Avital Ronell on America, loser sons, Europe, stupidity and more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the American philosopher Avital Ronell to discuss her latest work “America”, contemporary loser sons, stupidity, dreaming and Freud, contemporary anti-intellectualism, authority, and a lot of other things. You can listen to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/crisisandcritique If you like this and other episodes, please consider subscribing and supporting us at our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=71723553 You can find our Substack here: https://crisiscritique.substack.com/ Crisis and Critique Journal: https://www.crisiscritique.org/ #avitalronell #america #europe #podcast #theory #philosophy #deconstruction #derrida #politics #freud #psychoanalysis #heidegger

Catherine Malabou - Dear ChatGPT, are you an a priori synthetic structure?
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Catherine Malabou - Dear ChatGPT, are you an a priori synthetic structure?

Sianne Ngai on ugly thoughts, ugly feeling, aesthetic categories, gimmick in capitalism, and more
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Sianne Ngai on ugly thoughts, ugly feeling, aesthetic categories, gimmick in capitalism, and more

What Liberalism got wrong | John Gray on the failures of the Enlightenment
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What Liberalism got wrong | John Gray on the failures of the Enlightenment

Everything We’re Told About the History of the West is Wrong | Aaron Bastani Meets Josephine Quinn
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Everything We’re Told About the History of the West is Wrong | Aaron Bastani Meets Josephine Quinn

Todd McGowan on perversion, comedy, Hegel, alienation... and a lot more.
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Todd McGowan on perversion, comedy, Hegel, alienation... and a lot more.

I Spent 26 Years As A Mormon Tradwife. Then I Woke Up. | Just Getting Good
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I Spent 26 Years As A Mormon Tradwife. Then I Woke Up. | Just Getting Good

Silvia Federici on feminism, primitive accumulation, bodies, magic, dance… and (no) Taylor Swift
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Silvia Federici on feminism, primitive accumulation, bodies, magic, dance… and (no) Taylor Swift

Mary Beard and Why America Isn’t Rome (And Why That Matters) | The David Frum Show
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Mary Beard and Why America Isn’t Rome (And Why That Matters) | The David Frum Show

Judith Butler on US and world politics, feminism, gender-theory, non-violence, and many other things
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Judith Butler on US and world politics, feminism, gender-theory, non-violence, and many other things

Why we are getting more stupid | Slavoj Žižek FULL INTERVIEW
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Why we are getting more stupid | Slavoj Žižek FULL INTERVIEW

'Trust has been so eroded': Philosopher Miranda Fricker on epistemic injustice today • FRANCE 24
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'Trust has been so eroded': Philosopher Miranda Fricker on epistemic injustice today • FRANCE 24

Wolfgang Streeck on Trump, fascism, Europe, the left, the end of capitalism… and a lot more!
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Wolfgang Streeck on Trump, fascism, Europe, the left, the end of capitalism… and a lot more!

How Hannah Arendt Exposed How Evil Really Works | A Bedtime History Story
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How Hannah Arendt Exposed How Evil Really Works | A Bedtime History Story

Oakeshott Lectures 2025 - Curtis Yarvin on the End of the End of History
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Oakeshott Lectures 2025 - Curtis Yarvin on the End of the End of History

"Thinking is a Way of Life": On Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities" with Sepp Gumbrecht
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"Thinking is a Way of Life": On Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities" with Sepp Gumbrecht

Avital Ronell: "Abandonment"
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Avital Ronell: "Abandonment"

Graham Harman & Matthew David Segall: OOO vs. Process Philosophy
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Graham Harman & Matthew David Segall: OOO vs. Process Philosophy

Catherine Malabou on the Clitoris, AI, Anarchism, Hegel, Marx… and much more!
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Catherine Malabou on the Clitoris, AI, Anarchism, Hegel, Marx… and much more!

Cornel West on American Politics, Catastrophe, Messy Materialism, Blues, Christianity and Coltrane.
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Cornel West on American Politics, Catastrophe, Messy Materialism, Blues, Christianity and Coltrane.

Avital Ronell: "Immaturity" (June 26, 2018)
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Avital Ronell: "Immaturity" (June 26, 2018)