Kojève & the End of History
We talk about Alexandre Kojève, whose reading of Hegel gave rise to a theory of recognition and of an "end of history". We also discuss Kojè...
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20 of 96 episodesMurray Edelman & Symbolic Politics
We discuss the work of American political scientist Murray Edelman, whose work on symbolic politics predates later French theory on the "spe...
Clarence Streit and International Federalism
We discuss Streit's 1939 proposal for a international federation of democracies to avoid a new world war. We explore the limits of argumenta...
Friedrich List and the National System
We discuss Friedrich List's many careers, his struggle for a German customs union, his belief that nationalism would lead to the "uniting of...
Vico and the Concept of the Natural
We discuss Vico's theory of nature, his unorthodox mix of stereotypically ancient and modern approaches, and how his "new science" seems to...
Hobbes' Behemoth
A whole episode of Political Theory 101 devoted to Thomas Hobbes' Behemoth. We discuss Hobbes' historical narrative and his theory of educat...
Nick Land & the Politics of Acceleration (w/Michael Downs)
Michael Downs joins Benjamin to discuss the political thought of Nick Land, its relationship to the work of Deleuze and Guattari, and the de...
The Politics of Plato's Parmenides
We discuss how Plato used dialectical thinking to deal with objections to the theory of the forms. Then we discuss how this kind of thinking...
John Morley & the Politics of Compromise
We discuss the work of John Morley, a British viscount heavily involved in the government of Ireland and India during the late 19th and earl...
The Politics of Plato's Philebus
Daniel joins Benjamin to discuss Plato's Philebus. We traverse the dialectic of limit and unlimit and discuss the difference between memory...
Clausewitz (w/Elizabeth Dearden-Williams)
Elizabeth Dearden-Williams, a former student of mine from Cambridge who is currently pursuing a masters, comes on to discuss the work of the...
Cutrone and the Party (w/Chris Cutrone)
Chris Cutrone joins Benjamin for a discussion of political parties, focusing on the role pluralism plays in Chris' thinking about party stru...
John Milton as a Political Theorist (w/Raeffe Gibson)
John Milton isn't just the author of Paradise Lost! Raeffe Gibson makes a guest appearance to discuss his role in the English Civil War.
Michael Pettis as a Political Theorist
Alex and Benjamin discuss the work of Michael Pettis, putting him in conversation with older theorists of imperialism like J.A. Hobson and V...
Samuel Huntington
Alex and Benjamin discuss Huntington's early emphasis on centralization and institutions, his turn toward civilizational thinking, and the p...
Frédéric Bastiat
Alex and Benjamin explore the history of political thought from the point of view of Bastiat - who threw many ancient and enlightenment thin...
Terry Eagleton
Alex and Benjamin discuss Terry Eagleton's work, focusing on interactions between religion and Marxism in the context of the "end of history...
Tertullian
Alex and Benjamin discuss the Roman persecution of the Christians - why the Romans did it, how the Christians responded to it, and the ways...
Pocock & History in Political Theory
We explore the methodological contributions of the late historian of political thought, John Pocock. We talk about the role of language and...
Murakami and Political Despair
Alex and Benjamin explore post-political themes in Haruki Murakami's rat tetralogy.
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