Episode #04: The Geology of Morals

02/15/21 • 96 min

God is a lobster, or a double pincer, a double bind.

Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus

This week, Sean and Matt are joined by a new buddy, Corey! Together, they talk about what is likely the most notorious text in Deleuze and Guattari’s oeuvre. Topics covered include geology, North Korea, theory-fiction and the humiliation of structuralism.

Listen below or, alternatively, find us on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud, Podbean and YouTube.

If you would like to read along with us, this discussion was primarily based on “10,000 B.C.: The Geology of Morals (Who Does the Earth Think It Is?)”, taken from Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus.

The Buddies Without Organs podcast theme tune was written and recorded by George Rennie.

God is a lobster, or a double pincer, a double bind.

Deleuze and Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus

Listen below or, alternatively, find us on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud, Podbean and YouTube.

The Buddies Without Organs podcast theme tune was written and recorded by George Rennie.

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Episode #05: On the Superiority of Anglo-American Literature

It is possible that writing has an intrinsic relationship with lines of flight. To write is to trace lines of flight which are not imaginary, and which one is indeed forced to follow, because in reality writing involves us there, draws us in there. To write is to become, but has nothing to do with becoming a writer. That is to become something else.

Gilles Deleuze, “On the Superiority of Anglo-American Literature”

This week, Sean, Matt and Corey talk about literature, gay Plato, lines of flight, Georges Bataille, the Situationists, whiteness, the American frontier, DH Lawrence, Kurtz-gradients, Leslie Fiedler, Game of Thrones, Saint Paul, secrets, treachery, and what it means to be a writer.

Listen below or, alternatively, find us on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud, Podbean and YouTube.

If you would like to read along with us, this discussion was primarily based on “On the Superiority of Anglo-American Literature”, taken from Deleuze’s 1980 book Dialogues II.

The Buddies Without Organs podcast theme tune was written and recorded by George Rennie.