week of free Plus https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKTP747NSNMAOYEIGet Pleeb’s updates and thoughts here https://nspleeb.substack.com/Make sure to follow https://www.instagram.com/pleebmemes/ for memes related to pleeb’s work and communityPLAYLISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:Pleeb 'n Mikey Lecture-Interviewshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TLvXtp5bYnmCjf_otZw0M2NPleeb interviews and gets schooled by amazing peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKo5_C6vyIphjsMD7c_fbMwProfessor Pleeb Lectureshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TISAuNvqAdpOexm08Gc8yVhPleeb’s old video essayshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJpzDw4TRjnW3zR9Al-3_JxPleeb’s Assisted Readings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKnWyq5fxA5pMTAMtxGzuExMUSIC CREDITSRoyalty Free Planet - EVA - Rear ViewLicense:Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicenseMike Chino – Demigods: https://youtu.be/M6wruxDngOkLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense

In defense of theory (Žižek!) feat. Todd McGowan - Young Žižekians respond to Platypus/Cutrone/PAS

The council of Young Zizekians bring on their unofficial leader Todd McGowan to respond to Chris Cutrone's dismissal of Lacan, Zizek, Deleuze, Heidegger, et al. At the end Mikey gives an epic defense of Deleuze and Heidegger, and then critiques Alexander Dugin. 19:26 defense of Lacan, Zizek, etc. 2:13:44 defense of Deleuze (his theory of becoming + critique of Kant)2:49:26 defense of Heidegger (what he means be "Being" in 3 stages)3:26:19 critique of Alexander DuginThe links as promised!- The video this is in response to https://youtu.be/ZiAQc9Lbao8- Subscribe to Andrew's BRAND NEW channel Master Signified Bodies https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBN4bRqL4um_ZrZ_pIItXZQ- Subscribe to Trey's channel Telosbound https://www.youtube.com/c/telosbound- Read The Dangerous Maybe blog https://thedangerousmaybe.medium.com/update-on-the-dangerous-maybe-blog-357d838ff84- Subscribe to Todd McGowan's channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOMku8U1zFKsBudd3BcgSAw- Listen to Why Theory by Todd and Ryan on any podcast platform!WATCH the Pleeb n Mikey talk Zizek, Lacan, Baudrillard, and Marx series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TLvXtp5bYnmCjf_otZw0M2NWATCH "Pleeb gets schooled by amazing people you absolutely must know" playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKo5_C6vyIphjsMD7c_fbMwWATCH Professor Pleeb Lectures playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TISAuNvqAdpOexm08Gc8yVhAll of Pleeb’s work has been de-monetized and self-funded for over a year. If you want to give back in any way you can support #FreeMikey at www.Patreon.com/TheDangerousMaybe. Tell him Pleeb sent you.Learning a language? Follow pleeb on Duolingo and use this link so pleeb gets a week of free Plus https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKTP747NSNMAOYEIGet Pleeb’s updates and thoughts here https://nspleeb.substack.com/Make sure to follow https://www.instagram.com/pleebmemes/ for memes related to pleeb’s work and communityPLAYLISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:Pleeb 'n Mikey Lecture-Interviewshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TLvXtp5bYnmCjf_otZw0M2NPleeb interviews and gets schooled by amazing peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKo5_C6vyIphjsMD7c_fbMwProfessor Pleeb Lectureshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TISAuNvqAdpOexm08Gc8yVhPleeb’s old video essayshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJpzDw4TRjnW3zR9Al-3_JxPleeb’s Assisted Readings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKnWyq5fxA5pMTAMtxGzuExMUSIC CREDITSRoyalty Free Planet - EVA - Rear ViewLicense:Creative Commons Attribution 3.0http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicenseMike Chino – Demigods: https://youtu.be/M6wruxDngOkLicense: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 - http://bit.ly/RFP_CClicense