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Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
CW: LOUD NOISES. May surprise your neighbor, break a window, or give you a startle. Beware!the philosophy of mood, modes, and mobsfrom Plato to Heidegger.----PRICELESS ESSAY STASH----Another freaking installment in the "priceless" essay stash.Encourage me to keep doing this with tip or one-time rental payment at http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DFJQXPB3CN29C&source=urlBecome a monthly patron: https://www.patreon.com/theorypleebFollow on me onhttps://medium.com/@theorypleebhttps://goodreads.com/theorypleebhttps://www.facebook.com/theorypleebhttps://www.twitter.com/theorypleebhttps://www.instagram.com/theorypleebOn YouTube make sure to subscribe for new content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dMDMT8K1_X8TV1J7ALIxg?sub_confirmation=1Reference materialSome videos:Why Facts Don't Convince People (and what you can do about it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S74C-XF9kYYCompassion fatigue TEDX talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-4m35GixnoOutrage fatigue and cop murderers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UovSepc3ry8Livestream with Iain Thomson https://youtu.be/064ohRJN4JASome philosophy articles:Kant (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/kant/Hegel (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hegel/Heidegger’s Aesthetics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heidegger-aesthetics/Some popular articles:Why facts don’t change our minds https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-mindsGeorge Lakeoff on conservatives and Trump https://georgelakoff.com/2017/07/01/two-questions-about-trump-and-republicans-that-stump-progressives/Why Won’t They Listen? ‘The Righteous Mind,’ by Jonathan Haidt By WILLIAM SALETAN https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/books/review/the-righteous-mind-by-jonathan-haidt.htmlHaidt The Age of Outrage https://www.city-journal.org/html/age-outrage-15608.htmlA short critique of Haidt on the Righteous Mind… https://philosophynow.org/issues/101/The_Righteous_Mind_by_Jonathan_HaidtSong snippets used with Fair Use and under 3 seconds per use...Mike Stud - BIG MOODDrake & Future- Big Mood
Saturday Jul 27, 2019
Saturday Jul 27, 2019
Pleeb and Mikey's first on-stream conversation was for Baudrillard's birthday, back in 2020.Michael Downs is the author of The Dangerous Maybe blog: https://medium.com/@mdowns1611Books referenced:The System of Objects (1968)The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures (1970)For a Critique of the Political Economy of the Sign (1972)The Mirror of Production (1973)Symbolic Exchange and Death (1976)Simulacra and Simulation (1981)All of Pleeb’s work has been de-monetized and self-funded for over a year. If you want to give back in any way you can support #FreeMikey at www.Patreon.com/TheDangerousMaybe. Tell him Pleeb sent you.Learning a language? Follow pleeb on Duolingo and use this link so pleeb gets a week of free Plus https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKTP747NSNMAOYEIGet Pleeb’s updates and thoughts here https://nspleeb.substack.com/Make sure to follow https://www.instagram.com/pleebmemes/ for memes related to pleeb’s work and communityPLAYLISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW:Pleeb 'n Mikey Lecture-Interviewshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TLvXtp5bYnmCjf_otZw0M2NPleeb interviews and gets schooled by amazing peoplehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKo5_C6vyIphjsMD7c_fbMwProfessor Pleeb Lectureshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TISAuNvqAdpOexm08Gc8yVhPleeb’s old video essayshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TJpzDw4TRjnW3zR9Al-3_JxPleeb’s Assisted Readings https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TKnWyq5fxA5pMTAMtxGzuExMUSIC CREDITSKeys to the Apocalypse Unicorn Heads
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
We talk about ideology from Marx to Lacan (through Zizek) and Peter Rollins argues the worship of God in the U.S. is idolatry."Peter Rollins is a writer, philosopher, storyteller and public speaker who has gained an international reputation for overturning traditional notions of religion and forming “churches” that preach the Good News that we can’t be satisfied, that life is difficult, and that we don’t know the secret.Challenging the idea that faith concerns questions relating to belief, Peter’s incendiary and irreligious reading of Christianity attacks the distinction between the sacred and the secular. It blurs the lines between theism and atheism and it sets aside questions regarding life after death to explore the possibility of life before death.Peter gained his higher education from Queens University, Belfast where he earned degrees (with distinction) in Scholastic Philosophy (BA Hons), Political Theory and Social Criticism (MA) and Post-Structural thought (PhD). He's the author of numerous books, including Insurrection, The Idolatry of God, and The Divine Magician. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, currently lives in Los Angeles and will die somewhere as yet not known."https://peterrollins.com/Peter Rollins shared these Ikon links!1. “The End” From Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity By Katharine Sarah Moody https://static1.squarespace.com/static/588bcd399f74561e5f64a486/t/5a68baa7085229925080d300/1516812967786/God%27s+Funeral.pdf2. “The End” From Radical Theology and Emerging Christianity By Katharine Sarah Moody https://static1.squarespace.com/static/588bcd399f74561e5f64a486/t/5a68ba10f9619a2531bbc7fc/1516812816509/The+End.pdfLinks I referenced:3. Debate Lawrence Krauss vs Peter Rollins New Religions vs New Atheism 2013https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URDch3jOXmA4. The New Symbolization Projecthttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYL9UReTgKYZHGRMMHaqQyA5. Peter Rollins on Zizek and Petersonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxHTkAiMME&t=270s6. My talk on Ressentimenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCQ-zmc3Ikk&t=112sSupport this work! Follow on me onhttps://medium.com/@theorypleebhttps://goodreads.com/theorypleebhttps://www.facebook.com/theorypleeb https://www.twitter.com/theorypleebhttps://www.instagram.com/theorypleebBecome a patron: https://www.patreon.com/theorypleebONE TIME DONATIONS: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DFJQXPB3CN29C&source=urlOn YouTube make sure to subscribe for new content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dMDMT8K1_X8TV1J7ALIxg?sub_confirmation=1
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Wednesday Jul 03, 2019
Heidegger is known as one of the most groundbreaking, original, and difficult philosophers to ever read. He is also known for being a Nazi. Some say that his Nazi membership (and personal life) shouldn't matter because he wasn't a political thinker anyway, and then there are those who argue that everything he writes should be seen through that lens, or that he should be full on cancelled. Without Heidegger there would be no Derrida, de Beauvoir, Sartre, Foucault, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty, Arendt, or Butler, just to name a few. How could philosophers, so many of them politically left, continue reading Heidegger after he failed to denounce Nazism? This evening we are joined by Dr. Iain Thomson from University of New Mexico to talk about how life relates to philosophy, specifically regarding the life and work of Martin Heidegger. Professor Thomson regularly teaches "Introduction to Philosophy," "Existentialism," "Modern Political Philosophy," and various courses on contemporary continental philosophy, focusing on figures such as Heidegger, Levinas, and Derrida, or on issues like the philosophical significance of death, technology, and nihilism.His personal site:http://www.unm.edu/~ithomson/Support this work! Follow on me onhttps://medium.com/@theorypleebhttps://goodreads.com/theorypleebhttps://www.facebook.com/theorypleeb https://www.twitter.com/theorypleebhttps://www.instagram.com/theorypleebBecome a patron: https://www.patreon.com/theorypleebONE TIME DONATIONS: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DFJQXPB3CN29C&source=urlOn YouTube make sure to subscribe for new content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dMDMT8K1_X8TV1J7ALIxg?sub_confirmation=1
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Friday Jun 14, 2019
Dr. Nancy Fraser is the co-author of Capitalism: A conversation in critical theory. In our interview we discuss what capitalism is, how it relates to non-economic forms of oppression, how it has changed through time to now, as well as the state of The Left and her hope for the future. Follow on me onhttps://medium.com/@theorypleebhttps://goodreads.com/theorypleebhttps://www.facebook.com/theorypleeb https://www.twitter.com/theorypleebhttps://www.instagram.com/theorypleebBecome a patron: https://www.patreon.com/theorypleebONE TIME DONATIONS: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DFJQXPB3CN29C&source=urlOn YouTube make sure to subscribe for new content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dMDMT8K1_X8TV1J7ALIxg?sub_confirmation=1Music thanks to Baphometrix!
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
A short essay solely dedicated to developing the concept of timenergy! Hope you find it useful. :)In the terms of the jargon in my field: Timenergy is the phenomenon underlying labor power when analyzed existentially (meaning it brings together the intellectual traditions following from Marx and Heidegger).If you would prefer to watch the video version of this essay, here's the link to that: https://youtu.be/QI-sysR20A0If you would prefer to read this essay in a good old fashioned blog post, here's a link to that: https://medium.com/@theorypleeb/timenergy-an-existential-analysis-of-labor-power-5fc5b0071452Make a one time donation through this PayPal link: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DFJQXPB3CN29C&source=urlBecome a patron: https://www.patreon.com/theorypleebFollow on any of these platforms:https://medium.com/@theorypleebhttps://www.facebook.com/theorypleebhttps://www.twitter.com/theorypleebhttps://www.instagram.com/theorypleebOn YouTube make sure to subscribe for new content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5dMDMT8K1_X8TV1J7ALIxg?sub_confirmation=1Thank you Baphometrix for the last two songs. Thank you Royalty Free Planet for all the other no copyright and royalty free listings. Eva – Realizations. Direct Download: http://bit.ly/Realizations_Download Eva – I Blink / She's Gone: https://youtu.be/O1mij7072eMe s c p – Back Home: https://youtu.be/2utuh3J9IR0Talking With You by Artificial.Music https://soundcloud.com/artificial-musicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/NAgcAg0pW6w