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  @vanyasingh558122 күн бұрын

  This so insightful! Loved your lectures on Debord and Goffman, so happy to see you back with more!

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  @socialtheory7 күн бұрын

  Thank you - appreciate the nice comment.

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  @LesterBrunt22 күн бұрын

  I'll admit first time reading I was a little bit triggered. How could jazz, of all genres, be the worst. The jazz I know, Coltrane, Davis, Young, Brecker, don't sound like marching bands at all. But I realized Adorno was writing before some of those guys were even born. When I looked up some of the songs he was talking about it made perfect sense. Jazz back then, or at least the one he talks about, was the most cookie cutter, formulaic, middle of the road, music of that time. It does sound exactly like a fluffed up, 'hip', version of the music the nazis used for everything.

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  @socialtheory7 күн бұрын

  Your initial negative response to Adorno's essay is familiar to me -- I'm glad you saw the value in the essay. I still think it is one of the best introductions to Adorno and Horkheimer's larger project.

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  @ninabeatrizaugust712224 күн бұрын

  I’m a high school teacher in Brazil. I really appreciated your videos. I wonder if you have already thought about writing a book approaching sociological concecpts in a simple and straightfoward way, as you do in your videos, illustrating them with your drawings. It would be nice.

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  @socialtheory7 күн бұрын

  Thank you for suggesting this and it is nice that there might be demand for an illustrated book like this.

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  @thepalebluedot4171Ай бұрын

  Why do students express outrage ? Why do such students from extreme religious backgrounds opt to study subjects that challenge their religion and its beliefs ? They could opt other subjects, may be study accountancy and bookkeeping or something like that.. 😑

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  @vanyasingh5581Ай бұрын

  This is so concise and well presented but also love the Good Omens shoutout

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  @__Mike__2000Ай бұрын

  I can’t help thinking of Kesey’s Cuckoo’s Nest listening to this

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  @imewok1628Ай бұрын

  Thank you so much! Looking forward to the next lectures!

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  @JS-wo2jj2 ай бұрын

  This is such an accessible and engaging way of teaching. Thank you so much, Prof!

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  @oskarloszsi2 ай бұрын

  Amazing lecture. I feel like gradually delve deeper and deeper inside the concept of Total Institution and it makes me want to learn more about sociology. Thank you!

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  @gustavodean-gomes29262 ай бұрын

  Thank you for your video! Excellent class!!!

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  @Cody-yg7gl2 ай бұрын

  Since i formed my ego ive only thought of myself in relation to the spectacle, since i clued into it, i hit a phase of dissociation and am still grasping for where reality is.

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  @inbfu15132 ай бұрын

  Would you please mention which part of the book is emphasized that "Content doesn't matter"? Thank you! Hope you answer it

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  @user-pi6jd7rm2n2 ай бұрын

  Great video, thank you! Do you happen to have a script for this lecture so I can look up all the different theories and names?

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  The closest thing there was to a script, old fashioned lecture notes, are on screen. You might try CC to see an AI approximation to proper nouns.

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  @benjaminobert2 ай бұрын

  Having a difficult time understanding how Lutheranism and these other protestant sects are still categorized with the 'Other-Worldly' God? Most sacraments have been done away with and knowing you're a depraved sinner as Luther puts it would lead me to believe that profit-seeking would be justified as long as you have faith in God? Especially Luther's emphasis on the "calling", why would profit-seeking be frowned upon if you are taking your 'calling' seriously? Thanks! Took your Sociological Theory class in 2023 and I am revisiting your lectures as I found that course to be deeply intriguing!

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Weber sets Lutheranism, medieval Catholicism, and emotional evangelical sects outside the category of "this-worldly asceticism." The reason is pretty straightforward: mysticism remains as a high-religious experience and a pathway to and assurance of salvation. Calvinism-Puritanism was a historical instance of purely-this-worldly asceticism. All others, even Methodism, Pietism, and Anabaptism -- all of which he place in the category of proto-capitalist worldly-asceticism -- hold on to a remnant of mysticism. In Luther's case, mysticism remains the core of the religious life (it is a heart religion of worldly grace after all) to soften/disrupt pure profit-making. Calvinism actually creates a psychological incentive to pursue profit: profit remains a primary sign of (potential) salvation that quiets existential anxiety of damnation.

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  @lemondirector2 ай бұрын

  Harry Danze? Danse? Dons? I can’t find who you’re referring to Harry donce

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Harry Dahms @ University of Tennessee Knoxville

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  @doomTomato2 ай бұрын

  Great lecture. Thank you!!!!!

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Very welcome

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  @gtroblq2 ай бұрын

  Hey prof dorno!!! Im wroking on my trme paper (Go Cowtown Badgers HooYa!!!!) for jazzy music and its gong well but chatgpt says the exchange value of beetz = moor important than jazz genre commodity fetish liberation (hee hee) YO! chat sayz Lacanonian booghwah jjewsauce releases jazzy libration DO YOU think chat is okay?

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Yes, I'm sure the AI bot has it right.

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  @gtroblq2 ай бұрын

  Thanks Bruh!!!! @@socialtheory

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  @josephhite56142 ай бұрын

  Thank you for all of the keys!

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  You are welcome

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  @ryanmartin11952 ай бұрын

  Wow I didn’t think there would ever be more, so great to see. Thank you

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  I'll be adding more over time. I hope they are helpful.

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  @Gitstomp2 ай бұрын

  Welcome back! I'm looking forward to this new series

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Thanks

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  @Spanks_SC2 ай бұрын

  Thank you for the video!

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  You are welcome

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  @digitaldiscomfort38132 ай бұрын

  I am glad you are still posting lectures.

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @amarmujezinovic2 ай бұрын

  Oh my god... this is going to be amazing

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  I hope this lives up to expectations

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  @aRchAng3lZz2 ай бұрын

  You're making videos again! That's so exciting - I thought there will be none after the pandemic. Thank you, I find these really helpful.

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  I'm pleased that they are being viewed.

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  @kyawzayyarlwin80033 ай бұрын

  Thanks

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  @__Mike__20003 ай бұрын

  These videos are fantastic. An ink-stained passionate professor breaking down and explaining some of the greatest (but very difficult) books ever written in a comprehensible way. Thank you for this!

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Glad you like them! Keep studying sociology, as this ink might turn out to be toxic, meaning we'll need a new generation of social theorists pronto!

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  @sofielizbarashvili77633 ай бұрын

  Please continue recording different series, best ones I've seen so far!

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Thank you!

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  @inbfu15133 ай бұрын

  It was very useful, thank you! I would also like to hear about what you mentioned at the beginning regarding why you don't like the book.

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  @rundtosset45762 ай бұрын

  I was wondering the same thing!

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  @felixnieuwenburg14774 ай бұрын

  Good overview of the material! I am currently studying the BA religious studies in Leiden. I am working through Weber’s collected works on religion currently and this online lecture was really helpful in providing an overview. Early 20th century German sure is a challenge to read sometimes.

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  I read and teach in English translation, a real weakness, and am glad that someone is honing language skills.

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  @alexpetty96185 ай бұрын

  This was super helpful! Thank you!

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  @paulf23515 ай бұрын

  I love your Videos but why are you writing with this rusty ink pen?

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  @noahnelson63855 ай бұрын

  Hey thanks professor. Im finishing up med school and have a lot of time to get into the philosophy books i’ve always wanted too. Just finished escape from freedom by fromm n was absolutely spellbound. Reading this n following along with you. Got any other suggestions for me? Im a black man, leftist into historical materialism and looking to expand my horizons. Thx!

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  @dinuray44316 ай бұрын

  I have studied Social- and Cultural Anthropology, and started watching videos about Mauss' gift today, because I had a great "Christmas idea" for someone I want to keep in my life and who also studied the same area 😅 Anyways, thanks for this great great explanation. This is probably one of the best "classes" I have experienced. I wish I would have had you as a lecturer. I am inspired!

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  @noahnelson63856 ай бұрын

  Good lecture. Thanks professor. I found Fromm from a bell hooks interview where she said he’s where she went to learn about love. Read the love book and reading this and loving them both. This overview helped me, I appreciate it

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  @lorilea31886 ай бұрын

  34:00 heart breaks here

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  @lorilea31886 ай бұрын

  26:09 *** needs more work

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  @lorilea31886 ай бұрын

  Incredibly helpful on the day I begin to sell my labor again, a 59 yo German lutheran settler farmer's daughter blue eyed hag SAVED by Federicci when I first encountered her five years ago, no one I know knows her, yet here is a cliff note from Iowa. grateful student from Wisconsin.

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  @socialtheory2 ай бұрын

  Belayed acknowledgement of your comments. We share an age and a background. Am glad you found this helpful. Good luck!

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  @enlightenedanalysis10716 ай бұрын

  This was excellent Dan - thank you!

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  @enlightenedanalysis10716 ай бұрын

  Hi Dan. I watched all 3 videos in this Foucault series. Really enjoyed it. You have a great skill in making difficult ideas simpler to understand. I also liked the illustrations. Great work!

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  @cine9nine6 ай бұрын

  What might be the image of Homo Normalis today? What will it be in 50 years? What might we stigmatize today that will be acceptable in years to come? What might be "normal" or recently de-stigmatized today that will be stigmatized (or re-stigmatized) in future? Is there always a stigmatized group in society? Who are the stigmatized today? The left of politics would argue the right stigmatizes minorities. The right might argue the left stigmatizes being White. Both would argue that the other's allegations are false and that minorities/Whites are not stigmatized, they are actually empowered. Imagine how future generations might judge us.

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  @user-sh9vm8jv3j6 ай бұрын

  THANK YOU :)

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  @uzma_faiz6 ай бұрын

  Thank you for putting out this playlist. I couldn't have enjoyed the book as much other wise. Can you also, make the last video available? Quiet, "literally" dying to watch it. Amazing lectures!

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  @danieldeelite6 ай бұрын

  Love the enthusiasm of delivery. It shows that you care and genuinely enjoy the material

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  @liviahammond91437 ай бұрын

  This is absolutely fantastic thank you so much!!!!!!

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  7 ай бұрын

  This video really helped me apply this text to my present hyperreality. The view of expert discourse and mass entertainment as a shock absorber for the injuries of class is something I see everywhere. Any plans to do a follow-up video on Debord's reconsideration of SOTS?

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  @pauld18308 ай бұрын

  Thank you. This is a beautiful, insightful discussion of Weber's analysis of Hinduism's "rational" structure. Paul D.

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  @nicksmith69438 ай бұрын

  Thank you Dan Krier for another informative sociological perspective. I found it amusing to see an advert for a Customer Relationship Manager during this KZread video. It was sublime.

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  @socialtheory8 ай бұрын

  I appreciate the comment. I wish I could prevent ads from being pushed at you when viewing this...

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  @nicksmith69438 ай бұрын

  Honestly, I think it enhanced the video. @@socialtheory

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  @outofturn8 ай бұрын

  Soviet Russia was notorious for using mental institutions to house and torture its dissidents. It is hardly the capitalist phenomenon Foucault would have us believe. Every organization seems to isolate those who commit unspecified offences against the perceived order. Wokeism and cancel culture do functionally similar things, referred to sometimes as reeducation.

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  @socialtheory8 ай бұрын

  I teach this book, which is imperfect but groundbreaking, because it helps us comprehend power dynamics in the historical emergence of the capitalist order. Stalinism is a separate and later phenomena yet readily approached from Foucault's standpoint. For my money, Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism is the most powerful critique of Stalinism as an archipelago of gulags, camps, and prisons as memorialized in Solzhenitsyn's writings. See also Agamben's Homo Sacer project, which draws heavily upon both Arendt and Foucault.

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  @NickEdgington8 ай бұрын

  @@socialtheory I must confess I am not a student of Foucault, I sort of regard him as a latter-day Machiavelli. Machiavelli having no moral pretensions, Foucault on the other hand interjects his moral viewpoint, supporting his position as on the fringes of society. I find the relish with which he dwells on confinement, not surprisingly sadomasochistic, he seems to regard himself as both jailed and jailor. He is both appalled and obsessed by his own position. Much of what he writes is an internal dialogue, which we are witness too. Marxism gave him a framework to rail against the current order, I am unaware of any solution he offered to deal with deeply disturbed people besides denying that they exist.

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  @socialtheory8 ай бұрын

  @@NickEdgington your brief responses expresses the internal contradictions in Foucault and the need to transcend him as we think our way to a better world. Foucault is worthwhile to work through, a waypoint rather than a destination.

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  @outofturn8 ай бұрын

  ​@@socialtheory I do not wish to invalidate his observation; much is to be learned from his struggle. But even Foucault cannot be viewed devoid of context. Regarding any author as a destination is dangerous enough, particularly so with Foucault.

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  @I-Iaym8 ай бұрын

  Thank you for these great lectures.

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  @socialtheory8 ай бұрын

  You're very welcome!

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  @plastic26668 ай бұрын

  I revisit this series often, thank you!

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  @socialtheory8 ай бұрын

  Glad to hear it!