Deleuze, Drugs, and Death: Psychedelic Thanatology at the End of Life (LEPHT HAND crossover)
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Enroll in classes now: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses Subcribe to LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND What if the psychedelic revolution in end-of-life care is less a liberation from the medicalization of death than its most seductive intensification? In this crossover episode of LEPHT HAND and Acid Horizon, SEREPTIE and Emma are joined by anthropologist Sujit Thomas, whose research on psychedelic thanatology cuts through therapeutic optimism to ask harder question...
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