Just Two Dudes Reading Theory

Just Two Dudes Reading Theory

di Chris Newman, Preston Taylor

Libri Filosofia

Stagione 2

Philosophy of Led Zeppelin

Join us this week for our season finale! We're discussing the philosophy of Led Zeppelin. Specifically, we're focusing on Zepellin IV, Presence, and Physical Graffiti. Enjoy!

Aleister Crowley - Little Essays Towards Truth II

This week, we're finishing up Aleister Crowley's Little Essays Towards Truth. Enjoy!

Aleister Crowley - Little Essays Towards Truth I

This week we're reading the first half of Little Essays Towards Truth. We're talking Thelema and the influence of The Tree of Life. Enjoy!

Alain Badiou - Handbook of Inaesthetics 2/2

This week, we're finishing Alain Badious' book Inaesthetics. We go through his viewpoints on dance, theatre, cinema, and, of course, poetry. Noteably missing is a chapter devoted to music...enjoy!

Alain Badiou - Handbook of Inaesthetics 1/2

Join us this week as we delve into Alain Badiou's Handbook of Inaesthetics. We'll discuss three primary ways philosophy has thought of art: didactic, romantic, and classical. Enjoy!

Cute Accelerationism - Amy Ireland and Maya B Kronic

Join us as we discuss all manner of cute culture this world over. Instead of Nietzsche, we're introduced to Freddo. Instead of Heidegger, we get kawaidegger. Enjoy!

Friedrich Nietzcshe - Anti-Education II

Welcome! This week we finished reading Nietzsche's Anti Education lectures. Enjoy!

Friedrich Nietzcshe - Anti-Education I

Wow what a ride! This week we're reading some early lectures from the young (28 year old) Nietzsche. He diagnoses many issues in the 19th-century German education system. We also debate the coherence of these early stabs at critique. Enjoy!

Sigmund Freud - Mourning And Melancholia

This week we're reading Freud's wild essay on mourning and melancholia. Freud's theory is that mourning results from a loss in the world, whereas melancholia results from a loss in the ego. We discuss what that means, as well as some of Freud's more dicey claims. Enjoy! Photo by Dana Bailey on Unsplash

Herbert Marcuse - The Problem of Violence And The Radical Opposition

This week we're delving into the current political situation in the U.S. We're discussing concepts such as repressive desublimation and class consciousness. Enjoy! Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

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