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We’re back! As we begin the new year, we’re also starting a new season of Systematically, and we’re glad you’re with us. Although Brian and Robyn are absent (due to Christmastime traveling and sickness, respectively), Ryan and Jon ring in 2019 by discussing their children’s uncanny ability to both catch and spread seasonal illnesses, inhibiting dissertation progress along the way. This segues into a spirited conversation about Lonergan’s 1974 essay, “The Dialectic of Authority,” which appears in Volume 16 of The Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan. That essay focuses on the complex tension between power and the exercise of legitimate power (i.e., authority), especially as this tension impacts a community’s development of shared meanings and values. This tension’s historical unfolding manifests itself in widespread progress or decline. If contemporary headlines are any indication, Lonergan’s thoughts on the topic are still quite timely in 2019.
TITLE NAMED IN MAIN SEGMENT
Jaspers, Karl. The Origin and Goal of History. Abingon: Routledge, 2016.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. “Dialectic of Authority.” In A Third Collection, edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky, 3–9. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 16. University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. Edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran. 5th Edition. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. “Dimensions of Meaning.” In Collection: Papers by Bernard J.F. Lonergan, edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran, 232–45. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 4. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Method in Theology. Edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 14. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Snell, Bruno. The Discovery of the Mind. Revised Edition. New York: Dover Publications, 2011.
Exciting update: we have a Patreon! Check out the page at https://www.patreon.com/systematically and please consider making a much-appreciated donation. There reating and posting each episode of Systematically We’re still working through what special content we will provide for our subscribers (mini-episodes, submission opportunities, merch, etc.), but we promise the perks will be exciting. As always, your support is greatly appreciated!
Our theme music is “14 Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails, available at https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV
“14 Ghosts II” is used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. We would like to thank Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails for the use of this track.
Follow us and chat with us on Twitter @SystematicPod
Email us at [email protected]
Subscribe and Review us on iTunes: Systematically Podcast
Subscribe on iTunes! Please search for Systematically Podcast, hit the “Subscribe” button, and—if you’re feeling so inclined—leave us a review. As Jon points out, five is a good number of stars!
Lastly, if you enjoy our conversations, please share them with your friends!
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We’re back! As we begin the new year, we’re also starting a new season of Systematically, and we’re glad you’re with us. Although Brian and Robyn are absent (due to Christmastime traveling and sickness, respectively), Ryan and Jon ring in 2019 by discussing their children’s uncanny ability to both catch and spread seasonal illnesses, inhibiting dissertation progress along the way. This segues into a spirited conversation about Lonergan’s 1974 essay, “The Dialectic of Authority,” which appears in Volume 16 of The Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan. That essay focuses on the complex tension between power and the exercise of legitimate power (i.e., authority), especially as this tension impacts a community’s development of shared meanings and values. This tension’s historical unfolding manifests itself in widespread progress or decline. If contemporary headlines are any indication, Lonergan’s thoughts on the topic are still quite timely in 2019.
TITLE NAMED IN MAIN SEGMENT
Jaspers, Karl. The Origin and Goal of History. Abingon: Routledge, 2016.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. “Dialectic of Authority.” In A Third Collection, edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky, 3–9. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 16. University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. Edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran. 5th Edition. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. “Dimensions of Meaning.” In Collection: Papers by Bernard J.F. Lonergan, edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran, 232–45. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 4. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.
Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Method in Theology. Edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 14. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.
Snell, Bruno. The Discovery of the Mind. Revised Edition. New York: Dover Publications, 2011.
Exciting update: we have a Patreon! Check out the page at https://www.patreon.com/systematically and please consider making a much-appreciated donation. There reating and posting each episode of Systematically We’re still working through what special content we will provide for our subscribers (mini-episodes, submission opportunities, merch, etc.), but we promise the perks will be exciting. As always, your support is greatly appreciated!
Our theme music is “14 Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails, available at https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV
“14 Ghosts II” is used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. We would like to thank Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails for the use of this track.
Follow us and chat with us on Twitter @SystematicPod
Email us at [email protected]
Subscribe and Review us on iTunes: Systematically Podcast
Subscribe on iTunes! Please search for Systematically Podcast, hit the “Subscribe” button, and—if you’re feeling so inclined—leave us a review. As Jon points out, five is a good number of stars!
Lastly, if you enjoy our conversations, please share them with your friends!