135 episodes
Humane Arts Wesley Cecil
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 14 Ratings
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I am a student of language and literature. I have been reading, writing, and studying for most of my life. I received a B.A. in English from Fresno State and then went on to receive an M.A. and Ph.D. in English at Indiana University. I am interested in literature, philosophy, history and gardening. For the last 16 years, I have been a teacher at Peninsula College and, when not working, reading, or writing, spend much of my time in my garden.
Note-Content belongs to Wes Cecil, this podcast mirrors his youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ff15w4ufviWfv9UfIuByA
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Identity Part Nine - Abstraction
A world filled with abstractions works to undermine our sense of self and community. This lectures explores the problem and offers a vague and likely unhelpful suggestion to look for the visceral whenever possible.
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Identity Part Eight - The Garden Of The Mind
This lecture explores the necessity of controlling what occupies our attention in a world the tends to undermine any sense of identity.
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Identity Part Seven - The Perils Of Marketing
This lecture explores how the marketing industry exploits our insecurities and essentially makes a bad situation much worse.
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Identity Part Six - Be Here Now
The sixth part of the identity series explores how our sense of where we are and when we are has been disrupted.
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Identity Part Five - The Attraction Of Abstraction
In an attempt to solve the complexities of the modern world we often look to abstractions to simplify the vast complexity we face. Understandable, but not really that helpful.
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Identity Part IV - Country To The City
This lecture explores some of the challenges that are persented when one enters urban spaces and encounters large groups of strangers.
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Customer Reviews
A great resource
I’ve listened to Wes Cecil’s lectures for a number of years now. They’re superb… insightful, well researched, funny, and importantly accessible. Cecil is a gifted teacher, I only wish I could take his courses in person.
Brilliant
I’ve been listening to these lectures for about two years now and though I’ve recently fallen behind in my listening I must say that I love the work of Dr Cecil. It rekindled my love of philosophy and literature and thinking for thinking’s sake and I must thank him for it.
A wonderful set of lectures on famous (and some not-so-famous) thinkers that doesn’t just rattle through their writings. Wes introduces the thinkers, gives their historical context and importance and also selves into their personal lives. This gives the subject matter so much more life and makes it extremely engaging and enjoyable. What’s more, it’s often pretty funny!
Wes, I’ll continue to listen and relentlessly recommend your work to my friends, coworkers, and anyone who’ll listen to me.
Thanks for doing what you do.
Wrong and delusional
Gets the basic facts wrong. Denies reality and science. Orthodox blue church theology in pure and fairly simple form. Avoid!