The Politics of Music (feat. Scribe Wolf)

Was Atlantic slavery a capitalist system or a pre-capitalist system? If we understand Atlantic slavery (16th - 19th centuries) as a distinct capitalist system of domination, what does this tell us about capitalism as such, and what does it tell us bout how slavery was overthrown ...  Afficher plus

I'm joined by Marxist philosopher Kaveh Boveiri to discuss the concept of totality in Hegel and Marx. The center of our conversation is Dr. Boveiri's new book Marxian Totality: Inverting Hegel to Expound Worldly Matters. We also address the war on Iran and how the Iranian left is ...  Afficher plus

Ruehl Muller joins Breht to discuss his upcoming book, put out by Iskra Books, titled "Building a People's Art: Selected Works of Trường Chinh and Tố Hữu". Together, they discuss Vietnamese Socialist Realism, Maoist China, Cultural Revolution, dialectics, the death drive, fascism ...  Afficher plus

we are joined by the Area Father himself to discuss his journey, through music, activism, and everything in between. 

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalytical theorist and cultural theorist, Mladen Dolar to discuss his forthcoming books on rumours and “The Riskiest Moments” reading(s) of Marx, limits or the end of psychoanalysis, Hegel, film and series, ...  Afficher plus

We tap Benjamin Noys to engage in a broad discussion of aesthetics and politics related to his writings on techno, black metal, and communization. Some figures who appear within the discussion: Nietzsche, Bataille, Stirner, Hegel, Deleuze, Badiou, Fisher, and Brassier. Also, Adam ...  Afficher plus