German Idealism, Trotsky and Meister Eckhart | April 2023 Book Haul @RahulSam

Rahul Sam | German Idealism, Trotsky and Meister Eckhart | April 2023 Book Haul @RahulSam | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Books mentioned:
German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801 by Frederick C. Beiser
Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service
Lessons of October by Leon Trotsky
Selected Writings by Meister Eckhart
Russia, from workers' state to state capitalism by Chris Harman, Peter Binns, and Tony Cliff
Conspiracy & The Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise by Hunter A. Coates

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$German Idealism, Trotsky and Meister Eckhart | April 2023 Book Haul Books mentioned: German Idealism: The Struggle Against Subjectivism, 1781-1801 by Frederick C. Beiser Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service Lessons of October by Leon Trotsky Selected Writings by Meister Eckhart Russia, from workers state to state capitalism by Chris Harman, Peter Binns, and Tony Cliff Conspiracy & The Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise by Hunter A. Coates {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ {Images & Videos used} https://youtu.be/ipxoY1aKofQ If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.$ $Hunter Coates On Kant, Hegel & Lacan | RSam Pod #20 Hunter Coates (@dissatisfiedphilosophy ) is an undergraduate student and aspiring academic. Currently, he is pursuing a philosophy and history double B.A. at Georgia College and State University. After graduation, he plans to work towards a PhD in philosophy. In February 2023, Hunter published his first full-length text titled “Conspiracy and the Subject: A Lacanian Enterprise.”: https://www.amazon.com.au/Conspiracy-Subject-Enterprise-Hunter-Coates/dp/B0BW267JC5 In this episode, we discuss Kant, Hegel, Lacan, Žižek and Christian Atheism. Hunters YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dissatisfiedphilosophy9723 {Podcast} Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ Facebook Group: https://goo.gl/JoL9CA {Reference Links} Books mentioned: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/170169 https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/13095855 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90568.For_They_Know_Not_What_They_Do https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/30292 {Images & Videos used} The Perverts Guide to Ideology Director: Sophie Fiennes Screenplay: Slavoj Žižek Producers: Sophie Fiennes, Martin Rosenbaum, James Wilson, Katie Holly Film series: The Perverts Guide to Cinema Cast: Slavoj Žižek Distributed by: Zeitgeist Films If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.$ $Bros Discuss... Should Happiness Be The Goal? (w/ Euwyn Goh) Euwyn and I discuss happiness, therapy (or Therapism) and Kierkegaards stages of life. Connect with Euwyn at: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/euwyngoh {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at mrrahulmaxcontact@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Introduction 2:38 - The modern pursuit of happiness 5:47 - The experience and concept of happiness 11:10 - Happiness as Ideology 22:43 - The stages of pleasures development 28:48 - The misconceptions of happiness 33:20 - Therapism 42:42 - Human condition 52:00 - Kierkegaards stages of life 59:00 - Beyond Happiness 1:04:49 - The religious dimension 1:17:30 - Absurdity 1:19:30 - Happiness through lifes stages 1:25:15 - A caveat$ $Best Books on Hegel (2023) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) is one of the most influential figures of German idealism and philosophy. His influence extends across the entire range of contemporary philosophical topics, from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology to political philosophy, the philosophy of history, art and religion. Books mentioned: The Sublime Object of Ideology by Slavoj Žižek The Plague of Fantasies by Slavoj Žižek Žižeks Ontology: A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity by Adrian Johnston Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism by Slavoj Žižek Emancipation After Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution by Todd McGowan German Idealism: The Struggle against Subjectivism, 1781–1801 by Frederick C. Beiser Hegel by Frederick C. Beiser A New German Idealism: Hegel, Žižek, and Dialectical Materialism by Adrian Johnston Valences of the Dialectic by Fredric Jameson For They Know Not What They Do: Enjoyment as a Political Factor by Slavoj Žižek Absolute Recoil: Towards A New Foundation Of Dialectical Materialism by Slavoj Žižek The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic by Catherine Malabou {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.$ $Bros Discuss... Self-Help (w/ Euwyn Goh) Euwyn and I critique self-help and discuss virtue, infinite ideals and, of course, love. 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Connect with Euwyn at: https://twitter.com/euwyngoh https://memoirworthwriting.substack.com https://www.instagram.com/euwyngoh {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://twitter.com/trsam97 https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ {Images & Videos used} The Lovers by René Magritte (1928) If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. 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