EPISODE · Sep 10, 2018 · 1H 39M
Episode 7: Patriotism and the Unknown Soldier
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Jake and Phil discuss Alasdair MacIntyre's "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" and the story of the November 11, 1921 burial of the Unknown Soldier, as told by Jonathan Ebel in his book GI Messiahs Works referred to in this episode: Alasdair MacIntyre, “Is Patriotism A Virtue” https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/12398/Is%20Patriotism%20a%20Virtue-1984.pdf Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl, Hayy ibn Yaqzan http://www.marcresource.org/ibn-tufayls-hayy-ibn-yaqzan/ Peter Singer, “The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle” https://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/199704--.htm Bernard Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism” http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/political-philosophy/utilitarianism-and-against?format=PB&isbn=9780521098229 Ralph Ellison “The Little Man at Chehaw Station” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46137/the-collected-essays-of-ralph-ellison-by-ralph-ellison/9780812968262/ Vasily Grossman, A Writer at War https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/72422/a-writer-at-war-by-vasily-grossman-edited-and-translated-by-antony-beevor-and-luba-vinogradova/9780307275332/ John Gray, Two Faces of Liberalism https://thenewpress.com/books/two-faces-of-liberalism Ta-Nehesi Coates, I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/im-not-black-im-kanye/559763/ George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism” http://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat Gregory Pardlo, Air Traffic http://www.pardlo.net/books Aris Roussinos https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/aris-roussinos Valeria Luiselli, Difficult Forgiveness https://www.guernicamag.com/difficult-forgiveness/ Jonathan Ebel, GI Messiahs https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300176704/gi-messiahs Jesus Christ and the American Soldier 2nd version Bumper Sticker https://www.zazzle.com/jesus_christ_and_the_american_soldier_2nd_version_bumper_sticker-128506846244291909 Peter Lucier, Not Your Messiah https://therevealer.org/not-your-messiah/ Anatole Broyard, Kafka Was the Rage https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/20086/kafka-was-the-rage-by-anatole-broyard/9780679781264/ Audio clips: Independence Day (1996) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t1IK_9apWs Charles Olson, Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYxpSjkyAg Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmW0SF5gYEk
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Jake and Phil discuss Alasdair MacIntyre's "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" and the story of the November 11, 1921 burial of the Unknown Soldier, as told by Jonathan Ebel in his book GI Messiahs Works referred to in this episode: Alasdair MacIntyre, “Is Patriotism A Virtue” https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/12398/Is%20Patriotism%20a%20Virtue-1984.pdf Abu Bakr ibn Tufayl, Hayy ibn Yaqzan http://www.marcresource.org/ibn-tufayls-hayy-ibn-yaqzan/ Peter Singer, “The Drowning Child and the Expanding Circle” https://www.utilitarian.net/singer/by/199704--.htm Bernard Williams, “A Critique of Utilitarianism” http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/philosophy/political-philosophy/utilitarianism-and-against?format=PB&isbn=9780521098229 Ralph Ellison “The Little Man at Chehaw Station” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46137/the-collected-essays-of-ralph-ellison-by-ralph-ellison/9780812968262/ Vasily Grossman, A Writer at War https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/72422/a-writer-at-war-by-vasily-grossman-edited-and-translated-by-antony-beevor-and-luba-vinogradova/9780307275332/ John Gray, Two Faces of Liberalism https://thenewpress.com/books/two-faces-of-liberalism Ta-Nehesi Coates, I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/05/im-not-black-im-kanye/559763/ George Orwell, “Notes on Nationalism” http://orwell.ru/library/essays/nationalism/english/e_nat Gregory Pardlo, Air Traffic http://www.pardlo.net/books Aris Roussinos https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/aris-roussinos Valeria Luiselli, Difficult Forgiveness https://www.guernicamag.com/difficult-forgiveness/ Jonathan Ebel, GI Messiahs https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300176704/gi-messiahs Jesus Christ and the American Soldier 2nd version Bumper Sticker https://www.zazzle.com/jesus_christ_and_the_american_soldier_2nd_version_bumper_sticker-128506846244291909 Peter Lucier, Not Your Messiah https://therevealer.org/not-your-messiah/ Anatole Broyard, Kafka Was the Rage https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/20086/kafka-was-the-rage-by-anatole-broyard/9780679781264/ Audio clips: Independence Day (1996) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t1IK_9apWs Charles Olson, Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYxpSjkyAg Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmW0SF5gYEk
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