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**Theory & Philosophy**

Welcome! My name’s David Guignion and I distill complicated philosophical and theoretical ideas for wide audiences. While ideas are important to help us understand the world, it is even more important to put ideas into action. Some of this channel’s key theoretical and pragmatic influences include, but are not limited to, Marxism, Decolonialization, Feminism, Gender and Queer theory, and Critical Race Theory.

This channel’s content is recorded on the in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal, the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, comprised of
the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Huron/Wendat, Abenaki, and Anishinaabeg.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIq2xNjGAof0cCUaKbco6HQ

Latest Episodes:

The Medium is the Message | Marshall McLuhan | Keyword Feb 03, 2021

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In this episode, I explain what Marshall McLuhan means by "The Medium is the Message."

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bell hooks' "Eating the Other" Jan 30, 2021

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In this episode, I present the seminal "Eating the Other." Here hooks explores the implications of cultural appropriation and racism in globalised capitalism.

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How I got into Theory and Philosophy Jan 27, 2021

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*Had to re-upload this because previous file was broken*

Hi all, got lots of people asking about how I got into this stuff so I just thought I'd share my super banal story, lol.

Peterson essay: https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/11

Thesis: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5780/

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Michel Foucault's "My Body, This Paper, This Fire" Jan 23, 2021

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In this episode, I present Michel Foucault's "My Body, This Paper, This Fire" which is Foucault's response to Jacques Derrida's critique of "Madness & Civilization."

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What is Cruel Optimism? | Lauren Berlant | Keyword Jan 20, 2021

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In this episode, I try to explain what Lauren Berlant means by "cruel optimism."

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Jacques Derrida's "Cogito and the History of Madness" Jan 16, 2021

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In this episode, I tackle Jacques Derrida's "Cogito and History of Madness" which is Derrida's critique of Michel Foucault's use of René Descartes.

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Derrida vs. Foucault Jan 12, 2021

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In this episode, I prepare for what will follow for the next two weeks: an elaboration on the conflict between Derrida and Foucault on the topic of mad-identified people.

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Sherene Razack's "The Body as Placeless: Memorializing Colonial Power" Jan 09, 2021

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In this episode, I present Sherene Razack's "The Body as Placeless: Memorializing Colonial Power," a very important text exploring the ongoing colonization of Indigenous bodies in Canada.

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Slavoj Žižek's "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce" Jan 02, 2021

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In this episode, I present Slavoj Žižek's "First as Tragedy, Then as Farce." I'm hard on Žižek here, but in any case this text serves as a good introduction to his philosophy.

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Criticizing "Conspiracism" (Rosenblum and Muirhead) Dec 19, 2020

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Something a little different this week (don't worry, this won't be a trend). I just thought I would upload a talk I gave that relates to my dissertation work. Specifically, I argue here about the limitations of Nancy L. Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead notion of "conspiracism" in their book, A Lot of People are Saying.

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