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September 03, 2019 —
Daniel Kaufman & E. John Winner
Sophia
- A brief history of 20th-century literary criticism
- John's battles against radical feminists as a grad student at SUNY Albany
- Post-structuralism and "how modernity failed itself"
- English department politics
- John: "Postmodernity is all around us"
- Postmodernity in the world vs. in the academy
- Post-postmodernism and cultural stagnancy
January 15, 2017 —
Scott Parker | Life as literature
Sixty-Second Sermons
April 23, 2018 —
Philip Menchaca & Kelly J. Baker
- The Ku Klux Klan's appeal to Protestant America
- How the KKK rationalized a Jewish Jesus
- The Birth of a Nation and the symbology of the burning cross
- How to "love thy neighbor" as a Klansman (answer: very selectively)
- Kelly: The Klan declined, but its politics went mainstream
- Kelly's search for apocalyptic rhetoric in Klan literature
September 16, 2019 —
Daniel Kaufman & David Ottlinger
Sophia
- The fight, and meta-fight, in philosophy over trans issues
- David's essay on philosophy and activism
- The admonition to "go read the literature"
- Dan: The profession needs to push back against the mob
- Should philosophers avoid signing petitions?
- David regrets the "neglect of the ordinary virtues" in this battle
- How professors should teach controversial subjects
January 11, 2019 —
Robert Wright & John D. Caputo
The Wright Show
- John, a theologian and philosopher, explains postmodern Christianity
- Why postmodernism is not "linguistic idealism"
- Religion's tendency to literalize
- What Paul Tillich and Jacques Derrida thought about "the unconditional"
- John: The Scriptures present a poetic, topsy-turvy vision of life
- Where do our aspirations come from (if anywhere)?
- Have art, literature, and social activism replaced religion?
- Is there a link between the unconditional and Buddhism's "unconditioned"?
October 01, 2015 —
Robert Wright & D.T. Max
The Wright Show
October 14, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Daniel Kaufman
The Wright Show
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