Theory & Philosophy

Michel Foucault's "My Body, This Paper, This Fire"

In this episode, I present Michel Foucault's "My Body, This Paper, This Fire" which is Foucault's response to Jacques Derrida's critique of "Madness & Civilization."
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What is Cruel Optimism? | Lauren Berlant | Keyword

In this episode, I try to explain what Lauren Berlant means by "cruel optimism."
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Jacques Derrida's "Cogito and the History of Madness"

In this episode, I tackle Jacques Derrida's "Cogito and History of Madness" which is Derrida's critique of Michel Foucault's use of René Descartes.
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Derrida vs. Foucault

In this episode, I prepare for what will follow for the next two weeks: an elaboration on the conflict between Derrida and Foucault on the topic of mad-identified people.
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Sherene Razack's "The Body as Placeless: Memorializing Colonial Power"

In this episode, I present Sherene Razack's "The Body as Placeless: Memorializing Colonial Power," a very important text exploring the ongoing colonization of Indigenous bodies in Canada.
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Slavoj Žižek's "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce"

In this episode, I present Slavoj Žižek's "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce." I'm hard on Žižek here, but in any case this text serves as a good introduction to his philosophy.
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Criticizing "Conspiracism" (Rosenblum and Muirhead)

Something a little different this week (don't worry, this won't be a trend). I just thought I would upload a talk I gave that relates to my dissertation work. Specifically, I argue here about the limitations of Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead notion of "conspiracism" in their book, A Lot of People are Saying.
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What are Conspiracy Panics? | Jack Z. Bratich | Keyword

In this episode, I take a little detour through my own research to present Jack Z. Bratich's idea of "conspiracy panics."
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Michel Foucault's "What is an Author?"

In this episode, I present Michel Foucault's brilliant but complicated essay, "What is an Author?"
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What is the Social? | Hannah Arendt | Keyword

In this episode, I present Hannah Arendt's notion of the "social."
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