Theory & Philosophy
Welcome! My name’s David Guignion and I distill complicated philosophical and theoretical ideas for wide audiences. While ideas are important to help us understand the world, it is even more important to put ideas into action. Some of this channel’s key theoretical and pragmatic influences include, but are not limited to, Marxism, Decolonialization, Feminism, Gender and Queer theory, and Critical Race Theory. This channel’s content is recorded on the in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, comprised of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Huron/Wendat, Abenaki, and Anishinaabeg. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIq2xNjGAof0cCUaKbco6HQ
Episodes
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Eunsong Kim's "The Politics of Collecting" (Interview)
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
Saturday Nov 01, 2025
*Note: The Getty was meant to collect pre-20th century Western European art, not just 19th century Western European art, as per Paul Getty's will*
In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Eunsong Kim, Associate Professor of English at Northeastern, to discuss her new book, "The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property."
You can purchase it from the publisher here who's currently holding a sale (not a sponsorship): https://read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/3382/The-Politics-of-CollectingRace-and-the
You can access Offshoot Journal with this link: https://offshootjournal.org/
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Patricia Hill Collins' "Black Feminist Thought" (Part 2 of 2)
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
Saturday Oct 18, 2025
In this episode, I cover chapters 5-12 of Patricia Hill Collins' "Black Feminist Thought."
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Saturday Oct 04, 2025
Patricia Hill Collins' "Black Feminist Thought" (Part 1 of 2)
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
Saturday Oct 04, 2025
In this episode, I cover chapters 1-4 of Patricia Hill Collins' "Black Feminist Thought."
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Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Hegel vs. Kant
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
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.
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Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Immanuel Kant's "Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science"
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
Saturday Aug 09, 2025
In this episode, I cover Immanuel Kant's "Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science."
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Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Immanuel Kant's "Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics"
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
Saturday Jul 26, 2025
In this episode, I cover Immanuel Kant's "Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics."
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Saturday Jul 12, 2025
Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism" (Part 3 of 3)
Saturday Jul 12, 2025
Saturday Jul 12, 2025
In this episode, I cover part two of Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism."
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Saturday Jun 28, 2025
Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism" (Part 2 of 3)
Saturday Jun 28, 2025
Saturday Jun 28, 2025
In this episode, I cover part two of Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism."
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Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism" (Part 1 of 3)
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
In this episode, I cover part one of Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism."
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Saturday May 10, 2025
José Vasconcelos' "The Cosmic Race" with Dr. Alison Posey
Saturday May 10, 2025
Saturday May 10, 2025
In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Alison Posey, Postdoctoral Researcher in Duke University's Department of Romance Studies (Spanish) to discuss José Vasconcelos' "The Cosmic Race."
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