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Authenticity from Heidegger to Fanon

June 27, 2017 by Rafe McGregor 5 Comments

Martin Heidegger

Heidegger’s conception of authenticity, is both appealing (in that it accords due significance to mortality) and troubling (in completely prioritising the self over others). The core concept can be retained while introducing an other-regarding elementcourtesy of Simone de Beauvoir’s early work on ethics. Fanon’s commentary on authenticity from Black Skin, White Masks develops the links between Heidegger and Beauvoir.

Episode 145: Emmanuel Levinas: Why Be Ethical?

August 22, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 8 Comments

On “Ethics as First Philosophy” (1984). More existentialist ethics, with a Jewish twist this time! Seth returns to join Mark and Wes in figuring out how to best leave off all this aggressive “knowing” and other forms of individual self-assertion to grasp the more primordial appearance of the Other in all his or her vulnerability, which Levinas thinks makes us wholly responsible for others right off the bat.

End song: “To Valerie” from The MayTricks’ So Chewy (1993).

Episode 145: Emmanuel Levinas: Why Be Ethical? (Citizen Edition)

August 19, 2016 by Mark Linsenmayer 4 Comments

On “Ethics as First Philosophy” (1984). More existentialist ethics, with a Jewish twist this time! Seth returns to join Mark and Wes in figuring out how to best leave off all this aggressive “knowing” and other forms of individual self-assertion to grasp the more primordial appearance of the Other in all his or her vulnerability, which Levinas thinks makes us wholly responsible for others right off the bat.

End song: “To Valerie” from The MayTricks’ So Chewy (1993).

Topic for #125: Hannah Arendt on the Political, Private, and Social

September 26, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 7 Comments

On 9/26, 6:30 Eastern, tune in to watch us discuss Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition, Parts 1 and 2, about what we need out of public and private realms to be fully human, free individuals and not pawns of society.

Topic for #120: Guest Eva Brann on Will (and Aquinas, Augustine, Heidegger, etc.)

July 24, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 10 Comments

Eva Brann (from our Heraclitus episode) returns to talk with us about her 2014 book, Un-Willing: An Inquiry into the Rise of Will’’s Power and an Attempt to Undo It, which gives an intellectual history of the notion of will and diagnoses a the current pernicious effect of the concept in our philosophy and culture.

Not School In May: Levinas, Zizek, Heidegger, Murakami, Auslander

May 5, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Tackle a trendy continental figure, read an intriguing novel, or propose something of your own! Isn’t it time to stop just listening and get in there and actively read & discuss?

April’s Not School Groups: Jesus, Murakami, Auslander, Heidegger

April 4, 2015 by Daniel David 1 Comment

Not School

April’s Not School Groups are talking about the historical Jesus, and reading Murakami, Auslander and Heidegger. Join the flock or propose a new group.

Close Reading: Heidegger’s “On the Essence of Truth”

March 1, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 3 Comments

A sentence-by-sentence interpretation of Heidegger’s “On the Essence of Truth,” (1943) first half, by Mark and Seth, recorded Feb. 3, 2015. Heidegger describes truth as “unconcealment,” as “letting beings be the beings the are,” and thinks that this is more informative than the traditional correspondence theory (propositions match reality), which he thinks already presupposes the definition of truth. Find out how, and decide for yourself whether Heidegger’s conception is helpful.

Close Reading (Preview) of Heidegger on Truth

February 23, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 11 Comments

Mark and Seth go line-by-line through the first half of “On the Essence of Truth” to help you understand Heidegger’s language. This is a 17-min preview of a 2 hr, 37-min bonus recording. Citizens, log in and listen now.

Episode 109: Jaspers’s Existentialism with Paul Provenza (Citizen Edition)

January 19, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 1 Comment

On Karl Jaspers’s “On My Philosophy” (1941), featuring comedian/actor/director/author Paul Provenza. What’s the relationship between science and philosophy? What about religion? Jaspers thinks that science gives you facts, but for an overarching world-view, you need philosophy. Living such a world-view requires Existenz, or a leap towards transcendence, which is of course religion’s stock and trade, though Jaspers is not a fan of dogmatism.

End song: “Another Way to Fall,” by New People, from The Easy Thing (2009). Download the album.

Episode 109: Jaspers’s Existentialism with Guest Paul Provenza

January 19, 2015 by Mark Linsenmayer 22 Comments

On Karl Jaspers’s “On My Philosophy” (1941), featuring comedian/actor/director/author Paul Provenza

Not School In November

November 5, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

November’s Not School groups are reading from Heidegger, Oakeshott, Houellebecq and Grotowski. Or propose a new one!

Thoreau’s Unsupported Anti-Technology Sentiments and New Work

October 16, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer 9 Comments

In trying to solve the problem of too much meaningless work, it’s irrational to reject any potential technological solutions based on Thoreau’s biases.

Fate and Enframing: Some Thoughts on Technology

October 8, 2014 by Adam Arnold 3 Comments

If we are not mindful, we become disconnected from the real struggles that humanity faces when confronted by technology.

October Not School Happenings

October 7, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

October’s Not School groups are reading Roberto Bolano, Soren Kierkegaard, Victor Turner and Martin Heidegger, and we have proposals for a few more. Join up and come check them out!

Not School Happenings in September

September 3, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Sign up for Not School this month to join reading groups on the subjects of Greek philosophy, Marxism, ritual, Heidegger, computation, economics, and a novel by Umberto Eco.

Not School Discussion of Being and Time

August 4, 2014 by Stevie LeValley 3 Comments

Everyone (not just Citizens) can watch video of the first discussions of the ongoing Not School Heidegger reading group. Join up!

August Not School Study Groups

August 3, 2014 by Daniel David 1 Comment

Sign up to read and talk about justice, economics, computation (Turing), the “language hoax,” Umberto Eco, ritual & theater, or Heidegger.

Not School Study Groups In July

July 4, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Not School

We’ve got a number of attractive reading groups going this month, a couple of which are entirely new.  It looks like almost every group will be starting fresh with a new text, so this should be a good month for members new and old who’ve never joined a group to try it out.  If you’re not familiar with how Not Continue Reading …

Not School Digest #4: Sartre, Heidegger, Zizek, Marx, and Theater

February 28, 2014 by Mark Linsenmayer 4 Comments

Not School

Excerpts from discussions on Sartre’s Nausea, Heidegger’s “The Question Concerning Technology,” Slavoj Zizek’s Year of Dreaming Dangerously, Marx and Engels’s “Communist Manifesto,” Peter Schaffer’s play Equus, and Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited: A Novel in Dramatic Form.

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