Euro Bureau of Literaturo: Recent Episodes
Tyler Hamilton
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The boys are joined by special guest Last Things to discuss Raymond Geuss' "Philosophy and Real Politics". They discuss Political Realism, the uses of political philosophy under a realist perspective and the failues of ethics-first approaches to political philosophy.
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The boys are joined by special guest Wendell to discuss the influential philosopher Leo Strauss, his esoteric readings of key texts in Western political thought and his influence on the American Conservative movement.
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Tyler is joined by Dr. Jim Madden, Philosopher of Mind and martial artist, to discuss his series of articles on the seminal work of philosopher Wilfred Sellars. Through a reading of Sellars' "Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man", we discuss the true underlying worldview conflict in philosophy of mind and philosophy itself, overcoming mind-body dualism, the irreducibility of the manifest image, and Sellars' hope for the scientific image to take precedence without destroying the manifest image.
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The original EBL crew (Tyler, Joel, Dorus and Josh) reunite for a special 50th episode for a discussion of philosopher Alasdair Macintyre's "After Virtue". In the first part, we focus on the first half of the book and discuss Macintyre's diagnosis of modernity's moral confusion, the problems of Weberian rational Bureaucracy, the limits of social science, the dominance and manipulation of emotivism, the theological engagement with Macintyre and a short critique of Macintyre's limits.
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The EBL Crew is joined by guest Gio of Content Minded to discuss the Canadian Philosopher and theorist of technology/media Marshall McLuhan's "Understanding Media". We discuss the new forms of media (internet, social media) within the context of McLuhan's "hot/cold media" distinction, the global village, and what sets McLuhan's analysis apart from the competing narratives of Marxism, Luddites, and Technological Determinists.
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For part 2 of our (Tyler, Joel, Josh) discussion of Hegel's Philosophy of Right, we move from Hegel's general argument to the specifics of how he applies them to the Law, Punishment, Marriage, Family, The State, and so on. We then offer some critiques, including on Hegel's theological views, before wrapping up with why you should both be critical and appreciative of Hegel's contributions.
Tyler, Josh and Joel encounter the Plato of Germany - Hegel - and break down Hegel's project and its enduring influence across disciplines of knowledge/spheres of politics. Situating the Philosophy of Right within Hegel's larger corpus, the boys discuss Hegel's metaphysics of Social Identity, Hegel's understanding of the limits of the moral point of view, Hegel's Communitarianism, and why one must grapple with Hegel if one wants to grapple with political thinking today.
In the conclusion of our discussion of Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology of Perception", we discuss the last section of the text and our final thoughts. We discuss Merleau-Ponty's corrective of the Cartesian Cogito, his Husserlian and Heideggeran-infused discussion of temporality, his critique of Absolute Freedom, the meta-political implications of his account of class consciousness, and finally, we compare Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. Discussing their key points of difference and convergence, I argue in favor of Merleau-Ponty over Heidegger. We end with our general conclusion on the text and phenomenology itself.
In Part 3 of our exploration of Merleau-Ponty's "Phenomenology of Perception", we turn to the questions Merleau-Ponty raises and answers about the perceived world, discovering the radicality of Merleau-Ponty's arguments. The topics included are the perception of space, modalities of spatiality, sensation and qualia as motor physiognomy, the perception of movement and depth, MP's view on truth, the religious domains of the discovery of primordial pre-reflective consciousness, and political implications/lessons from MP's worldview.
In part 2 on the Phenomenology of Perception, Josh, Rory and Tyler discuss Merleau-Ponty's section on The Body. We break down the Object-Horizon Structure, the phenomenological understanding of disorders such as Phantom Limb Syndrome, the Body as Primordial Habit and much more.
The boys reunite to introduce and discuss the work of seminal phenomenological philosopher and precursor of Embodied Cognition, Maurice Merleau-Ponty. We discuss why phenomenology matters, the critique of the empiricism and intellectualism in MP's day and our own, the concept of intentionality from Aquinas, Brentano, Husserl and MP, the Cartesian Cogito as the central antagonist to MP's own thought, and the 'contextual worldy 'sense' of sensation.
EBL reassembles with Tyler, Joel and Gio. We discuss the highly influential text on ideological state apparatuses by the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser. We evaluate Althusser's arguments on the embodied and lived aspects of ideological reproduction of the means of production, how his argument both turns Marxism on its head but remains constrained by its dialectical materialist foundations.
Tyler, Josh and Joel revive EBL for a discussion of Jean Baudrillard's 1983 text "Simulacra and Simulation". They discuss Baudrillard's insistence that symbols and signs in our contemporary society are no longer representing something, standing for something, or obscuring a reality underneath. Instead, reality is replaced by meaningless signs that make up our experience received through the media. All meaning becomes mutable. We discuss and at various times, critique Baudrillard.
The EBL gang speaks with renowned novelist, Renaud Camus. This one has sound issues over connection, we apologize.
I reunite with my former co-host for a discussion on the philosophy of temporality in Husserl, Bergson and Deleuze. We discuss time consciousness, space and time, and generativity in Deleuze.
The EBL crew assembles to continue their series from Ancient to Middle Ages Philosophy, picking up where we left off on Saint Augustine's City of God. Topics we discuss from Saint Augustine's vast body of work here include torture, the critique of stoicism, happiness in the eternal, the human good, self defense, different types of Imperium, and reconciliation without subsumation.
Tyler, Jefferson and Josh assemble to continue their series on ancient to medieval philosophy, now turning their attention to one of the most influential thinkers on both Christianity and Western thought, Saint Augustine.
Part 2 of Political Platonism with Professor Aleksandr Dugin. We will be finishing off the submitted questions from the previous show!
The EBL crew is joined by the important and influential Russian Philosopher/Political Analyst Aleksandr Dugin for a dialogue on Political Platonism.
The EBL crew convenes once again to continue their discussion of Aristotle's "Politics". Taking up themes from books 5-8, they discuss revolution and instability, the means towards human flourishing, education of the young and the virtuous citizen, and Aristotle's suggestions for the mixed regime.
The EBL crew continues their look at Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, turning to Aristotle's "Politics" and discovers ancient answers to contemporary crisis.
The EBL crew convenes once again for the second part of their discussion on Plato's Republic, with the themes of speech and censorship forming the wrap-around topic.
The EBL crew inaugurates a new series on political philosophy from Ancient to Medieval. We begin with Plato's "The Republic".
The EBL crew is joined by special guest Alex McNabb for a discussion of Michel Foucault's 1978-79 series of lectures titled "The Birth of Biopolitics". The crew examines facets of neoliberalism in the light of Foucault's classic treatise.
The EBL crew discusses George Grant's seminal text "Lament for a Nation", a key text for understanding Canada and Canadian Nationalism written during a turbulent time in Canadian history. Grant's warning about the universal homogeneous state brought forth by American Empire contains historical lessons shedding light on the current state of Canada and philosophical directions for the future of any nationalism.
Me, Jefferson, and Josh are joined by Cultured Thug to discuss the theory and praxis of revolution.
The EBL crew begin a two-part discussion of Slavoj Zizek's "The Sublime Object of Ideology".
EBL crew discusses the Marx of the Managerial Class, the Hegel of the European Union, Jurgen Habermas.
EBL crew discusses the Marx of the Managerial Class, the Hegel of the European Union, Jurgen Habermas.
The EBL crew, with guests Nullus and Donald Kent, discuss Walter Benjamin's "Work of Art in the age of Mechanical Reproduction".
The EBL crew is joined by special guest Richard Heathen for the first episode in a series on Cultural Marxism, To kick off the series, we take a look at Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer's "Dialectic of Enlightenment: This seminal text written in 1944 is one of the cornerstone texts of the Frankfurt School and Critical Theory.
The EBL crew (Tyler and FZ) are joined by special guest Dr. Ricardo Duchesne and Zero Schizo to discuss Aleksandr Dugin's Fourth Political Theory. We will explicit on just what Dugin's Fourth Political Theory is and pose some questions and challenges to the crucial deadlocks of postmodernity. With, against or beyond Dugin.
For the final episode in the Carl Schmitt series, the EBL crew looks at parts two and three of Agamben's "Homo Sacer" to reveal the biopolitical paradigm of the modern.
The EBL crew discusses the first section of Giorgio Agamben's "Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life".
The EBL crew discusses Jacques Derrida's deconstructive reading of Carl Schmitt in this second part of the Schmitt series.
The full episode was unfortanutely not able to happen so we took the opportunity to introduce Derrida and his reading of Schmitt so the audience has the background for the proper episode next week. Thank you all for your support and see you there!
The EBl crew is rejoined by Richard Spencer and joined by new special guest Nils Wegner to discuss Carl Schmitt's "Political Theology" This is the first in a 4-part series on Carl Schmitt and his readers.
The EBL crew (Tyler and FZ) are joined by special guest Dr. Ricardo Duchesne and Zero Schizo to discuss Aleksandr Dugin's Fourth Political Theory. We will explicit on just what Dugin's Fourth Political Theory is and pose some questions and challenges to the crucial deadlocks of postmodernity. With, against or beyond Dugin.
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