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
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
In this episode, I'm joined by Hélène Bigras-Dutrisac, PhD student in Women's Studies and Feminist Research, to speak about Mariana Ortega's latest book, "In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self."
Link to Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy/overview
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
In this episode, I conclude my presentation of Jean Baudrillard's For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign. In it he begins his transition from an object-oriented Marxism toward a post-structuralist interested in the authority that signs have over our lives.
Link to Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy/overview
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Jean Baudrillard's "For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign" (First Half)
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
In this episode, I begin my presentation of Jean Baudrillard's For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign. In it he begins his transition from an object-oriented Marxism toward a post-structuralist interested in the authority that signs have over our lives.
Link to Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy/overview
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Michel Foucault's "The Archaeology of Knowledge" (Second Half)
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
In this episode, Alex and I conclude our discussion of Foucault's brilliant text.
Link to Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy/overview
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Michel Foucault's "The Archaeology of Knowledge" (First Half)
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
In this episode I'm joined by Alex to discuss Michel Foucault's brilliant text, The Archaeology of Knowledge.
Link to Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy/overview
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Jean Baudrillard's "The Consumer Society"
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
In this episode, I take a look at Jean Baudrillard's second book that lays out his political concerns for the 'new left.'
Link to Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy/overview
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Jean Baudrillard's "The System of Objects"
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
In this episode I present the core ideas from Jean Baudrillard's first book, The System of Objects.
Clearly influenced by his supervisor, Henri Lefebvre, Baudrillard explores what mass consumption of objects says about us and our society.
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