Philosophize This! Stephen West
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- Culture et société
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Beginner friendly if listened to in order! For anyone interested in an educational podcast about philosophy where you don't need to be a graduate-level philosopher to understand it. In chronological order, the thinkers and ideas that forged the world we live in are broken down and explained.
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Episode #199 ... A conservative communist's take on global capitalism and desire. (Zizek, Marx, Lacan)
Today we talk about the distinction between left and right. Lacan's thoughts on desire. How Capitalism captures desire and identity. I would prefer not to. Moderately conservative communism. Hope you enjoy it! :)
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Episode #198 ... The truth is in the process. - Zizek pt. 3 (ideology, dialectics)
Today we go into a deeper explanation of ideology and dialectics. Liberal democratic capitalism is featured as a special guest. Hope you enjoy it! :)
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Episode #197 ... New Atheists and cosmic purpose without God - (Zizek, Goff, Nagel)
As we regularly do on this program-- we engage in a metamodernist steelmanning of different philosophical positions. Hopefully the process brings people some joy. Today we go from ideology, to New Atheism vs Creationism, to Aristotle, to Thomas Nagel, to Phillip Goff's new book called Why? The Purpose of the Universe.
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Episode #196 ... The improbable Slavoj Zizek - Part 1
Today we give an introduction to the thinking of Slavoj Zizek-- at least as much as is possible in ~35 mins. The goal is for this to be a primer for the rest of the series.
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Episode #195 ... Could Anarcho-Capitalism be the solution to our problems? - Anarchism pt. 4 (Rothbard, Friedman, Malice)
Today we talk more about anarchism.
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Episode #194 ... Do we really need the police? - Anarchism pt. 3 - (Gelderloos, Security)
Today we answer some questions about the potential security risks of an anarchist society.
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Top notch
could listen to this podcast non stop
Awesome podcast
As a sociologist i redescover on a new angle some of the scientist I studied in a fun, interesting absolutely comprehensible way. Stephen is doing a wonderful job with this podcast. Thank you for that.
Perfect
Perfect beginner friendly humorous podcast. It had been recommended to me by a friend and I have been binging ever since.