In this episode, we are joined by George Washington University Associate Professor Vanessa Wills to discuss her article “What Could It Mean to Say, ‘Capitalism Causes Sexism and Racism’?” We try to figure out why critics badly understand the Marxist concept of causation as it concerns identity-based oppression, why labor and production provide the conditions ... Show More
Jan 14
127 | Hayden White's Forms of History
In this episode, we discuss the work of historian Hayden White. His provocative claim is that the practice is inescapably the practice of narrative forms to give sense and significance to events of the past. It is this form that often supplements, or even outright makes, historic ... Show More
55m 51s
Dec 29
126 | Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program
In this episode, we talk about Marx’s critique of the Gotha Program, but you knew that from the title. We discuss Marxian critiques of redistributive left politics, why dogmatic Marxists are wrong about this, and much more. We connect it to the present and disagree. It’s very goo ... Show More
58m 31s
Dec 4
125 TEASER | Elias Canetti: Crowds and Power
In this episode, we talk about Elias Canetti’s 1960 book Crowds and Power. Equal parts political theory, poetic sociology, and speculative anthropology, this staggering work explores human social life through an increasingly elaborate series of reflections on the nature of crowds ... Show More
10m 35s
May 2019
"Féminisme pour les 99%", de Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya et Nancy Fraser
Dans ce troisième épisode du Deuxième Texte, Aude Lorriaux, Nassira El Moaddem et Marie Kirschen se sont plongées dans Féminisme pour les 99%, de Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya et Nancy Fraser (éditions La Découverte). Un manifeste pour un féminisme à la fois anticapitaliste, ... Show More
37m 20s
Jan 2021
#59 - L'art peut-il être raciste ?
<p><strong>Nombreuses sont les voix prêtes à affirmer que non, l’art ne peut pas être raciste. </strong>Derrière cette posture, un déni - très français - autour du barbouillage (blackface en anglais), de la perpétuation des stéréotypes racistes dans les représentations artistique ... Show More
36m 59s
Jun 2023
Why antiracism means anticapitalism
The Metropolitan Police’s diversity and inclusion strategy claims it is determined to “eliminate racism and discrimination”. But the force was branded ‘institutionally racist’, and not for the first time, in an official report this spring. Recently, a Met firearms officer has bee ... Show More
39m 17s
<p><em>[Originally released Oct 2017]</em></p> <p>Zoe Samudzi is a black feminist writer whose work has appeared in a number of spaces including <em>The New Inquiry</em>, <em>Warscapes</em>, <em>Truthout</em>, <em>ROAR Magazine</em>, <em>Teen Vogue</em>,<em>BGD</em>, <em>Bitch Me ... Show More
