Totalitarians of Western Philosophy

By: Little Crispy
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  • Running through some of the most beloved texts in Western political philosophy. They are loved for their ingenuity and beauty. But they are respected and believed for their screeching authoritarianism. You might see episodes on...Plato, Hobbes, Rousseau. Hegel, Nietzsche, Zizek, Pettit, etc.
    © 2025 Totalitarians of Western Philosophy
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Philosophy Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • Classical Liberalism 2: The magnificent absurdity of it all

    Classical Liberalism 2: The magnificent absurdity of it all
    Feb 19 2025

    It takes 10 minutes to destroy classical liberalism, as it turns out. Wait! 11.

    Resorting again to Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Brandom and the conception of freedom as being "the author of the laws" or "the lawgiver of onerself."
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    12 mins
  • A Totalitarian Strand of Classical Liberalism

    A Totalitarian Strand of Classical Liberalism
    Feb 16 2025

    'You are free when you are the lawgiver of yourself". That's Rousseau, but then it's also Kant, Hegel, Habermas, Brandom etc. By an amazing coincidence, the laws you give yourself are word-for-word the laws we've given you. This approach amounts to a disingenuous disinformation program.

    videos on conceptions of freedom in western philosophy:

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUz6jqVz4W1LtmhTkTejFtyTMn9ZRMGx_
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    23 mins
  • Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Cheering for Show Trials and Liquidations

    Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Cheering for Show Trials and Liquidations
    Feb 12 2025

    (One of) the most disturbing book(s) I've ever read is Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Humanism and Terror.

    "To tell the truth and act out of conscience are nothing but alibis of a false morality." (Humanism and Terror, chapter 4)
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    34 mins

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