Political Philosophy

Contributor Spencer Hess showcases extensive excerpts from T.J. Jackson Lears’ No Place of Grace, futher characterizing Therapeutic “culture.” For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 To sign up for Dr. Johnson’s Summer 2022 Seminar on Christian Anarchism, start at https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-events/ Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for reminders and invitations to this and future summer seminars, as well as other events: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

Resonating with my earlier series on John Maynard Keynes’s view of the aftermath of WWI and the failure of the Treaty of Versailles to create a lasting peace, the remarks of political scientist John Mearsheimer give a perspective on the Russia/Ukraine conflict that you won’t hear on the news. Vids from The Committee for the Republic: Mearsheimer’s website: https://www.mearsheimer.com Laurie’s John Maynard Keynes on WWI and Interwar playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLkfggTCOx8nQjKWIdyRMpSp18lgI_W4 Political Philosophy Discord: https://discord.gg/tWcKFh87Cp For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 To sign up for Dr. Johnson’s Summer 2022 Seminar on Christian Anarchism, start at https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-events/ Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for reminders and invitations to this and future summer seminars, as well as other events: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

Contributor Spencer Hess discusses excerpts from Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism characterizing Therapeutic “culture.” For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 To sign up for Dr. Johnson’s Summer 2022 Seminar on Christian Anarchism, start at https://pmaurin.org/classes-and-events/ Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for reminders and invitations to this and future summer seminars, as well as other events: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

I’m having trouble with posting this show to iTunes so that it gets into subscribers’ feeds. It posts separately on iTunes last time but didn’t pop into my podcast. So I’m trying again to post my latest conversation with Spencer Hess, to see what happens! Sorry if this is a duplicate notice for some of you!

Radical liberal brunches on the left march, tweet and wear edgy tee-shirts. Radical liberal boaters on the right march, tweet and put flags on their pickup trucks. Their main accomplishment is to blame the other side for their favorite problems, expiate their responsibility and guilt, and eliminate the possibility of positive change on any of their issues. Spencer and Laurie focus in on the US left, because their disappointment in that group is more profound. Progressives say they’re interested in economic change towards more equality. But the PMC* progressives have wasted a lot of time and energy in the endless culture war “ping pong match.” Their energy and intellectual fire power could be used to demonstrate how to organize and live differently. But there are financial and mental health disincentives to actually changing up how the PMC does business. In this discussion, Laurie’s previous interview with Platypus co-founder Chris Cutrone comes up, along with Chapo Traphouse’s Matt Christman”s individual work, and the book featured by Spencer in his latest video: Catherine Liu: Virtue Hoarders: The Case Agains the Professional Managerial Class (2021).* Matt Christman’s Cushvlog is a part of Chapo Traphouse. All he does at the beginning is sing a bit instead of jokes and banter. Here’s an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD9dzSuCz08 Laurie’s interview with Chris Cutrone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFIWFZpiI8Y&t=2767s Catherine Liu appears on Jacobin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ortmpBSz4ko For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for Dr. Johnson’s future summer seminars:: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

Permaculture is one area where there is some promise for agreement even in our politically polarized environment. This is a discussion from Environmental Political Thought of the ideas of Dave Holmgren, co-founder of the Permaculture movement, and Jack Spirko who, although from the other end of the political spectrum (seemingly) also likes permaculture ideas. For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for future summer seminars:: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

Spencer begins a discussion on the mercurial PMCs (professional managerial class). Ft. Matt Christman’s wisdom. Rage Baking: The Transformative Power of Flour, Fury, and Women’s Voices. Get yours at your local bookstore today, and start baking! For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for future summer seminars:: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

In this longer original cut, Spencer explores the distinction between wishes and results via the “Underpants Gnome” model of magical thinking made famous in the Southpark episode we all know and love. Trailer for the book “Native”: trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNN-0Kn8YzE For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for future summer seminars:: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA

If you’re interested in the summer seminar, fill out this brief form: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA While Spencer is doing his series, I’m working on solidifying plans for a new podcast that will feature conversations between the two of us and some of our colleagues on issues the environment, economic and political challenges, political theology and independent community building. I will also be convening another seminar this summer. This one will be on Christian Anarchism. Both of these projects will fall under the new Maurin academy, which will promote care for our common home (the Earth), discussions on Christian political theology, the difficulties and successes of independent community building, and the promises and practices of local agriculture and economy. For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784

In this second part of his series on the decadence and detournement of the educated liberal professional managerial class, Spencer Hess gives us, among other things, a litany of evil systems (both Kaitlin Curtice’s and his own). We also get a peak into the futility of thinking that the solution to all the problems humans create is to educate them. The cat also helps answer one of his questions. For more from us: https://pmaurin.org https://lauriemjohnson.com/ https://politicalphilosophy.video.blog/ iTunes podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-philosophy-dr-laurie-m-johnson/id1473457784 Please fill out this form to be put on the email list for future summer seminars:: https://forms.gle/WxikMpNx1M64GeTEA