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Goethe, the Age of Goethe, and World Literature
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David Wellbery
LISTEN: Goethe, the Age of Goethe, and World LiteratureDavid Wellbery (UChicago German, Social Thought) joins us to discuss Goethe’s work, life, and milieu. He describes Goethe’s…
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Shakespeare, Herbert, Jarrell, Dylan
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Richard Strier
LISTEN: Shakespeare, Herbert, Jarrell, DylanRichard Strier (UChicago English, emeritus) recites the poem that changed his career, explains why formalism and historicism should…
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Hegel’s America and America’s Hegel
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Terry Pinkard
LISTEN: Hegel’s America and America’s HegelTerry Pinkard, renowned Hegel scholar and translator of the Phenomenology of Spirit (2018) sits down with us to…
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Peirce Again: Chance, Necessity, Love
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LISTEN: Peirce Again: Chance, Necessity, LoveWe return to Peirce for an exploration of his more speculative, systematic essays (“A Guess at the Riddle”,…
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Metzinger’s Ego Machines
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LISTEN: Metzinger’s Ego MachinesHow do advances in neuroscience disrupt our intuitive notions of the self? Thomas Metzinger’s The Ego Tunnel brings…
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Jane Addams and Hull House
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LISTEN: Jane Addams and Hull HouseFor our sixth episode, we talk about the writings and social work of Jane Addams, American pragmatist philosopher,…
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Agamben’s Bored Animals
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LISTEN: Agamben’s Bored AnimalsWhat distinguishes human beings from animals? The question has been a mainstay of philosophy for over two thousand…
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Northrop Frye’s Literary Universe
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LISTEN: Northrop Frye’s Literary UniverseWhat is literary criticism? What concept of literature underlies it? Northrop Frye’s 1957 Anatomy of Criticism sketches a…
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Meillassoux’s Failed Coup
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LISTEN: Meillassoux’s Failed CoupQuentin Meillassoux’s 2006 After Finitude seemed like it was going to revolutionize philosophy. It didn’t. We talk about…
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Hegel, Goethe’s Gardener
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LISTEN: Hegel, Goethe’s GardenerAround the time he was finishing the Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel almost became director of Goethe’s botanical gardens…
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Peirce, the “Greatest American Thinker”?
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LISTEN: Peirce, the “Greatest American Thinker”?“Certainly the greatest American thinker ever.” – Bertrand Russell. A foray into the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce,…
