Philosophy and Fiction in Modern Spain

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Dr. Todd Mack from Hillsdale College discusses some of the main ideas from each day of his Philosophy and Fiction in Modern Spain class. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

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023: Final Episode: The end of Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 16:55


Dr. Mack talks about the end of Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí and gives final thoughts on the course. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

022: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí part 6

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2019 22:54


Dr. Mack talks about Javier Marías’s novel Tomorrow in the Battle Think of Me — including talk of Unamuno, continuity of life, and how to treat the dead. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

021: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí part 5

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 17:26


Dr. Mack talks about identity and names and faces and how Víctor starts to find harmony with Luisa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

020: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí part 4

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 11:21


Dr. Mack talks more about Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí, including Víctor’s doubts about telling the truth and his inability to recognize his ex-wife. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

019: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2019 8:15


Dr. Mack talks briefly about the role of the film Chimes at Midnight in Javier Marías’s novel Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

018: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2019 10:20


Dr. Mack talks about the second part of Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí in which Víctor meets the king. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

017: Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 11:23


Dr. Mack talks about the first 100 pages or so of Javier Marías’s novel Mañana en la batalla piensa en mí about a man whose lover dies while they are in bed! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

016: The Impossible by JA Bayona Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2019 12:19


Dr. Mack talks about the second half of JA Bayona’s film The Impossible. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

015: The Impossible by JA Bayona Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2019 8:42


Dr. Mack talks about the first half of the 2012 film The Impossible — directed by Spaniard JA Bayona and starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Tom Holland. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

014: El capitán Alatriste chapter 10 to the end

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 12:26


Dr. Mack talks about the end of El capitán Alatriste and give his final thoughts on the novel. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

013: El capitán Alatriste ch 4-9

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019 13:21


Dr. Mack gives a quick summary of chapters 4-9 of the novel, and discusses some of the key philosophical points of contact, including fissures, uncertainty vs ignorance, and the select man. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

012: El capitán Alatriste Ch 2-3

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 8:21


Dr. Mack talks about chapters 2 and 3 of El capitán Alatriste — particularly Quevedo’s poem Muros de la patria mía and how they relate to the thought of Ortega and Julián Marías. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

011: El capitán Alatriste Chapter 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 12:19


Dr. Mack discusses the first chapter of Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s 1996 novel El capitán Alatriste. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

010: Why does all philosophy kind of sound the same?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2019 8:07


Dr. Mack talks about why all philosophy kind of sounds the same. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

009: Julián Marías’s “Una trayectoria filosófica” (A Philosophical Trajectory)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2019 11:15


Dr. Mack walks through Julián Marías’s 1981 essay “Una trayectoria filosófica” in which he talks about his relationships with Unamuno and Ortega and thoughts about philosophy towards the end of his career. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

008: María Zambrano’s El hombre y lo divino

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 19:16


Dr. Mack walks through the introductory argument of María Zambrano’s El hombre y lo divino (Man and the Divine) in which she argues for the de-deification of man in order to allow space for the “true” divine. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

007: Julián Marías’s “The Vital Function of the Truth”

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 17:14


Dr. Mack discusses Julián Marías’s “The Vital Function of the Truth,” which is chapter 2 of his celebrated Introduction to Philosophy (1947). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

006: María Zambrano’s “Poetic Reason”

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 13:32


Dr. Mack explains one of María Zambrano’s fundamental ideas: “poetic reason” — a fusion of logical philosophical inquiry and intuitive, poetic contemplation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

005: Chapters 11-12 of The Revolt of the Masses by José Ortega y Gasset

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 12:36


Dr. Mack discusses chapters 11 and 12 of Ortega y Gasset’s The Revolt of the Masses, highlighting how Ortega really encourages readers to strive to be better. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

004: Ortega y Gasset’s The Revolt of the Masses chapter 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 19:37


Dr. Mack discusses chapter one of José Ortega y Gasset’s The Revolt of the Masses. Originally written in 1929, this piece of political/social philosophy is still quite relevant today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

003: Introduction to Ortega y Gasset’s Meditations on the Quixote

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 22:16


Dr. Mack discusses the idea of “I am myself and my circumstances” from José Ortega y Gasset’s Meditations on the Quixote. “On My Own” from Les Miserables “One More Day” from Les Miserables ”A Little Fall of Rain” from Les Miserables Marie Kondo folding clothing --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

002: Joan Maragall’s “In Praise of the Word” (“Elogi de la Paraula”)

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 7:57


Dr. Mack discusses the Catalan poet, journalist and Translator Joan Maragall’s excellent essay “In Praise of the Word.” --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

001: Tragic Sense of Life by Miguel de Unamuno chapter 8 “From God to God”

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 12:01


This is episode 001 of a series of podcasts in which I briefly discuss some of the ideas we encounter in my teaching about Philosophy and Fiction in Modern Spain. In this episode I discuss Chapter 8 of Miguel de Unamuno’s Tragic Sense of Life. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/philosophyandfiction/support

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