Jordan Peterson Questioned on Alt-Right Fanbase | CLIP Transliminal 2018-01-03 | Like the material? | patreon.com/transliminal | **Support us on Patreon** ---Jordan B. Peterson responds directly to my concerns about his apparent popularity amongst the so-called Alt-Right.See the full interview here: youtu.be/YC1pvjyKYr4---*NOTE TO OTHER YOUTUBERS*: If you wish to re-post any of this video content on your own channel, please simply contact me first to discuss terms. I'm quite reasonable.---
The Settlements | Gershom Gorenberg | Part II Transliminal 2019-12-25 | Three ways to support!Paypal: paypal.me/transliminalPatreon (main channel): https://www.patreon.com/transliminalm...Patreon (Zionism channel): https://www.patreon.com/zionaninvesti...Zion--an investigation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLh8...Main channel: youtube.com/transliminal***Gerhom Goernberg is a widely acclaimed, highly accomplished journalist, author and historian of Israel and Zionism. His latest books include:The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 |https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080...The Unmaking of Israel | https://www.amazon.com/Unmaking-Israe...The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount |https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019...
The Settlements | Gershom Gorenberg | Part I Transliminal 2019-04-19 | Three ways to support!Paypal: paypal.me/transliminalPatreon (main channel): patreon.com/transliminalmediaPatreon (Zionism channel): patreon.com/zionaninvestigationZion--an investigation: youtube.com/channel/UCLh8dPQbz5xzVSmo8zqsiBwMain channel: youtube.com/transliminal***Gerhom Goernberg is a widely acclaimed, highly accomplished journalist, author and historian of Israel and Zionism. His latest books include:The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 |amazon.com/gp/product/0805082417/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_taft_p1_i0The Unmaking of Israel | amazon.com/Unmaking-Israel-Gershom-Gorenberg/dp/0061985090/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount |amazon.com/gp/product/0195152050/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
The Roots of Existentialism (Part II) | Dr Steven Taubeneck | 2019 Transliminal 2019-02-23 | Do you find this interview valuable?Patreon (patreon.com/transliminal) | PayPal (paypal.me/jlevbc)If so, please subscribe, share, and considering supporting my channel ^ !---Here I interview popular philosophy professor Dr Steven Taubeneck, who specializes in modern European thought. Dr Taubeneck studied directly under RIchard Rorty, and has given highly acclaimed lectures in both in European Studies and philosophy departments across North America. In Part I of this interview, we discussed the origins of existentialism as a movement, beginning with Hegel, and continuing to the likes of Kierkegaard and Dostoyevsky. (See Part I: youtu.be/g0flzyym9-Y)Here in Part II, we move on to a discussion of Heidegger, the emergence of post-modernism, the continental-analytic split in modern philosophy, and how each of these is related. At the end of the interview, I ask Taubeneck to recommend a small handful of readings for those interested in pursuing these ideas further. He suggests the following three pieces:Trotsky and The Wild Orchids -- Richard Rorty:http://cdclv.unlv.edu/pragmatism/rorty_orchids.htmlPlato's 'Symposium':http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/symposium.htmlThe Question Concerning Technology -- Martin Heigdegger:simondon.ocular-witness.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/question_concerning_technology.pdf---*NOTE TO OTHER YOUTUBERS*: If you wish to re-post any of this video content on your own channel, please simply contact me first to discuss terms. I'm quite reasonable.---
The Roots of Existentialism (Part I) | Dr Steven Taubeneck | 2019 Transliminal 2019-01-26 | Do you find this interview valuable?Patreon (patreon.com/transliminal) | PayPal (paypal.me/jlevbc)If so, please subscribe, share, and considering supporting my channel ^ !---Here I interview popular philosophy professor Dr Steven Taubeneck, who specializes in modern European thought. Dr Taubeneck studied directly under RIchard Rorty, and has given highly acclaimed lectures in both in European Studies and philosophy departments across North America. Here we talk about where existentialism as a movement came from, beginning with Hegel, and continuing to the likes of Kierkegaard and Dostoyevsky. In Part II we move on to Heidegger, the continental-analytic split, post-modernism, and more. ---*NOTE TO OTHER YOUTUBERS*: If you wish to re-post any of this video content on your own channel, please simply contact me first to discuss terms. I'm quite reasonable.---
On 1948 | Ilan Pappe | Part II | 2018 Transliminal 2018-12-09 | What happened to the Palestinians when Israel declared its independence in 1948? Was it ethnic cleansing? Chaos? Legitimate Jewish self-defense?Prof. Ilan Pappe is perhaps the most contentious Israeli historian of this question.Decidedly left-wing in his outlook, Pappe is both an historian, and a social activist. He's perhaps most famous for his book "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine," in which he lays out a case that the war for the creation of Israel in 1948 is best understood as an ethnic cleansing of the native Palestinian population by primarily European Jews.Unsurprisingly, Pappe's scholarship is widely derided in Israel. Yet his work is often celebrated by many pro-Palestinian activists in the Middle East and abroad.Pappe currently teaches history at the University of Exeter, in the UK.This is part two of my two part interview with Pappe last summer, in Haifa.For the contrasting academic perspective, please see my interviews with Prof Benny Morris, of Ben-Gurion University, here: goo.gl/sC5BTe
On 1948 | Ilan Pappe | Part I | 2018 interview Transliminal 2018-09-01 | Please support this channel: patreon.com/transliminal***What happened to the Palestinians when Israel declared its independence in 1948? Was it ethnic cleansing? Chaos? Legitimate Jewish self-defense?Prof. Ilan Pappe is perhaps the most contentious Israeli historian of this question.Decidedly left-wing in his outlook, Pappe is both an historian, and a social activist. He's perhaps most famous for his book "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine," in which he lays out a case that the war for the creation of Israel in 1948 is best understood as an ethnic cleansing of the native Palestinian population by primarily European Jews.Unsurprisingly, Pappe's scholarship is widely derided in Israel. Yet his work is often celebrated by many pro-Palestinian activists in the Middle East and abroad.Pappe currently teaches history at the University of Exeter, in the UK.This is part one of my two part interview with Pappe last summer, in Haifa.For the contrasting academic perspective, please see my interviews with Prof Benny Morris, of Ben-Gurion University, here: goo.gl/sC5BTe***Like this raw interview content? Want to see the pithy, captivating documentary version? So do I!Please support this project on Patreon, and help me convert all this material (including dozens of hours of additional raw interviews) into an informative, compelling, documentary film. Learn more here:patreon.com/zionaninvestigation***Note to other YouTubers: Please contact me for permission before using this material on your own channels. Thank you for your understanding.
On 1948 | Benny Morris | Part II | 2018 interview Transliminal 2018-08-01 | What happened to the Palestinians when Israel declared its independence in 1948? Was it ethnic cleansing? Chaos? Legitimate Jewish self-defense?Prof. Benny Morris is arguably the preeminent historian of this question. His answers tend to upset everyone equally, which is an accomplishment when it comes to Israel & Palestine. In short, Morris' scholarship is contentious, but hugely important. This is part two of my two part interview with Morris last summer, at his home in southern Israel.***Like this raw interview content? Want to see the pithy, captivating documentary version? So do I!Please support this project on Patreon, and help me convert all this material (including dozens of hours of additional raw interviews) into an informative, compelling, documentary film. Learn more here:https://www.patreon.com/zionaninvesti...***Note to other YouTubers: Please contact me for permission before using this material on your own channels. Thank you for your understanding.
Big Gods & the Fabric of Society | Dr Ara Norenzayan | Spring 2018 Transliminal 2018-06-02 | Like the material? We're fan funded! Please support us on Patreon:patreon.com/transliminal---Transliminal Interviews - Episode 03Here I interview renowned social psychologist Dr Ara Norenzayan, Co-Director of UBC's Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (www.hecc.ubc.ca) and a pioneer in the psychological study of religion.Norenzayan's also the author of the highly acclaimed "Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict," available here: goo.gl/KyyC4TNorenzayan's prolific work features prominently in our online MOOC, "The Science of Religion," which is available totally for free via EdX: edx.org/course/the-science-of-religionCheck it out! ---*NOTE TO OTHER YOUTUBERS*: If you wish to re-post any of this video content on your own channel, please simply contact me first to discuss terms. I'm quite reasonable.---
On 1948 | Benny Morris | Part I | 2018 interview Transliminal 2018-03-01 | (Ad-free version: youtu.be/TPWZPRsLLHM)What happened to the Palestinians when Israel declared its independence in 1948? Was it ethnic cleansing? Chaos? Legitimate Jewish self-defense?Prof. Benny Morris is arguably the preeminent historian of this question. His answers tend to upset everyone equally, which is an accomplishment when it comes to Israel & Palestine. In short, Morris' scholarship is contentious, but hugely important. This is part one of my two part interview with Morris last summer, at his home in southern Israel.***Like this raw interview content? Want to see the pithy, captivating documentary version? So do I!Please support this project on Patreon, and help me convert all this material (including dozens of hours of additional raw interviews) into an informative, compelling, documentary film. Learn more here:https://www.patreon.com/zionaninvesti...***Note to other YouTubers: Please contact me for permission before using this material on your own channels. Thank you for your understanding. ***
Religion & Moral Psychology | Dr Azim Shariff | Jan 2018 Transliminal 2018-01-23 | Like the material? We're fan funded! Please support us on Patreon:patreon.com/transliminal---Podcast link:soundcloud.com/transliminal/religion-moral-psychology-dr-azim-shariff-transliminal-interviews-e01 ---Transliminal Interviews - Episode 01In this inaugural episode of the new 'Transliminal Interviews' series, I talk with psychology professor Azim Shariff about the origins of religion, morality, and how and why we make the moral judgments that we do.Dr Shariff is a former student of Dr Jordan B Peterson, as well as a brilliant (and enviably well-published) young thinker in his own right. To see some more, check out this sample lecture from the MOOC we made together. It's actually pretty funny, given the weightiness of the material (moral reasoning): vimeo.com/200656826/9cdbb78d26---Our MOOC, the Science of Religion: edx.org/course/science-religion-ubcx-religionx---Links to some of the papers we discuss in the episode:Haidt:http://www.victorkumar.org/uploads/6/1/5/2/61526489/haidt_-_emotional_dog.pdfBoyer and Petersen:cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/7D84E452710ACCC6A35D49B8590B614F/S0140525X17001960a.pdf/folkeconomic_beliefs_an_evolutionary_cognitive_model.pdfRoemer paper (We made a mistake during the podcast: it’s John Roemer, not Paul Roemer, and he’s the second author. Woojin Lee is the first): http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.414.9473&rep=rep1&type=pdfLuttig et al paper on the racism about the mortgage assistance program:drive.google.com/file/d/0BzCuEQv_ZRf4RGlTbGhQSW0tVDQ/viewSznycer paper on compassion, envy and redistribution:http://www.pnas.org/content/114/31/8420.fullShariff et al.'s paper on punishment and free will: researchgate.net/publication/261066203_Free_to_Punish_A_Motivated_Account_of_Free_Will_Belief---Henrich’s Sackler talk:youtu.be/f-unD4ZzWB4---Rough transcript of the captions to this interview available here:goo.gl/ZK6JAH (Courtesy of Louise Parberry)---*NOTE TO OTHER YOUTUBERS*: If you wish to re-post any of this video content on your own channel, please simply contact me first to discuss terms. I'm quite reasonable.---
Cultural Evolution & the Origin of Faith | Dr Joseph Henrich Transliminal 2017-01-20 | Dr Joseph Henrich explains how genes and culture have cumulatively evolved in tandem to create the human capacity for faith, and thus for biologically unprecedented development.*CC BY NC SA*
The New Science of Religion | Series Intro | Dr Edward Slingland Transliminal 2016-11-08 | *** | http://www.newscienceofreligion.com | ***Dr Edward Slingerland, co-director of UBC's Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (www.hecc.ubc.ca), introduces what it means to view reilgion from a scientific perspective. Religious ritual video provided courtesy of Vincent Moon (www.vincentmoon.com). ***CC BY-SA-NC
Jane Mayer on Money in US Politics (October 2016) Transliminal 2016-10-04 | Ever feel like there are hidden forces quietly controlling the political landscape with massive amounts of cash? Well, you're not crazy.---Jane Mayer, investigative journalist, author of "Dark Money," and staff writer at The New Yorker, speaks to UBC's Liu Institute for Global Issues about the role of "dark money" in the US electoral system, and in the broader American public sphere.liu.arts.ubc.calindinitiative.ubc.catransliminalmedia.com
Gods, Morality and Cooperation (Part I) | Dr Ben Purzycki Transliminal 2016-05-29 | Dr Benjamin Purzycki explains how the idea of a powerful, moralizing god is empirically linked with higher degrees of cooperation amongst believers.
Religion and Cooperation in Brazil | Dr Montserrat Soler Transliminal 2016-01-05 | *** | http://www.newscienceofreligion.com | ***Dr Montserrat Soler draws on fieldwork in Brazil to explain why people expend so much time and money on costly religious rituals. She concludes with the difference between 'New Atheism' and the genuine scientific study of religion.Lush audio-visuals of Brazilian religious musical rituals provided courtesy of Vincent Moon (www.vincentmoon.com). ***CC BY-SA-NC
Belief, Identity and Sacrifice | Dr Jonathan Lanman Transliminal 2016-01-02 | *** | http://www.newscienceofreligion.com | ***Dr Jonathan Lanman describes surprising factors that predict whether someone will grow up to believe in god, and what makes people most likely to sacrifice themselves for their religion. Spoiler alert: it's not doctrine. Footage of Sufi rituals in Chechnya via Vincent Moon: http://www.vincentmoon.comMorocco footage is from 'Exils,' by Tony Gatlif: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exils***CC BY-NC-SA
The New Science of Religion (intro) Transliminal 2015-12-21 | New scientific advances are shedding fresh light on the phenomenon of religion, where it comes from, and what's made it so compelling throughout history. Whether you're a devout believer, avowed atheist, or somewhere inbetween, the answers may surprise you. Follow this video and podcast series, and have your mind bent in intriguing new ways.CC BY-NC-SA
Dr Jordan B Peterson | *full-length* 2014 interview Transliminal 2015-11-10 | **Religion, Myth, Science, Truth** | an evening with Dr. Jordan B. PetersonThis video was filmed prior to JBP's 2016 statements on gender, and neither condones, nor addresses, his post-2016 work.***Table of Contents:0:00 INTRO: PETERSON'S JOURNEY9:45 RELIGION: CROWD-CONTROL, NAIVE SCIENCE, OR NEITHER? 10:08 "They're straw man arguments"11:45 Multiple motivational systems, different levels of thinking13:32 Fundamental presuppositions14:13 Dawkins vs. Christianity: like a "smart 13 year old boy"14:36 INTERMISSION: PETERSON ADDRESSES HIS DOG 14:44 SCIENTISTS MISREADING RELIGION 15:52 Different systems of thought, different purposes16:00 More than one basic assumption is possible17:13 ENTER: DOMINANCE HIERARCHIES 17:19 What's real is what's persistent across time17:33 Dominance hierarchies and lobsters17:58 We're evolutionarily adapted to hierarchies18:14 HIERARCHIES, RELIGIOUS THINKING, AND SUBJECTIVITY18:42 "Being" as not reducible to material reality19:12 The road to nihilism and authoritarianism19:57 DETERMINING THE TRUTH OF A THEORY 20:07 Newton or Darwin? Choose one. You can't have both.20:20 Nitzche's "Truth serves life" is a Darwinian idea20:38 No idea if our knoweldge will help us survive over deep time20:50 Answer to: "But look what we've built with it"21:20 Crossing Ebola and Smallpox: some science is clearly insane22:30 Check your assumptions about reality23:45 Darwinism: truth is what enables survival within chaos, period.25:03 Dawkins is a Newtonian not a Darwinian 26:09 Reductionism leaves things out. This has consequences.27:27 The pragmatic problem: truth for what?28:09 DEEP DARWINISM & RELIGION28:15 Religion as evolved knowledge about action 29:40 American Pragmatist philosophers: the true Darwinians30:17 Godel, the stock market and reality31:02 TRUTH AS ACTION 31:44 Truth from the bottom up: lobsters, wolves, humans 34:27 Ethics: evolved patterns in dominance hierarchies39:23 Dogs, chimps and humans: hierarchy navigators44:45 From dominance hierarchies to archetypes: ancient Egypt52:36 The soul 55:50 Jung on Christianity, truth and speech59:07 Truth versus the lie1:00:52 THE INTELLECT1:00:52 The totalitarian intellect1:02:43 Have you made thinking your God?1:03:38 Attention trumps thinking1:04:11 EVOLUTIONARY ROOTS OF WESTERN RELIGION 1:04:33 Christ as a metahero1:04:43 The deep roots of myth1:07:00 Chaos monsters1:08:55 Myth as behavioural truth1:09:37 "Darwin trumps Newton"1:10:02 "Dawkins is a rationalist...not a darwinian"1:10:07 Darwinian time, Darwinian truth1:13:57 Mesopotamian myth as successful behaviour blueprint1:17:36 FROM NATURE TO HERO MYTHOLOGY 1:19:33 Religious stories model being as a field for action1:21:13 Our religious task1:21:47 Religion as hero mythology 1:22:30 "You...don't know that you know the story." 1:23:58 PIAGET AND PRE-RATIONAL MORALITY 1:25:16 We learn to act before we learn the rules1:26:18 Moses the Judge: observer of emergent moral patterns1:27:54 "Opiate of the masses" as naive industrial era thinking 1:28:43 METAPHORICAL THOUGHT 1:29:11 Hyperactive agency detection module: it goes deeper1:31:00 The brain as archetype detection organ1:32:08 Women are nature1:33:48 Metaphor, myth and science1:36:00 SCIENCE AND MORAL TRUTH1:37:52 Are all scientists devoted to the truth?1:39:44 How do we judge if science is ethical?1:42:57 Evil as archetypically real1:44:06 The reality of good and evil1:45:09 Science and mythology: which is embedded in which? 1:48:17 EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY AND DEEP TIME 1:49:13 RELIGIOUS METAPHYSICS: OPTIONAL? 1:49:20 Is God an old man with a beard in the sky?1:51:12 Hurricane Katrina, corruption and poverty1:52:12 The significance of the bible1:53:43 The genius of the sacrifice1:55:50 INTERLUDE: TRIANGULATING MEANING1:58:02 END OF RELIGION? 1:58:02 On new atheists' claims of a secular rational future1:58:29 On new age spirituality1:58:49 New atheist rationalist optimism so absurd it must be motivated 1:59:18 REDUCING RELIGION VS. EXPANDING EVOLUTION1:59:40 "[The Jungian alternative]...is terrifying [for people]"1:59:57 "[Jung's work]...puts enlightenment thinkers to shame"2:00:17 "Which ideas have you? ... We're like playthings of the gods" 2:01:09 JUNG: STUDYING INFORMATION, NOT MATTER 2:02:23 "If you study religion properly, it'll demolish your personality" 2:08:16 METAPHOR VS REALITY: NOT OBVIOUS 2:10:11 Ancients: phenomenologists, not scientists2:12:24 Religion as spatial 2:13:24 HUMANS: EFFICIENT COMPLEXITY MANAGERS 2:13:48 Reality in terms of resolution2:15:52 There's lots worse than death2:16:46 On Becker's "The Denial of Death": smart but mistaken2:19:40 Death's not the problem, it's complexity2:21:06 THE MULTICULTURAL DIMENSION2:27:35 FROM THEORY TO ACTION 2:28:40 Fixing what bugs you2:29:30 Overcoming the lie2:31:54 Peterson's experience with truth2:34:45 The most powerful thing we can do
