https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-wn7a6-118fea0 On Carl Schmitt's Political Theology (1922). We ask why people are scared of sovereignty – as opposed to state power per se, and analyse what is significant about the way in which Schmitt defines sovereignty. And what is the…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-u4e4b-118a74f We take on Italy's election of a new president and what that tells us about permanent crisis, the EU and the curtailing of democracy; we ask how serious the risk of war in Ukraine actually is; and review a…
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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-yfqwf-11803cf On the German Greens' shady history. Journalist Lily Lynch, editor of Balkanist, joins us to talk about her recent investigations into the Green Party, who are now back in power in Germany. The 68ers attempted to combat…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t4z5n-11769e3 On our current attention-deficit and hyperpolitical disorder. In our book, The End of the End of History, we discuss the move from post-politics to anti-politics; from consensus to rejection; from apathy to anger. In a new article,…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2yhp5-116fc59 Bungacast is back for 2022, refreshed and reloaded. We've got a completely revamped Reading Club, arranged along three themes: Emergency Politics & Control; Cynical Ideology; and Techno-Feudalism. And there will be plenty of deep dives on national…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xrene-116ccfc On Millennial homeowners, the USA falling apart, and restoration in the UK. As better-off 30-somethings start to get on the property ladder, does this put paid to 'Generation Left'? Will American decline be accompanied by a second civil war…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-bvz3d-115f3a4 For the last time in 2021, we take your questions, comments and criticisms. As always, lots of debate about Covid - and we start by remarking upon a possible u-turn on the issue on the British left. …
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-d9n5i-115d579 On Eva Illouz's Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism How has the cold and hard world of bureaucratic, instrumental rationalism penetrated the intimate sphere of love and relationships? And how has open communication and emotional understanding been used…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dtgw8-11550f7 On Thursday 9 November, George Hoare and Alex Hochuli took part in a conversation with Catherine Liu about their recent books – The End of the End of History and Virtue Hoarders, respectively. The focus was on the social and political…
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-y6i7d-114d11d On the left outflanked. We continue our discussion with Douglas Lain, formerly of Zer0 Books and now of Diet Soap Media. Has the left been overtaken by events - yet again? And we propose a typology of a…
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