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How to Confront Political Despair (feat. Benjamin Studebaker)
Episode 132
I am joined by political theorist Benjamin Studebaker to discuss the retreat of the political and the concomitant rise in despair. How do we theorize…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Michel Clouscard's Critique of Liberal-Libertarian Ideology (feat. Michael C. Behrent)
Episode 131
My guest is Michael C. Behrent, a historian of French intellectual history and a leading scholar of Michel Foucault. Behrent has been at the forefron…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Can Ressentiment Be Revolutionary? (feat. Zahi Zalloua)
Episode 130
I am joined by philosopher and scholar Zahi Zalloua to discuss the politics of resentment, and how to theorize the problematic concept of "ressentime…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Palestine and the Political Economy of the Middle East (feat. Adam Hanieh)
Episode 129
My guest is the political economist Adam Hanieh, a foremost expert on the political economy of the Middle East, fossil capitalism and imperialism. We…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Marxism and the Literary Left in America (feat. Alan Wald)
Episode 128
I am joined by Alan M. Wald to discuss his extensive work on the literary left and the history of intellectuals and the communist movement in America…
11 months, 1 week ago
Socialist Realism and the Communist Ideal: On Mikhail Lifshits (feat. Angela Harutyunyan)
Episode 127
My guest is art historian and Marxist thinker Angela Harutyunyan, who has joined us to discus the work of the Marxist philosopher Mikhail Lifshits. L…
11 months, 1 week ago
The History of Riots and the Left (feat. C. Derick Varn)
Episode 126
C. Derick Varn, host of the Varn Vlog is a Marxist theorist, poet and political commentator. Varn joins our show to discuss the protests and riots …
1 year, 1 month ago
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (feat. Christoph Schuringa)
Episode 125
Analytic philosophy is the leading form of philosophy in the English-speaking world and most academic philosophy departments are analytic. But what e…
1 year, 1 month ago
Gramsci's Theory of Bonapartism (feat. Francesca Antonini)
Episode 124
My guest is Dr. Francesca Antonini, a historian and scholar of Antonio Gramsci. Dr. Antonini teaches at the Ca' Foscari University in Venice Italy. H…
1 year, 1 month ago
Analytic Marxism and the Future of Scientific Socialism (feat. Ben Burgis)
Episode 123
Ben Burgis joins us for a discussion on the analytic Marxism of G.A. Cohen and the implications of his reading of Marx for 21st century socialism. We…
1 year, 1 month ago