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The Curious TaskEric Schliesser - Do Liberals Focus Too Much On Freedom From Restrictions?Alex speaks with Eric Schliesser about the "freedom to" vs. "freedom from" debate in political theory, using Serene Khader’s book Faux Feminism as a central reference. They explore the historical distinction between negative and positive liberty, the role of hierarchy in structuring freedom, and how liberalism’s focus on removing restrictions can sometimes reinforce existing power structures. The discussion touches on feminist theory, liberal political thought, and broader critiques of market-based individualism.
References
Faux Feminism: Why We Fall for White Feminism and How We Can Stop by Serene Khader
https://a.co/d/fFRt...2025-02-051h 05
Walter Veit Podcast#41 - Eric Schliesser: On Synthetic Philosophy
Today's episode gave me a chance to talk to Eric Schliesser on his work and especially his article on what he described as synthetic philosophy. His website can be found here: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s/c/e.s.schliesser/e.s.schliesser.html
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The Curious TaskMarc-William Palen - Were There Left-Wing Visions of Free Trade?Alex speaks with Marc-William Palen about the evolution of left-wing visions of free trade from the mid-19th century through the Cold War, highlighting key movements and figures like the Anti-Corn Law League, Karl Marx, and the Fair Trade movement, and contrasting these with protectionist and imperialist policies of the era.
Episode Notes:
Marc-William's book "Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica
Marx on Free Trade:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1888/free-trade/#:~:text=Only%20under%20Free%20Trade%20can,%2C%20wage%2D...2024-07-031h 06
Iconen van de GeschiedenisSophie de Grouchy & markies de Condorcet - De Franse RevolutieIn deze aflevering gaat de Franse Revolutie echt van start. Samen met hoogleraar politieke filosofie, Eric Schliesser, bespreken we de levens van Sophie de Grouchy en markies de Condorcet. Dit intellectuele koppel speelde een belangrijke rol in de aanloop en het verloop van de revolutie die Frankrijk in lichterlaaie zou zetten. Onder meer de politieke ontwikkelingen, de positie van de vrouw en de rol van ideeën zullen de revue passeren. Mocht u deze aflevering leuk vinden, schroom dan niet om een review achter te laten. Tune: Divertimento I - Wo...2024-06-1056 min
The Curious TaskEric Schliesser - Is Post-Liberalism Already Here?Alex speaks with Eric Schliesser about the growing declarations of the end of liberalism and what this means for the socio-political future in general.
Episode Notes:
Eric Schliesser’s page at the University of Amsterdam https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s/c/e.s.schliesser/e.s.schliesser.html#Publications
Kevin Vallier’s episode of this podcast discussing religious anti-liberalism: https://thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/197-kevin-vallier-what-are-the-new-religious-threats-to-liberalism/
Adrian Vermeulen’s publications https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/adrian-vermeule/
Tom Pink’s page at King’s College London: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/thomas-pink
Yoram Hazony’s book on conserva...2024-02-071h 12
IndoxicateTaking the long viewHow bad would human extinction be? To my mind, it seems that it all depends on how it happens. It would be strange to think that we should prevent extinction at all costs—in part because extinction is inevitable.
There’s a useful parallel here with one’s own extinction, one’s future death. One’s death is inevitable, but it need not be something to dread or fear. Yes, death becomes troubling when it is unjust, avoidable, unnecessary, or untimely. But in a life, death is often not the worst thing that could happen. Life can be more ho...2022-12-0411 min
New Books in Critical TheoryHelen De Cruz ed. "Philosophy Illustrated: Forty-Two Thought Experiments to Broaden your Mind" (Oxford UP, 2021)Thought experiments are tools philosophers and scientists use to investigate how things are, without actually having to go out and experiment in the real world. Philosophy Illustrated: Forty-Two Thought Experiments to Broaden your Mind (Oxford UP, 2021) presents forty-two philosophical thought experiments. Each thought experiment is illustrated by De Cruz and is summarized in one or two paragraphs, which is followed by a brief exploration of its significance. Each thought experiment also includes a longer (approximately 2-page) reflection, written by a philosopher who is a specialist in the field. De Cruz's unique illustrations serve as visual and accessible starting points for...2022-11-082h 02
The Curious TaskJanet Bufton - Are Libertarians Liberals?Alex Aragona speaks with Janet Bufton as she explores where and how the tenets of classical liberalism come into play for those who call themselves libertarians.
References from The Curious Task Special Episode 9 with Janet Bufton
Janet Bufton manages the Liberal Studies Guides project and is a consultant at Adam Smith Works, whose websites have been hyperlinked.
You can read more about Adam Smith’s thoughts on a system of natural liberty, the rules of commercial society, and the decisions people make at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy at this link.
Follow this link to learn more ab...2022-07-061h 11
The Curious TaskEric Schliesser — What Is Neoliberalism?In Special Episode 2's celebration of 100 episodes, Curious Task host Alex Aragona pointed to Episode 60 with Eric Schliesser as one of his favourites, so we're re-releasing it! In this episode, Alex Aragona speaks with Eric Schliesser as he explores the history of the term "neoliberalism," its eventual evolution, and what neoliberalism means today. If you haven't had a chance to listen to it before, we hope you find it interesting. If you have, enjoy its re-release!
References from The Curious Task Special Episode 5 with Eric Schliesser
Here is a list of Eric Schliesser’s publications.
Dr. Kare...2021-07-2858 min
The Curious TaskCelebrating 100 EpisodesTo celebrate reaching 100 episodes, host Alex Aragona, producer Sabine El-Chidiac, and executive producer Matt Bufton look back on the origins and growth of the podcast, some of their favourite episodes, and so much more in this very special bonus episode.
References from The Curious Task Special Episode 2 with Matt Bufton, Sabine El-Chidiac and Alex Aragona
You can listen to Graeme Thompson discuss Canadian Liberalism here. Dennis Rasmussen discusses if America failed here.
The very first episode of The Curious Task with Nigel Ashford can be listened to here.
Alex Salter talks about central banking on The Curi...2021-07-1256 min
The Curious TaskJanet Bufton — Are Libertarians Liberals?Alex Aragona speaks with Janet Bufton as she explores where and how the tenets of classical liberalism come into play for those who call themselves libertarians.
References from Episode 72 with Janet Bufton
Janet Bufton manages the Liberal Studies Guides project and is a consultant at Adam Smith Works, whose websites have been hyperlinked.
You can read more about Adam Smith’s thoughts on a system of natural liberty, the rules of commercial society, and the decisions people make at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy at this link.
Follow this link to learn more about the non-aggression princip...2020-12-161h 10
The Machiavelli PodcastTeacher Talk: Eric SchliesserHave you always wondered who the teacher in front of the class really is? Then this is your chance to get to know her/him! Today we are joined by Professor Eric Schliesser, who you probably know from the course History of Political Thought. Prof. Schliesser and I will discuss things like who his favourite thinker is, "blocking out the haters" and why he wears the iconic sunglasses during his lectures. I will also show him the memes created about him, so do you want to know how he responds? Or do you just want to get to know "...2020-11-0734 min
The Curious TaskEric Schliesser — What Is Neoliberalism?Alex Aragona speaks with Eric Schliesser as he explores the history of the term "neoliberalism," its eventual evolution, and what neoliberalism means today.
References from episode 60 with Eric Schliesser
Here is a list of Eric Schliesser’s publications.
Dr. Karen Horn and Dr. Stefan Kolev’s joint work, entitled Economic Thinking, has a German version available for purchase on Amazon Canada at this link.
Walter Lippmann’s book, The Good Society, which went on to become an international hit as for “its insight of neoliberalism as the intellectual status quo in the 19th century” can be purchased on A...2020-09-2357 min
Carrièretip23. Tip Van Eric Schliesserhttps://www.projectecosofie.nl/2020-06-2100 min
Ecosofie: Duurzame gesprekken23. Adam Smith was meer dan de onzichtbare hand met Eric Schliesser Adam Smith staat de boek als de bedenker van het ongebreidelde marktdenken. Dit komt veelal doordat hij in zijn beroemde boek : ‘The wealth of nations’ in een zin schrijft over de onzichtbare hand. Eric Schliesser deed zijn promotieonderzoek naar de werken van Adam Smith en is momenteel hoogleraar Politicologie aan de UvA. We bespreken de nuance in de werken van Smith en gaan in op het economisch gedachtegoed dat hij predikte. Daarbij kijken we naar de relatie met de huidige tijd. De inzichten van Smith zijn namelijk erg relevant voor de huidige handelsoorlog tussen de Verenigde Staten en China maar heef...2020-03-201h 07
MCMP – Philosophy of MathematicsAnti-Mathematicism and Formal PhilosophyEric Schliesser (Ghent) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (25 June, 2014) titled "Anti-Mathematicism and Formal Philosophy". Abstract: Hannes Leitgeb rightly claims that "contemporary critics of mathematization of (parts of) philosophy do not so much put forward arguments as really express a feeling of uneasiness or insecurity vis-à-vis mathematical philosophy." (Leitgeb 2013: 271) This paper is designed to articulate arguments in the place of that feeling of uneasiness. The hope is that this will facilitate more informed discussion between partisans and critics of formal philosophy. In his (2013) paper Leitgeb articulates and refutes one argument from Kant against formal philosophy. This paper will s...2019-04-1800 min