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Zizek Goes Monarchist? // 171
We discuss Zizek's Hegelian defense of a monarchy to solve the problem of democracy.
https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/in-defense-of-hegels-notion-of-…
2 years ago
Charles Taylor on The Malaise of Modernity // 96
Get the book (it's easy and small:https://amzn.to/3KxgjB3) or listen to the lectures by Charles Taylor starting here: https://youtu.be/j_losVdiARc?si…
2 years ago
Pill Pod 170 - The Ethical Dilemma of Killing Nazi Children (Preview)
We continue reading Simone DeBeauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity, and try to sus out its particular ethical dilemmas.
The full episode and many more are av…
2 years ago
Existentialism is un/ethical // 169
We read Simone DeBeauvoir's defense of Existentialism as an ethic that is not hyper-individualistic, nihilistic or absurdist.
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2 years ago
PP168 - Ecomarxism (preview)
This is a preview of one of many exclusive episodes available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
Here is your homework in the meanwhile: https://…
2 years ago
Schopenhauer: Christianity is the Worst Religion // 167
We look at Schopenhauer's comparison of various religions' metaphysical explanations for suffering, and why conservative celebrities are converting t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Yarvin vs. Rufo: Dissident Right Fight Night // 165
Deviating from our usual strategies for the leftist future, we look to the strategists of the conservative future, as discussed in this article, wher…
2 years, 2 months ago
Pill Pod 163 - How to Control a Democracy ft. 1Dime
This week we discuss how modern liberal democracies co-opt resistance and adapt to internal opposition as a mechanism of inverted totalitarian contro…
2 years, 2 months ago
Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction // 162 (preview)
Erik and Pills read Walter Benjamin's most famous essay (and perhaps the most famous essay of critical theory), The Work of Art in the Age of Mechani…
2 years, 2 months ago
Pill Pod 161 - Andy Warhol and the End of Art
We're still on why everything's ending, this time with another pillar of civilization: art, and modern art in particular. Part of the discussion come…
2 years, 3 months ago