Phronesis

Phronesis Episode Notes In this episode, Will and Brad discuss Josef Pieper's "Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org. Image by Thom Milkovic via Unsplash Music court

Episode Notes For this episode, we were joined by special guest John Holzwarth, Assistant Professor with Term in Political Science at Lewis & Clark College. We discussed Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture and essay, "Intellect." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would li

Episode Notes In this episode we discuss Benjamin Fondane's essay "Man Before History: The Sound and the Fury" available in the volume Existential Monday. We are joined by Aaron Cummings, a PhD student in the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, who previously wrote on Fondane for Athwart. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questi

Episode Notes In this episode, we are joined by St. John's College Tutor Michael Grenke to discuss Lise van Boxel's Warspeak: Nietzsche’s Victory over Nihilism and Friedrich Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morals. Lise van Boxel's Warspeak, with an introduction from Grenke, is available from Political Animal Press. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any que

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Gilles Deleuze's "Postscript on the Societies of Control." We were joined by special guest Geoff Shullenberger, who writes at Outsider Theory among other outlets—including Athwart. Additionally, Geoff recently launched an Outsider Theory podcast. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, f

Episode Notes For this episode, we are joined by Samuel Goldman, Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, executive director of the John L. Loeb, Jr. Institute for Religious Freedom, and director of the Politics & Values Program. Professor Goldman's book After Nationalism: Being American in an Age of Division is forthcoming this year. We discuss

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" with special guest Max Nussenbaum of the On Deck Writer Fellowship. The On Deck Writer Fellowship is an eight-week remote program for internet writers who want to improve their writing and grow an audience. The On Deck Writer Fellowship will be hosting "Drafted," a da

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Dorothy Sayer's "The Lost Tools of Learning." We are joined by Micah Meadowcroft, Managing Editor at The American Conservative. You can find his writing on TAC's website. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and

Episode Notes In this episode, we discuss Ivan Illich's "Silence is a Commons" alongside Athwart Senior Editor Joseph M. Keegin. You can find his writing on his site as well as on Athwart. In this episode we also mention Athwart's print symposium Toward a Just Political Economy which can be read and purchased on our site. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you

Episode Notes [Note: This episode has been reuploaded with fixed audio.] In this episode, we discussed Charles Taylor's "The Politics of Recognition." If you liked this episode, please leave us a review! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us on our website. Or, if you would like to read and listen to more of our work, go to www.athwart.org. Image court