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Pill Pod 171 - Zizek Goes Monarchist
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We discuss Zizek's Hegelian defense of a monarchy to solve the problem of democracy. https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/in-defense-of-hegels-notion-of-monarchy/ Get all our episodes for free, ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 96 - The Malaise of Modernity (Taylor's Version) *UNLOCKED*
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Pill Pod 170 - The Ethical Dilemma of Killing Nazi Children (Preview)
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We continue reading Simone DeBeauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity, and try to sus out its particular ethical dilemmas. The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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PP169 - Is Existentialism Ethical?
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We read Simone DeBeauvoir's defense of Existentialism as an ethic that is not hyper-individualistic, nihilistic or absurdist. Get all our episodes for free, ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Here's the homework: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/ambiguity/Av Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 167 - Schopenhauer: Christianity is the Worst Religion
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We look at Schopenhauer's comparison of various religions' metaphysical explanations for suffering, and why conservative celebrities are converting to the dumbest one. Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Schopenhauer on the Sufferings of the World: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10…
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Pill Pod 165 - Dissident Right Fight Night: Yarvin vs. Rufo
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Deviating from our usual strategies for the leftist future, we look to the strategists of the conservative future, as discussed in this article, where Christopher Rufo debates Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin. It was pretty anti-climactic so we also veered into some more Moldbuggery found here. Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at h…
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Pill Pod 163 - How to Control a Democracy ft. 1Dime
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This week we discuss how modern liberal democracies co-opt resistance and adapt to internal opposition as a mechanism of inverted totalitarian control. Our guest is Tony from 1Dime, who made a video on what he calls "contained opposition", find it here: https://youtu.be/7uPevWDAYFI. Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.pa…
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Pill Pod 162 - Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (preview)
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Erik and Pills read Walter Benjamin's most famous essay (and perhaps the most famous essay of critical theory), The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Get this episode and all other exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 161 - Andy Warhol and the End of Art
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We're still on why everything's ending, this time with another pillar of civilization: art, and modern art in particular. Part of the discussion comes from Frederic Jameson's Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, the cover of which features a (particularly ugly) Warhol print (https://amzn.to/3PD4M6m). The other two books reference…
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Pill Pod 160 - Walter Benjamin on Leftist Content Creators (Preview)
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We read Walter Benjamin's (perhaps) undelivered address to the Anti-Fascist Club: The Author as Producer, and try to test whether or not it holds up. Get this episode and all other exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 159 - The End of the University
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Most everyone agrees that the university has failed its ideal, but few agree as to the reasons for why this happened. Did it get too arcane? Too expensive? Too woke? Maybe there's a bit of everything, but these explanations forget the most material cause: the private-sector vampires sucking it dry. We read a case study that you can find here Don't …
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Pill Pod 158 - Walter Benjamin & The Idea of History (preview)
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Pill Pod 157 - Progressive v. Reactionary Christianity ft. John Hamer
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Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills Although Conservative Christians are the most attention-seeking of the Flock, our patrons reminded us that there are progressive Christians out there. For the sake of fair and balanced reporting, we invited John Hamer from Centre Place Toronto to represent the …
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Pill Pod 156 - Christofascism
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Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills What if, instead of letting history end or disappear, we hit the rewind button and let the Church have another shot? We navigate through some stars in the Christofascist constellation and read Why Liberalism Failed (https://amzn.to/3waNh6l) to see what the worl…
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Pill Pod 155 - Jean Baudrillard & The Disappearance of History (preview)
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As all things disappear, we have our rountable on Baudrillard's "Illusion of the End." Get the full episode and all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasicpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 154 - Christian Intellectuals at the End of History
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Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills While no one is exactly happy that history has ended, few are quite as perturbed about it as Christian conservatives. We delved into a treasure trove of the Christian brain trust—"The Imaginative Conservative"—to piece together what they think history is for, a…
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Pill Pod 152 - Fukuyama on The End of History (preview)
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Adjusted for inflation, Francis Fukyama received $1,311,814.68 to write The End of History and the Last Man (https://amzn.to/3tPo5Bt); we want to see what $1,311,814.68 is worth. Get the full episode and many more at https://www.patreon.com/plasicpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 151 - The End of History
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We embark on the notion of "the end of history" by trying to figure out if we have an idea of history. This is mostly inspired by our reading of Fukuyama's book (https://amzn.to/3tPo5Bt) but the series won't be limited to it. Support our efforts and get the full series on https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills…
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Pill Pod 149 - Gothic Horror: Edgar Allen Poe & The Fall of The House of Usher
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Inspired by the new Netflix series, we read some Poe short stories and compared them to their TV adaptation. Victor Hainagiu (aka Litvic aka @horatiovictor) came on to help us put gothic horror into historical context. Half our episodes are here, but if you want the other half check us out on https://patreon.com/plasticpills…
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Pill Pod 148 - Badiou: Philosophy & Antiphilosophy
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Some oversimplified Badiou plus a look at Wittgenstein's Antiphilosophy (https://amzn.to/47xStiv) Want more episodes? Every other one is posted to https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 147 - Authenticity & Existentialism (preview)
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Dr. Phil battles Heidegger and Sartre. Get all of our episodes by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills.Av Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 146 - Heidegger on the Anaximander Fragment (preview)
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Anaximander, Apeiron, Heidegger, Derrida, Logocentrism. It's a mouthful. Get all of our full episodes by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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Pill Pod 145 - Metamodernism is just bad
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Postmodernism has fallen. All hail the new dumbuy cult: METAMODERNISM. We took its FRESH NEW RADICAL academic wing out for a spin, as seen in this book: https://amzn.to/3So0kKH. Find tons of content from our all-powerful postmodern windmill at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAv Plasticpills
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There are no Democratic Systems (Pill Pod 144 Preview)
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