Emancipations Podcast

Marxism Contra the Extra-Class Left: Nietzscheanism & Marxism after 2008 (feat. Conrad Hamilton)


Listen Later

We explore the big philosophical questions at the heart of Marxism. Does Marxism require a supplementary philosophy such as Nietzscheanism or Freudianism to properly ground its practice? How have the changing material conditions post-2008 shaped Marxist thought and practice? What is the best Marxist response to speculative realism, a major movement in contemporary philosophy? To explore these questions we are joined by Marxist scholar and writer Conrad Hamilton who is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at East China Normal University.

Hamilton is the author of the forthcoming book, Marxism Contra Subjectivity (forthcoming from Brill) which looks at the philosophical impasses facing Marxism in a post-2008 conjuncture, with a particular focus on speculative realism, Althusserianism and different strains of French Marxism. We begin our discussion with Hamilton's analysis of Nietzsche's place in Marxism after World War II. We focus on Hamilton's recent essay on Nietzsche and French thought and his review of my book How to Read Like a Parasite. We then discuss some of the ideas in his forthcoming book on Marxism, philosophy and epistemology. Stay tuned for a symposium on Hamilton's book hosted by our study collective when it comes out.

--------

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction to Conrad Hamilton

4:11 - Recurrent Reaction: Nietzsche and the Thought of the French Middle Strata

21:10 - Nietzschean Appropriations and Marxism after World War II

30:17 - The Problems with the Nietzschean "extra class" left

48:30 - Does Marxism require a comprehensive philosophy?

1:12:10 - Speculative Realism, Real Abstraction and Marxism post-2008

1:22:20 - Where is the subject of the proletariat today?

1:43:50 - Why does philosophy matter to political Marxism?

Show Notes:

"The Monsters We Become" by Conrad Hamilton (https://cosmonautmag.com/2024/05/the-monsters-we-become-on-how-to-read-like-a-parasite)

"Recurrent Reaction: Nietzsche and the Thought of the French Middle Strata" by Conrad Hamilton (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-13635-1)

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Emancipations PodcastBy Daniel Tutt

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

52 ratings


More shows like Emancipations Podcast

View all
New Books in Critical Theory by Marshall Poe

New Books in Critical Theory

143 Listeners

Jacobin Radio by Jacobin

Jacobin Radio

1,425 Listeners

The Dig by Daniel Denvir

The Dig

1,551 Listeners

Rev Left Radio by Revolutionary Left Radio

Rev Left Radio

3,265 Listeners

Bungacast by Bungacast

Bungacast

211 Listeners

Why Theory by Why Theory

Why Theory

564 Listeners

Politics Theory Other by Politics Theory Other

Politics Theory Other

176 Listeners

The Antifada by Sean KB and AP Andy

The Antifada

929 Listeners

Red Menace by Red Menace

Red Menace

1,111 Listeners

Theory & Philosophy by David Guignion

Theory & Philosophy

339 Listeners

Acid Horizon by Acid Horizon

Acid Horizon

177 Listeners

Guerrilla History by Guerrilla History

Guerrilla History

585 Listeners

What's Left of Philosophy by Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris

What's Left of Philosophy

264 Listeners

American Prestige by Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

American Prestige

899 Listeners

Ordinary Unhappiness by Patrick & Abby

Ordinary Unhappiness

221 Listeners