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158 - A.K. 47 - Bonus Episode - The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism
Season 7 Episode 7
Kristen Ghodsee reads her own December 2025 essay "The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism”
This text appeared as the featured essay in the Winter 2025 special issue of Jacobin.de on “Love.” Below are the links to the original essay in English, German, and Spanish. You can also watch the Jacobin Germany issue launch discussion on Youtube here
- “The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism”
- "Der Gebrauchswert der Liebe”
- "La economía política del amor en el capitalismo”
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Kristen R. Ghodsee is the award-winning author of twelve books and Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Check out Kristen Ghodsee's recent books:
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