How do Sex, Language and Madness resonate with philosophy? Is Derrida a Marxist? Or not? Or Both? And how can we understand the contemporary struggles over identity: These elements and questions compose today’s topic: The Culture Wars.

Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Gijs van Oenen & Jamie van der Klaauw explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy. 

Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.