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TU Foundations

6 courses · 80 lectures

The core sequence — the concepts and orientation the whole project is built on.

With Ann McKerracher, David McKerracher

14
TU's 12 Core Concepts

David McKerracher · 14 lectures

6
The Idea of the University Lectures and Discussions

David McKerracher · 6 lectures

30
David McKerracher Seminar at Theory Underground

Ann McKerracher, David McKerracher · 30 lectures

15
CRITICAL MEDIA THEORY lectures Dave and Ann

Ann McKerracher · 15 lectures

9
The Philosophy of Stewardship and Home Economics

David McKerracher · 9 lectures

6
Critical Doxology and Timenergy Seminar Lectures

David McKerracher · 6 lectures

Seminars

4 courses · 60 lectures

David's long-form seminars — sustained, in-depth working-through of a thinker or theme.

With Ann McKerracher, David McKerracher

30
David McKerracher Seminar at Theory Underground

Ann McKerracher, David McKerracher · 30 lectures

15
CRITICAL MEDIA THEORY lectures Dave and Ann

Ann McKerracher · 15 lectures

9
The Philosophy of Stewardship and Home Economics

David McKerracher · 9 lectures

6
Critical Doxology and Timenergy Seminar Lectures

David McKerracher · 6 lectures

Intro Courses

7 courses · 79 lectures

Ground-floor entries — the shortest path into a thinker or a field.

With Benjamin Studebaker, Bryan Weeks, David McKerracher, Michael Downs, Nina Power

13
Intro to Theory - 2026

13 lectures

4
Intro to Žižek

Michael Downs · 4 lectures

9
Introduction to Nick Land at Theory Underground

Michael Downs · 9 lectures

4
Introduction to Ivan Illich at Theory Underground with Bryan Weeks

Bryan Weeks · 4 lectures

13
Intro to Political Theory

Benjamin Studebaker · 13 lectures

15
The Philosophy of Nature with Nina Power

Nina Power · 15 lectures

21
Intro to Critical Social Theory

David McKerracher · 21 lectures

Continental Philosophy

4 courses · 65 lectures

Close readings in the continental tradition — Heidegger, Levinas, and the canon.

With David McKerracher, Michael Downs, Nina Power

18
BEING AND TIME lectures by David McKerracher at Theory Underground

David McKerracher · 18 lectures

23
TOTALITY AND INFINITY - Emmanuel Levinas

David McKerracher · 23 lectures

15
The Philosophy of Nature with Nina Power

Nina Power · 15 lectures

9
Zizek's For They Know Not What They Do

Michael Downs · 9 lectures

Politics & Power

2 courses · 17 lectures

Theories of the state, sovereignty, and who really rules.

With Benjamin Studebaker, Matthew Stanley

4
History and Theory of The Deep State

Matthew Stanley · 4 lectures

13
Intro to Political Theory

Benjamin Studebaker · 13 lectures

Psychoanalysis

3 courses · 14 lectures

Freud through Lacan and Žižek — desire, the clinic, and the unconscious of capital.

With Leon Brenner, Michael Downs, Todd McGowan

4
Intro to Žižek

Michael Downs · 4 lectures

4
Intro to Lacan (Seminar XI with Todd McGowan)

Todd McGowan · 4 lectures

6
The Clinical Structures of Psychoanalysis and Autism - Dr. Leon Brenner

Leon Brenner · 6 lectures

Marxism & Class

2 courses · 25 lectures

Class, ideology, and the PMC — the Marxist tradition and its present.

With Chris Cutrone, David McKerracher

4
Intro to Marxism with Chris Cutrone at Theory Underground

Chris Cutrone · 4 lectures

21
PMC Consciousness & Ideology

David McKerracher · 21 lectures