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Dr. Guido Preparata is author of such books as Conjuring Hitler, The Ideology of Tyranny, and most recently, Toward a Eusocial Empire.
Here he joins Dr. Arthur Versluis and Dr. Christopher McIntosh to discuss a wide range of topics joined by a critical view of modernity and its reigning narratives. This is part one of a two-part series.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction and Book Overview
1:50 Origins of Critical Theory
5:12 Academia, Postmodernism, and the Ideological Apparatus
12:01 The Transformation of the Humanities and Neo-Gnosticism
15:28 The Geopolitics Behind “Conjuring Hitler”
22:05 Thorstein Veblen’s Prophecy and World War Dynamics
28:35 Violence, Elite Domination, and the “Insect” Metaphor
34:10 Alternative Society Models and the Anastasia Movement
39:30 Economic Reform, Currency, and the Future Free Municipality
47:43 Conclusion and Planning Part Two
English