Episode #074 ... Hegel Returns| Listen on Anghami

Aug 8

Episode #251 ... You Must Change Your Life, Pt. 2 - The Worlds That Make Us

Today we talk more about Peter Sloterdijk’s book You Must Change Your Life. We talk about Heidegger, the subject-object view of the world, how environments form us, symbolic immunity, modern cynicism, vertical tension, base camps, civilizations as collective immune systems, and w ... Show More

35m 25s

Jul 14

Episode #250 ... You Must Change Your Life. - Peter Sloterdijk

Today we talk about half of the book You Must Change Your Life by Peter Sloterdijk. From criticism towards views of change that he thinks are far too centered on belief and moral strength, to a reworking of how to view human beings at the level of anthropology. We talk about how ... Show More

35m 59s

Jun 27

Episode #249 ... The Trap of Modern Cynicism - Peter Sloterdijk

Today we talk about the book Critique of Cynical Reason by Peter Sloterdijk. Cynicism as a defense mechanism. Why the cynic isn't crazy. The way it ladders up into institutions and infects things like our language. Diogenes as a counter example of a mode of being that rejects pie ... Show More

34m 23s

Aug 2021

PREMIUM-Ep. 275: Hegel's Project in the "Phenomenology of Spirit" (Part Two)

Continuing on the Introduction, we get into more detail on Hegel's goal and his tricky terminology. If you're not hearing the full version of this part of the discussion, sign up via one of the options described at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support.

11m 51s

Aug 2021

Ep. 275: Hegel's Project in the "Phenomenology of Spirit" (Part One)

On G.W.F. Hegel's 1807 opus: A series of treatments of various theories in epistemology (among other things), seeing how they're internally incoherent, which then moves us to more sophisticated theories. Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up ... Show More

1 h

Aug 2025

Hegel vs. Kant

In this episode, I explain Hegel's criticisms of Kant philosophical efforts and their shortcoming in accounting for the actual operation of the faculties of understanding and reason in the world, in The Phenomenology of Spirit. Please consider donating to one of the following org ... Show More

14m 12s

Dec 2023

78: Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic

GWF Hegel is one of the most difficult philosophers in the western canon, but today we’ attempt to demystify him. In this episode, we’ll break down Hegel’s phenomenology, the dialectic, and the Hegelian understanding of desire. Our concrete entrypoint into the thought of Hegel is ... Show More

1h 18m

Nov 2023

Heidegger vs. Kant

In this episode, I explain Heidegger's critique of Kant in "Being and Time." If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion Tiktok: @theoryphilosophy IG: @theory_ ... Show More

9m 36s

Mar 2021

Martin Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology"

In this episode, I present Martin Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology." 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: @theory_and_philosophy

28m 36s

Dec 2023

Slavoj Žižek on Marx, Hegel, Politics, Films, Burgers and Hot Dogs… and a lot more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek to discuss his latest books, Marx and Hegel, contemporary political situation, film and novels, as well as many other topics. You can listen to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/crisisandcritique If ... Show More

1h 47m

Aug 2021

PREMIUM-Ep. 276: Hegel on Perception (Part Two)

Focusing on The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), ch. 2 "Perception." Hegel's critique of the adequacy of perceptual knowledge has metaphysical aspects: The relation of substance to properties, properties to each other, and things to other things and to the perceiver all create dif ... Show More

10m 48s