Emancipations Podcast

Daniel Tutt
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Emancipations Podcast

Emancipations explores the intersection of Marxism, politics and philosophy. Hosted by Daniel Tutt (@DanielTutt).

  1. The Politics of Lacanian Structuralism (feat. Samo Tomšič)

    1 DAY AGO

    The Politics of Lacanian Structuralism (feat. Samo Tomšič)

    We welcome Lacanian philosopher Samo Tomšič for a presentation and discussion on Lacan's relationship to structuralism and politics. We center this discussion around Seminar XVI, "From an Other to the Other" where we witness a shift in Lacan’s structuralism, indicated in the very seminar title: from an Other (symbolic order) to the other (enjoyment). It is not unimportant that Lacan's sole thorough engagement with Marx appears precisely in this context, an engagement that can, and probably should, be read together with the shift from the indefinite to the definite article in the Seminar’s title: “an” Other (language) is abstract, unspecified, and therefore detached from historicity; “the” other is specific and historically contextualized (surplus-value). In this talk, Samo revisits this and other open issues regarding the transformation of Lacanian structuralism, initiated in this ground-breaking Seminar. Above all, he argues for a “partisan reading” of Lacan’s references to Marx. Although these may have been circumstantial (May ‘68) and perhaps even opportunistic (pleasing the radical students), they nevertheless open the horizon of a consistently left Lacanianism. Please support our work to bring these presentations and new research to a public audience by joining and contributing to our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/torsiongroups).

    2h 44m
  2. Schelling and Irrationalism (feat. Christopher Satoor)

    1 DAY AGO

    Schelling and Irrationalism (feat. Christopher Satoor)

    We welcome philosopher Christopher Satoor for a discussion on the philosophy of Schelling, the great German idealist. We will focus our conversation on two Marxist critiques of Schelling in Lukács' The Destruction of Reason, to Engels' critique of Schelling from his notes on attending Schelling's lectures as a younger student. Christopher Satoor is an expert in German idealism and a strident Schellingian, so this conversation is sure to be of interest! Get access to the readings for this discussion and seminar with Dr. Satoor by joining our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/posts/schelling-with-109208386).

    2h 18m
  3. The Revival of Western Marxism? Losurdo Study Group (Session V)

    5 DAYS AGO

    The Revival of Western Marxism? Losurdo Study Group (Session V)

    2011 witnessed a resurgence of protest movements from the Movement of the Squares, Occupy Wall Street, to the Arab Spring. These events propelled Marxist intellectuals Slavoj Žižek and Alain Badiou into the limelight, resulting in a surge in their popularity. But was the precondition of their popularity based on the absence of anti-imperialism in their work? In this study group, we examine Losurdo's criticism of Žižek and Badiou regarding how they understand existing state socialism, how they theorize liberation, freedom and justice. We debrief on the text and we discuss how Western Marxism can be reborn.

    1h 53m

  4. OCT 15

    The Death of Western Marxism - Losurdo Study Group (Session IV)

    We discuss Part IV: "The Triumph and Death of Western Marxism" with particular focus on the work of Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism and On Revolution. We discuss Losurdo's analysis of "recognition" from Hegel and how revolution is theorized as recognition in Marx and Engels and how subsequent liberal theories of revolution in Arendt and Nietzschean theories of Foucault promote what Losurdo sees as the "death" of Western Marxism.

    1h 50m
  5. A Lacanian Analysis of Kanye's Reactionary Turn (feat. Robert Beshara)

    OCT 9

    A Lacanian Analysis of Kanye's Reactionary Turn (feat. Robert Beshara)

    We welcome Lacanian scholar Robert Beshara back to the show to discuss his new book A Psychoanalytic Biography of Ye: The Legacy of Unconditional Love. It particularly focuses on the 5-year period from 2016 to 2021 (the Shaky-Ass Years) in an effort to think psychoanalytically about Ye's complex subjectivity, his struggle with manic-depression, the thin line between the personal and the political when it comes to celebrity culture, and, of course, his aesthetic productions – be they in the form of music, video, or fashion – which the author regards as also being ethical and political projects/objects. The book takes what Ye says seriously, as opposed to dismissing him through the use of stigmatizing terms. Beshara specifically aligned his desire with Donda’s in an attempt to see him from her point of view – that is, through the legacy of unconditional love. Buy the book from the publishers website with the following discount code PROMO25 https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-2886-4 Learn more about Robert Beshara's work at https://sites.google.com/site/robertkbeshara.

    1h 35m

  6. OCT 4

    Western Marxism and Anticolonial Revolution - Losurdo's Western Marxism Study Group (Session III)

    We examine Losurdo's criticism of western Marxism in relation to anticolonial revolution following the Second World War. We discuss Walter Benjamin's "Theses on the Philosophy of History," Max Horkheimer's Authoritarian State, Althusser's antihumanist turn, Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason, Adorno's Nietzschean pessimism, and Tronti's workerism. We discuss how Losurdo pinpoints an aversion to the anticolonial revolution in the Marxist theories that are generated by these thinkers. We discuss the merits of Losurdo's polemic, where it hits the mark and where it falls short. Please join us at https://www.patreon.com/torsiongroups.

    2h 3m

  7. SEP 28

    "The Two Marxisms" Losurdo's Western Marxism Study Group (Session II)

    We discuss Marxist theory of intellectuals and power, particularly how imperialism fragments the intellectual in relationship to the working class, and we explore Losurdo’s argument that western and eastern Marxism begin to take form and contrast one another in terms of the national struggle, state theory, messianism, and priorities of emancipation.

    1h 41m

  8. SEP 25

    Domenico Losurdo's Western Marxism Study Group (Session I)

    We are discussing Domenico Losurdo’s newly translated work, Western Marxism: How It Was Born, How It Died, How It Can Be Reborn in a public study group.

    2h 1m
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Emancipations explores the intersection of Marxism, politics and philosophy. Hosted by Daniel Tutt (@DanielTutt).

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    Daniel Tutt
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    103
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