James Valliant on Leonard Peikoff’s lecture, “Modernism and Madness”

Martin and I again have James Valliant as guest to discuss Leonard Peikoff’s early 90’s Ford Hall Forum talk, Modernism and Madness, where he draws parallels between today’s cultural descent and schizophrenia.

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

• Ford Hall Forum
• Modernism and Madness (1993)
• Madness and Modernism: Insanity in the Light of Modern Art, Literature, and Thought by Louis A. Sass.
• The Romantic Manifesto
• The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe
• Primacy of Existence vs. Primacy of Consciousness
• Kant vs Rand - Rucka Rucka Ali
• Whiplash (2014 film)
• Woke
• The Emperor's New Clothes

Episode 27 (33 minutes) was recorded at 10 PM CET, on July 16, 2021, with Ringr app. Editing and post-production was done with the podcast maker, Alitu.