You Kant Say That!
You Kant Say That!
Na'ama Carlin and Melanie White
Do you get excited by questions more than answers? Do you like showing off at parties with random knowledge? In this podcast, sociologists and social theorists Drs Melanie White and Na’ama Carlin take everyday ideas and explore them through different sociological and philosophical perspectives. Season 1 focuses on the notion of the 'self' as explored in common sociological texts. Join us, in our mission to make the familiar unfamiliar!
Answers!
In our final episode of the season, we return to the question of selfhood and come up with answers! (just kidding, there are no answers)
Jan 15, 2020
32 min
The cat has no clothes
Jacques Derrida got caught naked by his cat. What followed is a 20-hour lecture. Join us as we give you the highlights
Dec 17, 2019
40 min
Blowing bubbles
Zoologist Uexküll explains what makes us tick
Nov 10, 2019
32 min
Life finds a way
Henri Bergson's conception of time and life - outlined in Creative Evolution - offers provocative insights for our very existence
Oct 21, 2019
37 min
Bad to the core - a moral (r)evolution
De Waal's theory on morality reveals important connections between humans and non-human primates
Oct 7, 2019
38 min
Who's hungry?
Jacques Derrida is one of the foremost theorists of the 20th Century. We discuss his insights on ethics, the Cartesian legacy, and how we treat animals
Sep 24, 2019
46 min
Labour pains
We take a deep dive into Marx's theory of labour and species being, and think about producing under Capitalist conditions
Sep 11, 2019
39 min
Are you feeling discontent?
Freud explores the fundamental tensions between civilisation and the individual. This episode, we think 'selfhood' through Freud
Aug 26, 2019
42 min
I am, I exist  so long as  I am...
Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) was the founder of the French tradition of Sociology and as sociologists we are contractually obligated to talk about him. But he also had a profound impact on the discipline! What is the relationship between the individual...
Aug 13, 2019
25 min
Ah ha! At last, I have discovered it
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher and mathematician. Descartes shaped modern philosophy, but what did he have to say about the self? How do we know what is true, and how can I know that I am real? What does a fireplace have to do with...
Jul 30, 2019
26 min
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