The Choral Contrarians

The Nihilism of Accomplishment. Feat. Dr. Jeremiah Cawley

December 15, 2020 Eric Barnum and Richard Robbins Season 3 Episode 8
The Choral Contrarians
The Nihilism of Accomplishment. Feat. Dr. Jeremiah Cawley
Show Notes

Richard and Eric are joined by returning guest Dr. Jeremiah Cawley to discuss a special and controversial quote from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes from Underground."  The thought process of the examined quote is guided by a YouTuber "Thoughts on Thinking," and the road leads to some broad and substantial questions about a human's relationship to process, purpose, goals, accomplishment, and despair.  Is  what you think you want not what you want at all?  Is the process of completion a hidden key for satisfaction or a trap?  Does this topic relate somehow to music making?


https://www.thoughtsonthinking.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC2SfbWrgFA