Theory & Philosophy

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I finish my exploration of "One-Dimensional Man" by tracing Marcuse's take on the role of philosophy in late Capitalist society.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I turn my attention to the Frankfurt school giant, Herbert Marcuse and his "One-Dimensional Man." Marrying Marxism with Freudian psychoanalysis, Marcuse constructs an eloquent challenge to the tenets of late capitalism as relevant today as it was in the mid-twentieth century.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy This this episode I take up David Golumbia's book, "The Cultural Logic of Computation." Pairing the post-structuralist theoretical tradition with media theory, Golumbia takes aim at the systematic attempts to computationalize humanity.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy This text, a marker of what some call the late Baudrillard, presents some of Baudrillard's concerns for the age of simulation. From nuclear destruction to disease to disappearance, he leaves no theoretical stone unturned.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I turn my focus of posthumanism and Braidotti's seminal text, "The Posthuman." Braidotti's brand of posthumanism is a Deleuzian one, seeing the potential of becoming and deterritorialization to oppose the oppressive logic of commodification and identity in late capitalism.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I try to present a coherent thread through Nietzsche "On the Genealogy of Morality." While it may easily be argued that Nietzsche dissuades any methodical reading of his work, I try to contextualize his arguments within the broader theme of the book and bring his ideas into the 21st century

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I present Mary Beard's "Women & Power." The strength of Beard's text is her genealogical account of women being silenced throughout our history. I also try to simultaneously justify and challenge some of the liberal feminist notions that are present in this text.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode I tackles Baudrillard's enigmatic text, "The Transparency of Evil." I try to contextualize some of his more difficult claims within the broader spectrum of his work in order to construct a clear portrait of his project here.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I finish my dissection of the second volume to the History of Sexuality. In this episode, we get a glimpse of Foucault's excavation of Greek sexual customs and the subsequent emergence of individuality and subjectivity.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I continue my exploration of "The Use of Pleasure," the second volume to "The History of Sexuality" series. In this episode I take aim at the second and third sections, Dietetics and Economics respectively. In these sections we get a glimpse at Foucault's consideration of the Greek regimen around sexuality

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this part, we move to the second volume of the History of Sexuality. In this books, Foucault extends his temporal scope of sexuality to go as far back as the Greeks. Foucault does this for a number of reasons but may, I believe, be understood primarily as his move to dissuade the argument that asceticism, or the control of sexuality, is a ph...

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I take a detour into Flyvbjerg's "Making Social Science Matter," a text written nearly twenty years ago but is as relevant as ever given the current assault on the Social Sciences and Humanities in academia

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, Andrew and I continue our exploration of Illich's "Deschooling Society," setting our focus on the idea of an Epimethean Accelerationism.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I'm joined by PhD student, Andrew Woods, once again to discuss Ivan Illich's "Deschooling Society." We draw some fundamental distinctions between Illich's approach and those espoused by contemporary conservative thinkers in the effort to dismantle schools.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I continue my exploration of Foucault's seminal text. It is here that he presents an eloquent account of biopolitics and biopower in the maintenance and control of populations.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I begin my exploration of Foucault's brilliant exploration of that slippery concept called sexuality. In this one, I present Foucault's move away from the repressive hypothesis to theorize the way that the proliferation of sexuality marks the contemporary oppressive strategy.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy Silly Mistake: I meant to say James Baldwin, the African-American activist, not Jon Baldwin. In this episode, I try to defend some of Baudrillard's more problematic claims regarding gender and race by contextualizing those claims within his broader project. Also, I try to unravel some of his more enigmatic approaches to the bifurcation he draws...

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I dissect one of Baudrillard's most important, yet enigmatic, books, "The Perfect Crime." It is here that he makes clear some fundamental axioms pertaining to the nature of simulation and reality.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I turn my attention to Baudrillard's first book on the topic of war. I attempt to defend Baudrillard from some of the criticisms that have been mounted against him for some of his problematic claims by contextualizing this project within his entire theoretical corpus.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I turn my polemical eye to the second half of Lazzarato's text to highlight some of the more unclear claims that Lazzarto makes while presenting some of his very interesting insights

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I explore Maurizio Lazzarato's "Governing by Debt," a somewhat depressing book on the situation that we currently find ourselves here under advanced Capitalism. Aside from the depressing content matter, Lazzarato's provides some eloquent insights on the contemporary status of many other philosophers like Deleuze, Guattari, Schm...

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I tackles Baudrillard's "The Ecstasy of Communication." In this one, Baudrillard synthesizes some of his broadest ideas in a cohesive analysis of present day society.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I tackle Jean Baudrillard's "America." This book came out of Baudrillard's travels to America where he observed the desolate nothingness that was the American hologram.

https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I conclude my exploration of Calasso's "The Ruin of Kasch" by outlining his criticism of Marxism for failing to consider the possibility that it is society itself that is oppressive, not capital.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy In this episode, I explore the the lesser known Roberto Calasso and his "The Ruin of Kasch." Calasso is a thinker of sacrifice and ceremony, and proposes what these components of the 'old order' mean in the age of modernity. To do this, Calasso traverses from the tale of the ancient kingdom of Kasch to the Napoleonic politician Talleyrand to th...