Michel Foucault's Disciplinary Society (ft. Katrina Jaworski)
In this episode. Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss examine some key ideas from Michel Foucault's text, Discipline and Punish, which provides an innovative account of how power has come to be covertly express...
6 Juli 202228min
Michel Foucault's Power/Knowledge
In this episode. Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss have a conversation about Michel Foucault’s unique theoretical understanding of power, which tries to unsettle how it is normally thought about. Eric and Lo...
13 Juni 202220min
Emile Durkheim's Theory of Suicide
In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss discuss Emile Durkheim's sociological study of suicide. In a conversation about a somber topic, Eric somehow manages to slip in a bad impersonation of Arnol...
14 Mars 202222min
Emile Durkheim's Social Facts
In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss unpack one of Emile Durkheim's most important contributions to the field of sociology, his concept of 'social facts'. This leads Eric and Louis to talk abou...
10 Mars 202221min
Paul du Gay's In Praise of Bureaucracy
In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss explore whether or not bureaucracies unfairly get a bum rap in sociology. This leads them to discuss Paul du Gay's thoughtprovoking argument about the virtu...
1 Mars 202220min
Max Weber's Bureaucracy
In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss examine Max Weber's theory of bureaucracy. They discuss why it continues to have resonance in the 21st century and totally unprompted by anything or anyone ...
1 Mars 202226min
Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto
In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss discuss one of the most noteworthy texts in classical sociology, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto. Eric somehow manages to slip in tw...
24 Feb 202239min
Zygmunt Bauman's Thinking Sociologically
In this episode, Eric Hsu and Louis Everuss delve into Zygmunt Bauman's erudite account of sociology. They explore Bauman's fascinating argument that sociology should not be simply equated with common...
24 Feb 202219min
