Just Two Dudes Reading Theory

This week we take a gander at Richard Rorty's book Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, focusing primarily on chapter 4. We discuss his concept of a "final vocabulary" as well as his distinction between the ironist and the metaphysician. Enjoy!

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Let's not confuse "I" with "I "... and just how many eyes are there? This week we discuss Lacan's famous mirror stage focusing on the implications of our split subjectivity. We also talk about other less successful attempts to explain this essay. Enjoy!

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Relationships between specifically gay men are the focus of Foucault's delightful interview titled Friendship as a Way of Life. Join us as we talk about ways of maximizing pleasure instead of focusing on the quote "secret of one's desire".

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Join us as this week we read V.F. (Viola) Cordova's essay Time, Culture, and Self which was published in the first issue of the American Philosophical Association's Newsletter on American Indians in Philosophy (link below). Enjoy!

https://www.apaonline.org/page/native_american_apastudies

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While kids are certainly aware of the existence of their present (or absent) father, kids are also aware that their Dad may not actually be the head of the company. This week we look at Guattari's essay on schizoanalysis, shifting the focus from the neurotic to the psychotic.

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In this week's podcast, we look at Žižek's compelling (at times) and disturbing (at those same times) reflections on 9/11.

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In The Prospects of Radical Politics Today many threads of Zizek's thought come to the fore. We can boil these down to the good, the bad, and the oh so ugly...

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Join us for our first foray into the world of Gilles Deleuze. This week we address the difference between the smooth and the striated as it relates to music of the 20th century.

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This week we read Sigmund Freud's essay on The Uncanny. Enjoy!

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Beware the stones that don't look like stones! The colour beyond description! This week we discuss the thinking and fiction of H.P. Lovecraft, focusing on the threads that tie all of his work together.

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