Philosophy & Narrative

Philosophy & Narrative: Performative Knowledge

A new year of philosophizing with Steven Ormosi, Scott Thurlow, and Jonathan Ian Manczur.  Old Johnny is going through some nasty philosophical crises about narrative, bias, and knowledge acquisition.  Listen in or go watch these instead:

Mark Blyth

Robert Reich

Neophytes of Narratology: The Fictional Self

The Neophytes discuss identity in the age of instant celebrity.  They frame their discussion through Netflix’s documentary, Nobody Speak, which pits the fiction Hulk Hogan vs the fiction Gawker.

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Pt. 5 Emanations and The Virgin Birth

Having completed the Hero’s Journey proper, the Neophytes, like Odysseus’ crew, find their return to be more complex than anticipated.  Follow them through lands of Campbellian addenda, indexes and ancillary topics.

Narratology: The Hero with a Thousand Faces Pt. 4 Return and The Keys

The Neophytes finally arrive at a section of myth-narrative studies that they desperately wanted to explore sans their old foe Freud.
Covering Chapters 3 (Return) and 4 (The Keys) in their ongoing reading of The Hero With a Thousand Faces.