The Crumbling E17 - It's Never the Time of Monsters - David Livingstone Smith Interview
Sophia, V, and Davin interview David Livingstone Smith, a professor of
philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep
dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization.
They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it
arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates
to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call it, "our sense of
collective reality crumbling"). This is an eye-opening interview about a
topic that everyone has heard of, but not enough people study, and it
gives some language for how to talk about things happening right now.
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Show notes
www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com
Guest
https://www.davidlivingstonesmith.com/
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philosophy at the University of New England. The crew take a deep
dive with Professor Smith into his area of expertise - dehumanization.
They talk about how he got started studying dehumanization, how it
arises, how it leads to genocides and other atrocities, and how it relates
to our ongoing epistemic crisis (or, as we like to call it, "our sense of
collective reality crumbling"). This is an eye-opening interview about a
topic that everyone has heard of, but not enough people study, and it
gives some language for how to talk about things happening right now.
Support the Show
ww.patreon.com/thecrumblingpodcast
Show notes
www.thecrumbling.beehiiv.com
Guest
https://www.davidlivingstonesmith.com/
- Bill Flarsheim
- Ghosty
- jason lev
- Josh Heltke
- Liz Jaikes
- Ana H Angulo
- Kristen Brazell
- Laura Jedeed
- OhMan
- Randy Zinni
- Carl Angoli
- Hazelhaunt
Creators and Guests
Host
Davin DuBois
Davin (he/him) is an international man of leisure, and prefers to remain a mystery to the audience. He likes anime and football, and hates racists.
Host
Sophia Florence
Sophia (she/her) is a comedian from Connecticut, who also works as a chemical engineer in the (small) pharmaceutical industry during the day. She also provides policy advice and copywriting for political campaigns, writes horror and comedy screenplays, and is in grad school for mathematics.
Host
V
V (she/her) is a sociologist who studies The Torment Nexus - basically, factors that lead to conflict online and offline. There’s not really a word for the general field she’s in yet, but it spans a lot of different subjects such as: epistemology, eschatology, technology, conflict/war/terror studies, religious studies, privacy/cybersecurity and internet studies.
Writer
Damian
Damian (he/him) has roots in activism and organizing in California and at his workplace. For work he has been everything from a lab monkey to a professional hiker to a local journalist. His hobbies include tabletop RPGs and pretending to be a frog on the internet. If his voice is familiar congrats on being part of either a niche RP podcast fandom or a lefty furry political podcast fandom.
