Welcome to Episode 2 of The Interesting Times podcast. We are joined by the indomitable Ira Allen, an associate professor serving in both the English and political science departments at Northern Arizona University, to discuss the potential shapes of the lights at the end of the dark tunnel we seem to be becoming further encased in by the day. He wields a joyful and fascinating intellect that challenges us to think not only about grandiose possibilities but also the constraints that we must assume will necessarily attenuate these visions. We are so lucky to have him on the show and I am sure you will get a lot from listening to his thoughts on a host of critical and ever-pressing matters. Thanks as always for supporting this venture. I am including a link to Ira’s book as well as links to a few of the other books that come up in our conversation, below.
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Ira’s book: The Ethical Fantasy of Rhetorical Theory
https://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Fantasy-Rhetorical-Composition-Literacy/dp/0822965364
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Justice-John-Rawls/dp/0674000781
The Law of Peoples by John Rawls
https://www.amazon.com/Law-Peoples-Public-Reason-Revisited/dp/0674005422
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow
https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Everything-New-History-Humanity-ebook/dp/B08R2KL3VY
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
Pragmatic Utopias