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Recordings of a regular seminar on radical theory, culture and politics led by Jeremy Gilbert, Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at the University of East London.

Jeremy Gilbert


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    The Crisis of Liberalism (and the 2025 UK local elections)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 158:48


    Alan Finlayson returns for an in-depth discussion of the crisis of liberalism as an effective and legitimate philosophy of government, as exemplified by the success of the right-wing populist Reform party at the May 2025 UK local elections. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you'd like to […]

    The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism with Brian Massumi

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 120:03


    In this seminar, Brian Massumi discusses his new book, The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-fascist Life. Brian is one of the major figures of Anglophone continental philosophy in our age and a key figure in the dissemination of the work of Deleuze & Guattari. This is part of our series From Marx […]

    Regimes of Violence with John Protevi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 114:14


    In a just world, John Protevi would be far more famous than Slavoj Zizek. An expert on the ideas of Deleuze & Guattari (among many other things), his work brings together continental philosophy, analytical philosophy, rigorous science and political radicalism. In this recording he talks about his new book Regimes of Violence, ranging over topics […]

    Has Musk Won? Reactionary Digital Politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 179:45


    In this episode, Alan Finlayson joins Jeremy for a 3-hour discussion of the genesis, reality and possible futures of the online right. We cover the history of reactionary digital politics, the changing shape of our knowledge culture, the politics of the platform economy, and possible strategies for progressive forces. We also get into an argument […]

    The Australian Deleuze, Materialist Feminisms, Affect in the Anthropocene

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 94:35


    This is a recording of the latest in our ongoing series of seminars, From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality.With very special guest, Claire Colebrook, author of many books including Death of the Posthuman: Essays on Extinction If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you'd like to make a one-time […]

    From Marx to Spinoza Q&A session

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 73:05


    This is a recording of the most recent seminar in our From Marx to Spinoza series. This was a fantastic discussion; it was mostly one for the folks who are deeply involved in the series, but if you are just casually interested in what we make of the ‘New Materialism’, then it’s certainly worth a […]

    US Election, UK Budget, New Tory Leader

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 106:44


    In the latest emergency podcast, Alan Finlayson talks to Jeremy about the political implications of the recent UK budget, the re-election of Donald Trump, and the Conservative Party becoming the first major British political party to elect a Black woman as Leader. For more information about the podcast and project see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can […]

    The Searchers with Andy Beckett

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 154:37


    Andy Beckett discusses his new book about 5 key figures of the British Labour left: Tony Benn, Diane Abbot, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell. The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies was published earlier this year by Allen Lane. Andy and Jem go deep into some […]

     Spinoza and Ideology Critique with Warren Montag

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 102:02


    This was the latest seminar in our ongoing sub-series: From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality. The series is organised by Andrew Goffey, Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert. In this session we were honoured to be joined by one of the greatest Anglophone scholars of Spinozist Marxism: Warren Montag. This was a fantastically lucid and […]

    UK General Election 2024 – The Results

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 127:17


    In the latest emergency podcast, Jeremy and Alan Finlayson dissect the historic results of the 2024 UK general election. For more information about the podcast and project see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you'd like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

    Spinoza and Marx on Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 124:27


    This is the recording of the latest seminar in our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality‘ This time, our own Jason Read discusses his recent book The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work. If you want a more basic introduction to the book then here’s a video, and if […]

    UK General Election, Mid-Campaign

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 122:40


    This is the second of our ’emergency podcasts’ with Professor Alan Finlayson during the UK’s 2024 general election. Alan and Jem discuss the controversies of Labour’s de-selection of left-wing parliamentary candidates. the entry of Nigel Farage into the campaign, the politics of the party manifestos and the long-term crisis of the Conservative Party. Come for […]

    UK General Election 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 87:56


    Jeremy is joined once again by Alan Finlayson for an emergency podcast. We discuss the political situation in the UK, at the start of a general election campaign that nobody thought would be happening exactly now. For more information about Culture, Power and Politics see here.  If you can support us with a small regular donation, […]

    The Affective Turn

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 179:49


    In this session, we look at the so-called ‘affective turn' in the humanities and social sciences since the late 1990s. We consider the multiple forms which this ‘turn' to affect has taken, in both political terms (from libertarian accelerationists to radical communists) and disciplinary ( from film theory to geography), asking how Spinozan it all […]

    When Marx Met Spinoza with Tracie Matysik

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 163:45


    In this session we were joined by Tracie Matysik to discuss the very idea of a Spinozan philosophy beyond the writings of Baruch Spinoza himself, and particular in the work of Marx. To what extent is there a consistent  tradition of materialist monism that can be traced back to Spinoza and necessarily or possibly informs historical materialism? […]

    Introducing Affect

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2024 80:19


    What is ‘affect’, why does it matter, and why did people working in the humanities and social sciences start talking about it so much from the 1990s onwards? This is a quick introduction to this topic, which was recorded in a hurry to make up for the fact that our big seminar on ‘the affective […]

    Spinozist Marxism? With Etienne Balibar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 115:36


    In this session, we’re joined by none other than Etienne Balibar to discuss the history and present state of dialogue between Marxism and Spinozism. This is part of our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza'. For more information see: https://culturepowerpolitics.org/from-marx-to-spinoza-affect-ideology-materiality/ If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you'd like to make a […]

    Spinoza’s Philosophy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 158:06


    With Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert.In this seminar we finally lay out and discuss the core topics from Spinoza's major philosophical works, and discuss some of the issues involved with trying to read a 17th century Dutch philosopher who wrote in Latin when you're a 21st-century Anglophone with a life of your own to live.  […]

    Music and Radicalism in the 1970s

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 82:39


    With Matthew Worley and Jeremy Gilbert. This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s', held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt's book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History […]

    Race, Radicalism and Resistance in the UK 1970s

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 86:33


    With Sundari Anitha, Ruth Pearson and John Narayan. This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s', held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt's book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael […]

    Italy and the World in the 1970s

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 59:23


    With Michael Hardt This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s', held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt's book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, London.  This […]

    Women’s Liberation in the 1970s

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 72:45


    This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s', held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt's book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Petit of the Raphael Samuel History Centre, London.  This session featured Lynne […]

    Why Would Radicals Read Spinoza?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 149:46


    How does Spinoza fit into the history of Western (and world) philosophy? To what is he relevant outside of academic philosophy? Why did he become a hero to a certain strand of Marxist / post-Marxist thinkers in the late 20th century? Why was he ignored by others? This was the second in our ongoing series […]

    What is Marxism Anyway? (re-edit)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 152:45


    We slightly re-edited this recording after noticing a glitch in the episode that went out a couple of days ago. Sorry about that – just listen to this one instead! With Jason Read, Andrew Goffey and Jeremy Gilbert (with help from Charlie Clarke) What do we actually mean by ‘Marxism'? What is historical and what […]

    Social Reproduction in Theory and Practice: Socialist Feminism and the Politics of Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2023 83:49


    ‘Social Reproduction' has re-emerged as a central idea in left-feminist analyses of contemporary power relations and institutions. What light can it shed on our situation in the post-pandemic era and how does it relate to the politics of work, life and care? Speakers: Helen Hester, Professor of Media and Communication, University of West London. Author […]

    Generational Politics and the Asset Economy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 116:38


      While mainstream commentators and far-right apologists insist that that the great political divide today is between different sets of cultural ‘values', the fact is that nothing correlates with voting Tory as closely as being an outright homeowner with a secure pension. Is this coincidence, or is the social and generation divide between those with […]

    Why is the Labour Leadership attacking the ‘soft left’?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 112:45


    Emergency Podcast! Once again Jeremy is joined by Professor Alan Finlayson at very short notice to discuss some very stupid action taken by the Labour Party leadership. This week the party has threatened Neal Lawson, Director of Compass with expulsion from the party. Why has this attracted headlines and outrage, and what does it mean? […]

    Empire, Nation and the British State

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 124:44


    In this coronation year, we are visibly reminded that the trappings of the British state are overlaid with the legacies of its empire. But to what extent are current attitudes, legal frameworks and political arrangements really shaped by this imperialist and colonialist past? Did the very idea of a British ‘nation' – a relatively novel […]

    Is there a future for British conservatism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 102:44


    The Conservative and Unionist Party of the United Kingdom has experienced a prolonged period of crisis and transformation, from pro-austerity technocrats under David Cameron to nationalist populists under Johnson. Current PM Rishi Sunak struggles to hold the different factions together amid the demographic and political fracturing of the UK. Can the Tory party reinvent itself […]

    Is there a future for British conservatism?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 102:44


    The Conservative and Unionist Party of the United Kingdom has experienced a prolonged period of crisis and transformation, from pro-austerity technocrats under David Cameron to nationalist populists under Johnson. Current PM Rishi Sunak struggles to hold the different factions together amid the demographic and political fracturing of the UK. Can the Tory party reinvent itself […]

    Veganism collective political movement or individualistic ethical consumerism? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 90:13


    Veganism (or, at least, consumption of “plant based” foods) has exploded in the last few years. But what is the relationship between veganism, the climate crisis and the politics of green social justice? Is veganism an inherently individualistic and moralistic form of political activity or a collective practice to resist the commodification of nonhuman animals […]

    Veganism collective political movement or individualistic ethical consumerism? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2023 90:13


    Veganism (or, at least, consumption of “plant based” foods) has exploded in the last few years. But what is the relationship between veganism, the climate crisis and the politics of green social justice? Is veganism an inherently individualistic and moralistic form of political activity or a collective practice to resist the commodification of nonhuman animals […]

    Ecosocialism and Degrowth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 122:24


    What are the philosophical and political coordinates of a contemporary eco-socialism? What are the political, economic, cultural and philosophical implications of current debates over ‘degrowth' and its alternatives? Should we be looking for new forms of sustainable growth, new definitions of economic progress, or completely new ways of conceptualising the desirable future?  Speakers  Richard Seymour, […]

    Ecosocialism and Degrowth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 122:24


    What are the philosophical and political coordinates of a contemporary eco-socialism? What are the political, economic, cultural and philosophical implications of current debates over ‘degrowth' and its alternatives? Should we be looking for new forms of sustainable growth, new definitions of economic progress, or completely new ways of conceptualising the desirable future?  Speakers  Richard Seymour, […]

    Can Precarious Workers Be Organised?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 108:54


    The pandemic exposed the insecurity and vulnerability of workers – from delivery riders to poorly paid culture industry freelancers – who struggled to access the protections afforded to workers on standard employment contacts. Can unions organise these precarious workers to fight for better conditions, or are their working lives simply too fragmented and isolated for […]

    Can Precarious Workers Be Organised?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 108:54


    The pandemic exposed the insecurity and vulnerability of workers – from delivery riders to poorly paid culture industry freelancers – who struggled to access the protections afforded to workers on standard employment contacts. Can unions organise these precarious workers to fight for better conditions, or are their working lives simply too fragmented and isolated for […]

    The Left and the ecological crisis 

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 126:21


    The high point of Left electoral success represented by Corbynism, the Sanders campaign, Mélenchon and others seems to have passed. Meanwhile, the climate and broader ecological crises intensify and much of the mobilisation around these issues – from XR to the school climate strikes to Just Stop Oil – originates outside of the conventional Left. […]

    The Left and the ecological crisis 

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 126:21


    The high point of Left electoral success represented by Corbynism, the Sanders campaign, Mélenchon and others seems to have passed. Meanwhile, the climate and broader ecological crises intensify and much of the mobilisation around these issues – from XR to the school climate strikes to Just Stop Oil – originates outside of the conventional Left. […]

    The Meaning of the Monarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 111:29


    Recorded Live at the Ridley Road Market Bar, Dalston, London, on May 3rd 2023 WithAnthony Barnett, Founder of Charter 88 and open Democracy, author of many books including Taking Control: Humanity and America after Trump and the Pandemic and The Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit and Trump's America.  Laura Clancy, Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University. Author of Running the Family Firm: how […]

    The Meaning of the Monarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 111:29


    Recorded Live at the Ridley Road Market Bar, Dalston, London, on May 3rd 2023 WithAnthony Barnett, Founder of Charter 88 and open Democracy, author of many books including Taking Control: Humanity and America after Trump and the Pandemic and The Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit and Trump's America.  Laura Clancy, Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University. Author of Running the Family Firm: how […]

    ‘Hegemony Now’ Launch with Natalie Fenton, Will Davies, Jacob Mukherjee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 137:20


    This is an audio recording of the event held to launch the book Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (and how we win it back). The seminar took place on January 11th at the October Gallery in London, and featured the book’s authors – Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams – […]

    ‘Hegemony Now’ Launch with Natalie Fenton, Will Davies, Jacob Mukherjee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023 137:20


    This is an audio recording of the event held to launch the book Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World (and how we win it back). The seminar took place on January 11th at the October Gallery in London, and featured the book’s authors – Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams – […]

    Woke Capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 82:05


    This is the last in the ‘This Conjuncture’ series of seminars hosted by the journal New Formations in Autumn 2021. Corporate ‘wokeness' puts positive messages deriving from radical politics to work in the interests of consumer capitalism. Join Rosalind Gill, Akane Kanai, and Francesca Sobande, who will develop an analysis of ‘woke capitalism' beyond the […]

    Woke Capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 82:05


    This is the last in the ‘This Conjuncture’ series of seminars hosted by the journal New Formations in Autumn 2021. Corporate ‘wokeness' puts positive messages deriving from radical politics to work in the interests of consumer capitalism. Join Rosalind Gill, Akane Kanai, and Francesca Sobande, who will develop an analysis of ‘woke capitalism' beyond the […]

    This Conjuncture: Perspectives from Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 81:07


    with Gabriela Méndez Cota and Benjamín Arditi The electoral success of Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the MORENA coalition has given rise to both optimism and concern. While aspects of the agenda have proved transformative, Obrador is seen to have mishandled the pandemic and action on climate breakdown has been inadequate. Join Gabriela […]

    This Conjuncture: Perspectives from Mexico

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 81:07


    with Gabriela Méndez Cota and Benjamín Arditi The electoral success of Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the MORENA coalition has given rise to both optimism and concern. While aspects of the agenda have proved transformative, Obrador is seen to have mishandled the pandemic and action on climate breakdown has been inadequate. Join Gabriela […]

    This Conjuncture – Digital Patriarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 93:20


    Patriarchy in the digital conjuncture Digital platforms create new opportunities to express misogyny in increasingly extreme ways, intersect with the structures of patriarchy sustained in everyday life. In the form of misogynistic ‘rationalism', these ideas also permeate the culture of Silicon Valley. Join Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ben Little and Alison Winch to discuss networked misogyny and […]

    This Conjuncture – Digital Patriarchy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 93:20


    Patriarchy in the digital conjuncture Digital platforms create new opportunities to express misogyny in increasingly extreme ways, intersect with the structures of patriarchy sustained in everyday life. In the form of misogynistic ‘rationalism', these ideas also permeate the culture of Silicon Valley. Join Sarah Banet-Weiser, Ben Little and Alison Winch to discuss networked misogyny and […]

    This Conjuncture – Racial Capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 91:03


    The fourth seminar in the ‘This Conjuncture’ series hosted by the journal New Formations. With Gargi Bhattacharyya and Anamik Saha.

    This Conjuncture – Racial Capitalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 91:03


    The fourth seminar in the ‘This Conjuncture’ series hosted by the journal New Formations. With Gargi Bhattacharyya and Anamik Saha.

    The Environmental Conjuncture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 91:19


    This is the third seminar in a series hosted by the journal New Formations, inspired by the journal’s special issues on ‘This Conjuncture’, dedicated to the memory of Stuart Hall. In this seminar Ashley Dawson, Ben Highmore and Kate Soper discuss our contemporary environmental conjuncture. The seminar is chaired by Jenny Taylor. For information about […]

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