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- Our Tragic Hero - the Mistborn Jordan Peterson
Following on from the last episode on Jordan Peterson's brilliant 2005 essay on "Peacemaking" this time we look at what went wrong and at JBP's arc as that of the classical tragic hero. And having a bit of fun with this we compare him to the villain in one of my favourite fantasy series Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.
We look at Aristotle's definition of tragedy, and at mapovers between Peterson and Mistborn's Lord Ruler and also Dune's Paul Atreides.____________________📚 Further Reading:- Herbert, F. (1965). *Dune*. London: Penguin- Peterson, J.B. (2005). _Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates_ in _The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts_ ed. by Mari Fitzduff, Chris E. Stout. Michigan: Praeger Security International- Sanderson, B. (2015). *Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set: Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages*. London: Gollancz________________⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy_________________💬 More from The Living Philosophy▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/________________🎼 Music:1. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod2. Allegro — Emmit Fenn3. Density & Time — Ether Real4. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeodSubscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic________________📸 Mistborn Images:Ruin and Preservation: reddit.com/r/Cosmere/comments/k9dg2a/ruin_and_preservation_again_but_this_time_in_a/Kredik Shaw: https://www.deviantart.com/somnicide/art/Kredik-Shaw-315216988Mistborn Mistbank Wiki Fandom: https://mistbank.fandom.com/wiki/Mistborn?file=Mistborn.jpgLord Ruler: https://medium.com/@inkimpressionsss_30394/mistborn-unveiling-the-allomantic-symphony-a-journey-through-brandon-sandersons-great-trilogy-17c18f230604The Skaa: https://readingseconds.com/the-skaa-explained-mistborn/Rashek: https://www.tumblr.com/runmienn/709526582105112576/mistborn-spoilers-another-compilation-of?source=shareThe Deepness - Reading Seconds: https://readingseconds.com/the-deepness-explained-mistborn/The Well of Ascension: https://medium.com/@jazznyul/the-mistborn-trilogy-the-well-of-ascension-part-one-my-book-review-57f7dfedefe2Alendi and Rashek: https://adonalsium.tumblr.com/post/186149488793/sometimes-i-worry-that-im-not-the-hero-everyoneLuthadel with Kredik Shaw, Mist and volcano in bg: https://mistborn.fandom.com/wiki/Mist?file=Kredikshaw_luthadel01.jpg_________________⌛ Timestamps:0:00 Introduction2:16 Summary of Peacemaker5:54 Mistborn11:02 The Mapover with Peterson17 min - Jordan Peterson's Bizarre (and Brilliant) ManifestoIn 2005, long before he became a household name, Jordan Peterson wrote an article with the title "Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates" and it is amazing — partly for its own beauty and pathos and partly for the contract it provides with The Daily Wire Peterson we have today. It is a brilliant ode to what peace looks like and how it might be achieved and a stark reminder of the potential pitfalls for even the best-intentioned.____________________📚 Further Reading:- Peterson, J.B., (2005). Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates in The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts ed. by Mari Fitzduff, Chris E. Stout. Michigan: Praeger Security International- Peterson, J.B., (2002). Maps of meaning: The architecture of belief. Routledge.________________⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy_________________💬 More from The Living Philosophy▶ Discord https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/________________🎼 Media Used:1. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod2. Promising Relationship — Kevin MacLeod3. Disquiet — Kevin MacLeod4. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami5. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeodSubscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic_________________⌛ Timestamps:0:00 Introduction3:50 Peacekeeping Among Higher Order Primates7:40 What Separates Them9:50 Different Localities as Different Paradigms11:56 As Sowellian Visions13:53 Patreon Aside14:26 The Peacemaker16:41 Reflections21 min
- The Edge of the Inside — How to Change the Superstructure
Why it Matters is back (kind of). This video revisits the Prophet archetype with a bit more passion and a little less bookishness. It is great to have the previous video as a foundation but as with the old Why it Matters videos the point of this video is to get into why I care so much about this topic and why I think you should as well.
We're going to be looking at the Prophet through the lens of Richard Rohr's description of the Prophet's position as being at "the edge of the inside" and we are going to look at some examples of this Prophetic archetype like Karl Marx, Jordan Peterson, Contrapoints and Donald Trump.____________________📚 Further Learning:- The original video on the Prophet archetype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnaYn6WpwuA- Jonas Ceika/Cuck philosophy video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtvTGaPzF4- Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge.________________⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy_________________💬 More from The Living Philosophy▶ 📨 Subscribe with email: https://thelivingphilosophy.substack.com/________________🎼 Media Used:1. Allegro — Emmit Fenn2. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod3. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami4. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeodSubscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic_________________⌛ Timestamps:0:00 Introduction1:14 What is a prophet?5:27 Ad spot7:21 The Marx example10:17 Jordan Peterson10:42 Derrick Bell12:30 Reflection15:57 Personal reflection19 min - Subconscious vs. Unconscious
In approaching the underworld there are a couple of terms that people use. Sometimes it can get a bit confusing who's using what and what we should be using. In this episode we look at the term subconscious vs unconscious and what the meaning and background is of each. As we'll see it wasn't always so clear cut — the French psychological heritage from Pierre Janet started with one term then with Freud it bounced to another and Jung and Adler followed in their direction now using unconscious instead of subconscious.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Freud, S., 1969. _Questions Of Lay Analysis_. WW Norton & Company.
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2. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod
3. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod
4. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:51 The Origins: Janet and Freud
4:03 A Tale of Two Usages
8:41 Which one is right?
11 min - Reality vs Archetype — The Two Types of Romcom
In this palette cleanser we are going to talk about the philosophy of romcoms for a change. I reckon this should remove any accusations of important work being done on The Living Philosophy. We'll be looking at two romcoms — the classic Norah Ephron When Harry Met Sally and the lesser known Just Like Heaven starring Reese Wetherspoon and Mark Ruffalo.
One is reflective of a type of art that strives for psychological accuracy (Dostoevsky, When Harry Met Sally) category — while the second category (Just Like Heaven, Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo) dispense with reality and works at the hyperreal level of the archetypal underworld.
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📚 Learning Resources:
- When Harry Met Sally. (1989). [Movie] USA: Columbia Pictures.
- Just Like Heaven. (2005). [Movie] USA: DreamWorks Pictures.
- Dumas A (2014) The Three Musketeers. United States: Shine Classics.
- Dumas A (2004) The Count of Monte Cristo. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics.
- Dostoyevsky (1993) Notes from Underground. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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- Overture — Pyotr Ilyich tchaikovsky
- Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:30 The True vs the Fantastic
3:15 Just Like Heaven
3:56 When Harry Met Sally
6:12 The Unrealistic Just Like Heaven
7:31 The Fantastic As Archetypal Dynamism
10:52 The Power of Archetypal Storytelling14 min - An (Ancient) New Theory of Happiness
You can get "Become Who You Are" here: http://designingthemind.org/becoming
It's rare that you encounter a fresh take on a path as well-trodden as happiness. I've read a lot of books on the topic and I have to say that Ryan Bush's take is fresh and yet simultaneously ancient. I think this is part of the reason I'm so enthusiastic about it: it integrates a trend in academic philosophy that I've yet to see anyone else talk about: Virtue Ethics. This is an ethical approach to philosophy that goes all the way back to the ancients especially Socrates, Aristotle and the Stoics. Bush integrates this old esteemed tradition with very 21st century fields like Cognitive Science and neuroscience to produce a thought-provoking map of the good life that I can't recommend highly enough.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Pan W, Liu C, Yang Q, et al. (2016) The neural basis of trait self-esteem revealed by the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations and resting state functional connectivity. _Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience_ 11(3): 367–376.
- Bush R. (2023) _Become Who You Are_. USA: DTM Press
- Davey CG, Pujol J and Harrison BJ (2016) Mapping the self in the brain’s default mode network. _NeuroImage_ 132: 390–397.
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1. Letting Go — Kevin MacLeod
2. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod
3. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod
6. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Gain and Loss
2:45 The Third Dimension of the Good Life
4:00 How to Eudaimonia
5:21 The Spiritual Path
7:06 The Neuroscience of Self-Esteem
9:43 Virtue: the Royal Road to Eudaimonia
15 min - The Lost Art of Leisure
We modern serfs have forgotten something: we've forgotten how to live. You don't question the meaning of life when leisure is the heart of life rather than work. But with the rise of modern urban life, the intrinsic mode of living has died at the hands of the instrumental mode of life. Our entire lives have been colonised by "utility". We don't relax or rest for their own sake anymore — now we rest so that we are more productive. In this episode we explore these two relationships with time: the leisurely intrinsic mode and the future-oriented instrumental mode.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Burkeman O (2021) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. First edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- Burnham, B. (2021) Inside. Los Angeles, CA: Netflix. Available at: https://www.netflix.com/browse?jbv=81289483.
- De Botton A (2005) Status Anxiety. First Vintage International edition. New York: Vintage International.
- Seligman MEP (2013) Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. Atria paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Paperback.
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- Anguish — Kevin MacLeod
- Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod
- Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, MOVEMENT II, K. 421 — WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Letting Go Ambient Background music
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
01:27 Modern Times
03:51 The Other Story
10:46 Conclusion
13 min - The Prophet — the Archetype of Societal Renaissance
Before the Axial Age the religious archetypes were those of the Priest and the Magician. But with the increased complexity and evolution of society a new archetype emerged: that of the Prophet. This is the archetype of liminal transformation in the midst of a society paralysed by its own success. The Prophet comes in from the edge of inside and shows the society where it has lost its way.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge.
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1. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod
2. Density & Time — Ether Real
3. Mind Scrape — Kevin MacLeod
4. Alone With My Thoughts — Esther Abrami
5. Shores of Avalon — Kevin MacLeod
6. Disquiet — Kevin MacLeod
7. Letting Go — Kevin MacLeod
8. Allegro — Emmit Fenn
9. Evening Fall Harp — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
01:14 Priests and Magicians
03:33 Prophets
04:13 Power and the Priest
06:11 Refusal of the Call
08:19 Personal Aspect and Revelation
09:16 Exemplary and Ethical Prophecy
11:31 Elitist Exemplarys
12:34 Conclusion
15 min - Justice vs. Vengeance — Is There a Difference?
Philosopher and anthropologist Rene Girard once described justice and public vengeance. Nietzsche expressed the same in his Genealogy of Morals. Why then do we value justice so highly and look down so judgingly on revenge? And what, if this is true, is the purpose of justice? How is it in any way different from vengeance? The answer is that it is profoundly different and in this video we explore why.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Prisoner abuse data: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0032885500080004004
- Death penalty data: https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/death-penalty-international-poll
- MP support of death penalty: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/big-differences-on-economic-and-social-values-between-mps-and-voters-new-academic-survey-finds/
- Recidivism in Norwegian prisons - 1 year: https://medium.com/wagovernor/how-norwegian-prisons-prepare-inmates-to-become-better-neighbors-534409a90f33
- 3-year Norwegian recidivism: https://www.firststepalliance.org/post/norway-prison-system-lessons
- 1980s Norway recidivism: https://www.firststepalliance.org/post/norway-prison-system-lessons
- Nietzsche, F. (2000) *Genealogy of Morals* in _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_ ed. by Walter Kaufmann. New York: Modern Library.
- Girard R. (1979) _Violence and the Sacred_. Baltimore: Hopkins Univ. Press.
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2. Mind Scrape — Kevin MacLeod
3. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod
4. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod
5. Dark Times — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
01:33 Rehabilitation vs Punishment
06:29 The Dark Side of Justice
10:15 The Hegemony of Justice
13:26 Further Avenues for Research
16 min - Is Equality the Enemy?
Would you rather live in a better world or a happier one? In this video we are going to explore how equality has made the world a better place but also how, like the Edenic apple of knowledge, it has come with a cost. The world looks better from the outside but seen from the subjective side it seems that things have only gotten worse.
This is following up on the recent episode on Nietzsche's concept of ressentiment that we examined in the previous episodes and follows along our explorations in to the social and political radical theme of modern times.
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📚 Further Reading:
- De Botton A (2005) _Status Anxiety_. First Vintage International edition. New York: Vintage International.
- Nietzsche FW (2000) *The Genealogy of Morals* in _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_. ed. by Martin Kaufmann. New York: Modern Library.
- Orlowski, J. (2020) _The Social Dilemma_ Netflix.
- Scheler M (1915) Ressentiment. 1915.
- Seligman MEP (2013) _Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment_. Atria paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Paperback.
- Tocqueville A de, Bevan GE, Kramnick I, et al. (2003) _Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America_. Penguin classics. London: Penguin.
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1. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod
2. Despair and Triumph — Kevin MacLeod
3. Long Note Three — Kevin MacLeod
4. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod
5. Dreams Become Real — Kevin MacLeod
6. Letting Go — Kevin MacLeod
7. Fresh Air — Kevin MacLeod
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:07 Democracy in America
5:21 The Shadow of Equality
8:21 In the 21st Century
9:59 Medieval Eden
12:00 What to do with Equality
13:48 The Limitations of Meritocracy
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