Susan Sontag - In Plato's Cave

Susan Sontag - In Plato's Cave

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Susan Sontag’s essay In Plato’s Cave from her book: On Photography. In this essay Sontag argues that photographs are much like the images that the prisoners in Plato’s cave see reflected on the walls: representations of reality, but not reality itself. Sontag argues that, like Plato’s prisoners, we too have difficulty distinguishing the image from the event that they represent. Additionally, she claims that these images, though different than what they represent, still have the power to produce an emotional response from viewers.

Barry and Mike bring Sontag’s arguments from 1977 to our current digital existences and investigate current experiences with images, noting that in many ways the differences between the real and the image, as well as the implications of our difficulties in distinguishing between the two haven’t changed all that much in the last 45 years. They focus on Sontag’s claims about nostalgia and negative empathy as being products of our interactions with photography and try to figure out what that means in our current situation.

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#118:  Althusser - Idelology and Ideological State Apparatuses

#118: Althusser - Idelology and Ideological State Apparatuses

In this episode Barry and Mike conclude their discussion of Althusser’s seminal essay, “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses”. They focus on Althusser’s concept of interpellation and discuss wh...

1 Touko 51min

#117: Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, pt. 1

#117: Althusser - Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, pt. 1

This is the first of a two part discussion. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Louis Althusser’s Essay “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses” in relation to Simone Weil. Here, they discuss...

17 Huhti 51min

#116: Weil - On The Abolition of all Political Parties, pt, 2

#116: Weil - On The Abolition of all Political Parties, pt, 2

In this episode Barry and Mike continue their discussion on Simone Weil’s essay, “On The Abolition of all Political Parties.” They discuss the opposition between the truth seeking individual and the ...

3 Huhti 51min

#115: Simone Weil - On The Abolition of All Political Parties

#115: Simone Weil - On The Abolition of All Political Parties

This is the first of two episodes on Simone Weil’s 1943 essay, “On the Abolition of all Political Parties. In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the distinction Weil draws between “truth” and “ideol...

20 Maalis 48min

Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle

Guy Debord - The Society of the Spectacle

This is a repost of the Guy Debord episode that was originally posted on 3/15/23.In This episode of the Critical Media Studies podcast we discuss Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle. As the book...

6 Maalis 59min

#113: Merenda - Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News

#113: Merenda - Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Federica Merenda’s essay, “Reading Arendt to Rethink Truth, Science, and Politics in the Era of Fake News”. They discuss Arendt’s distinction between factual t...

20 Helmi 57min

#112: Kracauer - Photography

#112: Kracauer - Photography

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss the uncanny ways that Sigfreid Kracauer’s 1927 essay, Photography, anticipates the modern media landscape.

6 Helmi 59min

#111: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces

#111: Siegfried Kracauer - Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces

Barry and Mike discuss Siegfried Kracauer's 1926 essay "Cult of Distraction: On Berlin's Picture Palaces." Written nearly 100 years ago, the essay is strangely relevant to our current political landsc...

23 Tammi 47min

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