Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2025-05-03
Books mentioned on It Could Happen Here Weekly 180
All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. The Old Economy Is Dead Cosmopolitanism feat.
Mentioned: Cosmopolitanism by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Perpetual Peace by Immanuel Kant, and Black Flame by Lucien Van der Walt and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism is a philosophical work by Kwame Anthony Appiah that examines ethics, global citizenship, and how individuals can navigate obligations to people outside their immediate cultural circles.
Discussed“In the book, Cosmopolitanism, ethics in the world of strangers, philosopherqame Anthony Aia describes cosmopolitanism as quote two strands that intertwine in the notion of cosmopolitanism.”
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Perpetual Peace
Discussed“In the book perpetual peace, Kant imagined a cosmopolitan condition where individuals, not just states, had universal rights and where a global federation of free republics would ensure peace and cooperation.”
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Black Flame
Discussed“The anarchist St. Amir International which ran from 1872 to 1877 was one such network as discussed by Lucian Vanderwalt and Schmidt in Black Flame.”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read Matilda
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
Ad read The BFG
“You know Rald Doll, the writer who thought up Willy Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy?”
Ad read Matilda
“He thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG. But did you know he was a spy? In the new podcast, The Secret World of R Doll, I'll tell you that story and much, much more.”
Ad read The BFG
“He thought of Willy Wonka in the BFG. But did you know he was a spy? In the new podcast, The Secret World of R Doll, I'll tell you that story and much, much more.”