• JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Still making my way through Simone de Beauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity with rl reading group and very much recommend the Philosophy Now episodes on it to the people who read How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

    Philosophy Now - episode 106

    Philosophy Now - episode 107

    Long story short, Simone makes the argument that to truly be free, one must work towards the freedom of the people around you for no man is an island, etc, etc. But she goes into the type of personalities you run across in the world and they apply greatly with what we're seeing with the rise of fascism.

      • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        The book is very reference heavy, but the Philosophy Now eps are very accessible. Sadly, the host regularly uses North Korea as his example of oppressed people in these eps though. Coulda been perfect agitprop otherwise. Still useful tho.👍