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C Derick Varn and Ezri present a new Emancipation Network podcast exploring the borderlands between 'Marxist', post-marxist, and non-marxist analysis

Ezri xB & C Derick Varn


    • Jan 26, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 57m AVG DURATION
    • 22 EPISODES


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    Separation VI: A Tragedy Inflicted upon the Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 46:00


    Two class-bound universal social logics at war. “The Infrastructure of the Modern World” from “A History of Separation”, Endnotes 4 (2015)

    Separation V: Cartel Structures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 54:05


    The structure of the problem is unfolding. Note: this was recorded before the post-COVID labor market, the new wave of labor organizing, and the resurgence of strikes. We like strikes. “The Infrastructure of the Modern World” form “A History of Separation”, Endnotes 4 (2015)

    Separation IV: Cheer Up, It Wasn't That Great

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 49:16


    Derick & Ezri find the worm in the core.

    Laws of History II

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 70:18


    Derick & Ezri become unsettled with the implications of Turchin's social stability positivism. produced & edited by Pat http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Laws of History I

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 60:30


    Ezri & Derick compare Peter Turchin's attempt to formalize modes of production in Ages of Discord to marxist attempts to periodize history. produced & edited by Pat http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Skeptics I: A Differently Stupid Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 75:16


    Derick & Ezri reflect on how developments in the memory-holed Skeptic and New Atheist movements shaped us and the political landscape through pieces by Massimo Pigliucci ("Vindicating science by bringing it down": https://platofootnote.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/vindicating-science-by-bringing-it-down-part-i/). produced & edited by Paul http://emancipation.network

    Separation III: Negging the Collective Worker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 60:52


    Ezri & Derick finally make it past the Preface of “A History of Separation” and zero in on an incongruous premise produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Separation II: A Relapse into Strategic Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2021 59:02


    Derick & Ezri continue critiquing the methodology of “A History of Separation” and start realizing how long this is going to take produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Mortal Science Returns w/ Paul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 1:21


    Paul Channelstrip (The Antifada, Reel Abstractions) is taking over as editor and producer of Mortal Science, which means new episodes will start coming out again. Patrons get to hear them early with the new Null Set feed. http://patreon.com/mortalscience/ http://emancipation.network/

    Separation I: Nihilcom Goes to Grad School

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2021 53:26


    Ezri & Derick bite off more critical theory than they can chew as a brief overview of “A History of Separation” from Endnotes 4 turns into something much more unwieldy produced & edited by Paul http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    WTF Is Marxism?: Dialectics Shake the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 48:49


    Derick & Ezri continue their attempt to define marxism during a dialectical earthquake. "What is Marxism?: A Bird’s-Eye View" by Bertell Ollman https://medium.com/thedialogues/what-is-marxism-a-birds-eye-view-90c45fd2ab81 http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Betrayal III: Moral Kitsch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 81:39


    Ezri & Derick explore the many ways to dismiss and abuse the notion of class interest, along with the invocations of its loyalty and betrayal, only to be left with an uncomfortable paradox. Avishai Margalit, On Betrayal, 2017 Adam Przeworski, ”Social Democracy as a Historical Phenomenon”, Capitalism and Social Democracy, 1985 Karl Kautsky, “The Intellectuals and the Workers”, 1903 http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Betrayal II: Treason & Collaboration

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 49:16


    Derick & Ezri trace the General Will through Vichy France, Zionist Israel, and the occupation of Bajor, wondering all the while what this means for a theory of class interest. Avishai Margalit, On Betrayal, 2017 http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    US Election 2020 Roundup (Emancipation Network with Jason Myles & J.G. Michael)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 197:37


    Feast on an undisciplined and unedited romp vaguely centered on the 2020 US election, recorded on November 4th. featuring Derick & Ezri Jake (of Swampside Chats) Kyle (of General Intellect Unit) Sophia (of Jumpsuit Utopia) Tom (of From Alpha to Omega) w/ special guests Jason Myles (of This Is Revolution) http://thisisrevolutionpodcast.com & J.G. Michael (of Parallax Views) http://parallaxviews.podbean.com http://patron.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    Betrayal I: Thick Relations

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2020 73:11


    Ezri & Derick explore the philosophical and anthropological aspects of betrayal through a thick symbolic slurry of bodily juices. Avishai Margalit, On Betrayal, 2017 Marshall Sahlins, “What Kinship Is (Part One)”, 2011

    WTF Is Marxism?: Social Democratic Deepities

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 56:39


    Derick & Ezri begin their attempt to define marxism by fortifying the motte-and-bailey fortress of contemporary social democracy. "Marxism vs Communism" by Richard Wolff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meAAIL6dswk "What It Means to Be a Marxist" by Ramsin Canon https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/12/marxism-socialism-class-struggle-materialism http://patreon.com/mortalscience http://emancipation.network

    PMC Patreon Lauch

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 1:12


    Succumb to our petty rentier class interests by helping us keep the lights on in our gloomy laboratory of history. http://patreon.com/mortalscience

    Null Hypøtheses III: Cul-de-Sacs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 43:45


    Ezri & Derick live with the analytical consequences of their experiences walking the left hand path. http://emancipation.network

    Null Hypøtheses II: The Satanic Verses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 58:05


    Derick & Ezri wax satanic about the makings of a proletarian marxist and a petty bourgeois class traitor. http://emancipation.network

    Null Hypøtheses

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 57:21


    Ezri & Derick introduce themselves, explain how they became marxists, and negate Marxism in the name of marxism. http://emancipation.network

    Social Contagion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 71:23


    Derick & Ezri discuss Chuang's early COVID-19 piece "Social Contagion", share stories of further disorienting happenings, and muse on the near future of the United States http://chuangcn.org/2020/02/social-contagion/ http://emancipation.network

    Mortal Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 1:53


    Mortal Science: Before and After Marxism is a new podcast of socialist analysis from emancipation network

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