Solarpunk Mythos
by Will Cameron
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About this podcast
At the intersection of solarpunk, psychological development, masculinity, and personal mythology.
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- Why Do Jungian Archetypes Matter for Solarpunk? - A Short Introduction to Post-Jungian Environmentalism · 10 min · Episode 208In this essay, I explain the reason I write about post-Jungian psychology in the context of solarpunk and why I think it's an effective approach to climate action. While it…
- The Denigration of Goddesses – A Solarpunk History of a Post-Jungian Archetype · 26 min · Episode 207In this essay, we discuss the myth of the prehistoric Mother Goddess as a distinctly modern invention projected onto our past. I then turn to the very real denigration of the…
- The Origin of Technofeudal Gender – A Solarpunk History of Gender Hierarchy · 48 min · Episode 206In this essay, we consider whether the emergence of patriarchal social systems was the emergence of gender as such. How does this fit in with the idea of a post-hierarchical…
- The Origin of Technofeudal Patriarchy - A Solarpunk History of Hierarchy’s Birth · 51 min · Episode 205In this essay, we discuss the origins of patriarchal hierarchy within the egalitarian societies of our ancestors. While material accumulation certainly matters, there are…
- The Ethical Weight of Complexification - A Post-Human Solarpunk Light on Evolution’s Fascist Shadow · 38 min · Episode 204In this essay, we discuss the controversy over whether or not evolution drives toward complexity or mere diversity. One of the obstacles is the fascist implications of any sort…
- How Technofeudalist Capitalism Shapes Our Desire - Solarpunk Praxeology · 24 min · Episode 203In this essay, we discuss how our culture fills us with profit-driven stories, mass-produced archetypes, and narcissistic desires. Why do we desire things that harm us rather…
- Are Chimps Less Worthy of Moral Concern? - Complexifying Our Way to a Post-Human Solarpunk Ontology · 28 min · Episode 202In this essay, I bring Francesca Ferrando’s post-human philosophy into dialogue with the Neo-Piagetian educational philosophy of Theo Dawson and Zak Stein. Post-humanism stands…
- Why Can’t the West Be Egalitarian? - A Solarpunk History of Humanity’s Origins · 36 min · Episode 201In this essay, I discuss the roadblocks in the way of Western egalitarianism through a discussion of our nomadic prehistory, the emergence of gender hierarchy, and social status…
- Who Counts As Human? - Preliminaries to a Post-Human Solarpunk Ontology · 22 min · Episode 200In this essay, I discuss the contradiction embedded in the claim that ethical relations can make us more human. To say such a thing is to imply that some of us are less human…
- Jungian Archetypes vs. Internal Family Systems - What's the difference? · 24 min · Episode 199In this essay, I discuss the differences between Jungian archetypes and "parts" from Internal Family Systems. I first consider them on axes of complexity, autonomy, and…
- Jungian Archetypes for a Solarpunk Culture · 24 min · Episode 198In this essay, I discuss contemporary theories of Jungian archetypes so that we can understand how they can be effective for creating solarpunk culture. Far from being "universal…
- A Solarpunk Worldview · 15 min · Episode 197In this essay, I introduce the concept of worldview as a lens through which one reads reality. How and why do we interpret the experiences we have in the way that we do? Given…
- Find Love By Building Community - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 25/25 · 35 min · Episode 196In this essay, I discuss the importance of building community for finding and creating love. Not only for actually finding a partner, but for becoming the kind of person a…
- The Sexist Assault of the Container Event - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 24/25 · 19 min · Episode 195A container event is a party engineered to make the hosts appear high status and at the center of the attention of many women. While the purpose is obviously to facilitate sex…
- Why Do Powerful Men Assault Women? - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 23/25 · 20 min · Episode 194In this essay, I discuss Nussbaum's work on the power dynamics that allow abusers to harass women in professional settings, sometimes for years. In solarpunk societies, we must…
- A Caring Society - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 22 · 20 min · Episode 193In this essay, I discuss the necessity of a caring society in the development of people capable of autonomous rationality and of pursuing justice. We take these capabilities for…
- Xenophilic Cultures of Trust and Care - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 21 · 20 min · Episode 192In this essay, I discuss the Greek form of love known as "xenia", or the love of foreigners and guests. The more diverse a population becomes, the greater the demands for xenia…
- Placental Nihilism and Oily Bubbles - Reflections on Peter Sloterdijk's "Bubbles" · 13 min · Episode 191In this essay, I discuss Peter Sloterdijk's philosophical work, "Bubbles". A bubble is the relational space that includes two people. In the past, people have created bubbles…
- Social Status and Creepy Men - Defining the Solarpunk Self, Part 20 · 16 min · Episode 190In this essay, I discuss how creepy men are often simply low status in an unjust hierarchy. Importantly then, high status men can often be far more deserving of the label…
- Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates - Solarpunk Reflections · 17 min · Episode 189In this essay I discuss Laura Bates book "Men Who Hate Women" and discuss the problem of speaking up, whether that means against or for a certain group or individual. When we…
