Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

About Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

Good in Theory is a podcast about political philosophy and how it can help us understand the world today. Want to know what's in Plato's Republic or Hobbes's Leviathan but don't want to read them? This is your pod. I explain my favourite books in political theory in enough detail that you’ll feel like you read them yourself. Deep but not heavy. No experience needed.

Publisher

Clif Mark

Category

education · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2020

Latest episode

11 May 2023

Latest episodes

47 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 May 2023

   46 - Athenian democracy and Plato w/ Graham Culbertson (Everyday Anarchism Podcast)

   This episode is a crossover collabo with Graham Culbertson of the Everyday Anarchism podcast. Graham asked me over to talk Athenian democracy, Plato, anarchism and how modern meritocratic education sucks. We had a nice time with it and hope you do too. Support the show

2. 

   5 Sept 2022

   45 - Humane War feat. Samuel Moyn

   War tends to bring out the human propensity for atrocity. Nobody likes indiscriminate killing, torture and so on. What to do about it? One response is to avoid war altogether. According to Yale prof Samuel Moyn, that’s what most people wanted after World War II and after Vietnam. But more recently, he’s noticed a shift. Now, politicians, especially in America, are focussing on making more humane. Leaders like Obama say they’ll make war as ‘clean’ as possible by using drone strikes and special...

3. 

   17 Aug 2022

   44 - Samuel Huntington "The Clash of Civilizations?"

   Samuel J. Huntington’s 1993 “The Clash of Civilizations?” is the most assigned article in American political science. It predicts a worldwide culture war (but not the kind you're thinking of). The book became a massive bestseller, Huntington was all over TV and his theory is still talked about all the time. It made him a darling to the press but reviled by his fellow academics. Think of "Clash" as a dark rejoinder to Fukuyama’s already-pretty-morose “End of History.” Instea...

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