a podcast about theory from the left by Lillian (@classreductress) Gil (banned) Will (@whitherutopia) and Owen (@oglynwil)

Joined October 2020
new episode out today! we talk about Alain Locke, the 'Dean of the Harlem Renaissance', reflecting on his ideas about the role of art in the development of social consciousness for Black Americans. tensions and paradoxes abound! avoid artless propaganda! patreon.com/leftofphilosophy…
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catch us next week at the Radical Philosophy Association's biennial conference at Pomona College for a live show where we will discuss post-liberal political theory!
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new episode out today! we discuss Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics, which diagnoses our present moment's curious combination of mass mobilization and debilitating standstill. it's time for a paradigm shift, comrades! patreon.com/leftofphilosophy…
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Lots of reviews of @AntonJaegermm’s Hyperpolitics in the past few months but I have to say the latest episode of @leftofphil is the only one that seems to understand the stakes for the conjuncture we’re in podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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new episode out today! we discuss Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics, which diagnoses our present moment's curious combination of mass mobilization and debilitating standstill. it's time for a paradigm shift, comrades! patreon.com/leftofphilosophy…
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It’s funny how nobody knows what “dialectics” are
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new episode out today! we talk about Badiou's theory of subjective fidelity to political events, one of the four kinds of truths that singularize human beings. the state is never total, there is no One-All! full episode is a patreon exclusive; teaser below patreon.com/leftofphilosophy…
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here is the teaser for our new episode on Badiou's theory of political events and militant subjectivity! full episode available on our patreon podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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New patron exclusive episode coming n modernity is now live! We’re very excited for you all to see this series unfold as we seek to finally answer that age-“old” question: what’s so great about being modern anyway?
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New episode out now! I know the equality debates might not tickle everyone’s fancy, but I promise this one is interesting <3 Link to Patreon below
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Happy I can finally announce that my book won one of the Canadian Philosophical Association’s book prizes!
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new episode out today! professor Luke Ferguson joins us to talk about the history of constitutional law, how the Supreme Court gutted the project of reconstruction, and why the left should treat the law as a site of struggle 👇
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new episode out today! we talk about Kathi Weeks' The Problem with Work, which we are very sympathetic to even if we are probably trapped within some sort of the productivist modernism she criticizes. we promise we don't *want* to work! full ep is a patron exclusive
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new episode out today! we discuss Glen Coulthard's book Red Skin, White Masks, talking through land back as the normative basis of radical indigenous struggles and the inadequacy of recognitive politics in settler colonial states. stay vigilant, comrades ❤️
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new episode today for patrons! it's an Easter miracle as we continue our Marxism & Religion series with Terry Eagleton's reflections on Christianity, the spirit of love and revolution, and dunking on the small-souled Dawkinses of the world. bless up to our patrons! teaser below
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new episode out today! we talk about Brandon Terry's case for a tragic vision of the Black Civil Rights Movement, in search of a realist political orientation that avoids romantic optimism and ironic pessimism. the struggle continues!
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new episode out today! we discuss Horkheimer's essay "Traditional and Critical Theory", asking what actually makes critical theory critical, and whether there's any genuinely critical theory going on right now. the social totality causing all kinds of problems rn fr
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