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Back to SearchEpisode #219 ... Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
Today we talk about the philosophical themes that Dostoevsky had in mind when writing Crime and Punishment. We talk about Russian Nihilism and its co…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode #218 ... Dostoevsky - Notes From Underground
Today we talk about the philosophical themes of one of Dostoevsky's most famous books: Notes From Underground. We talk about contemplative inertia, t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode #217 ... Religion and Nothingness - Kyoto School pt. 2 - Nishitani
Today we talk about expanding our view of what a religious quest includes. The limits of dualistic thinking. Technological enframing and obsession wi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode #216 ... The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism - Kyoto School pt. 1 - Nishitani
Today we look at the work of Keiji Nishitani. We examine Nihilism in a deeper way than we've ever covered on the podcast before. We talk about The Gr…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode #215 ... How Mysticism is missing in our modern lives. (Critchley, Heidegger)
Today we talk about whether it's possible to achieve not just freedom of the will, but freedom from the will. The technological enframing of reality …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode #214 ... Framing our Being in a completely different way. (Heidegger)
Today we look at Heidegger's critique of metaphysics and the traditional subject-object framing in philosophy. How multiple framings are necessary fo…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode #213 ... Deleuze Interprets Nietzsche (Difference, Joy, Affirmation)
Today we talk about Deleuze's interpretation of Nietzsche's work. We talk about difference taken to radical new levels. The image of thought from the…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode #212 ... Nietzsche and Critchley on the tragic perspective. (Amor Fati pt. 2)
Today we begin by talking about Nietzsche's concept of life-affirmation. Contrasting it with the renunciative, rational traditions of Western thought…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode #211 ... Nietzsche returns with a hammer!
Today we talk about Nietzsche's views on the decay of western society. We talk about his problems with Socrates. The genealogy of Egalitarianism that…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode #210 ... The Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paulo Freire, Education)
We talk about Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. His critique of the banking model of education. The importance of critical consciousness. His…
1 year, 9 months ago