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David Engels is a Historian & Philosopher of History. Chair for  Roman History at the University of Brussels (ULB) and Research Professor  at the Instytut Zachodni. In this episode we discuss the second volume  of Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix...

James Franklin is the author of The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal , Corrupting the Youth: A History of Philosophy in Australia , What Science Knows and other books . In this episode we discuss the life and legacy of philosopher of David Stove, alongside discussions on woke culture, Marxism, equality, empiricism and more... Stove's work: https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au...

Gregory Shushan, PhD, is the leading authority on near-death  experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history. He  is the author of Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions,  Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations, and The Next World.  In this episode we discuss Near Death Experiences, mediumship, the effect of postmodernism on paranormal...

A live Q&A session which took place on Youtube, March 18th 2022.

This episode I'm joined by Glenn Cronin to discuss his book Disenchanted Wanderer: The Apocalyptic Vision of Konstantin Leontiev, alongside discussions on Russian literature and Orthodox Christianity. Cronin's book can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disenchanted-Wanderer-Apocalyptic-Konstantin-Leontiev/dp/1501760181 ---  Become part of the Hermitix community:  Hermitix Twitter -...

Ryan Duns is a Jesuit Priest works at the intersection of philosophy and systematic theology. He has published on Karl Rahner, Jean-Luc Marion,   René Girard, in this episode we discuss his book Spiritual Exercises for a Secular Age: Desmond and the Quest for God, alongside discussions  on the philosophy of horror, language, William Desmond, Charles Taylor and more.   Ryan's bo...

Aaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at  the University of Erfurt in Germany.  His main research focuses on the  History of Esotericism, the History and Philosophy of Science, Sacred  Space and Architecture, modern German Philosophy, and Science and  Technology Studies. In this episode we discuss his dissertation Disenchanting and Re-Enchantin...

Adam Robbert runs The Side View, and writes on topics such as a  philosophy as a way of life and askēsis. In this episode we discuss  Pierre Hadot's text Philosophy as a Way of Life.   Adam's site: https://aerobbert.com/  ---  Become part of the Hermitix community:  Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast  Support Hermitix:  Hermitix Subscript...

Grant Kaplan , Ph. D. is an associate professor of theology in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. In this episode we discuss his book René Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology, alongside discussions on mimetic rivalry, freedom, Christianity and the modern world and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https...

Mike is a 2021-2022 Guggenheim Fellow and a professor of European history at James Madison University in Virginia. In this episode we talk about his book The Far Reaches: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Social Renewal in Central Europe Mike Gubser , alongside discussions on Marxism, Heidegger, social ethics and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Herm...

Michael P. Federici is professor of political science and international  relations at Middle Tennessee State University. He is the author and  editor of multiple books on political philosophy. In this episode we  discuss the work of Orestes Brownson, alongside discussions Joseph De  Maistre, Protestantism, the Constitution, conservatism and more.  --- Become part of the He...

Mauricio Loza is a writer, designer and independent researcher working  in the intersection of technology, religion and  biopolitics. In this  episode we discuss Ioan Couliano's book, Eros and Magic in the Renaissance , alongside discussions on the Reformation, occultism, Giordano Bruno and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermi...

Tom Cheetham is an author, teacher, scientist and poet exploring creative  imagination and the imaginal in human life and culture. In this first  episode of two we discuss the work of Henry Corbin, Ivan Illich, and  Cheetham' text The World Turned Inside Out Cheetham's site is here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/ His online courses can be found here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/classe...

Tom Cheetham is an author, teacher, scientist and poet exploring creative imagination and the imaginal in human life and culture. In this first episode of two we discuss the work of Henry Corbin, Ivan Illich, and Cheetham' text The World Turned Inside Out Cheetham's site is here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/ His online courses can be found here: https://www.tomcheetham.com/classes --- Become part...

Sean Fleming is a research fellow in political theory at Cambridge. He  has recently published an article called ‘The Unabomber and the Origins of Anti-Tech Radicalism,’ which uses newly discovered archival material to uncover the ideas that inspired Ted Kaczynski. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subs...

Ashley Woodward is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee   and is a founding member of the Melbourne School of Continental   Philosophy. In this episode we discuss his book Lyotard and the Inhuman Condition , alongside discussions on the postmodern, art, the heat  death of the universe and more.   ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:   H...

Dr Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher of mind   who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza, and  in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. In this  episode we talk about his book Noumenautics, alongside discussions on  Schopenhauer, nihilism, panpsychism and more. --- Become part of the Hermitix communi...

I'm joined by Sean Kelly is professor of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies. In this episode we discuss his book Becoming Gaia: On the Threshold of Planetary Initiation, alongside discussions on climate change, the work of Bruno Latour, Gaia and integral philosophy. Purchase Kelly's book here: https://revelore.press/product/sean-kelly-becoming-...

This episode I'm joined once again by Todd McGowan to discuss his book The End of Dissatisfaction? Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment alongside discussions on Freud, capitalism and desire. --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://hermitix.net/subscribe/ Patreon - https://www....

A short lecture on the life of Edith Stein / St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.   Books used:   Edith Stein - Scaperlanda  Edith Stein - Herbstrith  Life in a Jewish Family - Stein  Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology - Moran --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscription - https://herm...

Question and Answer session with James - 6/1/2022 - Edited from a live Youtube recording.

John Zerzan is an anarchist and primitivist ecophilosopher and author. In this episode we discuss his latest book When We Are Human: Notes from the Age of Pandemics, alongside discussions on the death of civilization, anarcho-primitivism, modernity and more.  --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Support Hermitix: Hermitix Subscripti...

David F. Skrbina is a former Senior Lecturer in Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Michigan at Dearborn.  In this episode we discuss Ted Kaczynski's book Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How ---   Become part of the Hermitix community:   Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast   Support Hermitix:   Hermitix Subscription - https://he...

Sam Kunkel is a scholar specializing in Orphic literature, weird fiction and European symbolism. In this episode we discuss the recently released book A Beam of Sunlight in the Deep Forest—Mystical Prose Works by Édouard Schuré Purchase the book here : https://firsttoknock.com/products/a-beam-of-sunlight-in-the-deep-forest-mystical-prose-works-by-edouard-schure --- Become part of the Hermitix comm...

This episode I'm joined once again by writer and occultist John Michael  Greer, to discuss his book After Progress: Reason and Religion at the End of the Industrial Age, alongside discussions on belief, Christianity, Nietzsche, peak oil and more... --- Become part of the Hermitix community: Hermitix Twitter - https://twitter.com/Hermitixpodcast Hermitix Discord - https://discord.gg/77abuTVYNG...