Civil Disobedience with Noëlle McAfee

Civil Disobedience with Noëlle McAfee

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Closer Look: Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man

How do new forms of social control under capitalism foreclose the possibility of social critique? In episode 156 of Overthink, Ellie and David take a deep dive into Herbert Marcuse’s 1964 classic, One-Dimensional Man. Marcuse analyzes how 1950s conformism narrows the private spac ...  عرض المزيد

Treason

Do we ever have a duty to commit treason? In episode 155 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about “the crime of crimes.” They look at the emergence of this legal concept and its evolution over time, and discuss some of the most important historical cases involving treason: Benedi ...  عرض المزيد

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