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439. Cancel Culture: The InquisitionPosted on
How religious persecution and censorship shaped the context of philosophy in Catholic Europe in the sixteenth century.
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141. Job Openings: the Rise of Africana Professional PhilosophyPosted on
The key events and figures in philosophy as an academic discipline, in both Africa and the diaspora, from the 1970s to the 1990s.
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438. Don't Give Up Pope: Catholic ReformationPosted on
How the Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reformation created a context for philosophy among Catholics, especially in Spain, Portugal, and Italy.
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140. Cornel West on HimselfPosted on
Cornel West joins us to look back on the development of his thought and the many authors who have inspired him.
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437. Jennifer Rampling on Renaissance AlchemyPosted on
An expert on Renaissance alchemy tells us how this art related to philosophy at the time... and how she has tried to reproduce its results!
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139. A Love Supreme: Cornel WestPosted on
An introduction to the thought of Cornel West, focusing on his early essay “Philosophy and the Afro-American Experience.”
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436. Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores: Robert FluddPosted on
Our last figure of the English Renaissance undertakes daring investigations of chemistry, medicine, agriculture, and cosmology – and gets accused of magic and Rosicrucianism.
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138. Taking it Out of Neutral: Critical Race TheoryPosted on
A movement of legal scholars diagnoses the limitations of merely “formal” measures against discrimination, a point they connect to issues like affirmative action, democratic process, and intersectionality.
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435. Metal More Attractive: William Gilbert and MagnetismPosted on
The cosmological and methodological implications of breakthroughs in the understanding of magnetism and electricity at the turn of the 17th century.
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137. Asante Sana: Molefi Asante’s AfrocentricityPosted on
What inspired Asante's philosophy of Afrocentricity, and its relationship to religion, nationalism, and feminism.
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Final episode17 minutes 54 seconds ago141. Job Openings: the Rise of Africana Professional Philosophy
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition.
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