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Phronesis Athwart
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Welcome to Phronesis, a show dedicated to issues in political philosophy. Each episode will take a close look at important essays and ideas in political and social thought—linking them to historical and contemporary debates. Which is to say, finding where they are discussed in the footnotes to Plato. Presented by William Lombardo and Bradley Davis.
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Josef Pieper, "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power"
Phronesis Episode Notes
In this episode, Will and Brad discuss Josef Pieper's "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Intellect"
Episode Notes
For this episode, we were joined by special guest John Holzwarth, Assistant Professor with Term in Political Science at Lewis & Clark College. We discussed Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture and essay, "Intellect."
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Benjamin Fondane, "Man Before History"
Episode Notes
In this episode we discuss Benjamin Fondane's essay "Man Before History: The Sound and the Fury" available in the volume Existential Monday. We are joined by Aaron Cummings, a PhD student in the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, who previously wrote on Fondane for Athwart.
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The Genealogy of Morals and Warspeak
Episode Notes
In this episode, we are joined by St. John's College Tutor Michael Grenke to discuss Lise van Boxel's Warspeak: Nietzsche’s Victory over Nihilism and Friedrich Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals. Lise van Boxel's Warspeak, with an introduction from Grenke, is available from Political Animal Press.
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Gilles Deleuze, "Postscript on the Societies of Control"
Episode Notes
In this episode, we discuss Gilles Deleuze's "Postscript on the Societies of Control." We were joined by special guest Geoff Shullenberger, who writes at Outsider Theory among other outlets—including Athwart. Additionally, Geoff recently launched an Outsider Theory podcast.
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Leo Strauss, "Religion and the Commonweal"
Episode Notes
For this episode, we are joined by Samuel Goldman, Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, executive director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom, and director of the Politics & Values Program. Professor Goldman's book After Nationalism:
Being American in an Age of Division is forthcoming this year.
We discussed Leo Strauss's lecture "Religion and the Commonweal in the Tradition of Political Philosophy," recently published in American Political Thought.
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Customer Reviews
Excited for the future of this podcast
Came across this when I searched Adam Vermeule’s name & stumbled upon these guys. Great thinking & can’t wait to see where this all goes
Stellar discussions on stellar texts
Phenomenal selection of essays so far. Bold discussions. Give it a listen!! Heres 4 interrelated suggestions for the hosts: 1) stick closer to the texts themselves. This might ground the conversations and prevent them from wandering too far afield/becoming too reflective 2) summarize the text’s context, direction and main arguments more clearly at the beginning of the discussion to give listeners who haven’t read it a better idea of what’s at stake. 3) tell us what you’ll be reading next so we can read along. 4) figure out your sound equipment! A fair deal of the Machiavelli episode was muted :( all that being said, thanks again for producing thoroughgoing conversations on worthy thinkers, keep it up!