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Durkheim on MANA - The Original "Floating Signifier" // 179

Podcast: PlasticPills Critical Theory & Philosophy
Published: Apr 6, 2026
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Find All Episodes ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/c/plasticpills. We read Durkheim's Elementary forms of Religious Life (https://amzn.to/4c1ubkB) and try to get a hold on a primordial concept, what for Claude Levi-Strauss exemplifies the floating signifier: it's MANA (originally recorded 08/24).