Political Theory
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Ethics, Ethnography, Full Podcast Archive, Political Theory
EP12: Is Making Friends with the Far-Right a Good Way to Research Them? (ft. Benjamin Teitelbaum)
Listen nowWe interview Benjamin Teitelbaum about his controversial ethnographic methods and the unsavoury people he studies. “They go by many names: outsiders describe them as right-wing extremists, organized racists, or neofascists, and they tend to call themselves nationalists. I call them friends,” writes Teitelbaum.
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Full Podcast Archive, Political Theory
EP10: Is Equality of Opportunity Not Valuable? (On Stephan Kershnar’s Attack on Equality of Opportunity)
Listen nowThis week we have one of our first encounters with the Academic Edgelord final boss, Stephan Kershnar. We start with his argument against equality of opportunity. We’ll examine the case, and also ask what exactly Kershnar is in general: a useful gadfly, a dishonest ideologue, or just a petulant troll?
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Full Podcast Archive, Philosophy, Political Theory
EP8: Should the Knowledgable Rule? (On Jason Brennan’s “Against Democracy”)
Listen nowOn this week’s episode, we read Jason Brennan’s 2016 book, “Against Democracy”. In it, Brennan offers a controversial argument for replacing democracy with an “epistocracy” – rule by the knowledgeable.