In this episode, Dan talk with Crispin Sartwell of Dickinson College about Dan's essay, "Wanting and Doing." We discuss action, desire, and powerlessness as understood in Christian theology and contemporary addiction discourse.(Here's the article under discussion: https://theelectricagora.com/2021/05/25/wanting-and-doing/).
4:04 Wanting and doing in Christian and Addiction Discourse.
36:54 Overeating and the Problem of Conflicting Desires.
47:43 Habits.
49:48 Actions and Events.
John’s personal history with punk rock ... Why was punk more political in the UK than in NYC? ... The far reach of capitalism...
Daniel Kaufman and Crispin Sartwell talk about Crispin’s article for the New York Times, “Humans are Animals: Let’s Get Over It” (2/23/2021). (https://www-nytimes-com.newsproxy.inf...) Topics...
Robert Gressis (Cal State Northridge) and Kevin Currie-Knight (East Carolina University) talk about Kafkatraps. Kafkatrapping is a rhetorical technique where an objection to a...