We begin out N-EVA series, starting with the first aphorism of Gay Science, Book One: "The Teachers of the Purpose of Existence." Then, Andrew introduces Brian to Weeb culture and introduces his choice to cover Neon Genesis Evangelion. We talk about the first six episodes.
00:00 Nieztsche's Gay Science, Aphorism 1
21:10 Neon Genesis Evangelion
Reading Room Ep.3 | Moeller & D'Ambrosio's "You & Your Profile"
In the third episode of the Reading Room podcast, Andrew and Brian take a step into an enticing theory of "modes of identity" - from sincerity to authenticity and now profilicity. You may recognize Moeller's name from his channel "Carefree Wandering." We relate it to Hegel's dialectic and Marx's application/inversion of Hegel in the historical materialist tradition, where human history is seen as moving in modes of production, great bundles of tensions which gradually convulse/unfold into the next "mode" which remains birthmarked by the old (sublation - see episode one). Moeller seems to evoke a similar narrative regarding how "modes of identity" develop, perhaps informed by political, social, and technological orders. This is our first step into Moeller & D'Ambrosio's book. We'll continue the conversation in future episodes.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Are We Authentic?
03:44 Profilicity & Second Order Observation
13:25 Sincerity & Authenticity
14:20 The Myth of the True Identity
17:20 Social & Political Orders
23:23 Identity Ethics
29:30 No One is Outside of Profilicity
36:53 Closing Remarks
A Prelude in Rhymes | We take a step into the defiant and dancing "gay science" of Friedrich Nietzsche, enjoying his poems and measuring his distance from Hegel.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Hegel & Nietzsche
11:50 Subjects vs. Agents
21:30 Stairs Climbing People
25:13 Alienation & Star Morals
32:00 The Gay Science
40:08 Boys Love Him!
43:04 Orientation
45:10 A Yeasayer to All Life
Introduction to the "Shorter Logic" | In the debut episode of Reading Room, Brian & Andrew take a step into Hegel's dialectics, discussing the introduction to Encylopedia of the Philosophical Sciences. We're gearing up to compare his system to the ever-defiant and dancing "gay science"/"joyous wisdom" of Friedrich Nietzsche. Over the course of the show, we'll dip into philosophy, movies, literature, and more!
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
10:49 An Overview
14:45 Entanglements & Contradictions
18:20 Mediation & Immediacy
24:00 Example, States & Markets
30:20 Hegel's Circle of Circles
33:06 Example, Sense-Certainty to Perception
37:30 Dialectics