I was interviewed by Carter of Unsafe Spaces. Our theme was “The Seeds of Woke Culture.”
Timestamps: 00:00 The Rise of Woke Culture 01:24 Introduction of Stephen Hicks 02:22 Describing woke culture 09:50 Assumptions of liberal culture 13:40 Let’s look at the Enlightenment 18:58 The Counter-Enlightenment and Rousseau 26:08 Immanuel Kant. Enlightenment Thinker? 31:00 Divorce of reason from reality 35:37 After Kant-Schopenhauer 39:34 Kierkegaard’s religious direction 41:30 Marcuse and the post-modernists 42:10 Critical theorists vs. po-mo 47:15 Turning to Freud 52:04 Enter the Frankfurt School 57:45 Politics requires metaphysics 1:02:12 Enter the po-mo 1:07:10 Now only rhetorical power plays?
Excellent interview with deep insights into how philosophy/philosophers premises support different narratives.