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Society & Culture
History
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Eli Zaretsky, “Political Freud: A History” (Col...
53 min
252
Alan M. Wald, "Bohemian Bolsheviks: Dispatches ...
95 min
253
Federico Marcon, "Fascism: The History of a Wor...
89 min
254
Russell Shorto, “Revolution Song: A Story of Am...
59 min
255
Neil Roberts, “A Political Companion to Frederi...
74 min
256
Margaret C. Jacob, "The Secular Enlightenment" ...
Jacob, reveals how this newly secular outlook was not a wholesale rejection of Christianity but rather a new mental space in which to encounter the world on its own terms.
60 min
257
Maxim Samson, "Earth Shapers: How Humans Master...
71 min
258
Daniel José Gaztambide, "Decolonizing Psychoana...
56 min
259
Murad Idris, "War for Peace: Genealogies of a V...
Idris traces the concept of peace, and the way it is often insinuated with other words and concepts, over more than 2000 years of political thought...
63 min
260
William Marx, "Libraries of the Mind" (Princeto...
63 min
261
Alexander Douglas, "Against Identity: The Wisdo...
64 min
262
Chris Washington, "Nonbinary Jane Austen" (U Mi...
66 min
263
Hanno Sauer, "The Invention of Good and Evil: A...
67 min
264
Philip Cunliffe, "The National Interest: Politi...
54 min
265
John Givens, "The Image of Christ in Russian Li...
These texts and others, Givens suggests, portray Christ apophatically: that is, by showing who Christ was not, in order to illuminate who Christ therefore must be...
62 min
266
Martin Shuster, "Critical Theory: The Basics" (...
39 min
267
Martin Shuster, "Critical Theory: The Basics" (...
39 min
268
Thomas M. Kemple, "Marx's Wager: Das Kapital an...
An interview with Thomas M. Kemple
66 min
269
Jeremy DeWaal, "Geographies of Renewal: Heimat ...
44 min
270
Aline Nardo, "Evolutionary Theory and Education...
62 min
271
Christopher Ocker, "Luther, Conflict, and Chris...
34 min
272
Book Talk 67 : The Knowledge Machine: How Irrat...
62 min
273
Christy Pichichero, "The Military Enlightenment...
An interview with Christy Pichichero
59 min
274
Marion Bower, "The Life and Work of Joan Rivier...
Joan Riviere (1883-1962) is best known for her role in promoting the ideas of others. She came to prominence in the world of psychoanalysis as Freud’s favorite translator and Melanie Klein’s earliest and most loyal supporter...
54 min
275
Christopher T. Fleming, "Equity and Trusts in S...
54 min