World Of Literature Podcast
1) John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
On liberty by John Stuart Mill is a classic philosophical work of libertarianism and a demand for freedom of thought, conscience, speech, ideas, tastes and pursuits. John Stuart Mill examines and argu...Show More
2) Inquiry to Postmodernism #1 – Michel Foucault: Discipline and Punish
Michel Foucault is one the most influential thinkers of the 20th century who studied extensively the relations of power and knowledge structures. In this episode we will take a look at his classic wor...Show More
3) Inquiry to Modern Sociology #3 – Bruno Latour: Reassembling the Social
We take a look at Bruno Latour to end our inquiry to modern sociology. Actor-network theory is best known for its claim that objects should be viewed as having the capacity of being actors. We will ...Show More
4) Inquiry to Modern Sociology #2 – Viviana A. Zelizer: The Social Meaning of Money
In this episode we will take a look at Viviana Zelizers work regarding the social meaning of money. What kind of differentiations do people make between monies and how do people use money to sustain, ...Show More
Inquiry to Modern Sociology #2 – Viviana A. Zelizer: The Social Meaning of Money
28:31 | Dec 5th, 2022
5) Inquiry to Modern Sociology #1 – Manuel Castells: The Rise of the Network Society
In this episode we will take a look at Castells most influential work: The rise of the network society. Castells has been very influential in many fields including sociology. In this work he argues ...Show More
Inquiry to Modern Sociology #1 – Manuel Castells: The Rise of the Network Society
30:52 | Nov 15th, 2022
6) Inquiry to Knowledge #1 – Peter Berger & Thomas Luckman: Social Construction of Reality
In the first episode in our inquiry to knowledge, we will take a look at a classic work by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman: The social construction of reality. This work gave us the concept of social...Show More
7) Inquiry to Self #3 – Dan P. McAdams: The Stories We Live By: Personal Myths and the Making of the Self
Dan P. McAdams is a psychologist known for his contribution to the field of narrative psychology, a field of psychology which concerns itself with the psychological value of stories in constructing ou...Show More
8) Inquiry to Self #2 – Erving Goffman: The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life
In the second episode to our inquiry to the concept of self, we will be taking a look at Erving Goffmans classic work, The presentation of self in everyday life. We will examine how Goffman saw that p...Show More
Inquiry to Self #2 – Erving Goffman: The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life
30:21 | Feb 6th, 2022
9) Inquiry to Self #1 – George Herbert Mead: Mind, Self & Society
George Herbert Mead was a social psychologists, who's seen as one of the founders of an approach called symbolic interactionism. Mead didn't (unfortunately) publish any books during he'...Show More
10) Émile Durkheim: On Suicide
Émile Durkheim was a french sociologist who's works have left a tremendous mark on how we interpret, approach and analyze society. In this episode, we will take a look at his work, On Suicide, on...Show More