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Sweeny vs Bard

Sweeny vs Bard

By Andrew Sweeny

Alexander Bard and Andrew Sweeny on creating The Grand Narrative
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Sweeny vs Bard #58 with Bonnitta Roy and Alexander Elung - Transcendental Emergentism part 2

Sweeny vs BardDec 04, 2023

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01:38:21
Sweeny vs Bard #58 with Bonnitta Roy and Alexander Elung - Transcendental Emergentism part 2

Sweeny vs Bard #58 with Bonnitta Roy and Alexander Elung - Transcendental Emergentism part 2

The second part in a series with Bonnitta Roy, exploring metaphysics and transcendental emergentism—and other ideas circling around Alexander's new book Process and Event. With Special Guest Alexander Elung Subscribe to our Substack: https://parallax.substack.com/ Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Bonnitta is a visioneer, insight guide and horse whisperer. Her work is deeply embodied and grounded, and over the last several years, she's shown us how to trust the intelligence of life again. She is founder of Alderlore Insight Center and curates wickedly provocative and seriously surprising conversations at The Pop-UP School: https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/,; https://a.co/d/4ZLYDnuLinks: Alexander Bard's Books: Process and Event, (2023)The Futurica Trilogy (2012) Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014) Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society (2017)"

Dec 04, 202301:38:21
Sweeny vs Bard #57 with Bonnitta Roy - Transcendental Emergentism

Sweeny vs Bard #57 with Bonnitta Roy - Transcendental Emergentism

The beginning of a series with Bonnitta Roy, exploring metaphysics and transcendental emergentism—and other ideas circling around Alexander's new book Process and Event. Subscribe to our Substack: https://parallax.substack.com/ Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Bonnitta is a visioneer, insight guide and horse whisperer. Her work is deeply embodied and grounded, and over the last several years, she's shown us how to trust the intelligence of life again. She is founder of Alderlore Insight Center and curates wickedly provocative and seriously surprising conversations at The Pop-UP School: https://bonnittaroy.substack.com/,; https://a.co/d/4ZLYDnuLinks: Alexander Bard's Books: Process and Event, (2023)The Futurica Trilogy (2012) Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014) Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society (2017)

Oct 19, 202301:30:55
Sweeny vs Bard #56 - Back in Black
Sep 05, 202301:07:05
Sweeny vs Bard S04E01: An MMA Lecture: An Odyssey towards digital Shamanism.
Oct 24, 202101:30:43
Strange Attractor Roundtable Ep 3: The Philosophy of Cool

Strange Attractor Roundtable Ep 3: The Philosophy of Cool

After listening to Alex Ebert’s fantastic presentation ‘Dead Cool’ at the Stoa we thought we would invite Alex, who like Alexander Bard, is a pop star turned philosopher for a discussion on ‘The Philosophy of Cool’.  What is cool in the age of attentionalism?  What is fake cool and what is real cool? How is cool related to Réne Girard’s theories of mimetic desire.  Originally part of the Sweeny vs Bard podcast, we thought it exemplified a lively round table and should be part of the Strange Attractor series.  After all ‘cool’ is a strange attractor and mysterious enough to merit a serious conversation.

One of the coolest (in the sense of ‘most awesome’) conversations so far.  Part 2 coming soon.

Alex Ebert is an erstwhile multiplatinum songwriter and Golden Globe-winning film composer now taking up philosophy in New Orleans.   He is currently finishing his first book, Dead Cool, an analysis of sociodynamics and status anxiety in the age of Cool.

Alexander Bard: Alexander Bard is a Swedish author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, philosopher and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist movement along with his co-author Jan Söderqvist. His books include “The Futurica Trilogy”, “Digital Libido” & “Syntheism”.

Thomas Hamelryck is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Bioinformatics Centre at the University of Copenhagen Biocenter. His academic research interests revolve around  Machine learning, Bayesian statistics, Protein Structure Prediction, Probabilistic Programming, Deep Learning.  He is also an enthusiast of Réne Girard, and denies all rumours that he was once the keyboard player for Depeche Mode.

Andrew Sweeny:  Andrew Sweeny is a writer, editor, blogger, Youtuber, published poet, podcaster, musician, and teacher. He has worked as a touring musician and put out several albums, published a book of poetry, and animated two popular podcasts and a philosophical blog on Medium and now on Parallax. He Lectures at Sciences Po, in Paris, France.

Jun 11, 202101:58:34
Sweeny vs Bard S03E13: Orsolya Bajusz and the post-woke future

Sweeny vs Bard S03E13: Orsolya Bajusz and the post-woke future

A conversation where media artist and scholar Orsolya Bajusz tells her story about how as an activist she was attacked and scapegoated by a social justice lynch mob and how she won the war against mass psychosis and authoritarianism.  A critique of woke culture and political correctness and how to live in a post woke future. Orsolya Bajusz concludes by telling us: ‘Don’t be a doormat, don’t be a pillar saint!’.

Here is the summary of Orsolya Bajusz’s story

http://akulturharcontul.blogspot.com/2019/12/my-story-has-begun-in-enlightened-west.html

Bio: Orsolya Bajusz is based in Budapest. Besides soon defending her  Ph.D at the Sociology Department of Corvinus University of Budapest and teaching there, she produces work across multiple platforms, preferring to work in collaboration, networked practices or anonymously.

Her Ph.D explores the role of the affective and visual registers in contemporary public debates and controversies around biotechnology, and thus exploring how posthuman praxes clash with the existing cultural imaginary, and she is working on developing a methodological framework to analyse the intersection of science communication and contemporary art. Her first book (a theory fiction) is under publishing.

Alexander Bard's Books;

The Futurica Trilogy (2012)
Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014)
Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society

Intro music: Beautiful Machines, By Andrew Sweeny

May 27, 202101:20:59
Sweeny vs Bard S03E12: Tantra and Neo Tantra - with Thomas Hamelryck
May 18, 202101:18:53
Sweeny vs Bard S03E11: Tantra and the Parallax View - with Thomas Hamelryck
Apr 28, 202101:14:23
Sweeny vs Bard S03E10: Western Tantra? - with Thomas Hamelryck
Mar 27, 202101:40:19
Sweeny vs Bard S03E09: The Metaphysics of The Digital Age with Alexander Elung
Mar 10, 202101:30:40
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 7: The Wisdom and The madness of Crowds - with Thomas Hamelryck
Feb 07, 202101:58:44
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 8: Marshall Mcluhan Symposium: with Clinton Ignatov
Jan 15, 202102:03:09
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 6: Sexual Apocalypse and The Dark Renaissance: With Cadell Last and Raven Connolly
Dec 05, 202001:57:37
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 5: Sex, Ritual, and Religion - with Thomas Hamelryck
Nov 28, 202002:08:34
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 4: The return of Religion, with Paul LLoyd Robson of Maniphesto
Nov 17, 202001:19:40
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 3: Sexual Apocalypse - Stealing Queer Back From Woke: With Cadell Last and Raven Connolly

Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 3: Sexual Apocalypse - Stealing Queer Back From Woke: With Cadell Last and Raven Connolly

Our first live Sweeny vs Bard on Parallax and the most fun we have had yet!

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Books by Alexander Bard

The Futurica Trilogy, with Jan Söderqvist (2012)
Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age with Jan Söderqvist (2014)
Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society, with Jan Söderqvist (2018)

Nov 12, 202002:01:03
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 2: Process, Event, and Negation: With Cadell Last

Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 2: Process, Event, and Negation: With Cadell Last

Oct 26, 202001:38:19
Sweeny vs Bard Season 3 Ep. 1: Sex, Forgiveness, and Karma: With Thomas Hamelryck
Sep 03, 202001:56:52
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 20: The Exodus vs The Lynch Mob: With Thomas Hamelryck
Aug 14, 202001:30:57
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 19: The Anoject Part 2: With Thomas Hamelryck
Aug 08, 202001:11:48
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 18: The Anoject Part 1: With Thomas Hamelryck
Jul 30, 202001:05:55
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 17: Logos, Mythos, and Pathos with John Vervaeke

Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 17: Logos, Mythos, and Pathos with John Vervaeke

A long awaited conversation between my favorite interlocutors, and two philosophical and visionary geniuses of our time—who, as I mention in the beginning—are opposite character types.  Nevertheless, both men converge on certain views.  Alexander is an aggressive provocateur with an amazing palate of ideas (the Camille Paglia of Sweden), and John is outrageously humble Canadian professor with an equally ambitious project.

Alexander lays out his religious history of the silk route triad, talks about Zoroastrianism, Heraclates, and the monist world view.  John speaks about the monism of Plotinus and defends neo-platonism.  We speak about the meaning of pathos, mythos, and logos—and the pathic nature of art.  And so much much more.

John Vervaeke is a professor at the University of Toronto and the creator of the popular online YouTube Series ‘Awakening from The Meaning Crisis’, which is a rich feast of cognitive science, philosophy, religion, and the history of ideas.  What makes Vervaeke special in my opinion is the breadth of his work, but his courage descend the ivory tower and talk to people ‘on the street’—and to exemplify his ideas.  His hero is Socrates, and he embodies the living dialogue and courage that Socrates represents.

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Links to books by Alexander Bard  with Jan Söderqvist:

The Futurica Trilogy (2012)
Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014)
Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society

Links for John Vervaeke

Awakening from The Meaning Crisis
More Conversations with John Vervaeke


Intro music: Beautiful Machines, By Andrew Sweeny

Jul 05, 202001:29:13
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 16: Steven Bannon and The Traditionalists: With Benjamin R Teitelbaum
Jun 19, 202001:49:08
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 15: Tantra vs Sutra Part 2. With Thomas Hamelryck

Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 15: Tantra vs Sutra Part 2. With Thomas Hamelryck

May 24, 202053:12
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 14: Tantra vs Sutra Part 1. With Thomas Hamelryck

Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 14: Tantra vs Sutra Part 1. With Thomas Hamelryck

May 22, 202001:00:06
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 13: Mimesis, Ecstasy and Trauma
Apr 18, 202001:23:26
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 12: Jordan Peterson, the trickster, and the passive-aggressive lynch mob
Mar 26, 202049:37
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 11: Coronavirus, The Event, and The Real
Mar 21, 202001:00:53
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 10: Eventology and the History of Religion

Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 10: Eventology and the History of Religion

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Links to books by Alexander Bard  with Jan Söderqvist:

The Futurica Trilogy (2012)
Syntheism – Creating God in the Internet Age (2014)
Digital Libido - Sex, power and violence in the network society

Writing etc by Andrew Sweeny:

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Intro music: Beautiful Machines, By Andrew Sweeny

Some topics covered in this wide ranging lateral conversation:  Rethinking eventology
A zoroastrian renaissance
Tantric monism
The axial age
The US Constitution
China
Separating the chieftain and the priest
Persia and Israel
Antisemitism
Religion for men and women
The trinity
The death of the phallic god
Critique of Christianity and Islam
The state of constant renewal
Augustine and Manichaeism
Islam and communism

And so much more …

Mar 08, 202049:43
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 9: A critique of John Vervaeke's 'Religion that is No Religion'
Feb 01, 202001:12:31
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 8: Nietzsche, Marx, Freud and The Tower of God
Jan 19, 202034:09
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 7: Sex, Religion, and The Meaning Crisis
Jan 05, 202034:16
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 6: Nomadology and Transcendence
Dec 17, 201949:33
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 5: Joker and American Individualism
Dec 02, 201933:42
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 4: Emergence and The Messiah
Nov 04, 201941:37
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 3: Jordan Peterson the Zoroastrian vs John Vervaeke The Buddhist
Oct 23, 201948:19
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 2: : Europe, Nationalism, and Cosmopolitanism
Sep 18, 201929:52
Sweeny vs Bard Season 2 Ep. 1: The Digital Messiah
Aug 26, 201901:05:43
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 16: Ethics and Freedom From God
Jun 26, 201901:13:41
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 15: Environmentalism vs Ecotopia
Jun 26, 201901:15:31
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 14: Peterson/Zizek and The Extinction Rebellion
Jun 26, 201950:42
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 13: Communism?
Jun 26, 201957:10
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 12: Tantra and the Third Testament
Jun 26, 201922:38
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 11: Tantra, Fake Messiahs, and The Moon landing
Jun 26, 201923:14
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 10: Tantra, Crazy Wisdom, and The Need for Mercy
Jun 26, 201928:16
Sweeny vs Bard Ep. 9 Tantra, Sneaky F*ers, and Social Justice Warriors
Jun 26, 201910:15
Sweeny vs Bard Ep.8: Tantra and Neo-Tantra
Jun 26, 201951:60
Sweeny vs Bard: Ep.7: The Third Sex and the New Theology
Jun 26, 201917:31
Sweeny vs Bard: Ep. 6: The need for a Grand Narrative
Jun 26, 201927:32
Sweeny vs Bard: Ep. 5: Ecotopia
Jun 26, 201926:23