Today we sit down with Daniel Tutt to discuss many things, but with a focus on György Lukács and Jean-Paul Sartre.

Daniel Tutt is a writer, philosopher, and the host of the Emancipations podcast, which delves into the intersections of philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and contemporary political struggles. Daniel's work is a rich blend of psychoanalysis and Marxist thought, and his first book, "Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation", published in 2022, seeks to invigorate the contemporary left by re-examining the family through these theoretical lenses.

Daniel has an impressive academic background, having studied philosophy and psychoanalytic practice at American University and the European Graduate School. He has also imparted his knowledge at George Washington University, Marymount University, and even within the DC jail system. His research and writing cover a wide array of topics, including psychoanalysis and politics, Marxist theory, social reproduction debates, and the influence of Nietzsche and Nietzscheanism on contemporary thought.

His latest book, "How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche", explores the profound impact of Nietzsche's philosophy on the left, tracing its influence from the Black Panthers to contemporary liberal academics. Daniel's insights promise to offer a thought-provoking and engaging discussion, and we're thrilled to have him with us today.

CHAPTERS
 
00:00 - Introduction to Daniel Tutt
3:25 - Tutt's vision of Marxist education
​11:10 - The origins of Tutt's podcast
14:08 - Lines of Influence: Žižek & the Frankfurt School 
​21:20 - Main idea of "How to Read Like a Parasite" - Nietzsche's political epistemology 
27:53 - On the critics of "How to Read Like a Parasite" 
29:40 - French Nietzscheanism and the uncritical interpretation of Nietzsche 
35:24 - The foundation of "How to Read Like a Parasite"
39:55 - Nietzsche and anti-Semitism: the importance of Losurdo's intervention  
44:04 - How to position Nietzsche on the left 
47:43 - Introduction to Lukács's critique of bourgeois philosophy 
57:10 - Overview of Lukács's concept of irrationalism 
1:10:20 - Sartre vs. Lukács: Two ships passing in the night
1:12:25 - The core contributions of Lukács's History and Class Consciousness 
1:21:35 - Why Tutt debated Haz 
1:24:06 - How to get beyond hyper-individualism and market-based rivalries on the left
1:31:15 - The practico inert and Sartre's theory of groups 
1:37:28 - Debord and Lukács
1:41:40 - The influence of Sartre's Critique of Dialectical Reason on contemporary thought 
1:48:55 - The meaning of praxis in Lukács and Sartre 
 
CONTACT DANIEL TUTT

https://linktr.ee/danieltutt

EPISODE TEXTS

Georg Lukács

1949 Essay on Existentialism:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/1949/existentialism.htm

Jean-Paul Sartre

1961 Rome Lecture
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii88/articles/jean-paul-sartre-marxism-and-subjectivity


FURTHER RESEARCH

Daniel’s Interview with Terry Pinkard, “Sartre’s Marxist Turn?”:

https://youtu.be/dmKoto74ZbE?si=J_M_uTIvMJigQ36S


On the Relevance of Lukács Worldview:

https://cosmonautmag.com/2022/02/the-question-of-worldview-and-class-struggle-in-philosophy-on-the-relevance-of-lukacss-worldview-marxism-and-the-destruction-of-reason/

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Reading Lawrence Jarach's "Anarchists, Don’t let the Left(overs) Ruin your Appetite":
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/lawrence-jarach-anarchists-don-t-let-the-left-overs-ruin-your-appetite

From AJODA #48:
https://archive.org/details/anarchy_desire_48

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Duane Rousselle is a Canadian sociological theorist, Lacanian psychoanalyst, and Professor of Sociology. He works in several academic fields including Social Movement Studies, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Cultural Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Anarchist Studies, and Continental Philosophy. His work attempts to introduce an alternative to scholarly discourses that aim to produce consistent and coherent bodies of knowledge (e.g., "University Discourse"). It also offers a counterpoint to what Jacques Lacan has called "capitalist discourse."

He helped to contribute to the emergence of a new field of scholarly investigation known as "post-anarchism." He founded and edits the journal Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies. He is a noted Canadian public intellectual.

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Peter Fleming is an internationally recognised researcher focusing on the future of work and the serious ethical implications it raises. He investigates the forces that shape the new economy, particularly its dysfunctions, and seeks to provide innovative theories to help us better understand the socio-economic consequences of work and employment. 

During Peter’s tenure as Professor of Business and Society at City University of London, he chaired the London Living Wage Symposium at the House of Commons. He was awarded the Dean’s Prize for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Cass Business School (now Bayes Business School). Peter has also been a guest speaker at the European Commission. 

Peter is the author of 11 books, including The Worst is Yet to Come (named book of the month by the Tate Modern, London), The Mythology of Work, Sugar Daddy Capitalism, The Death of Homo Economicus and Dark Academia. His research has been published in leading journals in organisation studies, sociology and social theory. He is senior editor at Organization Studies and an Editorial Review Board member of the Academy of Management Review.

Peter is a regular commentator for print, online and broadcast media in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Sartre’s Lost Organization Theory: Reading the Critique of Dialectical Reason Today by Peter Fleming: 
https://cyberdandy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Peter-Fleming-Sartres-Lost-Organization-Theory-Reading-the-Critique-of-Dialectical-Reason-Today.pdf

Peter Fleming at UTS:
https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Peter.Fleming/about

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Benjamin Studebaker joins us again to talk about one of my favorite topics and the title of his new book, “Four Essays on the Revolutionary Subject”.

Studebaker is a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge. He is a political theorist who teaches and publishes in both contemporary political theory and the history of political thought.

Links

Studebaker’s Website: 
https://benjaminstudebaker.com/about/

Revolution without the Risks: Enjoying the Adventures of Yevgeny Prigozhin:
https://sublationmedia.com/revolution-without-the-risks-enjoying-the-adventures-of-yevgeny-prigozhin/

Citizen-Eject:
https://sublationmedia.com/citizen-eject/

The American University System is a Rotting Carcass:
https://sublationmedia.com/the-american-university-system-is-a-rotting-carcass/

Peter Kropotkin’s An Appeal to the Young:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-an-appeal-to-the-young

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On this episode I have brought back two guests who have been here before, along with a third guest that we are all excited to meet. Speaking to things more familiar to those of us in the United States, David Van Deusen - former president of the Vermont AFL-CIO - has joined us and will help to get things going. Next, René Berthier - CGT member and anarcho-syndicalist - will be discussing some things more specific to the context in France. And finally, our new guest Anna Rebrii from the Emergency Committee for Rojava will give us some insight into the situation in North East Syria and the unionization efforts ongoing there.

Stay tuned for the group discussion after the one-on-one interviews!

- DAVID VAN DEUSEN -

David Van Deusen - Insurgent Labor: Vermont AFL-CIO 2017-2024: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1581

Other writings at theanarchistlibrary.org:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/david-van-deusen

- ANNA REBRII -

Anna Rebrii - Turkey Is Starving the Rojava Revolution
(Jacobin peace that talks about coops in Rojava):
https://jacobin.com/2022/11/rojava-turkey-attacks-water-shortage-cooperative-economy

Anna Rebrii - Celebrating Zapatista and Kurdish Women’s Struggles, on International Women’s Day:
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/zapatista-rojava-womens-movement/

Anna Rebrii - “Woman, Life, Freedom”: Syrian Women Are Rising Up Against Patriarchy:
https://truthout.org/articles/woman-life-freedom-syrian-women-are-rising-up-against-patriarchy/

Anna Rebrii writings at openDemocracy:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/anya-briy/

- RENÉ BERTHIER -

René Berthier's writings at Monde Nouveau:
https://monde-nouveau.net/

René Berthier's writings at theanarchistlibrary.org:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/rene-berthier

- VERMONT AFL-CIO -

Vermont AFL-CIO platform: 
https://vt.aflcio.org/news/vermont-afl-cio-ten-point-program

VT AFL-CIO resolution In support of Rojava: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1wkzFX-5dZTuWH3rKy3mlyPmjzDShhNab/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

Recent letter signed by Vermont labor and political leaders to oppose US arms sales to Turkey: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1n0qq0r_qmpekGCssfNb4pUE_cFmnYbki/edit?filetype=msword

Public exchange between Vermont AFL-CIO leaders and unions in Rojava: https://youtu.be/ZXEn6FWSR8g?si=Xrzhr7d9rxkufPkb

- EMERGENCY COMMITTEE FOR ROJAVA - 

Emergency Committee for Rojava: 
defendrojava.org 



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Issues of intellectual property, teacher and student strikes, the Occupy movements origins in campus occupations, and ongoing focus on student debt, big data and the digital age in general… these are all indications of something much deeper and much more enduring at the intersection of knowledge production and capital. To explore this all, I sit down with Derek R. Ford for a discussion. 

Derek R. Ford is one of the founders of the Indianapolis Liberation Center, he is Involved with the International Manifesto group, he is editor of Liberation School, and he is Associate Editor of the journal, “Postdigital Science and Education.”



Derek Ford Links

Indianapolis Liberation Center:
https://indyliberationcenter.org/

Liberation School: 
https://www.liberationschool.org/

The International Manifesto group:
https://internationalmanifesto.org/

Free Shaka Shakur:
https://indyliberationcenter.org/free-shaka-shakur-joins-liberation-center/

Associate Editor of the journal Postdigital Science and Education:
https://link.springer.com/journal/42438/volumes-and-issues

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Uri Gordon is a long-time anarchist activist, researcher, writer, and organizer. He is well known for his book, "Anarchy Alive!: Anti-Authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory" and his work with Anarchists Against the Wall. His writings have been translated into 13 different languages and can be read online following the links in the description.

Today, he joins us to discuss the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict and international relations, Zionism, and being an anarchist Jew ...or Jewish anarchist.

Freedom Magazine:
https://freedomnews.org.uk/

Uri Gordon's The Anarchist Library Texts:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/uri-gordon

Uri Gordon's Academia.edu Texts:
https://independentscholar.academia.edu/UriGordon

+972 Magazine:
https://www.972mag.com/

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After months of comparing Proudhon's "System of Economic Contradictions" with Marx's "The Poverty of Philosophy", Cyber Dandy and Ben Burgis join Douglas Lain to compare notes and debate the merits of the two works.

Ben Burgis' Give Them an Argument: https://www.youtube.com/ @BenBurgisGTAA

Douglas Lain's Sublation Media: https://www.youtube.com/ @sublationmedia  

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This is a topic that I have been hesitant to dedicate an episode to, but finding someone I can trust on the big picture changed my mind!

Originally for the United Kingdom, Djene Rhys Bajalan is a historian of the Middle East at Missouri State University in Springfield. He is an editor at the journal Kurdish Studies, a contributor to the This is Revolution Podcast, and a member of the editorial board for Sublation Press. His work has been featured in several publications including Jacobin, OpenDemocracy, and Jadaliyya.

Today we sit down to talk about the history of the National Question, particularly in the Middle-East and Israel-Palestine. 

This is one you all shouldn't sleep on before your holiday family argument season!

LINKS!

Missouri State University Page: https://history.missouristate.edu/profile-display.aspx?p=DRBajalan

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Djene-Rhys-Bajalan-2050778309

Jacobin Magazine: https://jacobin.com/author/djene-bajalan

Compact Magazine: https://compactmag.com/contributor/djene-rhys-bajalan

Sublation Magazine: https://www.sublationmag.com/writers/djene-rhys-bajalan

THIS IS REVOLUTION: https://www.youtube.com/@THISISREVOLUTIONpodcast

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