April 29, 2024 • 53 mins
In this episode we talk with professor Jason Josephson-Storm about the concept of Disenchantment, why it's an important and influential concept, and why it is also a pervasive myth.
The Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno
Max Weber
The Golden Bough by James Frazer
Deadly Words by by Jeanne Favret-Saada
Our coverage of the homunculus - way back in episode 53!
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