What does it mean to live in a world where relationships can vanish overnight, without explanation or closure? In this episode, Acid Horizon speaks with cultural theorist Dominic Pettman about his new book Ghosting: On Disappearance (Polity Press). Together we explore how ghosting unsettles intimacy, accountability, and narrative finality, reaching beyond dating apps into friendships, families, workplaces, and politics. Along the way we trace ghosting as both a form of psychic violence and a survival tactic, a symptom of our digitally mediated lives and a mirror of deeper patterns of absence in contemporary culture. Get the book: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=ghosting-on-disappearance--9781509569946#:~:text=%E2%80%9CGhosting%3A%20On%20Disappearance%2C%20takes,tend%20to%20no%20longer%20believe.%E2%80%9D Discount code: GHO20 Tickets for Durations Festival 2025: https://dice.fm/bundles/durations-2025-b5eo?dice_id=M7371ecc8865&_branch_match_id=1500447579897861230&utm_source=web&utm_campaign=visit_bundle&utm_medium=bundle&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXz8nMy9ZLyUxO1UvL1fc1NzY3TE1OtrAwM7WvK0pNSy0qysxLj08qyi8vTi2ydc4oys9NBQDPsz4mOwAAAA%3D%3D Support the show Support the podcast: Current classes at Acid Horizon Research Commons (AHRC): https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-main Website: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizon Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Boycott Watkins Media: https://xenogothic.com/2025/03/17/boycott-watkins-statement/ Join The Schizoanalysis Project: https://discord.gg/4WtaXG3Qxn Subscribe to us on your favorite podcast: https://pod.link/1512615438 Merch: http://www.crit-drip.com Subscribe to us on your favorite podcast platform: https://pod.link/1512615438 LEPHT HAND: https://www.patreon.com/LEPHTHAND Happy Hour at Hippel's (Adam’s blog): https://happyhourathippels.wordpress.com Split Infinities (Craig’s Substack): https://splitinfinities.substack.com/ Music: https://sereptie.bandcamp.com/ and https://thecominginsurrection.bandcamp.com/
