Being in the Colonies
In Being in the Colonies: Singapore, Western Australia & Tasmania philosopher Dr Rohan Price follows the ontological fortunes of three British possessions throughout key moments in their history.
The formula applied across the empire is simple. Violence = freedom and convenience. Prevailing in convenience = Being. Proportional violence = operating within Fate and retaining Being. Excessive violence = a fall from Fate and a loss of Being. Resistance challenges convenience and can transform into Being, too.
To resist is great but to hold Being is Divine! Well, as close as we can get to divinity...
Rohan reads six pages of his new book per episode.
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Latest Episodes
16. Legality and Fate (Singapore) Part 3
This episodes seeks Legality through the exceptions, exonerations and justifications in the body count and naming of the massacres in Singapore.
14. Legality and Fate (Singapore) Part 2
We continue our exploration of ethical considerations of the Sook Ching massacre after the fall of Singapore in 1942.
13. Legality and Fate (Singapore) Part 1
This work contains a formula for history: Being = Convenience within the Bounds of Fate The historical record centres not on Fate (the risk of losing Being by exceeding in order to and indulging in because I can). It is...
15. Vacation SPECIAL: What is violence?
This is a short episode used to answer a basic but crucial question. Also, an opportunity to see if I can podcast from my phone. At least in Manila, if not Bicol?
12. Being and Survival in the Fall of Singapore Part 2 (Good Doctors)
The experiences of a group of doctors who survived the Sook Ching massacre in Singapore (1942) are used to explore the difference between existing and Being in conditions of enemy occupation. Caught somewhere in the middle, were doctors survivo...
