155. Treason (extended)

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit overthinkpod.substack.com Hello folks! As we hit the 5-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, we thought it would be the perfect time to do an episode on treason. We’d love your thoughts on treason, January 6th, and anything else you’re overthinking about these days in our subscriber chat. Additionally, Ellie and David will be hosting a Substack livestream (maybe two!) this month and we’d love all your questions and comments about everything philosophy :) With love, here’s to the first Overthink episode of 2026 Quince.com/overthink for free shipping on your orders and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Visit Progressive.com to see if you could save on car insurance. Works Discussed: Neil Cartlidge, “Treason,” The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Law and Literature Cécile Fabre, “The Morality of Treason” George P. Fletcher, “The Case for Treason” Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish Phyllis Greenacre, “Treason and the Traitor” Leonard Harris, “Honor and Insurrection or A Short Story about why John Brown (with David Walker’s Spirit) was Right and Frederick Douglass (with Benjamin Banneker’s Spirit) was Wrong” Lee McBride, “Insurrectionary Ethics and Racism” Highlight: Treason as Betrayal * As David mentions, to approach treason from a philosophical angle, it is useful to define it as a subset of a general type of action or behavior, such as betrayal * Psychoanalyst Phyllis Greenacre distinguishes between subcategories of betrayal in her article '“Treason and the Traitor” * Betrayal is generally a violation of trust * She outlines two subterms of betrayal: * Treachery: personal betrayal amongst individuals * Treason: betrayal against the state * Ellie and David then jump into the question who exactly can betray the state?

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