Theory & Philosophy

Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" (Part 2/2)

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In this episode, I finish up Butler's "Gender Trouble." It is this episode that I dissect Butler's elusive notion of "performativity" and the potential it houses to challenge the oppressive regimen of sex.

Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" (Part 1/2)

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Note: *I discuss performativity at beginning and end of next episode!* In this episode, I take on Butler's "Gender Trouble," a seminal text in the fields of feminism and post-structuralism. Butler argues that some strands of feminist thought mistakenly attribute a transcendental significance to the idea of 'woman' that fails to account for the modes of discourse/power that construct that identity.

Jean Baudrillard's "The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact"

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In this episode I explore what might be the last Baudrillard text I do. It is here that Baudrillard considers what is at stake with the advent of integral reality, the apotheosis of the oppressive simulacrum.

Jean Baudrillard's "Carnival & Cannibal/Ventriloquous Evil"

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In this text, we get a peak of Baudrillard's disdain for the West's global project of expansion, consuming otherness and thereby eradicating it under the pretense "scientific rationality," "truth," and "white superiority."

Shulamith Firestone's "The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution" (Part 2/2)

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In this episode, Andrew and I dive into the second half of Firestone's text to drive towards the destination she imagines a post-sex-dialectic world might look like.

Shulamith FIrestone's "The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution" (Part 1/2)

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In this episode, I'm joined by Andrew Woods, PhD candidate in Theory and Criticism, to discuss Shulamith's brave text that dives head first into the history of sexism in the United States and what can be done to overcome it.

Jean Baudrillard's "The Spirit of Terrorism"

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In this one, we turn to Baudrillard's infamous "The Spirit of Terrorism." This text gained him some notoriety because of his repudiation of Western global power and seeming exaltation of terrorism.

Paul Virilio's "Open Sky"

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In this episode, I turn to Virilio's open sky, a key text to understanding some of his central concepts and concerns. I'm rather hard on Virilio in this one, and I look forward to anyone disagreeing with me for that reason.

Jean Baudrillard's "Impossible Exchange" (Part 2/2)

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In this episode, I continue my presentation of this text paying close attention to Baudrillard's consideration of destiny, artificial intelligence and radical theory.

Jean Baudrillard's "Impossible Exchange" (Part 1/2)

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In this episode, I tackle Baudrillard's "Impossible Exchange." This text is necessary to understand some of his developed concerns regarding death, cloning and immortality, each of which has undergone a radical overhaul in the contemporary world.