Meditations with Zohar

Tara Isabella Burton: Self-Making from Albrecht Dürer to Kim Kardashian S2 E13

Jul 28, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Role of Human Creativity in Modernity
03:16 • 4min
3
The Slippage From the Self as Divinely Inspired to the Self as God
07:39 • 4min
4
The Nietzschean Story of the Retraction of God
11:12 • 4min
5
The Freudian Parental Story of the Hunger for God
14:53 • 3min
6
The Story of Self-Making
17:37 • 2min
7
The Power of Hard Work and Discipline
19:34 • 5min
8
The Reality Distortion Force Field
24:43 • 4min
9
The Role of Power Politics in the Realm of the Good Life
29:02 • 3min
10
The Revisionist History of the Bastard
31:36 • 2min
11
The Negative Externality of the Renaissance Model
34:01 • 4min
12
The American Entrepreneur or the European Dandy?
37:51 • 2min
13
The Dandy and the Entrepreneur
39:38 • 4min
14
The Role of the Humanities in Self-Invention
43:32 • 2min
15
The Social Media Phenomenon
45:46 • 2min
16
The Commonness of Self-Making
47:52 • 4min
17
The Power of Self-Invention
51:47 • 2min
18
The Dysphoria of Elon Musk
54:11 • 4min
19
The Importance of Authenticity in Non-Fiction Books
57:49 • 3min
20
The Existential Hope of the Self
01:00:48 • 2min
21
The Modern Age Is One That Has Retreated From Judgment
01:02:51 • 2min
22
The Differentization of the Self in Modern Life
01:04:27 • 2min
23
How to Find Your Purpose in Life
01:06:43 • 4min
24
The Importance of Commitment
01:10:24 • 3min