2 episodes
Thinkbomb Tear Down - Examining ideas and propaganda of modern times Henry Salivator
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- Society & Culture
Thinkbomb is on a mission to Tear Down the myths that masquerade as facts and science of the modern world. Each episode is a step on a long road to debunk dominant world views.
A historic approach is generally taken, to show how and why ideas have emerged, who advocates them, how this impacts social attitudes, cultural perception and government policy.
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Teardown of Karl Marx Communist Manifesto. Right, wrong, dangerous.
Jordan Peterson criticised the Communist Manifesto of 1848 in the famous Toronto meeting of 2019. Peterson made false assumptions and misinterpretations about Marx's analysis of capitalist social relations. A detailed examination of Marx's Manifesto is made here, looking at the historic context, predictions and aspirations of the communists. This review reveals that the Manifesto contains insights and useful theoretical concepts, but also errors and misleading claims. The main problem with the Manifesto is something extraordinary, and rarely, if ever identified. The Communist Manifesto is not what it aspires to be. That conclusion has implications for the ideological battles of contemporary politics.
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Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Zizek - Low Marx in Toronto
The hyped public encounter between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Zizek in Toronto in 2019 was an uneventful farce. Yet, there is something to learn from this event, in terms of how Karl Marx and his famous Communist Manifesto was misrepresented by Peterson and remained undefended by Zizek.
Thinkbomb provides a Tear Down of Zizek's performance, and especially of Peterson's claims, showing that Marx's contribution to modern history cannot easily be dismissed.
Transcript will be made available. Commentary and critique from listeners is encouraged.