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- Yesterday1h 13m
Michel Foucault: Technologies of the Self // 254
More where this came from at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsPeople have not always had a self, our selves were invented. According to Foucault, our concept of self emerged from religious technologies, genres of writing, and the institutions that perpetuated them. https://amzn.to/4uWyVAg
- 2 days ago22 min
Christopher Lasch: The Culture of Narcissism // 253(preview)
Hear our Lasch series at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAfter three episodes reading Culture of Narcissism we conclude that despite a unique perspective, it's way overrated.
- 3 weeks ago1h 12m
Internet Connection UTTERLY DESTROYS Lost Exotic Rainforest Tribe!!! // 251
jk it's just fake news that duped conservatives yet again. This viral lie claimed that a remote Amazon tribe fell apart the instant they discovered internet pornography, but in the end it says a lot more about us than it does about the Marubos.go to patreon to never miss an episode https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
- Apr 29, 20261h 18m
The Philosophy of Looksmaxxing // 249
This week we inspect the latest form of anthropotechnics, its surrounding moral panic, and American Psycho comparisons (Baudrillard was right about everything).Get hundreds of hours more at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
- Apr 28, 202618 min
Anthropotechnics // 248 (preview)
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- Apr 16, 20261h 19m
Peter Sloterdijk on Trial for Eugenics // 247
Find all episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThis week we read Sloterdijk's 1999 "Rules for the Human Zoo" (https://web.stanford.edu/~mvr2j/docs/Elmauer.pdf) which was the source of immediate controversy and accusations of fascism and eugenics. We see what the hype was about.
- Apr 10, 202658 min
Marcel Mauss - The Gift // 180 (unlock)
Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills.We read the eminent The Gift (https://amzn.to/3NAenx3) by Marcel Mauss which is important to later theorists including Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard, and Jacques Derrida.(originally recorded 08/24)
- Apr 6, 202653 min
Emile Durkheim on Mana - The Original Floating Signifier // 179 (unlock)
Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what for Claude Levi-Strauss exemplifies the floating signifier: it's MANA (originally recorded 08/24).
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