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Great videos. Is there any way of accessing your notes?

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hi! i found this channel a few weeks ago and it's taught me so much about critical theory -- could you do a lecture specifically on the cold war if you haven't already? it's so interesting how the US' cultural hegemony has played into an almost socially constructed "red scare," both in the early 20th century and w/the second red scare and mccarthyism. thanks so much!

Thank you for this engaging lecture that delves deep into the context and themes, I'm definitely going to watch the rest of the series.

Thanks professor

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Thanks for this. Super helpful lecture…this helps me synthesize my argument and I plan to apply this concept and theory for my literature assignment.

I’m enjoying this course! Would you mind checking if it’s in order in the playlist? It’s out of order from here.

Leftism is deadly and the most hypocritical cult of all time.

When I did my teaching qualifications a few years ago, I quoted many on the left because I knew that that's what my tutors would expect. I instinctively knew however that all this stuff was pretty much all pseudo intellectual nonsense. I decided recently however to investigate leftist thought, which is what drew me to your lecture, and other sources. I have to say that my opinion has not changed. I have however gained a better insight into many of the forces at work to destroy establishments around the world today. Thank you for reinforcing my views and giving me more ammunition to throw at the absurdity of leftist theory and dogma. I would equate this with the cultist doctrines of Scientology and Mormonism on having no rational basis whatsoever. The best I can do is to try to make sure my children and grandchildren are not captured by any ideology with no basis other than blind belief and/or dubious theory.

Great lecture! I really enjoyed listening to this :) It introduced me to a lot of historical context that I was blind to before, and knowing all of this now makes me appreciate Dream even more!

just found your channel and I must say: what a privilege! thank you so much for keeping these lectures available for those of us who want to learn :)

Thank you for this wonderful lecture - appreciate it

This saved my grades. Thank you so much.

Self-immolation is not suicide.

You have a special talent for engaging your audience. 🎯 🎉

Thank you so much for this. I developed a so much better understanding of this play definitely because of your video.

excellent.

Kindly make timestamps for introductory marks, commentary and discourse on original text.

Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, died on June 24, 1604 - Midsummer's Day.

What's the point of critical theory if not to change the world? What's the point of communism if not to change the world? Isn't that the clear issue with Feuerbach? Your point about Christians causally accepting genocide is relevant given what's going on in Palestine. I think you're not seeing the fuller picture that Marx laid out though, suggesting that there is debate to Marx's recognition of twentieth century communism/socialism states. I ask this geniunely, why do you think it's a 'gross' oversimplification to 'simply' associate critical theory with Marxism/communism? You're a professor, you're not blind, you want the same things we all want, there's a choice here and it cost many others their jobs, many their lives. You grouped together Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh and Che at the end, and characterize them as 'charismatic' leaders, but they were not just charismatic, they were revolutionary and independent. Is critical theory either when separated from the great successes of communism? Is the situation in Palestine "complicated"? I think it's something else, maybe a choice or choice in way of thought. I want to reiterate, you concluded with "It is a gross oversimplification to simply associate critical theory with Marxism, though Marx's thought remains fundamental to understanding the emergence of critical theory". This is contradictory. Are you saying it's an oversimplication to associate critical theory with Marxism despite, as you say immediately after, it's fundamental to the emergence of critical theory? To summarize my questions, "What's the point of critical theory if not to change the world? What's the point of communism if not to change the world? Isn't that the clear issue with Feuerbach?" (Marx makes a compelling case that you explained) "Why do you think it's a 'gross' oversimplification to 'simply' associate critical theory with Marxism/communism?" (Why do you think we have this 'oversimplification'?) "Is critical theory either revolutionary or independent when separated from the great successes of communism? Is the situation in Palestine "complicated"?" (Just to provoke, do you also think it's an oversimplification to call it genocide?)

Thank you for this lovely analysis. Are you still happy to email your notes?

When Marcuse is talking about "necessity" is he meaning it in a way of what is necessary to attain freedom outside of our current society (economics, cultural etc)? or Is it what things are necessary to do, within our society's system, to attain freedom? Meaning bourgeois society has created (constructed) necessities (ie we need to work to survive, we must strive for better technology to have a better society, i must do man things to be a man etc) and we are "told" completing those goals, or at least completing actions inside those freedom pipelines, will set us "free". And he is opposed to this because our rational thought is diminished to the extent of those pipelines and not to rationalize if those pipelines actually make us free. Example, does doing man things actually make me a man, or does it just continue the struggle? And if I somehow accomplish those tasks of manliness do they then transform me into a more rational individual with more freedoms than prior?

This is perfect. I just purchased "Critical Theory" and "Critical Theory and Philosophy" as well as "Critical Theory - Key Concepts by Dino Felluga" I've been relying on ChatGPT to hopefully have a way to break down certain terms. I will add your lectures to my readings as I go.

I’m loving this course! Thanks for posting it.

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Just watched Judi Dench as Titania from 60s … Brilliant.

Elegant and incisive as always. Particularly appreciated the forays into the present, and the background of his Catholicism in shaping his views of absolute sovereignty. Thank you!!!

I've been watching your videos Sir, thank you for the lectures!! Very helpful and insightful

Amazing lecture, Professor. Thank you for the amazing insights. 😊

Exquisite series!

I didn't even realize when an hour had passed! Thank you for video 😊

Appreciate it

I just discovered your channel and I'm obsessed. Thank you so much for your videos! 💕

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful work. I am in a production of A Midsummer Nights Dream in Wollongong, Australia, playing Helena. We open this week. And I’m filling up on the language of the text via your academic inquiry. Thank you 😊

Thank you for this lecture! Is there any chance to have the notes?

Btilliant. From India.

Brilliant. From India.

Brilliant. From India.

Thank you Sir

Thanks sir

Oh, you are Dr. Roger Green. Well then, thank you Dr. Roger Green. Your humility is so sweet, so beckoning; and wow, your family live in Geneva along with John Calvin's chair.

Thank you for the humble voice and all the content.

Mysticism or the mysteries or esotericism is an oral tradition: its not the case that something had to be written for someone to be persecuted. “But whoever heard of someone being persecuted for having heretical experiences” What do you mean by heretical experiences? Not at all a familiar phrase. Do you mean a ‘divine’ or transcendental or religious belief that encounter? If so, this statement is completely incorrect. A simple glazing of history would show it. @1:18:05

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Just even the idea that drug scheduling did not exist before the 1970s is a mind blowing historical fact: I can see why you were laughing. What prompted your decision to pursue this field of research?

Great! Thanks for the critical analysis

Hey, Dr. Green. Thanks for uploading your lectures for this class. I loved my Great Books class in college, but regret not being able to dive into other classics (especially Shakespeare) and literary theory.

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