"Games are Perfect Anarchist Practices" -- Miguel Sicart
Here's a crossover episode from my other podcast, Plumbing Game Studies.Things have been crazy lately, and I have emails from back in April I haven't responded to. My apologies if you've emailed me an...
17 Heinä 20241h 4min
128. Hobbes' Leviathan -- Alison McQueen (English Revolution)
Who create the modern theory of political sovereignty?Thomas Hobbes.What was Hobbes afraid of?Anarchy.What made Hobbes so afraid of anarchy?The English Revolution.Today's guest is Alison McQueen, who ...
11 Heinä 20241h 1min
127. Debt Discussion 7, Honor and Dignity with Clif Mark
Clif Mark, host of the Good in Theory podcast, joins me to discuss honor and degradation in Graeber's Debt. Also I make Clif talk about representation in Star Wars, for some reason.
26 Kesä 202448min
126. Milton's Radicalism -- Nick McDowell and Nigel Smith (English Revolution)
One of the most famous author's in the English language, John Milton, was a 17th century English radical who not only supported but also worked for the English revolutionary government. I'm joined by ...
12 Kesä 20241h 16min
125. Graeber's Debt Chapter 7, Honor and Degradation
A little belatedly, here's my episode about Graeber's Debt, Chapter 7. A discussion on honor and dignity will be coming later this month with Clif Mark of the Good in Theory podcast!
5 Kesä 202445min
124. The Early Quakers -- Kate Peters (English Revolution)
Kate Peters, author of Print Culture and the Early Quakers, joins me to discuss the Quakers, the last of the radical groups we're covering the English Revolution series. You can hear about how the Qua...
29 Touko 20241h 26min
123. Debt Discussion 6: Graeber as Grand Theorist with Fuad Musallam
In this debt discussion, Fuad and I discuss Chapter 6 of Debt, "Games with Sex and Death," and especially the way that Graeber is writing in the grand theory tradition of anthropology. Fuad also taugh...
22 Touko 20241h 8min
122. The Fifth Monarchists -- Bernard Capp (English Revolution)
In the next episode of Radicalism in the English Revolution, I'm joined by Bernard Capp to discuss The Fifth Monarchists - a radical protestant sect that was trying to bring about the end of the world...
15 Touko 20241h 10min
