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Rupture
In this episode, Todd and Ryan discuss the theoretical idea of rupture. Further topics include: the difference between rupture and event; the differe…
7 years, 11 months ago
Surveillance, Punishment, Crime
On this episode, Todd and I discuss the interrelated terms of surveillance, punishment, and crime. We try to work through these terms from psychoanal…
8 years ago
Dialectics
In this episode, Todd and I discuss dialectics (as the title of the episode implies). After charting the historical development of the term, we focus…
8 years ago
Desire & Drive
In this episode, Todd and I work through two of psychoanalytic theory's most fundamental terms: desire and drive. Despite how fundamental these terms…
8 years, 1 month ago
Political Enjoyment
On this episode, Todd and I discuss enjoyment in contemporary politics. Working through enjoyment as a psychoanalytic idea, this episode focuses on t…
8 years, 1 month ago
Master Signifier
Thanks for tuning in to Why Theory. On this episode, Todd and I discuss three interrelated terms: the master signifier, the quilting point, and the u…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Universal and The Particular
In this episode, Todd and Ryan theorize the universal and particular as political concepts. The particular aims at aggregating an "all" and accepts t…
8 years, 2 months ago
Where to Start 3: Heidegger, Badiou, Agamben, Butler, Derrida
On this episode, Todd and Ryan discuss the following thinkers: Martin Heidegger (Start to 18 minutes) Recommended: Being and Time Alain Badiou (18 mi…
8 years, 3 months ago
Sports: Ideology, Enjoyment, Contradiction
Just in time for the World Cup to have already started comes this episode of Why Theory on Sports, Ideology, Enjoyment, and Contradiction. Todd and I…
8 years, 4 months ago
Where to Start 2: Hegel, Marx, Fanon, Deleuze, Foucault
Discussed in this episode: Hegel, Marx, Fanon, Deleuze, Foucault Recommended in this episode: Hegel Preface to Phenomenology of Spirit; Lesser Logic;…
8 years, 5 months ago