Author: Political Philosophy: Dr Laurie M Johnson

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Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)

September 15, 2024

Laurie discusses the phenomenon of generational trauma and repeating the same stupid mistakes, a syndrome caused by long-term generational poverty and exposure to prejudice, in the process of unpacking JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy Chapters 3 and 4. She’ll respond to more questions from the last Hillbilly bookclub session as well as this one, in an upcoming video. … More Why the Fights, Infidelities, Serial Marriages, & Kids Raised by Grandparents? (Hillbilly Elegy 3)

JPII Catholic Worker Farm Update: Goat Mowers & Accommodations Coming Together! August 2024

August 19, 2024

Laurie talks with Spencer and Emily Hess about how things are going on the JPII Catholic Worker Farm in KCMO. Maurin Academy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maurinacademy Maurin Academy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-maurin-academy-311669 Political Philosophy: https://political-philosophy.com Dustbowl Diatribes and Political Philosophy are podcasts of the Maurin Academy, which can be found on almost all podcast platforms! Follow the Maurin Academy … More JPII Catholic Worker Farm Update: Goat Mowers & Accommodations Coming Together! August 2024

Hillbilly Elegy Public Book Club!

August 8, 2024

Hillbilly Elegy has become an important part of our public discourse, so Laurie is going to dedicate a public book club to this 2016 book. She’ll go chapter by chapter through the book, giving a picture of what JD Vance is saying, from her perspective. Along the way, she’ll be looking at the public comments on our Political Philosophy YouTube channel and responding to them in the next video. … More Hillbilly Elegy Public Book Club!

The Fragmented Self in Modern Liberalism (V.S. Naipaul, One Out of Many, 3) & Future Plans

July 29, 2024

Laurie wraps up her discussion of VS Naipaul’s short story One Out of Many, from In a Free State. The discussion centers around the various forms and impacts of liberal modernity and the dislocations it causes. Hillbilly Elegy bookclub is also briefly mentioned. … More The Fragmented Self in Modern Liberalism (V.S. Naipaul, One Out of Many, 3) & Future Plans

A Global Wake Up Call From Easter Island: Eating Up Easter Q & A Session with Sergio and Elena Rapu

July 21, 2024

On June 24, 2024, The Maurin Academy conducted a live showing of the documentary Eating Up Easter, followed by a Q & A session with the producers Sergio and Elena Rapu. This is the full Q & A session. The documentary deals with the problems and prospects of tourism on the remote island, particularly the … More A Global Wake Up Call From Easter Island: Eating Up Easter Q & A Session with Sergio and Elena Rapu

Unfree in Freedom/Unequal in Equality (One Out of Many, VS Naipaul 2, The Gap in God’s Country)

July 15, 2024

As we get deeper into Santosh’s experience, we see the 1968 Washington DC riots through his eyes, as he begins to contemplate his unfreedom in a free country and his equality in inequality. … More Unfree in Freedom/Unequal in Equality (One Out of Many, VS Naipaul 2, The Gap in God’s Country)