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
Sep 21, 2019 • 1h 4min
Jean Baudrillard's "Seduction" (Part 1/2)
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In this episode, I begin my exploration of Baudrillard's elusive and enigmatic "Seduction." There are some tricky ideas in this text that demand a critical re-evaluation of many assumptions often held about Baudrillard's work, and about the role of theory more generally.
Sep 21, 2019 • 1h 5min
Jean Baudrillard's "Forget Foucault"
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In this episode, I dissect Baudrillard's "Forget Foucault." I try to trace Baudrillard's criticism in his own terms, while simultaneously supplementing his analysis with my own understanding in an effort to fill in some of the blanks
Sep 21, 2019 • 1h 11min
Michel Foucault "The Order of Things" (Part 2/2)
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In this episode, I'm joined by Alex once again to take a stab at Foucault's "The Order of Things." In these two parts, we try to locate the significance of Foucault's work today with a specific emphasis on his theory of the episteme and much more.
Sep 21, 2019 • 60min
Michel Foucault "The Order of Things" (Part 1/2)
Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy
In this episode, I'm joined by Alex once again to take a stab at Foucault's "The Order of Things." In these two parts, we try to locate the significance of Foucault's work today with a specific emphasis on his theory of the episteme and much more.
Sep 21, 2019 • 55min
Jean Baudrillard's "Symbolic Exchange & Death" (Part 2/3)
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In this episode, I continue my presentation of Symbolic Exchange & Death.
Sep 19, 2019 • 55min
Jean Baudrillard's "The Mirror of Production" (Second Half)
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In this episode, I finish off my presentation of Jean Baudrillard's The Mirror of Production.
Sep 19, 2019 • 51min
Jean Baudrillard's "The Mirror of Production" (First Half)
Patreon (For those whom can afford it): https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy
In this episode, I present Jean Baudrillard's The Mirror of Production, a decisive turn in Baudrillard's work from a 'Marxist' approach to a 'post-structuralist' one.
Sep 19, 2019 • 1h 17min
François Laruelle's "A Summary of Non Philosophy"
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In this episode, I'm joined by Jeremy R. Smith to discuss François Laruelle's "A Summary of Non-Philosophy." As the title suggests, this is an 'introductory' approach to non-philosophy that explores its position within and against philosophy. Non-philosophy assumes this ambiguous position to affect change from both out and inside philosophy. Contact info for Jeremy: jsmit747@uwo.ca Link to Oraxiom that Jeremy is editor of: http://www.oraxiom.org/index.php/OJNP
Sep 19, 2019 • 1h 11min
Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari's "A Thousand Plateaus" Chapter, "1837: Of the Refrain"
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In this episode, I'm joined by Sparkles, Master's student in Philosophy at Boston College, to speak about Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's seminal text, "A Thousand Plateaus." In this particular episode, we focus our attention on a specific chapter--"1837: Of the refrain"--to get at the nitty-gritty of Deleuze and Guattari's conception of musical sound.
Sep 19, 2019 • 50min
Mariana Ortega’s “In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self” (Second Half)
In this episode, Hélène, PhD candidate in Women's Studies & Feminist Research, and I continue our exploration of Mariana Ortega's "In-Between" to point to Ortega's theories of resistance through multiplicity.
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