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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...in process of acceleration. But most importantly, it's a path towards self -empowerment, self -knowledge. And that's very much a Franken's attitude that we..."
Jiang generalizes from Frank's writings to a broader theory of Europe and modernity: a Faustian ethos of endless experimentation, accumulation, conquest, and self-overcoming is one expression of Frankist spirit.
"...in process of acceleration. But most importantly, it's a path towards self -empowerment, self -knowledge. And that's very much a Franken's attitude that we..."
"...in a culture that's obsessed with ourselves, with self -improvement, with self -empowerment, all right?"
"...in a culture that's obsessed with ourselves. With self -improvement, with self -empowerment, all right? So, we will look at where this came from,..."
The interview begins with an old historical puzzle and turns it into a present-tense accusation: dead sects do not stay dead when their stories, inversions, and elite habits get embedded in modernity.
Modernism begins as a religious problem before it becomes psychology, literature, art, social media, and depression.
Freud is not introduced as a neutral founder of psychology.
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