Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 573: Keith Woods Responds to Academic Agent on Ideology vs. Power
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Greg Johnson welcomed Keith Woods [2] (Twitter [3], Substack [4]) back to Counter-Currents Radio in the first part of our latest broadcast to talk about his debate with Neema Parvini, a.k.a. Academic Agent, on ideology vs. power. It is now available for download and online listening. You can read their exchange here:
- The James Lindsay Debate Club Theory of History. [5]
- Academic Agent Is Still Wrong about Ideology. [6]
- Reply to Keith Woods on Power, Ideology and History. [7]
- Surfing against the Tide of History. [8]
See also:
- Greg Johnson, “Neema Parvini’s The Populist Delusion [9].”
- Greg Johnson, “The Machiavellian Method [10].”
Topics discussed include:
00:02:23 Summary of the positions in the debate
00:06:22 Power determines ideology, but what motivates power?
00:10’05 On the conspiratorial nature of Parvini’s theory
00:11:43 Everything is post hoc justification
00:13:18 How does one debate with someone who doesn’t believe in ideology?
00:15:56 On sincerity
00:22:02 You can’t organize mass society without an ideology
00:30:13 How to lessen infighting on the Right?
00:33:37 On Eric Striker
00:39:04 Greg speaks against materialism
00:47:47 On Joseph Bronski and mutational load
00:59:41 On Nathan Cofnas [11]‘ theory of woke
00:28:03 Greg defines “systemic racism”
01:33:02 On Richard Hanania [12]
01:39:08 Comment on the Google Gemini fiasco [13]
To listen in a player, click here [14] or below. To download, right-click the link and click “save as.”
https://counter-currents.com/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CCR-Talking-Philosophy-Feb-24-2024.mp3 [14]