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Just Two Dudes Reading Theory

Chris Newman, Preston Taylor

Welcome to Just Two Dudes Reading Theory! Where we attempt to take on both classic and more underground selections from the world of theory. Each episode we"ll be reading and discussing a different text, including works of psychoanalysis, phenomenology, post-humanism, feminism, deconstruction, and much more!

society & culture philosophy

All Episodes

57:08

Byung-Chul Han: The Big Rush

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/03/15

This week we try...to...slooooooow down, smell the roses, and all that good stuff. Join us as we read The Big Rush, which is found in Byung-Chul Han's book Capitalism and the Death Drive.

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67:30

Martin Heidegger - Building, Dwelling, Thinking

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/03/08

Sure we all (hopefully) have a place to rest our heads at the end of the day, but can we say that we're always dwelling in our spaces? Join us this week to discuss Heidegger's Building, Dwelling, Thinking. Or! As Heidegger would say it: join us this week in the pursuit of a gathering that engenders that which points towards the gathering that gathers.

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60:10

Anne Schulherr Waters - Language Matters -- A...

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/03/01

What is a nondiscreet ontology of being? Find out in this week's podcast! Enjoy!

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79:52

Richard Rorty - Private Irony and Liberal Hope

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/02/23

This week we take a gander at Richard Rorty's book Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, focusing primarily on chapter 4. We discuss his concept of a "final vocabulary" as well as his distinction between the ironist and the metaphysician. Enjoy!

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58:18

Jacques Lacan - The Mirror Stage as Formative of the...

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/02/16

Let's not confuse "I" with "I "... and just how many eyes are there? This week we discuss Lacan's famous mirror stage focusing on the implications of our split subjectivity. We also talk about other less successful attempts to explain this essay. Enjoy!

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46:34

Michel Foucault - Friendship as a Way of Life

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/02/09

Relationships between specifically gay men are the focus of Foucault's delightful interview titled Friendship as a Way of Life. Join us as we talk about ways of maximizing pleasure instead of focusing on the quote "secret of one's desire".

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50:24

V.F. Cordova - Time, Culture, and Self

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/02/02

Join us as this week we read V.F. (Viola) Cordova's essay Time, Culture, and Self which was published in the first issue of the American Philosophical Association's Newsletter on American Indians in Philosophy (link below). Enjoy! https://www.apaonline.org/page/native_american_apastudies

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63:50

Felix Guattari - Beyond the Psychoanalytical Unconscious

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/01/26

While kids are certainly aware of the existence of their present (or absent) father, kids are also aware that their Dad may not actually be the head of the company. This week we look at Guattari's essay on schizoanalysis, shifting the focus from the neurotic to the psychotic.

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63:50

Slavoj Žižek - "Welcome to the desert of the Real"

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/01/19

In this week's podcast, we look at Žižek's compelling (at times) and disturbing (at those same times) reflections on 9/11.

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62:14

Slavoj Žižek - The Prospects of Radical Politics Today

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/01/12

In The Prospects of Radical Politics Today many threads of Zizek's thought come to the fore. We can boil these down to the good, the bad, and the oh so ugly...

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60:38

Gilles Deleuze - Boulez, Proust, and Time: "Occupying...

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2024/01/06

Join us for our first foray into the world of Gilles Deleuze. This week we address the difference between the smooth and the striated as it relates to music of the 20th century.

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61:18

Sigmund Freud - The Uncanny

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/12/29

This week we read Sigmund Freud's essay on The Uncanny. Enjoy!

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56:12

H.P. Lovecraft - Supernatural Horror in Literature

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/12/04

Beware the stones that don't look like stones! The colour beyond description! This week we discuss the thinking and fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, focusing on the threads that tie all of his work together.

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57:42

Julia Kristeva - Powers of Horror, An Essay on...

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/11/14

On this episode we finish our reading of Julia Kristeva's Powers of Horror and cover such lovely topics as incest, sin, and corpse viewing. Fun for the whole family!

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54:40

Julia Kristeva - Powers of Horror, An Essay on Abjection

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/10/20

Spoiled milk? Corpses? We continue our dive into the philosophy of horror with Kristeva's seminal text on abjection.

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59:22

Sigmund Freud - Fetishism

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/10/04

"Oh, you say you like feet? Well, I have a story to tell you!" So 'says' Freud on this week's episode where we discuss his seminal (and deeply problematic) essay Fetishism.

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43:06

Michel Foucault - This is Not a Pipe

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/09/22

This is NOT a podcast. This week we're reading Foucault's essay This is Not a Pipe and attempting to describe the work of Magritte in words alone.

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58:06

Carrow Narby - Indescribable

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/09/15

The Blob! Abjection! We begin our dive into the philosophy of horror with Carrow Narby's essay "Indescribable". In the future we'll be continuing with H.P. Lovecraft, Julia Kristeva, and many others!

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79:46

Friedrich Nietzsche - Preface for the Second Edition...

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/09/01

This week we delve into one of our favorite scraps from Nietzche

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53:06

Mark Fisher - No one is Bored, Everything is Boring

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory ·

2023/08/25

This week we look at Mark Fisher's thoughts on the constant flow of low-level stimuli and the lost art of being bored.

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