Political Compositions

How do gender, the public-private distinction, Mary Wollstonecraft, and the aesthetics of the 1950s resonate? What are we speaking of when we say gender? Is the social category of “women” politically useful?  And,  Finally, can contemporary feminism overcome critiques from the inside and bridge political differences? These elements and questions compose today’s episode: Feminism.Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Jamie van der Klaauw & Gijs van Oenen explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy. Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.

How do The masters of Suspicion, language, and Ferdinand de Saussure resonate? Why is being late a good philosophical idea? And is our thinking structured like a language? These elements and questions compose today's episode: Structuralism and Post-structuralism.Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Jamie van der Klaauw and Gijs van Oenen explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy.Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.

How do Sex, Language and Madness resonate with philosophy? Is Derrida a Marxist? Or not? Or Both? And how can we understand the contemporary struggles over identity: These elements and questions compose today’s topic: The Culture Wars.Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Gijs van Oenen & Jamie van der Klaauw explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy. Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.

How do Karl Marx, Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, and the Frankfurter School Resonate? What are the spectres of Max? And can philosophy change the world for the better? These questions and elements compose today’s episode: MarxismWelcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Jamie van der Klaauw & Gijs van Oenen explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy.Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.

How do Edward Said, the music of Johan Sebastian Bach, and Michel Foucault resonate? Who was Edward Said? How do our preconceptions of Orientalist representations distort and stereotype Eastern cultures? And are representations always political? These elements and questions compose today's topic: Orientalism.Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Gijs van Oenen & Jamie van der Klaauw explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy.  Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.

How do the absolute I, the music of Igor Stravinsky, Jaques Ranciere, and the power to make distinctions resonate? What is the difference between modernism and modernity? And why does everything solid melt into air? These elements and questions compose today's topic: modernism. Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Gijs van Oenen en Jamie van der Klaauw explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy. Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements, and ideas from past and present which compose political philosophy today.

How do the imagination, Tristan and Isolde, and Jean Jacques Rousseau resonate? What is the relation between the Enlightenment and the Romantics of the 19th century? And can we find truth by looking within ourselves? These elements and questions compose todays topic: Romanticism.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Welcome to Political Compositions, where political philosophers Gijs van Oenen en Jamie van der Klaauw explore the last 250 years of political, social, and cultural philosophy. Join us in confronting the foremost philosophers, movements and ideas, from past and present, which compose political philosophy today.