A standard way of proceeding in political philosophy is to start with some form of conceptual inquiry: we first try to figure out what justice, equality, and freedom are and only then we may eventually begin thinking about how these goods might be pursued and achieved. On this approach, although social activism is perhaps necessary to counteract the worst ki ... Show More
Feb 18
John Drabinski, "So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlantic" (Northwestern UP, 2025)
What happens if we turn to James Baldwin, not just for the amazing quotations and excellent photos, but as a critical theorist? What if we read his nonfiction philosophically? What can Baldwin help us understand and do now? In So Unimaginable a Price: Baldwin and the Black Atlant ... Show More
59m 4s
Feb 10
Ellen Clarke, "The Units of Life: Kinds of Individual in Biology" (Oxford UP, 2025)
While we tend to think of biological individuals in terms of paradigmic cases – a dog, a starfish, a bacterium – our ordinary criteria for distinguishing one individual from another are inadequate for making these distinctions in general. If a starfish can literally split itself ... Show More
1h 8m
Feb 1
Gina Schouten, "The Anatomy of Justice" (Oxford UP, 2024)
“Liberal egalitarianism” refers to a family of political views that are “liberal” in taking individual rights to be of premier importance and “egalitarian” in holding that justice requires that political, social, and economic inequalities be minimized as much as possible. The sta ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2020
Réjane Sénac - L'égalité, sans concession
Réjane Sénac est directrice de recherche CNRS au Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po, et membre du comité de pilotage du programme de recherche et d’enseignement des savoirs sur le genre - PRESAGE.
Dans son essai “L'égalité sans condition”, elle déconstruit le mythe ... Show More
57m 12s
Mar 2024
Nous faire justice | Genre et climat, même combat
<p><strong>Quels sont les rapports entre inégalités de genre et catastrophes climatiques ? </strong>À première vue, on pourrait croire que ces deux sujets n’ont rien à voir. Mais en réalité, ces injustices reposent sur un même système d’exploitation : un système capitaliste, extr ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 2023
Building a Just World: How Our Laws Express Our Collective Values & the Challenge of Uplifting Our Values, Law, and Society (Part 2)
<p><strong>Ep. 82 (Part 2 of 2) | </strong>Constitutional law expert and criminal justice professor <strong>Mark Fischler</strong> has a thirst for justice and a gift for teaching. With cogency and passion, Mark explains that law is not the absolute that we perhaps thou ... Show More
1h 1m
Mar 2017
Intersectionality: Identity Politics and Class Consciousness.
Brett sits down with two university professors of sociology and a masters candidate in sociology to discuss the issues of intersectionality, the weaknesses of class-less identity politics and of class reductionism, the influence of Karl Marx on the field of sociology, Malcolm X a ... Show More
1h 1m
Aug 2017
Marxist Feminism: The Struggle Against Capitalist Patriarchal Hegemony
Raechel Anne Jolie is an educator, an activist, a yogi, a Media Studies PhD, a vegan, a podcaster, and a writer. Her writing has been featured in Bitch Magazine, The Daily Dot, The Huffington Post, (and more), and she's been interviewed as an expert in her field for Rolling Stone ... Show More
1h 1m