William S. Burroughs: “The Limits of Control“ and Its Influence on Deleuze

Linktree: We explore the origins of Deleuze’s concept of the Control society by taking a deep dive into the priest of the Beat Generation: William S. Burroughs. Taking cues from texts such as The Limits of Control, Nova Express, Naked Lunch, and his lectures on viral communication, we articulate the fundamental tension at the heart of control systems, how images can ’go viral’ in the age of social media, and explore Burroughs’ own accounts of communication and cut-up writing techniques in pursuit of an understanding of how to short-circuit these apparatuses today. Ill Will article: Support the podcast: Linktree: Acid Horizon on Patreon: Zer0 Books and Repeater Media Patreon: Merch: Order ’The Philosopher’s Tarot’: Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts: Happy Hour at Hippel’s (Adam’s blog): ​Revolting Bodies (Will’s Blog): ​Split Infinities (Craig’s Substack): ​Music: and