May 2024
Mladen Dolar on the limits of psychoanalysis, Marx and Hegel, Beckett, theatre/opera… and a lot more
Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalytical theorist and cultural theorist, Mladen Dolar to discuss his forthcoming books on rumours and “The Riskiest Moments” reading(s) of Marx, limits or the end of psychoanalysis, Hegel, film and series, ... Show More
1h 36m
Dec 2022
Karl Popper’s ”The Conspiracy Theory of Society”
In this episode, I cover Karl Popper's short, yet important essay titled, "The Conspiracy Theory of Society." If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: @ ... Show More
10m 19s
Apr 2023
Michel Foucault’s ”The Punitive Society” (Part 2/4)
In this episode, I cover chapters 4,5,6 of Michel Foucault's "The Punitive Society." If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy TikTok: @theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion IG: ... Show More
42m 37s
In this episode, we discuss the social theory of the Kantian critical theorist Rainer Forst in his book Normativity and Power. We work through how well his theory of the relationship between power and reason accounts for economic domination, why he thinks power and violence ought to be distinguished, and whether critical theory can escape the problem of circ ... Show More