Name: Hegel's Absolute Knowing by Why Theory
Duration: 1 h 20 min 24 s
Description: Ryan and Todd conclude their series on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit with a discussion of the Absolute Knowing section. They explore the relationship between this section and the rest of the book as well as considering what this section has to say about the relationship between mediation and immediacy.

"In your otherness (self-estrangement) you are one with yourself." Could you add?..."and everyone else"  If so then we just need to find another form of words to express, "In your otherness," then you have your L wing political slogan.  I like Lack.

Would this be a formulation with merit/basis, do you think?  "Every experience has the potential to be perceived as good and/or bad simultaneously, though some lend themselves, more readily, to being felt either as good or bad."

Brecht's maxim seems apt here: What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?'

1:03:40 - Shades of Lacan's Poe in the Hegelian point of Todd's joke

random thought and I'm not sure how it would work as an episode, but I would love a Hegelian take on the Hero's Journey. (Also another series like this one going through Science of Logic, although that's a big ask) Especially since what the Hero's Journey essentially boils down to is the pseudo-Hegelian "Thesis (life before the journey) - Antithesis (the conflict causing the journey/the conflict of the journey itself) - Synthesis (the return to the original setting, with the hero having been changed)

Ryan and Todd analyze Freud's essay "Wild Psychoanalysis" and delve into the problem of treating symptoms with knowledge rather than addressing the enjoyment that they offer. Even though this is a minor Freud essay, it provides one of the pillars for a psychoanalytic approach to politics.

Wild Psychoanalysis

Ryan and Todd begin a series of discussions about the classical Hollywood genres with the screwball comedy, a genre that centers on the sexual antagonism. They look at the film that kicks off the genre, It Happened One Night, as well as the high point of the genre, Bringing Up Baby, in addition to others. 


Ryan was recently a guest discussing graduate student conferences, which one can listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistory

Screwball Comedy

In their penultimate episode on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Ryan and Todd analyze the religion section of the book. They focus most on the comic work of art and the revealed religion sections as they try to make sense of why Hegel gives religion such a prominent place in the Phenomenology.

Ryan was recently a guest discussing graduate student conferences, which one can listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistory
 
Barry Manilow’s “misunderstood” Dr. Pepper song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyonMvAh1Bw

Hegel's Religion

Ryan and Todd conclude their series on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit with a discussion of the Absolute Knowing section. They explore the relationship between this section and the rest of the book as well as considering what this section has to say about the relationship between mediation and immediacy.

Hegel's Absolute Knowing

Ryan and Todd discuss the diagnostic categories of psychoanalysis, beginning with neurosis. They analyze the three forms of neurosis--hysteria, obsession, and phobia--while also focusing on the different manifestations of these three forms in the contemporary political arena.

Neurosis

Ryan and Todd explore the philosophical concept of the event, tracing its trajectory through three thinkers--Martin Heidegger, Alain Badiou, and Slavoj Zizek. They make this discussion concrete with an extended discussion of the current revolutionary feminist actions occurring in Iran.

Event

Ryan and Todd provide an introduction to the philosopher of contemporary French thinker Alain Badiou. They begin with his insistence on the importance of mathematics and then move on to his understanding of truth in relation to the event. They also discuss the contrast between Badiou and Hegel.

Badiou

Ryan and Todd trace the history of how thinkers have dealt with the problem of love--the varying definitions of love, the view of love's role in society, and love's philosophical importance. They begin with Plato's Symposium, touch on the New Testament, explore the role of love in Hegel's thought, discuss Badiou's love event, and conclude with the psychoanalytic conception of love, as developed by Jacques Lacan and Mari Ruti.

Love

Its family affair with Gwen Quinby

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This is a special Why Theory episode that was recorded live at the Impakt Festival that took place in Utrecht, Netherlands. Ryan and Todd discuss the theme of the festival--"the curse of smooth operations"--in terms of our relationship to technology. They question how technology provides enjoyment for us. 

The introduction ends at 4:53, and the question and answer period starts at 57:48.

Technology

with Cory Morningstar, Johan Eddebo, Hiroyuki Hamada, Varun Mathur and John Steppling

--Relevant Links--

https://twitter.com/Lorobawa/status/1590691755212836865

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3PGeeUfJk

https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/the-strange-tale-of-yeonmi-park/

https://yen.com.gh/people/219328-nakeeyat-joins-imf-director-world-bank-president-finance-minister-ofori-atta-speak-climate-change/

https://topdocumentaryfilms.com/origins-aids/

https://john-steppling.com/2022/11/the-devils-theatre/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/THE-CLEANERS-About-Silicon-Valleys-Content-Moderators-on-PBSs-Independent-Lens-1112-20181017

https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/THE-CLEANERS-About-Silicon-Valleys-Content-Moderators-on-PBSs-Independent-Lens-1112-20181017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpKsygbNLT4

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Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena.

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