Theory & Philosophy
David Guignion
Welcome! My name’s David Guignion and I distill complicated philosophical and theoretical ideas for wide audiences. While ideas are important to help us understand the world, it is even more important to put ideas into action. Some of this channel’s key theoretical and pragmatic influences include, but are not limited to, Marxism, Decolonialization, Feminism, Gender and Queer theory, and Critical Race Theory.
This channel’s content is recorded on the in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, comprised of
the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Huron/Wendat, Abenaki, and Anishinaabeg.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIq2xNjGAof0cCUaKbco6HQ
This channel’s content is recorded on the in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, comprised of
the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Huron/Wendat, Abenaki, and Anishinaabeg.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIq2xNjGAof0cCUaKbco6HQ
Episodes
Mentioned books
Nov 30, 2019 • 1h 6min
Sunera Thobani's "Exalted Subjects"
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In this episode, I present Sunera Thobani's book, "Exalted Subjects: The Making of Race and Nation in Canada." It delineates the passage from colonization to domination and how certain subjects--white European descendants--are bestowed with a status of exaltation.
Nov 23, 2019 • 1h 34min
Jacques Lacan's "L' étourdit" (Part 3/3)
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In this long episode, Ben and I conclude our dissection of "L' étourdit," paying specific attention to Lacan's use of topology in his illustration of subjectivity constituted by "cuts." We also explore the implications of Lacan's thought as a political tool and how it differs from the work of other theorists--Derrida, Deleuze--who were writing at the same time.
Nov 16, 2019 • 49min
Jacques Lacan's "L'étourdit" (Part 2/3)
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In this episode, Ben and I continue our exploration of "L'étourdit." It is in this episode that we really hone onto the text, with Ben presenting the core themes from the first turn (the first half) of the essay.
Nov 9, 2019 • 1h 1min
Jacques Lacan's "L'étourdit" (Part 1/3)
Dive into the complexities of Jacques Lacan's enigmatic 'L'étourdit'. Explore the three registers of Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real, and how they shape our egos. Discover the distinction between the 'fact of saying' and 'what is said,' plus the intriguing Borromean knot that links these registers. Delve into Lacan's views on sexuation, the role of social institutions in subject formation, and why there's no meta-language. Unravel the intricacies of love and transference in psychoanalysis, all while appreciating Lacan's insights on language and desire.
Nov 2, 2019 • 59min
Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (Part 5/5)
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In this episode, I conclude my presentation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Here we conclude the "Transcendental Dialectic," and point to the interesting uses of a new metaphysics toward the consolidation of a general happiness and perpetual peace.
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Oct 26, 2019 • 48min
Jussi Parikka's "What is Media Archaeology?"
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In this episode, I turn my attention to a seminal text in the fields of new materialism and media studies. Here Parikka argues that Media Archaeology serves the function of revealing forgotten and yet-to-be-realized media that disturb the assumed teleological progression of our gadgets.
Oct 19, 2019 • 1h 1min
Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (Part 4/5)
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In this episode, I continue my presentation of Critique of Pure Reason, specifically presenting the first two chapter of the "Transcendental Dialectic." Here he takes aim at the cosmological ideas and how traditional dialectics only direct us toward a mirage, not truth. Kant proposes transcendental idealism as a solution to the problem presented by dialectics.
Oct 12, 2019 • 51min
Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (Part 3/5)
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In this episode, I continue my exploration of "Critique of Pure Reason," specifically presenting the 2nd and 3rd chapters of the "Transcendental Doctrine of the Power Judgment" and the appendix to it.
Sep 28, 2019 • 54min
Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (Part 2/5)
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In this episode, I continue my exploration of "Critique of Pure Reason" to propel on my discussion of the Transcendental Logic so as to include how the Power of Judgment operates alongside the transcendental logic.
Sep 27, 2019 • 54min
Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" (Part 1/5)
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In this episode, I begin my presentation of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason." Here, I take on the introduction, his section on "Transcendental Aesthetics," and his section on "Transcendental Logic"
