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RSam PodcastDaniel Tutt: Who Is A Comrade? Who Is A Friend?Dr Daniel Tutt is a psychoanalytic Marxist philosopher, writer, teacher, and host of the Emancipations podcast. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation and How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche, and is working on a book on György Lukács. In addition to his online lectures and talks, he has taught philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University, and the DC jail. In this episode, we discuss comradeship and the politics of friendship.You can find more of...
2025-10-171h 54
Varn VlogFlowers for Marx Symposium, Part 2: Daniel Tutt and Matt McManusFrom theoretical battles to publishing controversies, this episode dives deep into the fault lines dividing today's left through the lens of "Flowers for Marx," a new collection exploring Marxist humanism and scientism. Contributors Daniel Tutt and Matt McManus share the book's tumultuous journey—rejected by its original publisher because contributors appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast and wrote for Compact Magazine, revealing how cancel culture operates even within leftist publishing.At the heart of our conversation lies a crucial question: can Marxists ground their politics in universal ethical principles, or should they focus solely on structural critique and hi...
2025-09-222h 01
Emancipations PodcastThe Social Formation of the Far Right (The Archimedean Point)Welcome to The Archimedean Point, a new series on the current political situation from a Marxist perspective. In our second episode, Daniel Tutt and Conrad Hamilton discuss the inadequacies of left-liberal accounts of racism and bigotry and why only a Marxist analysis can address the ideology of the far right. We also discuss new work by Daniel on Michel Clouscard and his book Neo-Fascism and the Ideology of Desire and Conrad's new essay in the book After Speculative Realism.
Episode One of The Archimedean Point can be found here (https://youtu.be/kTjaIm0XmZU?si=5cHD0k4...
2025-06-101h 56
Emancipations PodcastThe Politics of Work and Class in Michael Mann's Thief (feat. Mtume Gant)Welcome to a special crossover podcast discussion on Michael Mann's first major feature film Thief (1981). While Michael Mann is best known for films like HEAT and Last of the Mohicans, Thief is by far his most political film. The film explores themes of labor, exploitation, class and the inner lives of criminals and convicts. We discuss the Marxist and Freudian undertones in this great masterpiece of cinema.
This conversation is hosted by Mtume Gant, filmmaker, professor and host of Within Our Gates podcast and Daniel Tutt, philosopher and host of the Emancipations podcast.
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2025-06-092h 02
Emancipations PodcastGenius After Psychoanalysis (feat. Daniel Cho)I am joined by K. Daniel Cho to discuss his provocative new book Genius After Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan which argues that genius is not exceptional talent or intelligence but is related to and illuminated by the psychological concept of sublimation. Beginning with a close examination of Freud's work on Leonardo da Vinci, Cho analyzes film, art, our relationship to nature, politics, group psychology, love, and philosophy to demonstrate that genius, far from an elitist notion, is universally available through a different approach to ideas of imperfection, disappointment, and failure. Learn more about the book.
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2025-05-031h 32
Protean ViewNietzsche and Loser Politics with Daniel TuttThis episode of Protean View features Daniel Tutt, a philosopher, writer, and host of the Emancipations podcast. Tutt joined Protean View to discuss a recent article he published with Muftah titled "Loser Politics," as well as his new book on Nietzsche, How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche (Random House, 2024). In different ways, Tutt's article and book both address how Nietzsche’s thought has shaped the language of our politics, including the seemingly unavoidable winner-loser framework that Tutt suggests we’re trapped in.We di...
2025-02-201h 11
Emancipations PodcastDebating Marxism - Daniel Tutt vs. Chris CutroneI have invited Chris Cutrone onto the show for a critical debate and discussion on our differences regarding Marxism in America, imperialism, interpretations of Nietzsche and the meaning of the left. Chris Cutrone is not someone that I agree with in matters of Marxism, but we have talked past each other for several years now and we have decided to talk out our differences directly, without a third party mediator.
One of my objectives in this discussion is to model the type of public debate that I think we need more of on the left. While Chris...
2025-02-031h 52
Varn VlogFrom Draper to Balibar: Daniel Tutt on the Dictatorship of the ProletariatPhilosopher Daniel Tutt is with us, offering a unique lens through which to view the crossroads of psychoanalytic theory and Marxism. Ever wondered how intellectuals can navigate a depoliticized public sphere? We promise you'll leave this episode armed with strategies to engage meaningfully on compromised platforms and foster a vibrant counterpublic sphere. Join us as we explore the insightful works of Étienne Balibar and Hal Draper, dissecting their contributions to Marxist discourse amidst the tumult of the late 1960s.Our conversation maps the historical development and philosophical layers of the dictatorship of the proletariat within Marxist thought. D...
2025-01-062h 30
Emancipations PodcastMarx and the Struggle for Freedom (feat. Vanessa Wills & Daniel Tutt)We are joined by Marxist philosophers Vanessa Wills and Daniel Tutt for a discussion moderated by Sam Greenhouse. This in-person podcast event delves into the philosophy of Marx and how Marx's thought relates to the ongoing quest for freedom in today’s world. We discuss Marx's Ethical Vision, Vanessa's important new book on Marx.
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2024-12-161h 56
Emancipations PodcastWhy the Left Got High on Nietzsche — Daniel Tutt interview with Henry Holland from NietzschePOPartsA new interview with Henry Holland from Nietzsche POParts, a recently-founded Swiss magazine dedicated to debating Nietzsche's relevance today—essayistic yet grounded in the latest scholarship. Henry interviewed me on my book How to Read Like a Parasite (https://a.co/d/3RxOrXO). A meticulous reader and a careful scholar, Henry asks very intelligent questions that reflect a deep immersion into my book. It's clear that he had not only read the book but he was challenged by it.
If you feel so inclined or even challenged, be sure to pick up the book, available in Audible an...
2024-11-121h 41
1Dime RadioThe Decline of the Family and The Paradox of Liberation (Ft. Daniel Tutt)Get access to The Backroom EXCLUSIVE podcast by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime
In this episode of 1Dime Radio, I am joined once again by the Marxist philosopher Daniel Tutt to talk about his book Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family.
In his book, Daniel Tutt presents critiques of both Family Abolitionists and provides a critical history of the modern nuclear family and how it changed under capitalism. He engages with the theories of Christopher Lasch, Jaques Lacan, Freud, Rene Girard, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, and various Marxist Feminist...
2024-08-271h 42
Emancipations PodcastThe Lessons of the Cultural Revolution in China (feat. Tony @1DimeRadio)We are joined by scholar and socialist thinker Tony, creator of @1Dimee, an important YouTube channel that offers educational videos for a mass popular audience. In this discussion, Tony and host Daniel Tutt discuss his research, writing and video work around The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China from 1966 - 67. We examine what gave rise to the Cultural Revolution, what it tells us about class struggle and class as a political category vs. an economic category. We also broach how the Cultural Revolution has seeped into Europe, America and beyond.
For background, watch Tony's documentary on "The Grea...
2024-06-211h 41
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 6 Episode 20: Exiting the Vampire's Castle (ft. Daniel Tutt)Daniel Tutt joins us again for a deep dive on Mark Fisher's classic essay "Exiting the Vampire's Castle" (heavily featured in Ben Burgis's book "Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique of the Contemporary Left"). Before that, Ben and the crew talk about NYU's bizarre reeducation program for student Palestine protesters. In the postgame for patrons, Matthew Whalan joins us to watch the last part of Cenk Uygur and Dave Smith's debate on Israel, Palestine & Iran with Batya Ungar-Sargon & Dennis Prager.Read Fisher's essay:https://opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/exiting-vampire-castle/Buy Ben's...
2024-06-082h 09
We Always Lie to Strangers: An Ozarks Podcast17) The Tutt-Everett War Part 2The violent conclusion of the Tutt-Everett War, followed by the story of two of Hamp Tutt's sons. The tale Davis Tutt and his infamous shootout with Wild Bill Hickok on the Springfield square, concluded by Lewis Tutt, from his childhood in bondage to his role as an influential member of Springfield, Missouri's Black community post-Civil War. We also discuss the Ozarks continued willful ignorance of the history and legacy of slavery in the region. And of course, we talk a lot about bagpiping
2024-06-0258 min
Cyber DandyGyörgy Lukács and Jean-Paul Sartre on Marxist Philosophy with Daniel TuttToday we sit down with Daniel Tutt to discuss many things, but with a focus on György Lukács and Jean-Paul Sartre.Daniel Tutt is a writer, philosopher, and the host of the Emancipations podcast, which delves into the intersections of philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and contemporary political struggles. Daniel's work is a rich blend of psychoanalysis and Marxist thought, and his first book, "Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation", published in 2022, seeks to invigorate the contemporary left by re-examining the family through these theoretical lenses.Daniel has an impressive ac...
2024-05-272h 02
The Nietzsche PodcastUntimely Reflections #29: Daniel Tutt - Boxing with NietzscheDaniel Tutt is the author of How to Read Like a Parasite, a new book which warns leftist thinkers about the power and danger of Nietzsche. Daniel has a long history of engaging with Nietzsche’s philosophy, and argues for a pugilistic relationship with him. In his view, the French leftists who utilized Nietzsche’s work sometimes centered Nietzsche to their own detriment. Daniel’s project aims not at canceling Nietzsche, but in reading him with a sober understanding of his political perspective and the ways in which it informs all of his ideas.
2024-04-091h 27
Samsara AudioNietzsche and the Politics of Leisure | with Daniel TuttThis week I’m excited to share a conversation I had with Daniel Tutt, a Marxist and psychoanalytic theorist, and also a professor of philosophy at George Washington University, about his recently published book How to Read like a Parasite: How the Left got High on Nietzsche. His book provides a much needed intervention in Nietzsche studies by rigorously insisting on reading Nietzsche in his political context as an enemy of the socialist and Marxist movements for equality in his time. Daniel also helped me work through some questions I had related to Marxism and egalitarianism. What es...
2024-03-131h 20
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 6 Episode 4: Is the Left Too Soft on Nietzsche? (ft. Daniel Tutt & Matt McManus)Matt McManus and Daniel Tutt join Ben Burgis to talk about Daniel's new book "How to Read Like a Parasite: How the Left Got High on Nietzsche." Before that, This is Revolution host Jason Myles joins Ben and the GTAA crew to talk about Jason's new article "Same As It Ever Was: The Ilusion of Political Discourse in American Media" and talk about the get-together Ben and Jason will be hosting for viewers of both shows at the Rainbow Bar & Grill in Los Angeles at 6 PM on February 14th--because obviously, the thing your significant other most wants to do...
2024-02-092h 22
Emancipations PodcastIs Liberal Socialism a Contradiction? (feat. Matt McManus)Is liberal socialism a contradiction in terms? An oxymoron? Or are liberalism and socialism necessary for the realization of the political objectives that each share and profess? We are joined by Matt McManus, author of the forthcoming book, The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism to make the case for his vision of a renewed liberal socialism for our time.
2024-01-271h 36
Converging Dialogues#300 - A Leftist Reading of Nietzsche: A Dialogue with Daniel TuttIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Daniel Tutt about the importance of the political left reading Nietzsche seriously. They talk about Nietzsche vs. Nietzscheanism, prolepsis and prophetic/esoteric and exoteric readings, and the Janus face of Nietzschean philosophy. They discuss building culture, caste and class, current leftist readings of Nietzsche, and Losurdo’s four stages of Nietzsche. They also talk about Nietzsche and Marx on religion, reading Nietzsche as a parasite, and many more topics.Daniel Tutt is a philosopher and writer and has been trained in philosophy and psychoanalytic practice. He has taught ph...
2024-01-252h 19
ami1649Author Interview 27 - How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche, Daniel Tutthttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740015/how-to-read-like-a-parasite-by-daniel-tutt/
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2024-01-191h 03
Emancipations PodcastMarxism and the Radical Enlightenment: A Debate feat. Max Tomba and Landon FrimWhat is the legacy of the Enlightenment in political struggles today and how are socialists and Marxists to relate to the Enlightenment? Must we rely on first principles and an a priori theory of knowledge in our understanding of capitalism and exploitation? Or must we proceed on the basis of an appeal to empiricism and experience primarily in our understanding of social struggles? What is the role of philosophy in our political practice? How do we know that the political causes we champion are just or right?
We welcome Marxist thinkers Landon Frim and Max Tomba for...
2023-12-292h 04
Emancipations PodcastSartre’s Marxist Turn? A Discussion on the Critique of Dialectical Reason feat. Terry PinkardWe are joined by philosopher Terry Pinkard to discuss Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason, his second major philosophical work next to Being and Nothingness. Dr. Pinkard is one of the foremost Hegel scholars in the world and he has recently written a book on Sartre's Critique entitled Practice, Power, and Forms of Life: Sartre’s Appropriation of Hegel and Marx. In this discussion, we review the main concepts developed in the Critique and we ask what this work offers to contemporary politics on the left and how Sartre understands Marx and Hegel. As a special gift to supporters of ou...
2023-12-151h 28
1Dime RadioNietzschean Leftism: A Critical Look (Ft. Daniel Tutt)Support the show and get exclusive episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneDime
In this episode of the 1Dime radio podcast, I am joined by philosopher Daniel Tutt host of the Emancipations Podcast, to discuss his upcoming book "How To Read Like a Parasite", which presents a rich critique of how Leftists interpret Friedrich Nietzsche and Nietzsche's broader impact on the left today and throughout history.
Daniel Tutt shares insights into Nietzsche's influence on leftist thought, emphasizing how his theories can be both valuable and problematic. The discourse explores Nietzsche's impact on left-wing thinkers ranging from Gilles...
2023-12-112h 01
Emancipations PodcastPalestine and the Actuality of Struggle: A Forum with BICARPalestine and the Actuality of Struggle: A Forum with the Beirut Institute for Critical Analysis & Research (BICAR)
Featuring presentations from Nadia Bou Ali, Ray Brassier, Sami Khatib and Maya Andrea Gonzalez. Panel moderated by Daniel Tutt
Read the BICAR statement on Palestine: https://bicarlebanon.org
2023-12-021h 54
Varn VlogThe Reality of Bourgeois Promises: A Discourse on Family and Class Dynamics with Daniel TuttEver wondered how your marital status or romantic relationship is shaped by society's norms and expectations? How about the notion of family abolition, a concept that offers a radical look at the institution of family as we know it? This episode draws you into a stimulating conversation with our guest, Daniel Tutt.Delving into the complexities of family formation and class dynamics, we challenge conventional understandings of family, marriage, and relationships. We traverse the intriguing paradox of the bourgeois family and its unattainable promises for the proletariat. The discussion intensifies as we explore the lumpenization of significant...
2023-11-201h 44
Emancipations PodcastThe War On Gaza, Hamas and Political Islam feat. Mohammed Sulaiman Our guest Mohammed Sulaiman was raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza strip. He has survived multiple Israeli bombings of Gaza over the last two decades, including a 2013 shelling of his home while he was conducting an interview with CNN. Currently, his entire family is in Gaza as Israel continues to unleash a brutal massacre and bombardment campaign on the people of Gaza, which has already resulted in the killing of over 10,000 Gazans, including 4,000 children.
In this conversation, we discuss the rise of Hamas, how Hamas fits within the wider phenomenon of political Islam and...
2023-11-072h 08
Emancipations PodcastMarx and Critical Social Ontology: Learning from the Later Lukács feat. Michael J. ThompsonThe purpose of Marxist theory is not only to diagnose the negative forces and effects of capitalist society; emphasis must also be placed on the need for social transformation that would enhance human progress at the social and individual level. But the trends of current critical and Marxist theory have turned away from a more positive vision of critique. In his later work with the Budapest School, Lukács argued that Marxism must develop a comprehensive social ontology to understand how power relations within the society also shape and organize the social totality itself. A social ontology seeks to c...
2023-10-311h 30
Emancipations PodcastPalestine: Understanding the War on Gaza feat. Anita Zsurzsán and Jamil KhaderWe are joined by philosopher Anita Zsurzsán and Jamil Khader, the Dean of Research at Bethlehem University in Palestine for a roundtable on the war on Gaza, otherwise known as the "2023 Hamas-Israel war". We discuss the politics of the current war, the status of Islamist politics in Palestine and the region, the role of the media, Islamophobia and Antisemitism, Arab Marxism and the meaning of Palestine liberation today.
Please read Jamil's latest article on Truthout "Media’s Selective Moral Outrage Manufactures Consent for Palestinian Genocide"
https://truthout.org/articles/medias-selective-moral-outrage-manufactures-consent-for-palestinian-genocide/
2023-10-231h 44
Emancipations PodcastWhat is the Warm-Stream of Marxism? feat. Tijana OkićWe welcome Tijana Okić back to the show for a discussion on the Marxist philosopher Ernst Bloch's idea of the warm and cold stream in Marxism. How are we to understand this distinction and which Marxist thinkers fit into these two streams? Can the cold and the warm streams be synthesized?
Tijana Okić is a philosopher, feminist and translator. She completed her Ph.D. in philosophy at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. She is one of the editors of the volume The Lost Revolution: AFŽ between Myth and Forgetting (Sarajevo, 2016).
2023-09-291h 34
Emancipations PodcastUnderstanding Class Politics: Bourdieu with Marx feat. Lisa MckenzieWhat are the best theoretical frameworks for understanding class politics? Marx offers an understanding of class as tied to relations of productive labor and property ownership in capitalist society. The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu offers an understanding of class which goes beyond Marx in many ways, offering a richer and more varied idea of class as a cultural formation that generates a field of power. Can Marx and Bourdieu be reconciled? Can they be combined? We are joined by sociologist Lisa Mckenzie to discuss the best ways to theorize class, the working class, class politics and more.
2023-09-231h 24
Emancipations PodcastDaniel Bensaïd and the Renewal of Marxism feat. Darren RosoWe are joined by socialist author Darren Roso to discuss his forthcoming book Daniel Bensaid: From the Actuality of Revolution to the Melancholic Wager which is the first major study of Bensaïd's thought. Daniel Bensaïd completed his Ph.D. on Lenin right as May 68 took off and his work has contributed to contemporary Marxist philosophy and practice in important ways. In this fascinating interview, Roso describes the key ideas and the thrust of Bensaïd's renewal of Marxism starting in the 1980s to his death in 2010.
2023-09-072h 09
Emancipations PodcastIn Defense of Žižek? A Discussion with Matthew FlisfederSlavoj Žižek is a provocative intellectual, constantly taking positions on social and political issues that upset convention and lead him to face derision from both the right and the left. Given the often erratic stances that he takes, from his support for the Ukraine war, to Donald Trump in 2016, some have wondered whether the Giant of Ljubljana has lost his way in recent times. We are joined by Žižek scholar Matthew Flisfeder for a discussion on how to understand the core of Žižek's thought, and how to remain true to his project and method even when he may...
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Integral [+] FacticityDaniel Tutt on Religion, Family, & the Future of the LeftReferences & further reading:https://medium.com/integral-facticity/daniel-tutt-on-religion-family-the-future-of-the-left-6850ee1a02c4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-07-191h 17
Emancipations PodcastOn the Meaning of Revolution feat. C. Derick Varn (Part II)We continue our conversation on the meaning of revolution with C. Derick Varn, by turning to the theoretical basis of "post" Marxist thinkers from the Althusserian school, Laclau and Mouffe, Hardt and Negri and Alain Badiou. We discuss some of the pitfalls of these contemporary Marxist theorists and the basis by which they revise core tenets from Marx. We also discuss new class theories on today's left and how they relate to Marx's class theory and different theories of the intellectual in socialist thought.
To download the reading list we have created for this series please go...
2023-07-102h 36
Emancipations PodcastOn the Meaning of Revolution feat. C. Derick Varn (Part I)Is revolution dead? The left is divided over how to make revolution, and many Marxist and post-Marxist theorists have developed radically new conceptions of revolution that are often highly divergent from how Marx, Engels and Second International Marxists dealt with revolution. Our age is notoriously known as post-revolutionary, and liberal realism has set in so deep that we have seemed to have lost touch with the truths of Marxist insights into revolution. We are experiencing a resurgence of political and cultural radicalism but in the context of the absence of working-class radicalism as expressed through socialist parties, mass parties...
2023-06-152h 23
Emancipations PodcastThe Story of Agnes Smedley: From Peasant to Socialist Heroine feat. Stephen MacKinnonAgnes Smedley is an American writer and socialist heroine born in 1892 in Missouri. Her family relocated all across the American west including near the Ludlow Massacre of coal mining workers. Smedley managed to escape the conditions of poverty she was born into and went on to become one of the most important personalities of revolutionary socialism in the first part of the 20th century. Smedley's notoriety has been larger in Russia and China than in the United States because her books were banned during the Red Scare in the 1950s - 1970. She was witness to the Chinese Revolution where...
2023-06-081h 29
Emancipations PodcastTragedy, Parody and Psycho-Power feat. Ali BenzianeWe welcome the brilliant poet and thinker Ali Benziane. Dr. Benziane is an autodidactic philosopher currently working closely with friend of the show, the famous French actor and philosopher Mehdi Belhaj Kacem. We discuss some philosophical and metaphysical perspectives on the post-covid world, looking at Ali's notion of a new mechanism of global power that he calls "psychopouvoir" (psycho-power) after the late french philosopher Bernard Stiegler.
We discuss his intellectual influences, Phillipe Lacoue-Labarthe, the meaning of tragedy, parody, Deleuze's work, fascism and philosophy, traditionalism, and Ali's love for the French metaphysician René Guénon.
2023-06-011h 24
Varn VlogUnraveling Marxism and Psychoanalysis: Philip Rieff's Legacy, Freud and the Marxism with Daniel TuttWhat happens when we explore the tension between Marxism and psychoanalysis through the lens of Phillip Reiff and Christopher Lasch's work and its relation to Henry Miller and John Updike? Join us in this thought-provoking conversation with our guest Daniel Tutt, a renowned scholar of Marxism and psychoanalysis. We'll discuss the Frankfurt School, the cultural revolution of the 60s and 70s, and Lasch's unique perspective from Anglo-American Freudianism as a corrective to forms of Freudian Marxism considered infantile and out of touch with American dynamics.Discover the influence of Lacanian thought, its relation to right-wing Nietzscheanism, and t...
2023-05-291h 57
Emancipations PodcastNew Currents in Marxism: From Degrowth Communism to Neo-Kautskyism feat. Richard SeymourWe welcome writer and Marxist thinker Richard Seymour back onto the show for a spirited discussion on new currents in Marxist thinking. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss the contradictions and tensions between the concept of "degrowth communism", coined by eco-socialist thinker Kohei Saito, to another trend in Marxist and socialist thinking which is encapsulated by the name of "neo-Kautskyism", or the general tendency for a more productivist and working-class organized direction of socialist politics. We also discuss the legacy of Althusserian Marxism, class politics, the PMC debate and quagmire as well as Richard's intellectual trajectory, idealism and materialism...
2023-05-241h 29
Emancipations PodcastSartre’s Existential Psychoanalysis feat. Mary L. EdwardsWe are joined by Mary L. Edwards to discuss her new book Sartre's Existential Psychoanalysis: Knowing Others. We discuss Sartre's concept of bad faith, the in-itself and the for-itself and the challenge that his philosophy poses to psychoanalysis. We also discuss Sartre's psychobiographies on Jean Genet and Gustave Flaubert and what these works have to offer to psychoanalytic practice and theory.
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Mary Louise Edwards is a teacher in philosophy at Cardiff University, S...
2023-05-031h 44
Emancipations PodcastLukács, Irrationalism and Marxist ReasonIn this episode, I expound on Lukács's later work and the meaning of irrationalism. I analyze Marxist reason in contradistinction to neo-Kantian thought and touch on what is most distinctive about philosophy for Marx and Engels and how Marx breaks with both Kant and Hegel. From a Marxist point of view, the practical aim of philosophy is to bring about human freedom and human freedom in capitalist society requires the activation and the organization of the proletariat to realize and overcome class domination.
References:
Lukács, Georg The Destruction of Reason Verso Books, 2021 Lukács, G...
2023-04-2650 min
Emancipations PodcastStalinism and the Dialectics of Saturn feat. Doug GreeneWe sit down with Doug Greene to discuss his latest work on Stalinism. In this interview, Greene describes who Stalin was, what his role in the Bolshevik movement was and how he came to power. Greene then provides a compelling analysis of different paradigms of how Stalinism has been conceptualized by intellectuals from Arthur Koestler, Jean-Paul Sartre, Antonio Gramsci, to heads of states such as Winston Churchill and writers such as George Orwell. Doug Greene is a Marxist historian based in the Boston area. Our last interview with Greene was about his book on Michael Harrington, A Failure of...
2023-04-231h 55
Emancipations PodcastThe New Irrationalism - A Conversation with John Bellamy FosterWe are back! And we changed our podcast name to Emancipations Podcast! In this episode, we are pleased to welcome Marxist thinker John Bellamy Foster to discuss his recent article The New Irrationalism in the Monthly Review (https://monthlyreview.org/2023/02/01/...). This article started a conversation on the legacy of Lukács's Destruction of Reason and the role of philosophy in times of imperialism and war. You can listen to the video version of this interview where I elaborate on the theme of irrationalism by going here (https://youtu.be/E6H7RfzgyMA).
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2023-04-181h 50
No Easy AnswersPsychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: An Interview with Daniel Tutt
We’re joined by Daniel Tutt once again, and this time we’re
speaking about his newest work- Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family:
The Crisis of Initiation. Daniel is a professor
and philosopher of psychoanalysis and Marxist thought, and he is the convener
of Study Groups on Psychoanalysis and politics, a public learning platform that
offers study groups, seminars, and podcasts.
Daniel Tutt – Twitter,
Patreon, Website
Daniel’s podcast – Jouissance Vampires
Study Groups on Psychoanalysis and Politics on YouTube
Psychoanalysis
and the Politics of the Family...
2023-03-281h 20
Emancipations PodcastThe Enigma of Christopher Lasch feat. Christian LorentzenWe are joined by literary critic and actor Christian Lorentzen to discuss the legacy and thought of Christopher Lasch. In this wide-ranging conversation, Lorentzen and host Daniel Tutt discuss Lasch's socialist politics, why he's so often misunderstood by the contemporary left and how he read literature. We assess the reasons why Lasch remains so popular and we touch on the politics of American novelists, the new Dimes Square scene in Manhattan, for which Christian is a central figure and personality, and we touch on the generational politics that seem to return and return ever since Lasch diagnosed them in...
2023-02-281h 24
Emancipations PodcastAdorno On Ideology feat. Jacob Bard-RosenbergIn 1954 Adorno wrote, "if one were to condense what the ideology of mass culture comes down to into a single sentence, one would have to represent it with the parodic statement: “become what you are.” Adorno offered a series of important lectures on the concept of ideology with Max Horkheimer in the wake of the Second World War. They argued against the liberal sociologists such as Mannheim and Weber's conceptions of ideology, and they also called for a new Marxist understanding of ideology.
In this episode, we discuss the history of the concept of ideology up to Ador...
2023-01-291h 59
Emancipations PodcastLacanian Marxism On Today’s Left with Jensen SutherWe sit down with philosopher Jensen Suther for a conversation on Lacanian Marxism on today's left.
Jensen Suther earned his PhD in Comparative Literature from Yale University and was recently elected as a Junior Fellow to the Harvard Society of Fellows. His forthcoming book, Spirit Disfigured: The Persistence of Freedom in the Modernist Novel, argues against the “lacanian turn” in Marxist theory and provides a new reading of Hegel’s encyclopedia as the philosophical foundation of emancipatory politics. The host, Daniel Tutt is the host of Study Groups on Psychoanalysis and Politics and has taught philosophy at George...
2023-01-201h 32
Emancipations PodcastRessentiment: A Liberal Concept? feat. Sjoerd van TuinenOur final episode for the year! Thank you all for your support this year. In this episode, we sit down with the philosopher Sjoerd van Tuinen to discuss the concept of ressentiment and the politics of resentment. Dr. van Tuinen has many essays on ressentiment and a forthcoming book on the topic.
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2022-12-241h 15
Varn VlogDaniel Tutt Interrogates NietzschePlease support our Patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Daniel Tutt is a philosopher with a focus on Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and Marxist thought. Founder of Study Groups in Psychoanalysis and Politics. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation with the Palgrave Lacan Series and an Adjunct Professor of philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University, and elsewhere. He is the host of Jouissance Vampires.Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Djene Ba...
2022-11-282h 18
Emancipations PodcastAn Introduction to the Philosopher Kojin KarataniKojin Karatani is one of the most interesting and important Marxist philosophers working today. Listen to our conversation about his main ideas...featuring Daniel Tutt and Gabriel Tupinambá. The workshop we held on Karatani's The Structure of World History can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE03jn2k3GYDWu4I9kdRXvq-FXy1vPVkO
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2022-11-102h 48
Varn VlogDaniel Tutt on Lasch and PsychoanalysisPlease support our Patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Daniel Tutt is a philosopher with a focus on Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and Marxist thought. Founder of Study Groups in Psychoanalysis and Politics. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation with the Palgrave Lacan Series and an Adjunct Professor of philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University, and elsewhere. He is the host of Jouissance Vampires.Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio Producer: Paul Channel Strip ( @aufhebenkultur )Branding Design: Dj...
2022-11-072h 06
Emancipations PodcastMarxist Class Theory for a Skeptical World feat. Raju DasWhat is the Marxist theory of class? Did Marx have a mature class theory in Capital or is Marx's theory of class unfinished and ultimately unclear? Many scholars contend that Marx does not have a clear class theory. But too often Marxists do not offer any alternative to the theory of class, so Marxism ends up with very little to say about class.
Our guest in this episode, Raju Das, disagrees with many contemporary Marxists who tend to sideline Marx's theory of class. In this conversation, we learn that Marx does have a theory of class and w...
2022-09-192h 18
Emancipations PodcastFreud and the Limits of Bourgeois Individualism with Bruno BosteelsWe are joined by writer and Marxist thinker Bruno Bosteels to discuss Léon Rozitchner’s Freud and the Limits of Bourgeois Individualism, which Bosteels has recently translated. In this conversation, we discuss Rozitchner's biography, his place within South American Marxism, the key concepts and approach of the text and we end with a consideration of Alain Badiou's thought. Bosteels is the translator of Freud and the Limits of Bourgeois Individualism, Alain Badiou's Theory of the Subject and he is the author of the forthcoming book Philosophies of Defeat: The Jargon of Finitude (Verso).
2022-08-181h 50
Emancipations PodcastIs Nietzsche compatible with Marxism? feat. Jan RehmannWe continue our investigation into the philosophy of Nietzsche, this time with philosopher Jan Rehmann who teaches critical theories and social analysis at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and philosophy at the Free University in Berlin. We discuss the Marxist reading of Nietzsche and Rehmann's recently translated work Deconstructing Postmodernist Nietzscheanism: Deleuze and Foucault.
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2022-08-011h 38
Emancipations PodcastPleasure: A Political Issue with Anna KornbluhFredric Jameson is one of the most important Marxist literary critics. We are joined by Anna Kornbluh to discuss his theory of postmodernism and particularly his work on psychoanalysis and Marxism. We analyze Jameson's incredible essay "Pleasure: A Political Issue" which looks at the relationship between psychoanalysis and Marxism. This conversation gets at the heart of the Marxism-psychoanalysis relationship, what the stakes are, what psychoanalysis offers to Marxist analysis and more. Anna Kornbluh's research and teaching interests center on Victorian literature and Critical Theory, with a special emphasis in formalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and theory of the novel. She is...
2022-07-251h 20
Zer0 Books and Repeater MediaThe Future of the Lacanian Left with Daniel Tutt and Gabriel Tupinambá: Part 4Watch Part I here: https://youtu.be/TpGXJ1R4g8gWatch Part II here: https://youtu.be/6_logXWLs08Watch Part III here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns-_cc0enugWhat was the Lacanian left and what is its future? A long-distance conversation held over Whatsapp audio messages while driving, out walking or cooking dinner over the course of several months between Daniel Tutt and Gabriel Tupinambá. Tupinambá is the author of The Desire of Psychoanalysis: Exercises in Lacanian Theory and Tutt is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family. St...
2022-07-1748 min
Emancipations PodcastToo Much Theory on the Left? feat. Catherine LiuWe are joined by Catherine Liu to discuss how French Theory grew to such prominence in American culture and academia, and how it has shaped not only the left but many aspects of our everyday life, from how we conceive of power, , the figure of the intellectual to the literary canon. French Theory was not merely a fad, it has had deep and long-lasting effects on our culture.
After discussing this history, we discuss Deleuzian theory and socialism, whether the libertine & counterculture left can forge solidarity with the working class and more.
For a reflection o...
2022-07-152h 03Zer0 Books and Repeater MediaPleasure: A Political Issue (Jameson and Psychoanalysis) with Daniel Tutt and Anna KornbluhFredric Jameson is one of the most important Marxist literary critics. We are joined by Anna Kornbluh to discuss his theory of postmodernism and particularly his work on psychoanalysis and Marxism. We analyze Jameson's incredible essay "Pleasure: A Political Issue" which looks at the relationship between psychoanalysis and Marxism. This conversation gets at the heart of the Marxism-psychoanalysis relationship, what the stakes are, what psychoanalysis offers to Marxist analysis and more. Anna Kornbluh's research and teaching interests center on Victorian literature and Critical Theory, with a special emphasis in formalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and theory of the novel. Sh...
2022-07-021h 22Zer0 Books and Repeater MediaThe Future of the Lacanian Left with Daniel Tutt and Gabriel Tupinambá: Part 3Watch Part I here: https://youtu.be/TpGXJ1R4g8gWatch Part II here: https://youtu.be/6_logXWLs08What was the Lacanian left and what is its future? A long-distance conversation held over Whatsapp audio messages while driving, out walking or cooking dinner over the course of several months between Daniel Tutt and Gabriel Tupinambá. Tupinambá is the author of The Desire of Psychoanalysis: Exercises in Lacanian Theory and Tutt is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family. Stay tuned for new installments.Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.pa...
2022-07-0231 min
Emancipations PodcastPsychoanalysis, Love and Politics feat. Duane RousselleWe welcome Duane Rousselle to the show for a dialogue with host Daniel Tutt on Lacanian theory and politics. We discuss Duane's latest book Real Love and his work on the later Lacan and politics, as well as the thought of Jacques-Alain Miller. Rousselle is a practicing Lacanian psychoanalyst and Canadian sociological theorist.
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2022-06-201h 30
Emancipations PodcastIs the Vibe Shift Reactionary?Mike comes back on the show after a year long hiatus (!) to discuss the "vibe shift" in the New York literary scene. We analyze the political implications of the "vibe shift" and where things might be headed.
Be sure to check out Mike's substack where he investigates these new scenes.
2022-06-181h 12Zer0 Books and Repeater MediaWhy Class Matters: Daniel Tutt and Lillian CicerchiaLillian Cicerchia, co-host of What's Left of Philosophy wrote an essay "Why Does Class Matter" which was the first article about class (specifically) in academic philosophy in several decades. We discuss her theories on class with a focus on the theme of "non-domination" in the labor market.Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooksSubscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0booksSupport Daniel Tutt's work by visiting the Torsion Groups Patreon account: https://patreon.com/torsiongroups-----
2022-06-171h 19
Emancipations PodcastWhy Class Matters with Lillian CicerchiaLillian Cicerchia, co-host of What's Left of Philosophy wrote an essay "Why Does Class Matter" which was the first article about class (specifically) in academic philosophy in several decades. Why in the would academic philosophy sideline analysis of class? The answer to that question may be quite obvious, or there may be more to it. Listen to find out!
Lillian is interested in finding ways to bring an analysis of class back into the conversation that does so in a way that pays attention to the theme of "non-domination" in the labor market. She brings a very...
2022-05-2950 min
Machinic Unconscious Happy HourDaniel Tutt - Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the FamilyFriend of the show and co-host of the Jouissance Vampires podcast, Daniel Tutt, joined Coop and Tay to discuss his new book in the Palgrave Lacan Series, Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation.
Our Anti-Oedipus Episode with Daniel
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2022-05-211h 31
Emancipations PodcastAdieu Lacan - Interview with Filmmaker Richard LedesWe sit down with filmmaker Richard Ledes to discuss the process of making his film Adieu Lacan, which depicts a successful psychoanalytic intervention by Lacan. Ledes is a fascinating filmmaker who has been compared to David Lynch and his most well-known film is Fred Won't Move Out. Adieu Lacan is available on VOD and is definitely a must-watch!
2022-05-211h 09Zer0 Books and Repeater MediaThe Future of the Lacanian Left with Daniel Tutt and Gabriel TupinambáWhat was the Lacanian left and what is its future? A long-distance conversation held over Whatsapp audio messages while driving, out walking or cooking dinner over the course of several months between Daniel Tutt and Gabriel Tupinambá. Tupinambá is the author of The Desire of Psychoanalysis: Exercises in Lacanian Theory and Tutt is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family. Stay tuned for new installments.Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooksSubscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0bo...
2022-05-1721 min
Emancipations PodcastCircumcision and Psychoanalysis feat. Jordan OssermanWe are pleased to welcome writer and thinker Jordan Osserman to the show to discuss circumcision and his new book Circumcision on the Couch: The Cultural, Psychological, and Gendered Dimensions of the World's Oldest Surgery which has recently been published by Bloomsbury. Join us at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/torsiongroups to get access to our seminars, writing and early release of our shows.
2022-05-131h 16
Emancipations PodcastThe Lacanian Left, Self-Help, and the Family feat. Richard SeymourWe sit down with the prolific writer and thinker Richard Seymour, Co-Founder of Salvage Magazine and author of The Meaning of David Cameron (2010), Unhitched (2013), Against Austerity (2014) and Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics (2016).
Since 2013, Seymour has turned to Lacanian theory in his writing and analysis of contemporary politics. We discuss what he finds valuable in psychoanalytic theory, the recent fractures over the trans movement in the Lacanian field, the patriarchy question, Oedipal politics, family abolition, meritocracy and Richard's next book project The Little Red Self-Help Book. We conclude with a discussion on the future of the...
2022-04-301h 35
Emancipations PodcastLasch Beyond the Culture War - A Conversation with Elisabeth Lasch-QuinnWe are very pleased to sit down with American historian and cultural critic Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn to discuss her work on the history of race relations in America and the legacy of her father, the historian and critic Christopher Lasch. Christopher Lasch's thought has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years and one of the big questions that surrounds his work is how we understand his political vision and what the core of his critique of liberalism and American elites really amounts to. In this sneak-peak of an interview, we get a bit closer to answering this elusive question and we...
2022-04-2633 min
Emancipations PodcastDecolonial Psychoanalysis feat. Robert BesharaWe are joined by artist, writer and educator Robert Beshara to discuss his work in critical psychology, Islamophobia, Freud and Said and how to understand racial capitalism, solidarity and comradeship. This is an oft-inspiring conversation that touches on a lot of very important debates and concepts in contemporary politics. One of the many highlights include Robert's discussion of the highly misunderstood the thinker Edward Said had with psychoanalysis. This is a great conversation and I hope you all benefit form it!
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2022-04-1148 min
Emancipations PodcastMyths in Crisis: Prometheus, Gaia, and MarxismWe welcome philosophers Landon Frim and Harrison Fluss to the show for a discussion on how to navigate the ecological crisis in philosophy. This episode originally appeared on the Zer0 Books YouTube channel. Support our work for $3 - $10 a month at Patreon https://www.patreon.com/torsiongroups
Fluss and Frim argue the two dominant strains of thinking ecology today, Accelerationism and Gaian philosophies are ultimately inadequate frameworks because they reject the human frame as grounding politics; each seeks to subordinate the human in favor of a wholly alien other, either in the form of an anarchic nature...
2022-04-011h 35
Emancipations PodcastClass Struggle in the History of Psychoanalysis (feat. Hannah Proctor)Please go to our Patreon to listen to the final 30 minutes of this conversation https://www.patreon.com/torsiongroups and get access to our other interviews, seminars and more. Our guest for today's episode is Hannah Proctor, writer, historian and thinker of the history of psychoanalysis. Hannah has written extensively on early Soviet era psychoanalysis and psychology and her Substack Unconsciousness Raising focuses on lesser known psychoanalytic thinkers.
In this conversation, we discuss early Soviet psychoanalysts, Wilhelm Reich and Herbert Marcuse on revolution, her work on political burnout and more.
2022-03-1744 min
Emancipations PodcastThe petit-bourgeois habitus *TEASER*Listen to the full interview with cultural theorist Marc James Léger, author of The Neoliberal Undead at https://www.patreon.com/posts/63587198
2022-03-1010 min
Emancipations PodcastHow to be a Marxist with Tijana OkićWe are joined by philosopher Tijana Okić for a spirited conversation on what it means to be a Marxist today. What are the common problems we face when it comes to holding a Marxist position today? Is Marxism reducible to the correct philological and textual analysis of Marx's thought? What are we to make of the epistemological break between the early Marx's work on alienation to his later notions of exploitation? Does Marxism become irrelevant when we abandon a theory of alienation? We also discuss the working class today and how to best theorize class in our wider commitment t...
2022-03-072h 02
Emancipations PodcastTeaser: Interview with Adrian Johnston on Today’s Hegel RenaissanceWe sit down with American philosopher Adrian Johnston, one of the most creative and interesting philosophers working today. To listen to the entire conversation where Adrian succinctly defines "transcendental materialism" in less than two minutes(!) and we discuss the new Hegel renaissance in contemporary philosophy and Adrian's philosophical differences with Zizek. You can listen to this interview for just $2 at our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/posts/63046361.
2022-02-2525 min
Emancipations PodcastCan American socialists reform the Democratic Party? Interview with Doug GreeneWe sit down with historian Doug Greene to discuss the important history of American socialism and the over 70 years of attempts to "realign" the Democratic Party. Should socialists cooperate with the Democratic Party? To explore this important question, Doug Greene tells us about the ideas and vision of Michael Harrington, the founder of the largest socialist organization in America, the DSA. Harrington's ideas inform the "common sense" of America's contemporary left and they are at the core of why the American working class has been prevented, time and again, from independently forming a worker's party or effectively challenging the...
2022-02-201h 29
The Small Small Business PodcastEp 042: Better Business Structure with Daniel McCraineThis week, Daniel McCraine joins Annie to share how to structure your company to maximize your small business. Daniel leads McCraine Associates and serves as a coach and consultant. Get to know this former music director turned small business owner and hear his tips for your legal structure.The smallest businesses and nonprofits rarely get the same level of support that larger organizations receive. The experts at Small Small Business have the experience and passion to level the playing field. Find out more at SmallSmallBusiness.comSupport the show
2022-01-2124 min
Varn VlogDaniel Tutt On Psychoanalysis and the Politics of LiberationDaniel Tutt is a philosopher with a focus on Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and Marxist thought. Founder of Study Groups in Psychoanalysis and Politics. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation with the Palgrave Lacan Series and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University, and elsewhere. He is the host of Jouissance Vampires.Please support our patreon. For early and ad-free episodes, members-only content, and more.Abandon all hope ye who subscribe here.Crew:Host: C. Derick VarnAudio P...
2022-01-171h 40
Emancipations PodcastPsychiatry and Trauma with Vincenzo Di NicolaWe are joined by Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola to discuss modern psychiatry and his work on trauma, family therapy and the philosophical underpinnings of psychiatry. We discuss the prevalence of trauma discourse, the philosophy of Alain Badiou, why social dynamics are often ignored by modern psychiatry and psychology, and we examine the history of the "anti-psychiatry movement" with special focus on R.D. Laing, Jacques Lacan and Frantz Fanon.
Vincenzo Di Nicola is an Italian-Canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and family therapist, and philosopher of mind. Di Nicola is a tenured Full Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry & Addiction...
2022-01-131h 30
No Easy AnswersEpisode 44 - Nietzsche with Professor Daniel TuttIn this special episode for the Zero Books YouTube Channel, Jules speaks to Professor Daniel Tutt about Friedrich Nietzsche. This conversation is against the backdrop of Domenico Losurdo's book "Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel".
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2021-12-181h 11
Emancipations PodcastThe Concept is a Weapon - Interview with French philosopher Mehdi Belhaj KacemWe sat down with French philosopher Mehdi Belhaj Kacem who the late David Graeber praised as one of the most important philosophers living today. In this interview, we discuss Kacem’s reading habits, what inspires him in the world of thought, how he derived his philosophical concepts, what qualifies as truly radical in our age and why he broke up with his former mentor Alain Badiou. Kacem is, similar to Giorgio Agamben, a major critic of the way the ruling class is managing the pandemic and he is not shy to share his views. In this wide-ranging conversation, we ca...
2021-12-131h 33
Emancipations PodcastPsychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic with Nadia Bou AliWe are honored to be joined by Nadia Bou Ali, practicing psychoanalyst and Assistant Professor at the Civilization Studies Program at the American University of Beirut.
We discuss Nadia's new work Psychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic: Hall of Mirrors - a work of Lacanian theory, comparative literature and political theory. We discuss the main themes of this work and raise questions about Lacan's contribution to the study of literature, psychoanalysis and liberalism, tolerance, the birth of Arab modernity and the two fascinating literary figures that she analyzes in this work: Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (1805-87) and Butrus...
2021-12-091h 38
Emancipations PodcastDeciphering Nietzsche/anism Part III with Carl SachsWe are joined by philosopher Carl Sachs, Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University and all around great human being. Carl did his Ph.D. on Nietzsche and has spent a great deal of time with Nietzsche's thought over the years. In this discussion, we analyze the achievement of Domenico Losurdo's massive book Nietzsche, the Aristocratic Rebel: Intellectual Biography and Critical Balance Sheet.
Will the world of philosophy embrace Losurdo's new perspective on Nietzsche? What does Losurdo say that changes our understanding of Nietzsche? Is Losurdo's perspective and analysis of the core of Nietzsche right? We discuss these q...
2021-12-021h 18
Emancipations PodcastTrotskyism Today with Ian ParkerMarxist theorist, literary critic, military leader and exiled opponent of Stalin, Leon Trotsky is one of the most important figures of 20th century Marxism. But how are Trotsky's ideas being lived out today by revolutionary socialists?
To help us understand Trotskyism, its history and legacy today we are joined by Ian Parker, Lacanian psychoanalyst and revolutionary socialist. He has written over 25 books to his name and he works in the fields of critical psychology, Marxist psychology, and psychoanalytic theory.
Parker is a fellow of the British psychological society, Emeritus Professor at the University of Leicester, a...
2021-11-091h 40
Emancipations PodcastThe Last Days of the Dialectic with Robert Boncardo and Bryan CookeWe are joined by philosophers Robert Boncardo and Bryan Cooke to discuss the philosophical and political thought of Alain Badiou. Boncardo and Cooke's research is shedding light on how Badiou's concrete political militancy from 1969 - 1981 shaped his first major work Theory of the Subject (1982).
We discuss the communist group Badiou was part of from 1969 - 1981 UCFML, the SONACOTRA Rent Strike, Badiou's relation to Maoism and how these more practical activities serve as a crucial backdrop for understanding the otherwise enigmatic concepts Badiou develops in Theory of the Subject.
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2021-10-302h 43
Emancipations PodcastDeciphering Nietzsche/anism Part IIWe continue to probe Nietzsche and Nietzsche/anism, picking up on some problems and questions that were opened in our last interview with Geoff Waite. We begin with a reading of Nietzsche from two radically different positions: Georges Bataille and György Lukács. We then go on to discuss Nietzsche and Marx, consciousness, antihumanism, antiphilosophy, liberation, Nietzsche's politics and more.
Does Nietzsche/anism address a real problem that Marxism can’t account for? Or must we work to discard all traces of Nietzsche/anism in order to champion a more liberated world and a more egalitarian vers...
2021-10-2244 min
Machinic Unconscious Happy HourDaniel Tutt - Anti Oedipus - Seminar 5Daniel Tutt, co-host of the Jouissance Vampires podcast and future The Palgrave Lacan Series author joined Coop & Taylor to discuss the first 3 sections of Anti-Oedipus Chapter 3: The Inscribing Socius, The Primitive Territorial Machine, and The Problem of Oedipus
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2021-09-271h 52
CosmopodThe Practice of Marxist Psychoanalysis with Daniel TuttDonald and Rudy join Daniel Tutt for a discussion on the history and present of psychoanalysis and its relationship to Marxism. We discuss whether psychoanalysis can be considered a science and how psychoanalysts produce knowledge before explaining the libidinal economy and possible psychoanalytic interventions in the sphere of exchange. We also discuss Wilhelm Reich: his claim to being the first Marxist psychoanalytic as well as his writings on fascism and its relationship to the family. We continue with family abolition, psychoanalysis in the New Left, and Christopher Lasch's project in the context of psychoanalysis, and finish with the relevance...
2021-09-201h 30
Emancipations PodcastDeciphering Nietzsche/anism with Geoff WaiteWe seek relief from our "Nietzsche fever" with Nietzsche scholar Geoff Waite, professor of German Studies at Cornell University. How does one go about reading Nietzsche? How does one get out of Nietzsche's system, and not fall into its abyss? The influence of Nietzsche is arguably more profound than even Freud or Marx. Nietzsche/anism has "won" in the sense that a world of rank order and capitalist exploitation is all around us. In that sense, Nietzsche/anism is the air that we breathe.
It is necessary for the left to read Nietzsche because to do so...
2021-09-181h 36
Emancipations PodcastEpisode 29: A Manifesto for the Working Class with Cynthia CruzWe are joined by writer and thinker Cynthia Cruz for a heartfelt and real conversation about the working class. Cynthia has written an incredible new book called The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Class (Repeater Books, 2021). We discuss the experiences of being working class, of leaving one's class roots, alienation, working class artists and the current status of the working class in America.
As Cruz writes, "to be working-class in a middle-class world is to be a ghost. Excluded, marginalised, and subjected to violence, the working class is also deemed by those in power t...
2021-08-191h 05