Podcast Episodes
Back to Search52 | Mike Davis: Historical Materialism and Militant Theory
Season 1 Episode 52
This is a tribute episode to the great Mike Davis, the visionary social theorist and comrade who recently passed away in October 2022. We discuss his…
3 years, 5 months ago
51 Teaser | What is Utopia? Part III. Hermeneutics and Utopia: From Hans-Georg Gadamer to Ernst Bloch (Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 51
In Part Two of our two-part mini-series we discuss the work of Ernst Bloch’s The Principle of Hope. We ask what difference there is between the thoug…
3 years, 6 months ago
50 | Hermeneutics and Utopia: From Hans-Georg Gadamer to Ernst Bloch (Part 1)
In part one of our two-part mini-series on hermeneutics and utopia we discuss the thought of Hans-Georg Gadamer in his 1983 text Praise of Theory. We…
3 years, 6 months ago
49 | Coming to Terms with Human Finitude w/ Prof. Martin Hägglund
Season 1 Episode 49
In this episode we are joined by Martin Hägglund to discuss the existentialist's argument for what makes human life meaningful—and why democratic soc…
3 years, 7 months ago
48 | Gillian Rose: Speculative Thinking and Post-Kantian Sociology with James Callahan
Season 1 Episode 48
In this episode we are joined by James Callahan (aka Crane) to talk about Gillian Rose’s book Hegel Contra Sociology. We explore Rose’s critique of e…
3 years, 7 months ago
47 | Guy Debord and the Society of the Spectacle
Season 1 Episode 47
In today’s episode we talk about Guy Debord’s critique of life under modern capitalism by looking at his scathing and provocative The Society of the …
3 years, 8 months ago
46 Teaser | What is Dialectics? Part V: Adorno's Negative Dialectics
Season 1 Episode 46
In this patron-exclusive episode, we continue our series on the concept of dialectics by talking about Adorno’s Negative Dialectics. We reflect on wh…
3 years, 8 months ago
45 | On Solidarity and Conflict with Nathan DuFord
Season 1 Episode 45
In this episode we are joined by Nathan DuFord to discuss their new book Solidarity in Conflict: A Democratic Theory. We unpack why they believe soli…
3 years, 9 months ago
44 | Karl Kautsky's Cooperative Commonwealth
Season 1 Episode 44
In this episode we talk about the most important Marxist thinker during the time of the Second International, Karl Kautsky. We talk about his infamou…
3 years, 9 months ago
43 | Transindividuality and Marxism with Jason Read
Season 1 Episode 43
In this episode we talk with the wonderful Jason Read about his work on the concept of transindividuality and what it means for critical social theor…
3 years, 9 months ago