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About Reuben Niewenhuis

Reuben Niewenhuis works as a software developer. He double majored in computer science and philosophy at Calvin University. In addition to philosophical theory, he is interested in interdisciplinary topics.

Reuben Niewenhuis is interested in philosophy, theory, technology, and interdisciplinary topics.

NBN Episodes hosted by Reuben:

Critical Theory August 11, 2023

Solidarity and the Palestinian Cause

Indigeneity, Blackness, and the Promise of Universality

Zahi Zalloua

Hosted by Reuben Niewenhuis
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Zahi Zalloua provides the first examination of Palestinian identity from the perspective of Indigeneity and Critical Black Studies. Examining the Palestinian question through the lens of settler colonialism and Indigeneity …
Australian and New Zealand Studies August 9, 2023

How Labour Built Neoliberalism

Australia's Accord, the Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project

Elizabeth Humphrys

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Why do we always assume it was the New Right that was at the centre of constructing neoliberalism? How might corporatism have advanced neoliberalism? And, more controversially, were the trade …
Intellectual History February 7, 2023

Gadamer's Hermeneutics

Between Phenomenology and Dialectic

Robert J. Dostal

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In Gadamer’s Hermeneutics: Between Phenomenology and Dialectic (Northwestern University Press, 2022), Robert J. Dostal provides a comprehensive and critical account of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutical philosophy, arguing that Gadamer’s enterprise is …
Media October 13, 2022

Stuck on the Platform

Reclaiming the Internet

Geert Lovink

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We’re all trapped. No matter how hard you try to delete apps from your phone, the power of seduction draws you back. Doom scrolling is the new normal of a …
Critical Theory September 27, 2022

The Labour of Enjoyment

Towards a Critique of Libidinal Economy

Samo Tomšič

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Enjoyment appears as purely private matter, but this is by far not the case. Ever since Aristotle the philosophical social critique is tormented by the question, whether the libidinal tendencies …
Historical Materialism July 27, 2022

Automation and Autonomy

Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry

James Steinhoff

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Automation and Autonomy: Labour, Capital and Machines in the Artificial Intelligence Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021) argues that Marxist theory is essential for understanding the contemporary industrialization of the form of artificial …
Critical Theory June 24, 2022

Automated Media

Mark Andrejevic

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In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences. Automated Media (Routledge …
Critical Theory May 19, 2022

Universality and Identity Politics

Todd McGowan

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The great political ideas and movements of the modern world were founded on a promise of universal emancipation. But in recent decades, much of the Left has grown suspicious of …