Oddities of Violence

Episode 6: A Fight for the Status of Violent

Episode 6: A Fight for the Status of Violent "Novelty" Professor Marta Bashovski, from the University of Regina (Canada), reflects on the fraught debate on what constitutes novelty and commonplace in political conversations meant to address violence. Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War Professor Rachel Bruzzone, from Bilkent University (Turkey), speaks from Greece about Thucydides' own life in the midst of internecine war, and its advice to future generations. Music by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive.[https://feedpress.me/link/23711/16264348.gif]

Episode 3: Let Die in Democratic Kampuchea

Episode 3: Let Die in Democratic Kampuchea Professor James Tyner, from Kent State University (United States) addresses common misunderstandings in the history of the Khmer Rouge, its economic reality, and its political campaign of mass neglect. Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War Professor Rachel Bruzzone, from Bilkent University (Turkey), speaks from Greece about Thucydides' own life in the midst of internecine war, and its advice to future generations. Music by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive.[https://feedpress.me/link/23711/16264351.gif]

Episode 7: The London Fire of 1666, or the Birth of the Modern State

Episode 7: The London Fire of 1666, or the Birth of the Modern State Professor Johannes Dillinger, from Brookes University (England), recovers the memory of a world before the rise of the Modern State, and explains how the fear of organized arson, and of vagabonds, changed it all. Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War Professor Rachel Bruzzone, from Bilkent University (Turkey), speaks from Greece about Thucydides' own life in the midst of internecine war, and its advice to future generations. Music by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive.[https://feedpress.me/link/23711/16264347.gif]

Episode 4: Voegelin’s Theory of Extreme, Delusional Violence

Episode 4: Voegelin's Theory of Extreme, Delusional Violence Professor of Political Theory Barry Cooper, from the University of Calgary, focuses on the life and work of German-American scholar Eric Voegelin, and his various insights into the mind of political extremism. Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War Professor Rachel Bruzzone, from Bilkent University (Turkey), speaks from Greece about Thucydides' own life in the midst of internecine war, and its advice to future generations. Music by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive.[https://feedpress.me/link/23711/16264350.gif]

Episode 5: Anarchist Ideology and the Ethics of Terroristic Violence

Episode 5: Anarchist Ideology and the Ethics of Terroristic Violence Professor Or Arthur Honig, from Tokyo International University (Japan), reflects on the lives of Jewish assassins during the rise of Nazi Germany, and on the misconstrued relation between intervention and terrorism. Thucydides on the Peloponnesian War Professor Rachel Bruzzone, from Bilkent University (Turkey), speaks from Greece about Thucydides' own life in the midst of internecine war, and its advice to future generations. Music by Kai Engel, from the Free Music Archive.[https://feedpress.me/link/23711/16264349.gif]