https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-arj8a-13ee4f3 On history-ending technology. [Patreon Exclusive] The economist Tyler Cowen recently suggested that radical technological change today marks a turning point in history. Is he right, and how would we evaluate such a claim? Should we be…
Tag: Ideology
/334/ Cancellation is Cancelled ft. Norman Finkelstein
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ddqpn-13e700a On the US cultural climate. Renowned/notorious writer Norman Finkelstein joins us to discuss the themes of his latest and last book, I'll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It! What unites the leading intellectual proponents of wokeness today,…
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/331/ The Zone (pt. 1) ft. Quinn Slobodian
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jnpb5-13d3650 On cracked-up capitalism. Historian of ideas Quinn Slobodian joins us again, this time to discuss his latest book, Crack-up Capitalism – the vision of a global capitalism with its constituent nation-states perforated by ‘zones’ shorn of any national oversight…
Excerpt: /330/ Reading Club: Freedom (2)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gpnah-13d1af1 On Martin Hägglund's This Life. We continue on the theme of freedom. In this episode, we look at what Martin Hägglund describes as 'spiritual freedom', which can ultimately be seen as a question of what we do with our…
/327/ Capitalism on Edge ft. Albena Azmanova
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cuwap-13b677c On the crisis of crisis. Bulgarian critical theorist Albena Azmanova joins us to discuss her widely-discussed 2020 book, Capitalism on Edge. We talk critical theory, the paradox of emancipation, her criticisms of Thomas Piketty and why we should…
UNLOCKED! /319/ The Dead Left (II) ft. Steve Hall & Simon Winlow
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dmdwm-13b07d8 On the left's understanding of freedom. We continue our talk with Steve Hall and Simon Winlow, social scientists in the northeast of England, about their new book, The Death of the Left: Why We Must Begin From the Beginning…
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Excerpt: /326/ What Did Capitalism Do Next?
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ipc5g-13adb93 On what comes after neo-liberalism. [Patreon Exclusive] After 40 years of neo-liberalism, governments are inching their way to some new settlement, under the pressure of repeated crises, as well as populist upsurges. In this episode we try…
Excerpt: /235/ Reading Club: Freedom (1)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rvdiu-13a361a On Martin Hägglund's This Life. [Patreon Tier II & III Exclusive] We begin the 2023 Reading Club with the theme of FREEDOM. In this episode, we examine Martin Hägglund's arguments for secular faith presented in the first half of…
/324/ Reifying Race ft. Kenan Malik
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cq42u-13a22eb On the mainstreaming of racial thinking. We welcome back author and broadcaster Kenan Malik to talk about his new book, Not So Black and White. The book presents a historical account of how racial thinking has accompanied the…
/312/ Consolation-Prize Marxism & the Bunga-Bunga State ft. Dylan Riley
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-i69ck-1359c94 On the achievement of democracy and the 'impartial' state.We speak to sociologist Dylan Riley about his new book Microverses, a series of aphorisms on social theory and politics.The rational-legal state seems to be under threat by politicians who have…
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