Professor Kozlowski Lectures

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Professor Kozlowski lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Theology, and the Humanities. For a list of courses and projects, visit his website at: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    Faust Scenes 10-19

    Professor Kozlowski finally reaches plot development in Goethe's Faust, Part One.  He discusses Margareta as a character, Faust's (and the audience's) relationship to her, and the looming sense of destruction hanging over everyone.  What could go wrong?

    1h 31m

  2. 5 JAN

    Gatsby's party sucked.

    Professor Kozlowski, introvert and buzzkill extraordinaire, poops on that most famous of lavish, extravagant parties: the one thrown by Gatsby in Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby. A century of interpreters have mythologized this party as a symbol of doomed American innocence and romance - an innocence Hollywood and the Trump administration seem determined to re-create. Are we right to idolize the rich, raucous world of Gatsby's roaring twenties - or does the party just suck? To see what other literary classics Professor Kozlowski can ruin for you, check out his website: ProfessorKozlowski.wordpress.com If you want to contribute to Professor Kozlowski's war on fun, please consider his Patreon: patreon.com/professorkozlowski

    2h 36m

  3. 20/09/2025

    History of Social Thought - Debrief

    Professor Kozlowski wraps up his study of political philosophy by discussing the ups and downs of the project, summarizing some of the most important findings, and musing about the future (which will hopefully contain less Hobbes). If you're interested in Professor Kozlowski's other online projects or want to keep up with his work, visit his website: professorkozlowski.wordpress.com If you would like to contribute to Professor Kozlowski's work, please visit his Patreon: patreon.com/ProfessorKozlowski Donations are always appreciated, and mean more time devoted to online projects instead of paid classes! If you'd like to contact Professor Kozlowski directly, use: profbkozlowski2@gmail.com

    1h 2m

  4. 20/09/2025

    Language and Propaganda

    Professor Kozlowski concludes his series on political philosophy with a look at the nature of propaganda and its (often-unnoticed) effect on language. By examining the ideas of George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language," Harry Frankfurt's "On B******t," and Jason Stanley's How Propaganda Works, we aspire to reach a deeper understanding of how language can serve, insidiously and invisibly, as propaganda. Finally, by examining some excerpts of Amartya Sen's The Idea of Justice, we can see how we can clarify and combat these efforts to confuse and confound our discussions of justice and political decency.

    1h 44m

  5. 19/09/2025

    Place and Cosmopolitanism

    Today Professor Kozlowski investigates a grab bag of other political perspectives, including the radical Utilitarianism of Peter Singer's "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," the Cosmopolitanism prescribed by Martha Nussbaum, and the Native American perspectives on land, community, and individuality discussed by V. F. Cordova and Ted Jojola in their writings. It may not add up to a cogent perspective, but it should offer some enlightening critique of the dominant systems we've discussed so far.

    1h 48m

  6. 16/09/2025

    Care

    The Ethics of Care presents one of the most cogent and effective alternatives to liberal government theory current today. It is revolutionary, empathetic, inclusive, and compelling. Today, Professor Kozlowski outlines the theory and practice of the Ethics of Care (as presented in Held's The Ethics of Care and Pirate Care by Graziano et al.) as a culmination of his discussions of liberal theory, anarchism, activism, and contemporary political practice. This is what the future could look like, folks. Don't miss it. Additional readings today include: Graeber, Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Silko, Ceremony and a double video game recommendation - probably two of the greatest politically-minded games ever made: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Shadowrun: Dragonfall

    2h 15m

  7. 14/09/2025

    Activism

    Professor Kozlowski examines some of the most famous political activists of the twentieth century. Remember that all opinions expressed in this lecture are opinions, both for the speaker and the readings cited, and that you should trust the research, not the authority of the researcher. Today's readings include: Gandhi, Indian Home Rule Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth MLK Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet Malm, How to Blow Up a Pipeline Additional readings include: bell hooks' Ain't I a Woman? De Beauvoir's The Second Sex Warner, The Trouble With Normal Foucault, Ethics Keller, Out of the Dark DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk Deloria, Custer Died for Your Sins MLK Jr., A Gift of Love Delany, Dhalgren LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness Butler, The Parable of the Sower Gilman, Herland Schuyler, Black No More Ellison, Invisible Man Kushner, Angels in America and for my video game fans: 1979: Black Friday

    3h 18m

  8. 09/09/2025

    Communism and Anarchism

    Professor Kozlowski continues testing the limits of algorithmic censorship with a discussion of Communism and Anarchism. No references to the Cookbook here, but we are going to look deeply at some widely varied ideas underlying Anarchist thought, and their justifications for fighting against the state, as well as the underpinning ideas of many 20th century activist movements (which we will discuss in the next lecture). Today's readings are: Lenin's What is to be Done? and The State and Revolution Kropotkin's "Law and Authority" Tolstoy's The Kingdom of God is Within You Goldman's "Anarchism" Additional Readings include: Thoreau, "On Civil Disobedience" Mills, The Sociological Imagination Foucault, Discipline and Punish The Chomsky Reader Orwell, Homage to Catalonia Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway, To Have and Have Not Huxley, Island Sholokhov, And Quiet Flows the Don LeGuin, The Dispossessed And, of course, the preeminent masterpiece of video games about politics: Disco Elysium

    3h 14m
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Professor Kozlowski lectures on various subjects in Philosophy, Theology, and the Humanities. For a list of courses and projects, visit his website at: https://professorkozlowski.wordpress.com/

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  • Creator
    Benjamin Kozlowski
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    286
  • Rating
    Explicit
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