Just Two Dudes Reading Theory
Welcome to Just Two Dudes Reading Theory! Where we attempt to take on both classic and more underground selections from the world of theory. Each episode we'll be reading and discussing a different text, including works of psychoanalysis, phenomenology, post-humanism, feminism, deconstruction, and much more!
Giorgio Agamben - What Is An Apparatus?
Join us as we read a classic!
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Sigmund Freud - Compulsive Actions and Religious Exercises
Whoops! We uploaded the wrong file! This is now corrected — enjoy our discussion of Freud's essay, Compulsive Actions and Religious Exercises.
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Byung-Chul Han - The Tonality of Thought
Join us as we talk about a lecture by Byung-Chul Han.
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Sigmund Freud - Compulsive Actions and Religious Exercises
Back to comfort food. This week we're reading some Freud! Enjoy.!
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Ursula Le Guin - Is Gender Necessary? Redux
Join us as we read Ursula Le Guin's essay on sexuality and gender. Enjoy!
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Roland Barthes - Musica Practica
We love reading Roland Barthes. To be fair, we don't always understand him, which is part of the fun. Enjoy!
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László Krasznahorkai - The Last Wolf & Herman
Join us as we discuss some work from last year's Nobel laureate in literature, László Krasznahorkai. Enjoy!
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The Ecstacy Of Communication - Jean Baudrillard
Join us as we read Baudrillard's essay, The Ecstasy of Communication. Enjoy!
What is Philosophy? (C0nclusion) Deleuze and Guattari
We're finishing it up! Enjoy,
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What is Philosophy? (Chapter 7: Percept, Affect, and Concept)
We're chugging along! enjoy! :)
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Theodor Adorno — Resignation
We're reading Adorno's seminal late essay — enjoy!
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What is Philosophy? (Chapter 6: Prospects and Concepts) Deleuze and Guattari
Moving forward! On to Chapter 6. Enjoy!
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The Universality of Non-Belonging - Todd McGowan
Join us as we read a nice piece from Todd McGowan. Enjoy!
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What is Philosophy? (Chapter 5: Functives and Concepts) - Deleuze and Guattari
This week, we're discussing the 5th chapter from Deleuze and Guattari's What is Philosophy? Enjoy!
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Jennifer Todd - Georg Lukács, Walter Benjamin, and the Motivation to make Political Art
Join us this week as we take a break from Deleuze and Guattari. Enjoy!
Tyson Yunkaporta - Outside of the Land Looking in: Van Gogh's Seasons through Indigenous Eyes
Join us this week as we read Tyson Yunkaporta's views on Van Gogh. Enjoy!
https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/outside-of-the-land-looking-in-van-goghs-seasons-through-indigeno/
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What is Philosophy? (Chapter 4: Geophilosophy) - Deleuze and Guattari
We're talking Geophilosophy! Enjoy
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What is Philosophy? (Chapter 3: Conceptual Personae) - Deleuze and Guattari
We're continuing our read of Deleuze and Guattari's last book, What Is Philosophy? Enjoy!
What is Philosophy? (Chapter 2: The Plane of Immanence?) - Deleuze and Guattari
We're continuing on with Deleuze and Guattari's last book, What is Philosophy? This week we're reading Chapter 2: The Plane of Immanence
What is Philosophy? (Chapter 1: What is a Concept?) - Deleuze and Guattari
Welcome! Join us as we learn from Deleuze and Guattari what a concept is. Enjoy!
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What is Philosophy? (Introduction) - Deleuze and Guattari
Welcome everybody! We're delving into Deleuze and Guattari's last collaboration together. Enjoy!
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Giorgio Agamben - What Is Fear?
Join us this week as we read Giorgio Agamben's little essay titled What Is Fear? Enjoy!
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Mary Wild - Psychoanalyzing Horror Cinema
Join us this week as we read Mary Wild's new book Psychoanalyzing Horror Cinema. Enjoy!
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Gilles Deleuze - Postscript On the Societies Of Control
Join us this week as we read Deleuze's most famous essay (we'd say), Postscript On the Societies Of Control. Enjoy!
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Michel Foucault - Of Other Spaces, Heterotopias
We got a good one! This week, we're reading Foucault's essay Of Other Spaces. Enjoy!
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Étienne Balibar - Human Species As Biopolitical Concept
Join us this week as read Étienne Balibar's lecture Human Species As Biopolitical Concept. Enjoy!
Simon Critchley - Mysticism 2/2
Join us this week as we finish reading Simon Critchley's new book Mysticism. Enjoy!
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Simon Critchley - On Mysticism 1/2
Join us this week as we read the first part of Simon Critchley's new book On Mysticism. Enjoy!
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More Is More - Becca Rothfeld
Join us this week as we read an excerpt from Becca Rothfeld's new book, All Things Are Too Small: Essays In Praise Of Excess. Enjoy!
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Steven L Peck - My Madness
Join us this week as we read Steven L Peck's essay My Madness, about his episode of acute psychosis. Enjoy!
Alenka Zupančič - Welcome To The Riviera Of The Real
Join us this week as we read Alenka Zupančič's new essay, Welcome To The Riviera Of The Real
Roxane Gay - The Trouble With Prince Charming
Join us this week as we delve into Roxane Gay's essay The Trouble With Prince Charming. Enjoy!
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Yanis Varoufakis - Technofeudalism 2/2
Join us this week as we finish up Yanis Varoufakis' Technofeudalism. Enjoy!
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Yanis Varoufakis - Technofeudalism
Join us as we read the first half of Yanis Varoufakis' Technofeudalism. Enjoy!
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Michel Foucault - History of Sexuality Vol. 1 2/2
Welcome everybody! This week we're finishing up Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality Volume 1. Enjoy!
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Michel Foucault - History of Sexuality Vol. 1 1/2
Join us this week as we read the first half of Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality Vol.1
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Alenka Zupančič - Disavowal
This week we're reading a great new book from Alenka Zupančič, Disavowal. All of her books are great. Enjoy!
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Theodor Adorno - Theses Against Occultism
Join us as we delve into Adorno's essay "Theses Against Occultism". We're talking about crystals! We're talking about the death of God! Exciting stuff.
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Felix Guattari - The Three Ecologies
Welcome to our season three opener! This week we're reading Felix Guattari's work The Three Ecologies. Enjoy!
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Philosophy of Led Zeppelin
Join us this week for our season finale! We're discussing the philosophy of Led Zeppelin. Specifically, we're focusing on Zepellin IV, Presence, and Physical Graffiti. Enjoy!
