In this episode, I speak to Dr. Todd McGowan. Todd is a professor in the Department of English at The University of Vermont. He is also the co-host of the podcast, Why Theory.
In this episode, we discuss his book, Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution.
In this conversation we explore various topics:
- Todd's conservative Christian upbringing
- Freud & the unconscious
- Hegel's understanding of contradiction
- The philosopher Heraclitus
- Hegel's understanding of God and Christianity
- Happiness & meaning
- Don Draper & Mad Men
- Much more!
