Best Dialectical Materialism Podcasts (2024)

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To Front or Not to Front: The Question of "Popular Frontism" 1:11:53

3d ago1:11:53

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The boys get together and talk about the triumphs and failures, the uses and misuses, and the love and hate for the concept of the Popular Front. Haslam, Jonathan. “The Comintern and the Origins of the Popular Front 1934-1935.” The Historical Journal 22, no. 3 (1979): 673–91. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2638659. Communists, Coalitions, and the Clas…

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Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part VII) 31:02

2h ago31:02

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The boys dive in to chapter 6 of Dugin's Fourth Political theory. Don't worry, there are literally no digressions and the guys stay on point the whole time. Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Check out Antifada here: https://www.patreon.com/theantifada Send us a text Support the Show.…

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96 TEASER | What is Utopia? Part IV. Bacon's New Atlantis 14:50

8h ago14:50

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In this episode we talk about the weird little unfinished utopian novel The New Atlantis, written by founding enlightenment figure Francis Bacon. We talk about his fetish for differential novelty, his understanding and valorization of knowledge production, and his ambivalent status as a pivotal figure between medieval and modern science. He’s right…

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Patreon Preview -- Slovak Socialism: A Czechoslovak Socialism Addendum 11:54

6d ago11:54

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We just can't stop talking about Czechoslovak Socialism. We decided to deal with the Slovak portion of the Czechoslovak lands, which we feel has been a little neglected in our previous discussions. Slovakia is important as an integral part of the movement of Czechoslovak socialism and as a case study of the problem of the national question. If you …

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Hegel's Philosophy of Right 1:35:10

16m ago1:35:10

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Cooper and Taylor discuss Hegel's Elements of the Philosophy of Right.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushhBy Cooper Cherry Jr.

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James Wakefield - Giovanni Gentile & Actual Idealism 1:43:32

1h ago1:43:32

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James Wakefield returned to discuss the his work on Giovanni Gentile, including translations. He teaches modules on Political Thought, Government and Political Science in the Department of Politics and International Relations. His research focuses on European and American political theory, ethics, philosophy of education, and intellectual history.J…

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From Dawn to Decadence (Part I): With Varn Vlog (UNLOCKED) 1:56:25

13d ago1:56:25

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We accidentally released the wrong episode, this one should have come before the last! This week we sat down with C. Derick Varn to talk about "decadence theory," "crisis theory" and "breakdown theory." This is a special episode, mostly because it wasn't supposed to come out until August, but Varn accidentally released it early so y'all get a bonus…

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Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode III) 19:20

12d ago19:20

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Back at it again with the national question and continuing the long march through chapter one. A link to the PDF: https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauer Send us a Text Message. Support the Show.By Kevin & Jason

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95 | John Dewey and the Education of Experience 1:03:45

36m ago1:03:45

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In this episode, we discuss the educational philosophy of the American pragmatist John Dewey. Focusing on his 1938 treatise Experience & Education we explore questions concerning the ends of education, what it means to be an effective educator, and the relationship between experience and history. Dewey advocates for a form of education that focuses…

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From Dawn to Decadence: Doom 2024 (Episode 1.5) BONUS (UNLOCKED) 1:36:46

21d ago1:36:46

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This is an impromptu episode recorded by Jason and Varn where they discuss their dissatisfaction with the general situation of American and world politics. It roughly fits in with the subject matter of our Dawn to Decadence series, so here ya go! Send us a text Support the Show.By Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben

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The Boys Figure out Which Marxist Tendency is Correct 57:11

28d ago57:11

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This week we all sat down to talk about the uselessness of identifying with a political tendency in our current moment. Send us a text Support the Show.By Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben

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The Eroticism of Contract and Gift 1:19:13

1M ago1:19:13

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The week Cooper and Taylor discuss chapter 1 of Jeanne Lorraine Schroeder's The Triumph of Venus The Erotics of the Market, Pandora’s Amphora: The Eroticism of Contract and Gift.Marcel Mauss's The Gift Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/the-gift?si=75d82545bf564e358f5a22f2b59390c3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaig…

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94 | Norman Geras' Ethics of Revolution 57:55

11d ago57:55

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In this episode, we discuss the contributions of political theorist Norman Geras to socialist debates about revolutionary ethics, movement democracy, and justice. He argues for a right to revolution, but that there’s a difference between political and social revolution, and that this difference tells us something about which ends justify which mean…

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Patreon Preview -- Voices from the Soviet Edge 17:24

1M ago17:24

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This week we discussed an excellent study of migrant workers in the Soviet Union which focused on Uzbeks, Tajiks, Georgians, Azerbaijanis who came to Leningrad and Moscow in toward the end of Union's existence. Sahadeo, Jeff. 2019. Voices From the Soviet Edge: Southern Migrants in Leningrad and Moscow. Send us a text Support the Show.…

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The Antifascism of Fools: Liberalism's Antifascism Without Fascism 1:12:47

1M ago1:12:47

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First off, please forgive the first few minutes of Chris' audio, we adjusted the levels during the podcast and fixed it. You won't have to bear with it all the way through. We sat down to talk about SAVING DEMOCRACY FROM TRUMPIST FASCISM, or rather, how the left has fallen into the trap of letting the Democratic Party off the hook for its crimes ag…

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Rene Girard's Violence And The Sacred 1:10:13

1M ago1:10:13

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This week Cooper and Taylor discuss the first 4 chapters of Rene Girard’s Violence and the Sacred: Sacrifice, The Sacrificial Crisis, Oedipus and the Surrogate Victim, and The Origins of Myth and Ritual.Marcel Mauss's The Gift Episode:https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/the-gift?si=75d82545bf564e358f5a22f2b59390c3&utm_source=clipboard&ut…

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Patreon Preview -- Doom 2024 (From Dawn to Decadence, Ep 1.5) 30:19

2M ago30:19

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This is an impromptu episode recorded by Jason and Varn where they discuss their dissatisfaction with the general situation of world politics. Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Send us a text Support the Show.By Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben

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Whither France: The New Popular Front and the French Elections 1:47:57

2M ago1:47:57

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This week we are joined by our official France correspondent, Matthew. We discuss the unique threat of the post-fascist menace and what the results and prospects are for the shaky leftist coalition. Send us a text Support the Show.By Chris, Jason, Ben, and Matthew

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93 TEASER | Charles Mills and the Racial Contract 11:06

1M ago11:06

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In this episode, we talk about the late, great Charles Mills and his landmark book The Racial Contract. Forcefully arguing that the modern discourse of egalitarianism and freedom is underwritten by a tacit commitment to global white supremacy, Mills develops an immanent criticism of liberalism that remains faithful to many of its core values. We di…

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Freud's Moses And Monotheism 1:29:54

1M ago1:29:54

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This week Cooper and Taylor discuss Freud's Moses and Monotheism. This builds on what Freud laid out in Totem and Taboo as well our as discussion on that text. Working through different modes of the Oedipus complex as put forth in the concept of the primal father. This relationship between law, economy and the social bond is the focus.Our episodes …

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Patreon Preview -- Boundless & Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part VI) 30:27

2M ago30:27

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Wake up babe, new Dugin Time just dropped. The boys are back and discussing Dugin's understanding of processes and, now that they're about halfway done with the book, begin to ask the question "What is the Fourth Political Theory?" Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Check out Antifada here: https://www.patreon.com/thea…

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Kara Kennedy - Dune: A Critical Companion 1:21:32

2M ago1:21:32

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This week Cooper and Taylor spoke with Dr. Kara Kennedy about her book, Frank Herbert's Dune: A Critical Companion. Dr. Kennedy's publications include the books Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen, Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion and Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction …

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Gilbert Simondon - On The Mode Of Existence Of Technical Objects 1:19:06

1M ago1:19:06

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This week Cooper and Taylor tackle the introduction and chapter 1 of Gilbert Simondon’s On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects. Chapter 1 Genesis of the technical object: the process of concretization.PDF:https://monoskop.org/images/2/20/Simondon_Gilbert_On_the_Mode_of_Existence_of_Technical_Objects_Part_I_alt.pdfSupport us on Patreon:https:…

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92 | What is Liberalism? Part V. Robert Nozick’s Libertarian Reveries 1:02:05

2M ago1:02:05

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In this episode, we discuss Robert Nozick’s libertarian political philosophy as presented in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia. We consider his challenges to leftist thought, especially the sort of left liberalism championed by the likes of John Rawls. We take seriously his demand for an argument for egalitarianism and his critique of patter…

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Patreon Preview -- From Dawn to Decadence (Part I): With Varn Vlog 29:14

2M ago29:14

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This week we sat down with C. Derick Varn to talk about "decadence theory," "crisis theory," and "breakdown theory." This is a special episode, mostly because it wasn't supposed to come out until August, but Varn accidentally released it early so y'all get a bonus episode. We discussed the following materials: Morley, Neville. "Decadence as a Theor…

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Civic Socialism: The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies 1:47:15

2M ago1:47:15

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This week we sat down with members of the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies to discuss their efforts to revitalize the socialist project and to build a basis for future socialist struggles. NZFSS Website https://www.socialistsocieties.org.nz/ Send us a text Support the Show.By Chris and Jason

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Amy Ireland & Maya B. Kronic - Cute Accelarationism 1:48:23

2M ago1:48:23

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This week Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic joined Cooper and Taylor to discuss their collaborative project, Cute Accelerationism.Amy Ireland is a theorist and experimental writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses on questions of agency and technology in modernity, and she is a member of the techno-materialist trans-feminist collecti…

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Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy by Otto Bauer: Regrettable Book Club (Episode II) 7:27

3M ago7:27

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Back at it again with the national question and soldiering on through chapter 1... A link to the PDF: https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauer Send us a text Support the Show.By Ben, Jason, & Patrons

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91 | Fanon’s Dialectic of Violence 1:01:03

3M ago1:01:03

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In this episode, we tackle the concept of violence as it appears in the revolutionary and anticolonial work of Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. Throughout the episode we link together Fanon’s endorsement of revolutionary violence against colonial domination with his work as a psychiatrist. How could Fanon argue for the necessity of violenc…

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It Sucks Out There: Hyper-Individualization, Tiktok, and the Terminal Decline of American Society 1:17:05

3M ago1:17:05

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We invited podcast alumnus, Jess, back to talk about how terrible everything is. We touch on Tiktok houses, literature, and the death of the future. The End of The Future https://jacobin.com/2024/03/left-politics-future-history-capitalism-progress Why Is Our Culture So Obsessed With Individual Experience https://jacobin.com/2024/03/anna-kornbluh-im…

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Adrian Johnston - Infinite Greed 1:30:26

3M ago1:30:26

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This week Coop and Taylor had the pleasure of hosting Adrian Johnston. Adrian is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He is the author of many books, including Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive; Irrepressible Truth: On Lacan’s “The Freudian Thing”; and A New…

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Patreon Preview -- Boundless and Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part V) 30:32

3M ago30:32

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Jason, Varn, and Sean KB continue the forced march through the Aleksander Dugin's Fourth Political Theory. Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts Check out Antifada here: https://www.patreon.com/theantifada Send us a text Support the Show.By Jason, Varn, & Sean KB

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Bradley Mclean - Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity 1:34:55

2M ago1:34:55

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This week Cooper and Taylor spoke to Bradley McClean about his book, Deleuze, Guattari and the Machine in Early Christianity Schizoanalysis, Affect and Multiplicity.Dr. Bradley H. McLean is the Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Knox College. He is the author of seven books including Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Herm…

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