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PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy

The Pill Pod is hosted by a group of PhDs offering their irreverent (and unsolicited) takes on critical theory, philosophy, culture, and politics.

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Pill Pod 180 - The Gift by Marcel Mauss (preview)

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2024/08/29

We move from Durkheim to Marcel Mauss and his book The Gift: The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies. Referenced by Bataille, Levi-Strauss, Derrida and Baudrillard—this is a mandatory reading.The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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10:28

Pill Pod 179 - The Mana Principle (Preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/08/27

After a brief recap of the Deleuzo-Guattarian Australian breakdancer we read chapters 6 and 7 of Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life and try to get a hold on the primordial concept of concepts: MANA.The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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105:07

Pill Pod 178 - We Solved the World with Diego Ruzzarin

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/08/13

What do Adin Ross, China, RFK and the Cult of the Individual have in common? This episode... that's it.All episodes are found only at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsBe sure to check out the plasticpills YouTube channel for new CONTENT CONTENT CONTENT this week. https://www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills

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79:22

Pill Pod 177 - Society as Magic, Society as Religion:...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/08/06

Durkheim, one of the founders of sociology, slowly came to the discovery by the end of his career that consciousness, langauge and thought itself were of religious origin. We tried to retrace a few of his steps from The Elementary Forms of Religious Life and try to come up with some examples to illustrate his radical hypothesis. All public episodes can be found ad-free, for free, on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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8:16

Vance & The Dork Conservatives

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/07/29

The full episode (Pill Pod 176) and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 175 - The Straussian Plot Against America

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/07/13

Conspiracy theory or actual conspiracy? Today we investigate how a small cabal of philosophers managed to take over America and caused the invasion of Iraq based on the writings of eminent political philosopher Leo Strauss. Listen ad-free, for free, and get the source readings at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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16:31

Trump v. United States (preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/07/09

We hear this is a big deal and the end of American democracy (or whatever), but we don't all know why. Lucky for us, Victor happens to read Supreme Court decisions on his spare time for fun. Has the sky fallen?The full episode (Pill Pod 174) and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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83:22

Pill Pod 173 - Biden v. Trump & The Economy of Fear

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/06/30

We recap the Trump-Biden debate and then discuss the politics and economy of fear. Sources include Armageddon, Strauss, Hegel, and Durkheim. Get all our episodes for free, ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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20:17

Dark Academia (preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/06/30

Some simulationist material analysis in the economy of signs from Pill Pod episode #172. The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThe "Look" of Dark Academia: https://www.pinterest.com/kathrynaesthetics/dark-academia-aesthetic/

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Pill Pod 171 - Zizek Goes Monarchist

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2024/06/13

We discuss Zizek's Hegelian defense of a monarchy to solve the problem of democracy.https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/in-defense-of-hegels-notion-of-monarchy/Get all our episodes for free, ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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88:41

Pill Pod 96 - The Malaise of Modernity (Taylor's...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/06/10

Get the book (it's easy and small:https://amzn.to/3KxgjB3) or listen to the lectures by Charles Taylor starting here: https://youtu.be/j_losVdiARc?si=DCHifoFktqHQDJuw.Find our second episode and all the others at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 170 - The Ethical Dilemma of Killing Nazi...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/06/05

We continue reading Simone DeBeauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity, and try to sus out its particular ethical dilemmas.The full episode and many more are available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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PP169 - Is Existentialism Ethical?

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/06/05

We read Simone DeBeauvoir's defense of Existentialism as an ethic that is not hyper-individualistic, nihilistic or absurdist.Get all our episodes for free, ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsHere's the homework: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/ambiguity/

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10:59

PP168 - Ecomarxism (preview)

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/06/05

This is a preview of one of many exclusive episodes available at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsHere is your homework in the meanwhile: https://monthlyreview.org/2024/01/01/the-dialectics-of-ecology-an-introduction/

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PP167 - Schopenhauer: Christianity is the Worst Religion

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/05/11

We look at Schopenhauer's comparison of various religions' metaphysical explanations for suffering, and why conservative celebrities are converting to the dumbest one.Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsSchopenhauer on the Sufferings of the World: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm#link2H_4_0002Ayaan Hirsi Ali converts: https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/Russell Brand gets baptized:

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Pill Pod 165 - Dissident Right Fight Night: Yarvin...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/04/25

Deviating from our usual strategies for the leftist future, we look to the strategists of the conservative future, as discussed in this article, where Christopher Rufo debates Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin. It was pretty anti-climactic so we also veered into some more Moldbuggery found here.Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 163 - How to Control a Democracy ft. 1Dime

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/04/10

This week we discuss how modern liberal democracies co-opt resistance and adapt to internal opposition as a mechanism of inverted totalitarian control. Our guest is Tony from 1Dime, who made a video on what he calls "contained opposition", find it here: https://youtu.be/7uPevWDAYFI.Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsFind the 1Dime podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yQRX2YMFFsCMekReE9toW?si=798a164d02884310

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Pill Pod 162 - Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/04/04

Erik and Pills read Walter Benjamin's most famous essay (and perhaps the most famous essay of critical theory), The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Get this episode and all other exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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Pill Pod 161 - Andy Warhol and the End of Art

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/03/27

We're still on why everything's ending, this time with another pillar of civilization: art, and modern art in particular. Part of the discussion comes from Frederic Jameson's Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, the cover of which features a (particularly ugly) Warhol print (https://amzn.to/3PD4M6m). The other two books referenced are The Diary of Andy Warhol and The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, written by the man himself. Check out the Plasticpills YouTube channel to see the new

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Pill Pod 160 - Walter Benjamin on Leftist Content...

PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy ·

2024/03/24

We read Walter Benjamin's (perhaps) undelivered address to the Anti-Fascist Club: The Author as Producer, and try to test whether or not it holds up. Get this episode and all other exclusive episodes at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

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