Podcasts about cultural logic

Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey, picking up on a disagreement they had on Facebook about the teleology of the universe. They discuss Aristotle's influence on the topic, Terrence Deacon's work on naturalizing teleology, the distinction between purpose & goal-directed behavior, cosmic teleology, Teilhard de Chardin's "Omega Point," Whitehead's relational teleology, Ilya Prigogine's dissipative structures, energy efficiency comparisons between organisms & stars, the cosmic imperative of entropy production, energy rate density as a complexity measure, whether entropy is the goal or a byproduct of complexification, origin of life as contingent or necessity, Alexander Bard's emergence vectors, questioning of the heat death hypothesis, cosmic expansion possibly preventing maximum entropy, Webb telescope findings, Lee Smolin's evolutionary universe theory, philosophical implications of cosmological narratives, the deepening of interiority in cosmic evolution, Nick Chater's "The Mind Is Flat" argument, the importance of intersubjectivity, language's role in human experience, AI development & emotions, critique of transhumanism, the need to defend your emergence vector, and much more. Episode Transcript Jim's initial Facebook post JRS EP268 - Brendan Graham Dempsey on the Evolution of Meaning The Evolution of Meaning: A Universal Learning Process, by Brendan Graham Dempsey JRS EP157 - Terrence Deacon on Mind's Emergence from Matter Cosmic Evolution: The Rise of Complexity in Nature, by Eric Chaisson The Mind Is Flat, by Nick Chater "The Last Question," by Isaac Asimov Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, researcher, organic farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to "promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most." He graduated summa cum laude with a BA in religious studies and classical civilizations from the University of Vermont and earned his master's from Yale University, where he studied religion and culture. He is the author of Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics and host of the Metamodern Spirituality Podcast. His primary interests include theorizing developments in culture after postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish. All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity, which inform all of his work.

In a timely challenge to the potent political role of digital technology, Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology argues that right-wing ideology was built into both the technical and social construction of the digital world from the start. Leveraging more than a decade of research, David Golumbia, who passed away in 2023, traced how digital evangelism has driven a worldwide shift toward the political right, concealing inequality, xenophobia, dishonesty, and massive corporate concentrations of wealth and power beneath the idealistic presumption of digital technology as an inherent social good. George Justice wrote the foreword to Cyberlibertarianism, and is joined in conversation with Frank Pasquale.George Justice is professor of English literature and provost at the University of Tulsa.Frank Pasquale is professor of law at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School.David Golumbia (1963–2023) was associate professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and author of Cyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology; The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism; and The Cultural Logic of Computation.EPISODE REFERENCES:Tim WuLawrence LessigWikileaksDavid E. Pozen: Transparency's Ideological Drift https://openyls.law.yale.edu/handle/20.500.13051/10354Stefanos Geroulanos / Transparency in Postwar France#CreateDontScrapeDavid Golumbia / ChatGPT Should Not Exist (article)M. T. Anderson / FeedJonathan Crary / Scorched Earth"If you want to understand the origins of our information hellscape with its vast new inequalities, corrupt information, algorithmic control, population-scale behavioral manipulation, and wholesale destruction of privacy, then begin here."—Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism"Cyberlibertarianism is essential for understanding the contemporary moment and the recent past that got us here. It stands as a monumental magnum opus from a meticulous thinker and sharp social critic who is sorely missed."—Sarah T. Roberts, director, Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, UCLACyberlibertarianism: The Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology is available from University of Minnesota Press.

We talk about Fredric Jameson’s “Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism” which was originally published in New Left Review in 1984. Note: Checked one more time — Riven did eventually release for the Sega Saturn. Buy the shirt! Support this show on Patreon! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Follow Ranged Touch on… Continue reading 75 – Jameson – Postmodernism

Jim talks with Brendan Graham Dempsey about the ideas in his new book, The Evolution of Meaning: A Universal Learning Process. They discuss Jim's love for the book, the thinking behind the title, future books in the series, why Brendan avoided the word "religion," the nature of meaning, dissipative systems, Shannon information vs semantic information, relations vs static objects, meaning as adaptive information, the meaning of value, Gregg Henriques's Unified Theory of Knowledge, the meaning of learning, why the world is full of bogus learning, whether complexity increases over time, information overload, John Vervaeke's relevance realization, wisdom, evolution as learning, the meaning & evolution of sacredness, and much more. Episode Transcript The Evolution of Meaning: A Universal Learning Process, by Brendan Graham Dempsey JRS EP 172 - Brendan Graham Dempsey on Emergentism JRS EP 176 - Gregg Henriques Part 1: Addressing the Enlightenment Gap UTOK: The Unified Theory of Knowledge, by Gregg Henriques JRS EP 159 - Bobby Azarian on the Romance of Reality JRS EP 143 - John Vervaeke Part 1: Awakening from the Meaning Crisis Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, researcher, organic farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to "promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most." He graduated summa cum laude with a BA in religious studies and classical civilizations from the University of Vermont and earned his master's from Yale University, where he studied religion and culture. He is the author of Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics and host of the Metamodern Spirituality Podcast. His primary interests include theorizing developments in culture after postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish. All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity, which inform all of his work.

Writer, theorist, and UC Berkeley professor (and communist) Jasper Bernes joins us for a discussion of the life and work of Fredric Jameson, an absolute beast of Marxist philosophy and cultural critique who passed away last month following a long and illustrious life. Following a summary of Jameson's career and a discussion of his epistemological approach, the crew digs into some of his ideas. What is it about the postmodern/neoliberal era that simultaneously creates amnesia and nostalgia? How are humans more atomized than ever, yet losing any real sense of individuality? What purpose can utopian science fiction, like that of Jameson protege Kim Stanley Robinson, serve as we try to find a way out of this exhausted system called capitalism? And, in this era in which nothing is shocking, can there be such a thing as truly radical art? "Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism," Fredric Jameson: https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdf The Work of Art in the Age of Deindustrialization, Jasper Bernes: https://www.sup.org/books/literary-studies-and-literature/work-art-age-deindustrialization Sign up as a supporter at Patreon.com/partygirls to get access to our Discord, a shout out on the pod, and all bonus content. Follow us on Instagram: @party.girls.pod Leave us a nice review on Apple podcasts if you feel so inclined :)

Ashley and Doug discuss the self-destruction of the Democrats, the crisis around Keir Starmer, and the legacy of Fredric Jameson. What is the cultural logic dictating world politics in 2024? Join In for the Second Hourhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/112689820Support Sublation Media https://patreon.com/dietsoap

In this episode, we are joined by Doug Scott, LCSW, MA, an experienced therapist and counselor based in Dallas, Texas, who has a deep interest in the intersection of psychology and spirituality; and Brendan Graham Dempsey, a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most. (see below for more information on Brendan). Doug shares insights from his private practice and his master's degree in pastoral ministry, focusing particularly on how metamodern spirituality can facilitate positive change in the world. Doug introduces the SH!PS Approach, a conceptual and practical framework designed to help individuals navigate their spiritual and psychological journeys. The acronym SH!PS stands for Solidarity, Hope, Interview, Process, and Service, with each component playing a crucial role in fostering meaningful transformation and connection. The discussion explores Doug's fascinating background, including his early years in Saudi Arabia, time in Nicaragua with the Capuchin Franciscans, and his education at Boston College. He also delves into the importance of relational connection, self-awareness, and the transformative power of loving service. Tune in to learn more about Doug's innovative tools and how they can be applied to enhance personal growth, build solidarity, and cultivate hope. Whether you're interested in psychology, spirituality, or the intersections of the two, this episode offers valuable insights and practical advice for anyone looking to deepen their understanding and practice of metamodern spirituality. For more information, you can visit Doug's websites at www.dougscottcounseling.com and www.cosmicchrist.net  ---- Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most.  ​ He holds a BA in religious studies from the University of Vermont and a master's in religion and art from Yale University. He is the author of the 7-volume Metamodern Spirituality Series and, most recently, Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics.   His primary interests include theorizing developments in culture after postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish. All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity, which inform all of his work.

In light of the recent Christian revival, what is Christianity's place in the metamodern world, and how did Christianity fit into George Gurdjeff's fourth way? Links: COURSE: GURDJIEFF'S CHRISTIANITY (WITH LUKE BEHNCKE): https://www.parallax-media.com/courses/gurdjieffs-christianity-with-luke-behncke Homepage: https://www.parallax-media.com/ Academy: https://www.parallax-media.com/2024-courses-and-events Substack: https://parallax.substack.com/ Parallax Network: https://parallax-media-network.mn.co/share/ND8NVO1oMB3RjEyi?utm_source=ma Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most. He holds a BA in religious studies from the University of Vermont and a master's in religion and art from Yale University. He is the author of the 7-volume Metamodern Spirituality Series and, most recently, Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. His primary interests include theorizing developments in culture after postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish. All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity, which inform all of his work. Website: https://www.brendangrahamdempsey.com/bio; ​Luke Bhencke: Raised in rural and outback Australia, Luke's background in biomedical science and physical education, with diverse interests in philosophy, religion and art - ultimately drew him to Gurdjieff's system where he has been a practitioner working with groups and individuals from around the world since 2000. Explorations related to Gurdjieff's Fourth Way and Christianity can be found on his blogsite at 'Faith made Flesh'" Blog: https://www.faithmadeflesh.com/

In this episode, Brendan (@brendangrahamd1)and Jason talk about the meaning of metamodernism and how it relates to permaculture, the interplay of various forms of meaning-making, and how it translates into a theory of change and pragmatic action. Brendan also talks about his work at the Sky Meadow Institute, a retreat center and permaculture homestead in Vermont Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most. He holds a BA in religious studies from the University of Vermont and a master's in religion and art from Yale University. He is the author of the 7-volume Metamodern Spirituality Series and, most recently, Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. His primary interests include theorizing developments in culture after postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish. All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity, which inform all of his work He hosts the podcast Metamodern Spirituality which can be found here: https://www.brendangrahamdempsey.com/metamodern-spirituality

We're still on why everything's ending, this time with another pillar of civilization: art, and modern art in particular. Part of the discussion comes from Frederic Jameson's Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, the cover of which features a (particularly ugly) Warhol print (https://amzn.to/3PD4M6m).  The other two books referenced are The Diary of Andy Warhol and The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, written by the man himself. Check out the Plasticpills YouTube channel to see the new video about why Warhol is to blame for killing art: https://www.youtube.com/c/plasticpills  Listen to our public episodes ad-free, for free, at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills

I'm joined by Integral thinker, theorist, teacher, writer, and community elder Bruce Alderman to talk about the ongoing love/hate relationship between metamodernism and Integral Theory, especially as the debate has been stirred up anew by the publication of my new book Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. Here we tackle some of the ongoing controversies that continue to swirl in some parts of the metamodern discourse, especially around the degree to which Ken Wilber and his formulation of the post-postmodern does/does not, should/should not inform our understanding of theories of the metamodern. Given the relationship that does exist, how do we best acknowledge and utilize it in pragmatic and integrous ways? How do we properly parse and distinguish these post-postmodern paradigms? What are the genuine fault lines and distinguishing characteristics of each framework, and what's just meme fluff? 0:00 Introduction (1:16, 3:30 Bruce card) 1:55 Bruce's Integral Context/Background 5:06 Brendan's Metamodern Context/Background 8:07 Did Hanzi Just Rip Off Wilber? 13:03 Did Hanzi Just Steal the Term "Metamodern" for an Integral Framework? 25:26 Has the Ship Sailed? Could Metamodernism Be the Future of Integral? 42:48 Did Brendan Just Excise/Ignore Wilber? 51:33 Does Metamodernism Offer a Workable Social Science Where Integral Doesn't? 1:01:03 The "Woo" Factor 1:14:15 Conclusion

Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer who's work focuses on the meaning crisis and the reconstruction of spirituality after postmodernism. He holds a BA in religious studies from the University of Vermont and a master's in religion and art from Yale University. He is the author of the 7-volume Metamodern Spirituality Series and, most recently, Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. In this episode, we discuss metamodernism. What is it? How did it emerge? What will religion look like in the metamodern era? https://www.youtube.com/@BrendanGrahamDempsey Exclusive access to the full, unedited 2-hour conversation is available to patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/exclusive-access-94836558?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Become a patron on Patreon and get bonus Q&A Episodes, resources, opportunities for live discussions on Zoom, and access to our community Discord server: www.patreon.com/deeptalkstheologypodcast

For the 37th episode of the Integral Stage Authors Series, Layman meets again prolific metamodern author and friend of the channel, Brendan Graham Dempsey, to talk about his latest book, "Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics." In this much needed work, Brendan surveys the variety of "metamodernisms" that have emerged in recent years and, using some integrative distinctions, argues for their deep kinship and complementarity. Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer whose work focuses on the meaning crisis and the nature of spirituality in metamodernity. He earned his BA in Religious Studies from the University of Vermont and his MA in Religion and the Arts from Yale University. He lives in Wolcott, Vermont. Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics https://www.amazon.com/Metamodernism-... Follow The Integral Stage on the Fathom app https://hello.fathom.fm/ Support The Integral Stage on Patreon!   / theintegralstage   Special thanks and big love to Shai Newman, the Limited Hangout guys, Brandon LaChance, Mike McElroy, Brandon Norgaard, Brendan Graham Dempsey, Francesca, and all of our other Patreon supporters!

On the transition from the postmodern to the metamodern worldview, Brendans new book Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics, the relationsship between MM and systems-theory and how to deal with money/capitalism in a metamodern way. Subscribe to our Substack: https://parallax.substack.com/ Parallax: https://parallax-media.eu Brendan Graham Dempsey is a writer, poet, farmer, and the director of Sky Meadow Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting systems-based thinking about the things that matter most. He holds a BA in religious studies from the University of Vermont and a master's in religion and art from Yale University. He is the author of the 7-volume Metamodern Spirituality Series and, most recently, Metamodernism: Or, The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. His primary interests include theorizing developments in culture after postmodernism, productively bridging the divide between science and spirituality, and developing sustainable systems for life to flourish. All of these lead through the paradigms of emergence and complexity, which inform all of his work. Tomas Björkman is an entrepreneur and financier, and has over the past 25 years built innovative international companies in the areas of banking and real estate. His entrepreneurship combined with a keen interest in both society and science led to the creation of the the Ekskäret Foundation in 2008. Tomas himself describes in the forewords of the book ‘Changing the world we create' why he started and is still very involved in foundation: “In my twenties, I had the choice between an academic career in theoretical physics or the world of commerce. I chose the latter and spent twenty-five years in business. Eventually, I sold my company to one of Switzerland's larger banks continuing for a time to serve on its board. But the call of the world of ideas was irresistible. My background in theoretical physics and as an entrepreneur in information technology, investment banking and property development had allowed me to learn about and view our existence from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. My personal drive increasingly became to unlock the hidden structures of the world around me. I sought to bridge many academic fields including cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology and sociology. I started searching for connections that form the evolving whole. This curiosity led me to spend a decade researching and writing “The World We Create”. I also established the Ekskäret Foundation to facilitate the co-creation of a more conscious society. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/podcast-c709ee4/message

Gregg welcomes Brendan Graham Dempsy back to the program (Episode #50; Toward a Metamodern Spirituality). Brendan is a writer whose work focuses on the meaning crisis and the nature of spirituality in metamodernity. He is also the host of the Metamodern Spirituality podcast, and has recently released a new book, Metamodernism: The Cultural Logic of Cultural Logics. Gregg loved this book, and the episode is a tour of the book, highlighting its key points and its overarching logic. The book explicates how metamodernism relates to aesthetics, complexification of culture, philosophy, grand metanarratives, and can be thought of as an important worldview for our times.   ℹ️ - - - Find out more about Brendan Graham Dempsey - - - ℹ️ Homepage: https://www.brendangrahamdempsey.com/   ℹ️ - - - Find out more about Gregg Henriques - - - ℹ️ Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/gregg-henriques-phd Medium: https://gregghenriques.medium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/henriqgx  

In Episode 76 betrachten wir eine neue religiöse Erscheinung: Künstliche Intelligenz. Wir sprechen mit tante über Intelligenz, Bewusstsein und den Wunsch nach einem höheren Wesen: Dabei untersuchen wir die Linie der menschlichen Interpretation des “Schöpferischen”: ist Intendiertes wirklich mehr Wert? Ist Zufall schlecht? Aber wir betrachten auch praktische Implikationen der neuen Götter ChatCPT und Co. in Bezug auf Soziales und Politisches.Shownotes:Harry Frankfurt, On Bullshit, BuchDan McQuillan, Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism, BuchTed Chiang, Why Computers Won't Make Themselves Smarter, ArtikelIjoma Mangold & Lars Weisrbod, Die sogenannte Gegenwart: Ich bin doch selber nur Software, Podcast-FolgeClarkesworld Magazine(Google) Vaswani, Shazeer et al., Attention is All You Need, ArtikelDavid Golumbia, The Cultural Logic of Computation, Buch65 Days of Static,, BandCathy O'Neill, Weapons of Math Destruction, BuchMalcom Harris, Palo Alto, BuchAdrian Daub, What Tech Calls Thinking, Buch

AI and social science, the causal revolution in economics, predictions about the impact of AI, teaching MBAs, productizing AI, and a journey from Tel Aviv to Princeton to Stanford. Transcript: https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs224u/podcast/goldberg/ Amir's website Amir on Twitter Computational Culture Lab ChatGPT Laura Nelson Bart Bonikowski Chris Winship Bernie Koch Treebanks BIG-bench Guido Imbens Endogeneity Susan Athey Cambridge Analytica Prediction Machines Speech and Language Processing DALL-E 2 Midjourney Stable Diffusion Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Turing test Matt Salganik Paul DiMaggio

PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/76653894 If you'll indulge us, we'd like to keep the holiday spirit going a little longer by doing a deep ideological reading of one of the most important films ever made. Several years ago on this podcast, Cohost Luke was startled and delighted to discover that 1994's The Santa Clause was loaded with deep ideology . Today, we look at its long-delayed sequel, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 (2002), to find what it tells us about our world in the Bush era.

Det sägs att tidsbegreppet förändrats, att vi lever i ett expanderande nu. Men kanske bevisar klimatkrisen dåtidens och framtidens makt över våra liv. Det funderar författaren Helena Granström på. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.År 2017 dog en åtta månader gammal bebis av drunkning, efter att hennes mamma lämnat henne utan uppsikt i badkaret. Mamman var förtvivlad: Hon hade ju inte varit ifrån sin dotter mer än någon minut. Men polisens undersökningar visade något annat: Flickans mamma hade ägnat närmare tjugo minuter åt sitt Facebookkonto, innan hon återvände till sitt barn.Den digitala teknikens oerhörda förmåga att dra till sig vår uppmärksamhet och närmast upplösa vår tidsuppfattning, hur ska den egentligen förstås? Har den som scrollar bland inlägg och uppdateringar upphört att vara närvarande i nuet eller är den tvärtom så djupt hängiven det att all känsla för framtid och förflutet, ja, för själva tidens gång, sätts ur spel? Kanske är vi aldrig så fullständigt uppslukade av det enskilda ögonblicket som när vi motståndslöst låter hjärnan följa den digitala sfärens algoritmiskt utstakade vägar, förda av vår fria vilja i en omgivning exakt utformad för att styra just denna viljas beslut.Den amerikanske tänkaren Jonathan Crary gör i boken Scorched Earth en iakttagelse som många har gjort före honom: Att människans förhållande till tiden och till det bortom den idag är under omdaning. Om hon tidigare har uppfattat sin naturliga omgivning som bestående av beständiga och orubbliga strukturer strukturer som tycktes vara här för att stanna har denna betryggande länk till evigheten nu ryckts ifrån henne. Den flertusenåriga skogen har fallit sedan länge. Berget är inte här för att stanna, det innehöll värdefulla metaller, så det har kapats ned och schaktats bort. Glaciärerna är inte här för att stanna, många av dem har redan smält. Det enda, konstaterar Crary, som i vår tid tycks vara här för att stanna är det radioaktiva avfallet, mikroplaster och onedbrytbara kemikalier. I denna mening är den virtuella verklighetens ögonblick på en gång intensivt närvarande och befriat från den fysiska världens förgänglighet kanske det mest beständiga vi har.Och det glupska nu som ständigt väntar i våra fickor, redo att uppsluka den vars blick riktas mot skärmen är långt ifrån bara en privat angelägenhet tvärtom kan det sägas utgöra den digitala teknikens själva centrum. Nya tekniska innovationer ständigt nya, då de som bar nyhetens prägel igår kan vara föråldrade imorgon utlovar realtidsfunktioner och omedelbar tillgång till efterfrågade tjänster. Idealet är att varje begär ska kunna tillfredsställas med ett klick, i trotsig negation av såväl tidsliga som rumsliga och materiella begränsningar. Och också mer konkret bidrar våra maskiner till att hjälpa nuet tugga i sig framtiden. Syftet med den alltmer omfattande datormodelleringen är att åstadkomma prognoser och simuleringar som kan befria framtiden från osäkerhet: att belägra och neutralisera framtiden innan den har inträffat. I takt med att de storslagna framtidsvisionerna har fallit, tycks vår lösning istället ha blivit att expandera vårt nu så långt det bara går.Det är en iakttagelse besläktad med den som för mer än trettio år sedan gjordes av litteraturforskaren Frederic Jameson i den numera klassiska essän Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Jameson argumenterar här för att det postmoderna tillstånd i vilket vi fortfarande lever kännetecknas just av nuets fullständiga övertagande på bekostnad av både förflutet och framtid. Den postmoderna människan orienterar sig i världen främst utifrån rumsliga kategorier, och upplever inte längre tidens närvaro. Den moderna människans upplevelse av tid härrörde nämligen, menar Jameson, från det förflutnas spår i landskapet: naturen framstod ännu som evig, och också människans egen historia fanns representerad i olika delar av samhället. På landsbygden hängde en doft av förmoderniteten ännu kvar. Men när moderniseringsprocessen väl är fullbordad och de sista spåren av det förflutna har eliminerats känner människan inte längre tidens rörelse historiens förlopp har inte längre någon mening, det enda som finns är ett utsträckt, allt övertagande nu.Tvärtom, menar emellertid humanekologen Andreas Malm, som i boken Stormens utveckling utsätter Jamesons resonemang för hård kritik. Den historiska tiden är inte borta, den är inte ens på tillbakagång. Faktum är att dess närvaro aldrig har varit så påtaglig eller så hotfull som nu. Det må vara sant att både de åldriga skogarna och mycket av den traditionellt brukade jordbruksmarken är borta eller åtminstone att den samtida människan aldrig konfronteras med dem men icke desto mindre insuper hon det förflutna med varje andetag hon tar. Det kol och den olja som under årmiljoner inkapslats och lagrats i jordskorpan togs en dag upp och förbrändes, och mycket av deras destruktivitet härrör just från det faktum att de tillhör ett sedan länge svunnet kretslopp, en helt annan tid än vår.Men inte nog med det: De utsläpp som idag ger upphov till smältande glaciärer, försurade hav, översvämningar och värmeböljor är inte våra egna, utan de som gjordes av generationer före oss. Koldioxidhalten i atmosfären är i varje givet ögonblick summan av alla dessa historiska handlingar, av alla människor som färdats, fraktat och ätit; summan av var och en av alla de eldar som tänts. Det vi trodde var nuet, lätt och flyktigt som en svepning över skärmen, äger i själva verket historiens fulla tyngd. Vi kan aldrig, skriver Malm, vara i stundens hetta, bara i hettan av detta ständigt pågående förflutna. Och på samma sätt kommer våra egna utsläpp att ha återverkningar långt in i framtiden hur långt vet ingen, men 10 000 år är en uppskattning. Det som avgörs av våra handlingar när de läggs till alla de handlingar som utförts av människorna som kom före oss är inte bara våra barnbarns framtid eller deras barnbarns det som avgörs är, för varje mänskligt vidkommande, evigheten.Och mot bakgrund av den belägenheten är det kanske inte så konstigt att vi flyr in i den digitala teknikens omsvepande ögonblick, in i ett evigt och uppslukande nu där inga skogar brinner, inga byar svämmas över, inga barn drunknar i badkaret; där det förhandenvarande är tillräckligt, eftersom det är allt som finns. Som Crary formulerar det i en annan av sina böcker, 24/7: Ju mer man identifierar sig med det fysiska jagets immateriella, elektroniska surrogat, desto mer tycks man frambesvärja ett undantag från det biocid som pågår överallt på planeten.Men kanske gör vi bäst i att påminna oss att den tillflykten riskerar att vara högst temporär. Det uppvärmda tillståndet det i vilket historien oupphörligt gör sig påmind har, noterar Malm, ett tydligt övertag relativt det postmoderna tillståndets abstrakta nu: Det har naturlagarna på sin sida, och fortsätter vi att foga decennier av utsläpp till dess börda kommer det troligen att inte dröja alltför länge innan det överskuggar allt. På en sex grader varmare planet kommer nog inte ens en stunds lättjefullt slösurfande att kunna skänka särskilt mycket lättnad alls.Helena Granström, författare

Ellie and Carrie recall their time spent world building with Barbie, Ken, Midge, Skipper, Christie, et al. Using Molly Rosner's “Playing With History: American Identities and Children's Consumer Culture” (Rutgers University Press, 2021) as a framework, they introduce Barbie dolls as "didactic amusements” instructing girls on what it means to be feminine and introducing them to their identities as American consumers. What do cultural artifacts like Barbie tell us about the world in which they were produced? Ellie links the world's introduction to Barbie in 1959 with Nixon and Khrushchev famous Kitchen Debate that same year in Moscow. Was Barbie a capitalist soldier in the cold war against communism? Carrie brings up the work of Harvard professor Sarah Lewis, who has posited that images create culture as much as culture creates images. Other topics include Kenneth and Mamie Clark's doll studies in the 1940s as well as doll play's influence on pornography predilections.

In his 1978 bestseller The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins described humans as "survival machines" whose sole purpose is the replication of genes. All of culture needed to be understood as a side-effect, if not an epiphenomenon, of that defining function. Four years after Dawkins' book was published, Warner Brothers released Blade Runner, an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's dystopian novel Do Androis Dream of Electric Sheep?. Ridley Scott's film presents us with a different kind of survival machine: the replicant, a technology whose sole function is the replication of human beings. In this episode, Phil and JF discuss the ethical, metaphysical, and aesthetic dimensions of one of the greatest and most prophetic science fiction films of all time. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the new T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! Get your Weird Studies merchandise (https://www.redbubble.com/people/Weird-Studies/shop?asc=u) (t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) REFERENCES Ridley Scott (dir.), Blade Runner (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/) Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780345404473) Philip K. Dick, “The Android and the Human” (https://sporastudios.org/mark/courses/articles/Dick_the_android.pdf) Philip K. Dick, “Man, Android, and Machine” (https://dickiangnosticism.wordpress.com/2018/01/18/660/) Dennis Villeneuve (dir.), Blade Runner 2049 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/) Weird Studies, Episode 114 on the Wheel of Fortune (https://www.weirdstudies.com/114) Scott Bukatman, Blade Runner: BFI Film Classics (https://shop.bfi.org.uk/blade-runner-bfi-film-classics.html) Alan Nourse, [The Bladerunner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheBladerunner)_ Weird Studies, Episode 115 on Brian Eno (https://www.weirdstudies.com/115) Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780198788607) Todd Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780553372120) Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780822310907) Weird Studies, Episode 5 on “When Nothing is Cool” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/5) JF Martel, “Reality is Analog: Philosophizing with Stranger Things” (http://www.reclaimingart.com/reality-is-analog.html) John Carpenter (dir,), The Thing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/) Beyond Yacht Rock podcast (https://starburns.audio/podcasts/beyond-yacht-rock/) Sigmund Freud, “The Uncanny” (https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf) Weird Studies, Episode 86 on “The Sandman” (https://www.weirdstudies.com/86) Orson Welles (dir.), Touch of Evil (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052311/) George Orwell, 1984 (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780451524935)

Are you yourself on Twitter?  Who is the real Twitter you?  Why do you send me such horny DMs?    We examine the psychology of Twitter engagement, what researchers can and can't find out about your personality from your tweets, ponder whether Adam Curtis was right to posit distorted versions of ourselves in data warehouses, weigh up the political value of "authenticity", get lost in a sea of signs, interrogate our Tony Blair cover art, and then search for a sparkling exit in Andy Warhol shoes.    Also, Danny DeVito and the Nabisco strike.     Our Patreon   Buy our merch     Second Row Socialists on Twitter     Comradio on Twitter       Why You Clicked on That Tweet: The Psychology of Twitter Engagement    Tech companies use “persuasive design” to get us hooked. Psychologists say it's unethical - Chavie Lieber (2018) in Vox    How Twitter Fuels Anxiety - Laura Turner (2017) in The Atlantic    Language of ADHD in Adults on Social Media - Guntuku et al (2017)    What Do Your Spaces Say About You? - Lindsay T. Graham (2018)    The 'Big 5' Personality Traits    A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage - David John Hughes et al (2012)    Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Adam Curtis (2021)    I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience - Marwick et al (2010)    Appropriating Blackness: Performance and the Politics of Authenticity - E. Patrick Johnson (2003)    Authenticity on “Black Twitter”: Reading Racial Performance and Social Networking - Raven S. Maragh (2017)     Brand Twitter and Fake Activism | A Response to Steak-Umm - Video by Zoe Bee    George Mack tweet    Dunbar's number    A page on Jean Baudrillard and hyperreality    A selection of quotes by Jean Baudrillard    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Jean Baudrillard    Ubik by Philip K. Dick (1969)    Introduction to Fredric Jameson    American Psycho - Business Card Scene    Intro to Linda Hutcheon on parody    Jo Swinson's Been Forced To Deny She Kills Squirrels Thanks To A Twitter User Churning Out Viral Fake Election Stories (2019)    Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism - Fredric Jameson (1984)    A Pair of Shoes by Van Gogh (1886)    Diamond Dust Shoes by Andy Warhol (1980)    Tetsuo, The Iron Man dir. Shynia Tsukamoto (1989) - Trailer    Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry for Authenticity     Nabisco bakers across the US are on strike, potentially disrupting Oreo supply    Danny DeVito Abruptly Loses Twitter Verification After Tweeting Support For Nabisco Strike

I sat down with Prof John H. McClendon to discuss his philosophical appraisal of Black Theology/Christology and materialist critique of its claim of authenticity. We discuss how he became interested in the topic through study of Howard Thurman, the relationship between Black Theology and African American theology that preceded it, and the shift from a focus on racism and its attendant structures to whiteness. We also discuss his engagement with and critique of Professor James Cone and the implications he sees in making God dependant on Blackness and Blackness dependant on white oppression. Finally we discuss the whole problem of claiming the existence of an "authentic Christianity" independent of the Christianity we've got. Buy the Book Also, toward the end Prof McClendon discusses African American Philosophers and Philosophy, buy that here. Dr. John H. McClendon III is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. His areas of interests include: African American philosophers and philosophical traditions; African philosophy, Marxism, philosophy of sports and the African American experience; philosophy of religion and African Americans. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, book chapters, research reports, bibliographic essays, and biographical entries; McClendon is the author of the following books, African American Philosophers and Philosophy: An Introduction to the History, Concepts, and Contemporary Issues —co-authored with Dr. Stephen C. Ferguson II (Bloomsbury Publishers (2019); Black Christology and the Quest for Authenticity: A Philosophical Appraisal (Lexington Books, 2019); Philosophy of Religion and the African American Experience: Conversations with My Christian Friends (Brill/Rodopi, 2017), Beyond the White Shadow: Philosophy, Sports, and the African-American Experience, co-authored with Dr. Stephen C. Ferguson II (Kendall Hunt, 2012); C. L. R. James's Notes on Dialectics: Left-Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism (Lexington Books, 2005). McClendon is the former Co-editor of the American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy of the Black Experience, and presently Co-Editor of the African American Philosophy Series for Brill Publishers; Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association; Advisory Board Member of Blackpast.Org; member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal, Cultural Logic and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal on African Philosophy. Find more episodes: www.loverinserepeat.com Follow the Show on Twitter: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow me: @liammiller87 Love Rinse Repeat is supported by Uniting Mission and Education, part of the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of NSW/ACT.

G'day everyone! In this episode I have a go at answering the question: "Is love, love"? I begin by introducing the phrase as it is used in present public discourse, before contrasting the issue in the following way: (1) The Cultural Logic of Love, and (2) The Christian Alternative There is a way to argue for diversity and inclusion, “love is love” is not it. “God is love” (1 John 4:8f) which means God not only defines “love” for us in a coherent manner, but more profoundly models for us what it looks like in the person of Jesus. Got questions? Why not ASK! Submit here: https://drcdeane.com/ask

We talk about the history of self-help movements and gilded gurus that proselytize their cure-all tonics, wish-fulfillment effects, et cetera, and find something interesting in their modern roots (socialism). We also lay out a taxonomy of the various subspecies of contemporary self-help/life coach/guru figures, from OG kings of the grift like Tony Robbins to the humanoid slugs in the Pickup Artist underbelly to the deranged infomercial doom-pastor Jim Bakker and his reasonably priced buckets of Food™ slurry. We close the episode with a look at how neoliberalism, social atomization, and "personal responsibility" (i.e. self-help) converge and self-perpetuate on grand socio-economic scales.Check out Ian's podcast Camp ReEducation: campreeducation.comTwitter: @CampReEducationInstagram: @campreeducationGeneral RecommendationsJD's Recommendations: 1) Shadow and Bone 2) Bullshit JobsJNM's Recommendations: 1) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America 2) Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America both written by Barbara EhrenreichIan's Recommendation: Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric JamesonFurther Reading, Viewing, ListeningThe Radical Origins of Self-Help LiteratureTHE SELF-HELP MYTHHere’s Why Tony Robbins Should Definitely Not Be Your Guru'Bright-Sided': When Happiness Doesn't HelpLocationless Locationsheatdeathpod.comEvery show-related link is corralled and available here.Heat Death of the Universe - @heatdeathpodJD Newland - @jdnewlandJoshua Nomen-Mutatio - @ImbalancingActPlease send all Letters of Derision, Indifference, Inquiry, Mild Elation, et cetera to: heatdeathoftheuniversepodcast@gmail.com

"A experiência de leitura de livros é análoga à nossa experiência de interpretação do mundo" - Jameson é o crítico literário mais relevante da atualidade e, para nossa sorte, é um marxista sério. O episódio é uma introdução a seu pensamento com base em quatro obras: "Allegory and Ideology" (2019), "Marxism and Form" (1971), "Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism" (1991) e "Archaeologies of the Future" (2005). Links: entrevista com Octavia Butler (https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/23/octavia_butler_2005_interview) Aulas e entrevistas com Jameson (via Stanford.edu): https://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/jameson/index.html Trilha sonora: Gétatchèw Mèkurya. Ambassèl (1972) Psychic TV. Wicked (Mistress Mix, 1990)

Episode 4 takes on the problem of nostalgia with help from Svetlana Boym (The Future of Nostalgia), Thomas Dodman (What Nostalgia Was: War, Empire, and the Time of a Deadly Emotion), Fredric Jameson (Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism), and Susan Stewart (On Longing).I need to take a week off, but I will be back with episode 5 on April 30th. In the meantime, consider the following questions and let me know if you come to any conclusions: Does Taylor Swift have a style? And if so, what defines it?Get in touch with comments, questions, or just to say hi at studiesintaylorswift@gmail.com. Music: "Happy Strummin" by Audionautix. Cover art by Finley Doyle. 

The shooting in Columbus,oh makes me come to some odd realizations. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/singlegalguide/message

In this Patreon exclusive episode, Jake, Peter, and Will pull back the veil of Samsara and chat about the limitations of mindfulness, whether meditation is better than a walk, and contemplate translation issues while Peter eats a piece of bread. For access to the full episode and much more exclusive content, join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zizekandsoon

This week, we discuss Zizek's approach to Buddhism. From the first Noble Truth, Buddhism describes human existence as an endless cycle of suffering, and posits the path towards enlightenment as the severing of attachment, and the cessation of desire. From a psychoanalytic standpoint, Zizek emphasizes that, in contrast, we enjoy our suffering (as when we fall in love, for example), and that desire cannot be simply done away with. After discussing the finer points of a Lacano-Helgelian critique of Buddhism, the fellas get into Zizek's other major critiques of Western Buddhism; its associations with science and capitalism. Towards this, Zizek writes that Buddhism is perhaps the ideal religion for capitalism and for the CEOs of Silicon Valley, since it's prescription to withdraw from the world, and to see it and one's self as illusory, does little to change the system of oppression itself, and assures the passive acceptance of hegemonic realism. To hear the second part of this discussion and access many more exclusive episodes, join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zizekandsoon

A Novel, Is Cli·ché A Paradox Footprint In Culture © 2020 Vol.1Mitigating the doctrine of Clichés I have discovered that Clichés represent a paradox yet they are used by all global citizens especially speakers in spite of our race, ethnicity, class, and gender or political affiliation, which are familiar to everyone, yet in this context they are never evaluated appreciatively or even neutrally. The very word cliché is encumbered with negative associations relating to unoriginality, overuse, and ineffectiveness.Does it make sense for us to use these common expressions so freely when their use is widely disparaged?A problem that arises immediately for the student of cliché is the want of agreement about which expressions are clichés, and which are not. A case in point Walden University’s policy that When writing for faculty and your peers at Walden, you will be addressing a formal audience and you will want to use scholarly language. This means you should use simple and concise language, and eliminate unnecessary information.In addition Sarah Vinz also makes a valid point “that when you are writing phrases for academic settings that are acceptable for example in conversations or informal writing are considered inappropriate. You should try to avoid expressions that are too informal, unsophisticated, vague, exaggerated, or subjective, as well as those that are generally unnecessary or incorrect.Orin Hargraves accents the that the hallmarks of cliché in culture are unoriginality, overuse, and ineffectiveness is a view I concur with.These elements are not objectively measurable; they arise as a judgment that draws partly on the context in which an expression is used, and so it is in its implementation, rather than in any inherent quality, that an expression is likely to be derided as a cliché in every culture. For example “Don’t be afraid.” is anextract adapted from New Living Translation the scripture John 6 verse 20.A close up view of the abstract Cliché, helps us to recognised that from time immemorial that all global citizens occupying the cultural precincts of space and time globally has been using cliché. Most importantly No matter what you do to make a living, you can't deny the clichés attached to various occupations. Yes, you can ignore them and you can overcome them. But fight it all you want, every kind of career has some sort of cliché tied to it a view espoused by Kaci Lane Hindman.Therefore the data contextualised in this text Is Cliché, A Paradox In Culture is relevant to this discourse and there is no question in my mind that clichés are here to stay since clichés are presumably a paradox within culture ad infinitum. William Anderson GittensAuthor, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ License Cultural Practitioner, Publisher, CEO Devgro Media Arts ServicesWORKS CITED Devgro Media Arts Services Presentation in Association with iMovieFrederic Jameson: Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 1991.Gittens,William AndersonAuthor, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ License Cultural Practitioner, Publisher CEO Devgro Media Arts Serviceshttps://aeon.co/ideas/at-the-end-of-the-day-think-outside-the-box-about-clicheshttps://biblehub.com/nlt/john/6.htmhttps://copyblogger.com/author/mohsin-naqi/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clichehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clich%C3%A9https://noamkroll.com/https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/questions/48660/why-do-different-people-have-different-opinions-about-lifeSupport the show (http://www.buzzsprout.com/429292)

With climate change, inequality, and Covid-19 raging just outside our windows, it can sometimes feel like we live in a world without a future. How did we get here? And how do we get back out? How do we reinstate the future if we no longer believe in progress? Recorded on lockdown during the coronavirus outbreak in New York, this is part 1 of a three-part episode exploring our society's tacit belief in the "the end of history," and what we can do to shed this politically-charged and dangerous illusion. WORKS CITED -Lyotard, Jean-Francois. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Translated by Geoff Bennington and Brian Massumi. 1st edition. Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 1984. -Piketty, Thomas. Capital and Ideology. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2020. -Žižek, Slavoj. “Beyond Mandela Without Becoming Mugabe: Some Postapocalyptic Considerations.” Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, Germany, November 19, 2015. From YouTube user Ippolit Belinski, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5DiZBb8f6A -Danto, Arthur C. After the End of Art. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1998. -Fukuyama, Francis. “The End of History?” The National Interest, no. 16 (1989): 3–18. -Jameson, Fredric. Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1992. -Bradbury, Ray. Dandelion Wine. Bantam Books, 1976. -Moore, Michael. “Michael Moore’s Easter Mass.” Rumble with Michael Moore. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://anchor.fm/rumble-with-michael-moore MUSIC -Theme music and consultation: Georgina Rossi, www.georginarossi.com -Interlude: Franz Schubert, Erlkönig, based on the poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/capital-a/message

Professor Matthew McManus joins Breht to discuss his work on postmodern conservatism.  Find Matt on twitter @MattPolProf Learn more about Matt and his work here Find the book here Here are two other Rev Left episodes we've done on this topic: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Post-Structuralism, Postmodernism, and... Metamodernism? Outro music 'A Song for Our Fathers' by Explosions in the Sky ------- LEARN MORE ABOUT REV LEFT RADIO: www.revolutionaryleftradio.com SUPPORT REV LEFT RADIO: www.patreon.com/revleftradio Our logo was made by BARB, a communist graphic design collective: @Barbaradical Intro music by DJ Captain Planet. --------------- This podcast is affiliated with: The Nebraska Left Coalition, Omaha Tenants United, FORGE, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center.

Part 1 of Red Library's My Gott! Pure Ideology Series Comrade Marvin joins us in the library this week to kick off our new ongoing series on ideology by taking on the Big Daddy himself: Fredric Jameson. We take aim at his recent 2019 Verso book, Allegory and Ideology, for this episode and provide a very big picture overview of Jameson's general project and approach to Marxism. Some highlights include discussion of Marxist literary theory, the relationship between literacy and historical interpretation, nationalism, thinking the collective, and soccer. Strap in for this one, comrades! Further Readings/References Fredric Jameson Critical Inquiry Review of Jameson's Allegory and Ideology Periodizing Jameson by Phillip E. Wegner The Political Unconscious Summary Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Summary Algirdas Julien Greimas Sartre's The Critique of Dialectical Reason Summary Raymond Williams Perry Anderson Constructivism Gyorgy Lukacs Mark Fisher Reification Alfred North Whitehead Interview with Jameson on Adapting to Cultural Change Thomas Kuhn ------------------------------------------------ Email us at redlibrarypodcast@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod   Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes   Click here to support Red Library on Patreon   Click here to find Red Library on Facebook   Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

Lisa Barnard’s photographic practice is placed in the genre of documentary. Her work discusses real events, embracing complex and innovative visual strategies that utilise both traditional documentary techniques and more contemporary and conceptually rigorous forms of representation. Barnard connects her interest in aesthetics, current photographic debates around materiality, and the existing political climate. Of particular interest to her is global capitalism, the relationship between the military industrial complex, screen based new technologies and the psychological implication of conflict.Lisa is an Associate Professor in photography and programme leader of the MA in Documentary Photography at The University of South Wales, where she also has PhD students and teaches on the BA in Documentary Photography course. She has published two monographs with GOST books: Chateau Despairand Hyenas of the Battlefield, Machines in the Garden which was funded by the Albert Renger Patzsch Book Award, and nominated for the Prix Du Livre at Rencontres D’Arles in 2015.Lisa’s latest book, recently published by Mack, is The Canary and the Hammer, an ambitious, complex and wide-ranging project detailing our reverence for gold and its role in humanity’s ruthless pursuit of progress. Photographed across four years and four continents, the project was funded by the Prestige Grant from Getty Images in 2015. On episode 114, Lisa discusses, among other things:How teaching keeps her mentally on her toesGrowing up in the Thatcherite heartland of Sevenoaks, KentHer work from the San Diego Naval Medica CentreHyenas of the Battlefield, Machines in the Garden and how the title came aboutBeing an adventuristWhy the more conceptual the connection is, the more excited she getsHer new project about gold, The Canary and the HammerReferenced:Jacques LacanThe Dollop podcastMark PowerJavier RebasEsther TeichmannSophy RickettBettina von ZwehlClare StrandDonovan WylieGert Van HestenSkip RizzoPostmodernism: Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Frederick JamesonEadweard MuybridgeRiver of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West by Rebecca SolnitMartin HeideggerAllan Sekula Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | The Gold Depository“One of the things that I say to my students is you can never accept no as an answer. And the photographers that do well are tenacious, unfortunately. You know, if you’re shy it’s much harder to make documentary work. There are plenty of other ways in which you can make pictures but you have to think seriously about the skills that you need in order to get access and one of those things is confidence; and no fear; and feeling like you’ve got nothing to lose; and that everything is an adventure. Because, how amazing...!”

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophyThis this episode I take up David Golumbia's book, "The Cultural Logic of Computation." Pairing the post-structuralist theoretical tradition with media theory, Golumbia takes aim at the systematic attempts to computationalize humanity.

On this edition of Parallax Views, we probe the possible intersection between the ideology of Silicon Valley tech culture's obsession with strong AI, or General Artificial Intelligence, and the issues of racism and white supremacy with David Golumbia, author of The Cultural Logic of Computation, The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism, and the recent essay (and subject of this episode) "The Great White Robot God: Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy". We begin the conversation by discussing how David became interested in the topic of philosophy and ideology as it relates to tech culture. David explains how he was interested in the analytic philosophy of figures like Hilary Putnam, specifically the philosophy of language as it relates to mind, and its relation to the left intellectual tradition. In particular, David discusses the computational model of understanding the mind and why he has been critical of it. Additionally, David notes how he saw the early tech culture, or computer liberation, as engaging with right-wing ideology as opposed to left-wing intellectual traditions. During this portion of the conversation we delve into the philosophical differences between the left and right's intellectual traditions, and especially how they view freedom in extremely different ways. From there delve into what's been called the Silicon Ideology or the California Ideology, and in particular it's obsession with logic and rationality. During this portion of the conversation we delve into the elevation of rationality to a place of almost quasi-religious veneration by both elements of the tech community and the alt right as well as the denigration of emotion by both these elements. This leads us into the main topic of this episode, namely David's essay "The Great White Robot God: Artificial General Intelligence and White Supremacy". Sam Harris, the New Atheist leader that has become embroiled in the race/IQ discourse David explains how New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and, in particular, Sam Harris served to spur his interest in writing the Great White Robot God essay. David notes that figures like Harris and Dawkins have become entangled in Islamophobic rhetoric and the race/IQ discourse. We delve into how the ideology of New Atheists seem to coincide not only with a number of right-wing talking points but also the Silicon Valley tech culture. David navigates us through the ways in which Artificial General Intelligence, or strong AI (see The Terminator or The Matrix movies for pop culture imaginings of the topic), seems to coalesce with the race/IQ discourse. During this portion of the conversation we discuss how the popular conception of AI is, in David's words, philosophically incoherent, why David views ideas like Ray Kurzweil's Singularity as crankery, and delve into the ideas of Eliezer Yudkowsky and his Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). Although Yudkowsky steadfastly distances himself from the alt right, David argues that Yudkowsky's thinking, along with much of the Silicon Valley tech community as a whole, dovetails with the alt right. David Golumbia SUPPORT PARALLAX VIEWS ON PATREON!

On whether we can salvage anything from postmodernism. Have we left postmodernity - and if so, can can we be properly dialectical about it: see it as progress and catastrophe all at once? Is there a moment of truth to postmodernism amidst all the falsity? We discuss the left intelligentsia's abandonment of materialism; phoney cultural populism; the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe; Knausgaard's six volume 'Min Kamp'; and the end of cultural rebellion. Readings: The Apprentice in Theory: Fan, Student, Star, Catherine Liu & Devan Bailey on Avital Ronell, LA Review of Books Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Frederic Jameson, NLR  Itemised, review of Knausgaard by Jameson, LRB The Myth of Pruitt-Igoe, documentary If you like what we do, please support us. Go to Patreon.com/BungaCast

In the fourth episode of the "Capitalism, Climate Change, and Culture" podcast series from GMU Cultural Studies, Richard Todd Stafford talks with Jason W. Moore, Associate Professor at the Binghamton University Sociology Department, and author of Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital (2015) and, with Raj Patel, A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet.This podcast series is associated with George Mason University Cultural Studies' Colloquium Series. This year's series is called "Capitalism, Climate Change, and Culture." The industrial revolution liberated human beings from the cycles of nature — or so it once seemed. It turns out that greenhouse gases, a natural byproduct of coal- and petroleum-burning industries, lead to global warming, and that we are now locked into a long warming trend: a trend that will raise sea levels, enhance the occurrence of extreme weather events, and ultimately could threaten food supplies and other vital supports for modern civilization. This podcast series examines the cultural and political-economic dimensions of our ongoing, slow-moving climate crisis. We engage experts from a variety of fields and disciplines to ask questions about capitalism and the environment. How did we get into this mess? How bad is it? Where do we go from here? What sorts of steps might mitigate the damage — or perhaps someday reverse it? At stake are deep questions about humanity’s place in and relationship to nature — and what our systems of governance, production, and distribution might look like in the future. — Roger Lancaster, Colloquium OrganizerLearn more about the Cultural Studies Program at GMU: http://culturalstudies.gmu.eduLearn more about Jason W. Moore: https://jasonwmoore.com/ Music: Kevin MacLeod "Acid Trumpet," used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Interview and editing: Richard Todd StaffordAudio engineering and production: Adam Proctor

Jon "TheLitCritGuy" joins Breht (for the third time!), this time to talk about Fredric Jameson's seminal work "Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism". Jon has a brand new Gothic Marxist podcast called the Horror Vanguard. You can listen to and support that project here: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Follow the Horror Vanguard on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/horrorvanguard?lang=en Follow and support Jon here: https://www.patreon.com/TheLitCritGuy/posts   ----------------------------   NEW LOGO from BARB, a communist graphic design collective! You can find them on twitter or insta @Barbaradical. Please reach out to them if you are in need of any graphic design work for your leftist projects!  Intro music by Captain Planet. You can find and support his wonderful music here:  https://djcaptainplanet.bandcamp.com Please Rate and Review our show on iTunes or whatever podcast app you use. This dramatically helps increase our reach. Support the Show and get access to bonus content on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio Follow us on Twitter @RevLeftRadio This podcast is officially affiliated with The Nebraska Left Coalition, the Nebraska IWW, Socialist Rifle Association (SRA), Feed The People - Omaha, and the Marxist Center. Join the SRA here: https://www.socialistra.org/

Vi lever på många sett i en postmodern värld. Men de "postmodernister" som får skulden för den, är precis de som beskrev och varnade för vad som var på gång, säger litteraturvetaren Frida Beckman. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna. Varför har känslor snarare än rationalitet blivit ett vinnande koncept i samtida politik? Till och med när vi är medvetna om att den verklighet vi får presenterad för oss i våra små mediekokonger är i högsta grad relativ eller att de fakta vi matas med är som bäst alternativa, är bekräftelsen på våra fördomar förföriskt tillfredsställande. Ok, kanske var inte just det där påståendet sant, men jag känner att de har rätt i sak. Känslor och personliga åsikter, som Oxford Dictionaries online skrev när post-truth eller post-sanning blev årets ord 2016, har blivit viktigare för den allmänna opinionen än objektiva fakta. Speciellt fascinerande är det faktum att i dagens känsloekonomi är känslostormarna extra starka kring de teorier som just tar med känslor i beräkningen. Jag tänker i första hand på postmodernistisk teoribildning. Man kunde trott att intresset för postmodernismen skulle avklingat efter dess högkonjunktur på 1980-talet och det gjorde det ett tag men på senare år, och speciellt i Sverige har de fått en renässans, men begreppet används sällan på ett genomtänkt vis utan snarare som ett löst definierat tillhygge i diverse debatter. Fel på skolan? Postmodernismen. Fel på sjukvården? Postmodernismen. Fel på regeringen? Postmodernismen. Fel på Putin? Postmodernismen. Fel på Trump? Postmodernismen. Fel på skidåkning? Postmodernismen. Fel på råbiffen? Ja, du gissade rätt, postmodernismen. här ska målas fram en ordentlig nidbild och så ska vi använda postmodernism som en knölpåk tills begreppet blir alldeles, he he, fragmenterat. Men hur har det blivit så här? Det är i sig fullt begripligt att postmodernismen som begrepp har återkommit med kraft för här tror jag kritikerna har rätt det är helt relevant att diskutera vissa samtida fenomen i termer av postmodernism. Sannerligen, lever vi inte i själva verket i den postmoderna skapelsens krona, med Trump som dess mest lysande ledstjärna? Från ett postmodernistiskt teoretiskt perspektiv är den postsanningspolitik som vuxit fram och som eldat under både Putin, Brexitanhängare och Trump en helt logisk vidareutveckling av vad Fredric Jameson förstod som postmodernismens äkta hälft: senkapitalismen. För Jameson, som en av postmodernismens mest inflytelserika teoretiker, är teoribildningen tätt förknippad med senkapitalistiska mekanismer som underminerar stabila värden och värderingar och lämnar allt flytande och tillgängligt för vitt skilda impulser. Kanske har den senare vidareutvecklats till vad som nyligen kallats just-in-time kapitalism för att understryka hur den uppluckring av idéer om gemensamma värden, övertygelser och narrativ som förknippats med postmodernismens födelse fortsätter att ske.  Ja, tänk vad rätt de hade, Lyotard, Jameson, Foucault och de andra! Verkligen de senaste par åren har givit dem mer rätt än de kanske kunde ana. Allt är tillåtet, som Lyotard skriver när vi lyder under pengarnas realism. Och så tänker man att nu när postmodernismen erkänts som något mer än abstrakta akademiska teorier kanske också postmodernismens skeptiker till slut tar sig tid att läsa i alla fall ett centralt urval ur denna teoribildning. Kanske kunde de tänka att vad var de nu de sa de där 80-talsteoretikerna som försökte förklara varför vi måste modifiera tron på det rationella subjektet om vi ska förstå samtiden, som försökte redogöra för hur sanning byggs upp i enlighet med olika diskurser och som ville kartlägga orsakssammanhangen mellan senkapitalismens samtida mekanismer och individens svårigheter att begripa global politik? Kanske kan kunde de rent av vara till hjälp för oss att förstå samtiden? Lyotards ikoniska Det postmoderna tillståndet översattes till svenska så sent som 2016 av Mats Lefffler och Håkan Liljeland så den kunde vi kanske börja med!  En lysande idé, kunde man tro, just för dem som är oroliga för postsanningspolitikens utveckling. Men inte verkar skeptikerna så sugna på det. Nej, här ska målas fram en ordentlig nidbild och så ska vi använda postmodernism som en knölpåk tills begreppet blir alldeles, he he, fragmenterat. Förutom att vi ofta fortfarande är rätt osugna på att acceptera att vi kanske inte alltid är de rationella subjekt som upplysningens traditioner fört fram, så är många också rätt osugna på att kritisera kapitalismen. I vissa fall och med en specifik agenda har kritikerna dock faktiskt läst lite av teorierna. som i fallet Stephen Hicks. Hans bok Postmodernismens förklaring från 2004 som gavs ut på svenska 2014 av Timbro förlag, har blivit populär bland debattörer till höger. Hicks tar postmodernism på allvar eftersom han ser den som vänsterpropaganda som måste bekämpas. Den omstridde, kanadensiska liberala debattören Jordan Peterson tar i sin tur Hicks på allvar och menar att postmodernismen och här citerar jag en genomgripande, ondskefull, nihilistisk, intellektuellt attraktiv doktrin, slut på citat utgör ett stort hot mot vår civilisation. Både Hicks och Petersons presentationer av teorierna är ordentligt förvirrade, vilket resulterar i en karikatyr men med tanke på deras perspektiv är det kanske inte så förvånande att de vill underminera det som postmodern teori faktiskt erbjuder, det vill säga kritiska analyser av kapitalismen.  För det är kanske här skon klämmer. Förutom att vi ofta fortfarande är rätt osugna på att acceptera att vi kanske inte alltid är de rationella subjekt som upplysningens traditioner fört fram, så är många också rätt osugna på att kritisera kapitalismen. Men missar man att ta med relationen mellan kapitalismens och postmodernismens utveckling i sin beräkning missar man en stor del av poängen. Då kanske det är bättre att kalla sin diagnos över samtiden någonting annat. Jag är verkligen hemskt nyfiken på vad de som vill ondgöra sig över postmodernism utan att prata kapitalism kan erbjuda för alternativa förklaringsmodeller. Låt det bli ett krav att kunna skilja på de fenomen som beskrivs som postmoderna och de teorier som söker förstå och reagera på dem. Vi har provat att använda en parodi av postmodernismen som slagträ i en fördummande politisk debatt. Nyttan med denna retorik är begränsad om inte rent av olycklig. Världen, språket och sanningen fortsätter att falla samman utanför tidningsredaktionernas fönster, precis på det sätt som de postmoderna teoretikerna förutsett. Så, låt oss höja ribban något i den svenska debatten. Låt det bli ett krav att kunna skilja på de fenomen som beskrivs som postmoderna och de teorier som söker förstå och reagera på dem. Då blir det, som en skribent påpekade i New York Times nyligen, också lättare att skilja på en teoribildning som analyserar relationen mellan makt och sanning och den karikerade version som populistisk politik och journalistik saluför. Då blir det lättare att förstå sådant som varför och hur känslor snarare än rationalitet blivit ett vinnande koncept i samtida politik. Debatten om postmodernismen är härvidlag inget undantag.  Frida Beckman, litteraturvetare   Litteratur Andersson, Lena (2017) Allt förändras men är sig likt, Dagens Nyheter, 22 november. Andersson, Lena (2017) VM i postmodern skidåkning, Dagens Nyheter 17 februari. Helmersson, Erik (2015) Postmodern propaganda, Dagens Nyheter, 12 mars. Hicks, Stephen (2014) Postmodernismens förklaring Skepticism och socialism från Rousseau till Foucault, övers. Anders Johansson, Timbro förlag. Hicks, Stephen (2004) Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, Tempe: Scholargy Publishing. Ingvar, Martin, Christer Sturmark och Åsa Wikforss (2015) Den postmoderna sanningsrelativismen leder oss ner i en antiintellektuell avgrund, Dagens Nyheter, 3 mars, https://www.dn.se/debatt/den-postmoderna-sanningsrelativismen-leder-oss-ner-i-en-antiintellektuell-avgrund/   Jameson, Fredric (1991) Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Durham NC: Duke University Press. Lundberg, Henrik (2015) Nej, postmodernismen genomsyrar inte allt och alla, Dagens Nyheter, 23 mars, https://www.dn.se/debatt/repliker/nej-postmodernismen-genomsyrar-inte-allt-och-alla/  Lyotard, Jean-Francois (2016) Det Postmoderna tillståndet: Rapport om Kunskapen, övers. Mats Leffler och Håkan Liljeland, Freudianska föreningen. Lyotard, Jean-Francois (1979) La Condition postmoderne: rapport sur le savoir, Paris: Minuit. Nealon, Jeffrey T. (2012) Post-Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Just-in-Time Capitalism, Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. Peterson, Jordan (2017) Postmodernism: How and why it must be fought, Manning Centre Conference,  February 23-25, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf2nqmQIfxc Thyselius, Erik (2017) Kön är bara en social konstruktion, Svenska Dagbladet, 10 september, https://www.svd.se/kon-ar-bara-en-social-konstruktion Williams, Casey (2017) Has Trump Stolen Philosophys Critical Tools? New York Times 17 april, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/has-trump-stolen-philosophys-critical-tools.html

For this episode of The Future Is A Mixtape, Jesse & Matt explore the paranoid dread and narcotic pull of Adam Curtis' most recent documentary of political-noir, HyperNormalisation. In 2 hours and 40 minutes, it charts the globe-hopping travails of terrorists, bankers, politicians and America's digital aristocracy--all of whom use humanity as pawns by promising simple stories to explain complex problems which can't be solved with “perception management” and pastel fairy-tales about “good vs. evil.” Considered by many to be the most talented and remarkable documentarian in Britain, Adam Curtis has weaved suspicion and suspense into a BBC career that stretches from 40 Minutes: Bombay Motel in 1987 (which explores the have and have-nots of the city) to his most recent film HyperNormalisation in 2016 (which explores how an entirely Russian condition has now passed into the wider-world). Curtis' documentary was released less than a month prior to the mind-gagging upset of Hillary Clinton's loss to Donald Trump, and the film increasingly speaks to a disenchanted, rat-fucked future of no-returns. Jesse & Matt will discuss what makes this “dank” film so compelling and deeply-felt, as well as what makes it, almost equally so, such an evasive work of art. Mentioned In This Episode: The Original Trailer for Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation Vice: Watch Adam Curtis' Short Film,  Living in an Unreal World, Which Is Effectively a Non-Traditional Film Teaser for His Recently Released Documentary Watch Adam Curtis' HyperNormalisation at This Youtube Link (While It Lasts) Adam Curtis' Official Blog on BBC Adam Curtis' Biography on Wikipedia Internet Movie Database (IMDB) on Adam Curtis Radiohead Does Some ‘Cosmic Shit' with Supercollider--A Tribute to LHC NPR: “It's Locals vs. ‘PIBS' at the Sundance Film Festival” Bondage Power Structures: From BDSM and Spanking to Latex and Body Odors The Sun: “Japan's Weird Sex Hotels -- Offering Everything From Prison Cell Bondage to Vibrator Vending Machines” A Satire of Adam Curtis, The Documentarian: The Loving Trap The Hydra-Headed Tropes of Adam Curtis Films: Chris Applegate on Twitter: “Forget ‘HypernorNormalisation,' Here's Adam Curtis Bingo!” Why Is It That Matthew & Jesse Lack Real Whuffie: Tara Hunt's “The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business” About New York's Most Legendary New Wave Band: The Talking Heads James Verini in The New Yorker: “The Talking Heads Song That Explains Talking Heads” Christian Marclay's The Clock at The LACMA Museum An Excerpt from Marclay's Film-Collage, The Clock Wired Magazine: “Film Clips of Clocks Round Out 24-Hour Video” A Youtube Excerpt of BBC News Coverage of Christian Marclay's The Clock Ken Hollings in BBC News: “What Is the Cut-Up Method?” William Burrough's “The Cut Up Method” in Leroi Jones' (Baraka) The Moderns: An Anthology of New Writing in America William Burrough's The Naked Lunch A YouTube Clip of Taking Down the Financial District: The Ending of Fight Club Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club: A Novel Little Known X-Files' Spin-Off Pilot Episode of The Lone Gunmen Eerily Imagined A Plane Crashing Into The World Trade Center A Portrait by Gerard Malanga: “William Burroughs Takes Aim at NY's Twin Towers, from Brooklyn Bridge, 1978” Adam Curtis Documentaries Currently Found on YouTube: Pandora's Box (1992) The Living Dead (1995) Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh (1997) The Mayfair Set (1999) His Finest Achievement & Magnum Opus: The Century of the Self (2002) The Power of Nightmares (2004) The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom (2007) All Watched Over By the Machines of Loving Grace (2011) Bitter Lake (2015) HyperNormalisation (2016) Talkhouse: “Tim Heidecker [from Tim & Eric Show] with Adam Curtis” Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine Matthew Snyder's Syllabus & Course Theme for Fall of 2016: “Presidential Material” Jim Rutenberg in The New York Times: “Can the Media Recover From This Election?” Nate Cohn in The New York Times: “What I Got Wrong About Donald Trump” Nate Silver in FiveThirtyEight: “Why FiveThirtyEight Gave Trump A Better Chance Than Almost Anyone Else” People Pretended to Vote for Kennedy in Larger and Larger Numbers After His Assassination: Peter Foster in The Telegraph: “JFK: The Myth That Will Never Die” YouTube Clip of Alex Jones Getting Coffee Thrown onto to Him While in Seattle Fredrick Jameson on the True Nature of Conspiracy Theories in His Famous Work, Postmodernism, Or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1992):The technology of contemporary society is therefore mesmerizing and fascinating not so much in its own right but because it seems to offer some privileged representational shorthand for grasping a network of power and control even more difficult for our minds and imaginations to grasp: the whole new de-centered global network of the third stage of capital itself. This is a figural process presently best observed in a whole mode of contemporary entertainment literature -- one is tempted to characterize it as "high-tech paranoia" -- in which the circuits and networks of some putative global computer hookup are narratively mobilized by labyrinthine conspiracies of autonomous but deadly interlocking and competing information agencies in a complexity often beyond the capacity of the normal reading mind. Yet conspiracy theory (and its garish narrative manifestations) must be seen as a degraded attempt -- through the figuration of advanced technology -- to think the impossible totality of the contemporary world system. It is in terms of that enormous and threatening, yet only dimly perceivable, other reality of economic and social institutions that, in my opinion, the postmodern sublime can alone be theorized. Perception Management: A Working Definition Adam Curtis' Remarkable Analysis of Neoconservatives and The Taliban in The Power of Nightmares (2004) The BBC Director's Finest Achievement & Magnum Opus: The Century of the Self (2002) Edward Bernays' Propaganda (Published in 1928) Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool (1968; Released on Criterion in 2013) Jaime Weinman in Maclean's: “The Problem With ‘Problematic'” Gore Vidal: A Working Biography James Kirkchick in The Daily Beast: “Why Did Gore Vidal and William Buckley Hate Each Other?” Morgan Neville's Best of Enemies: Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley Christopher Hitchens: A Working Biography The Future Is A Mixtape: Episode 004: “TDS: Terminal Dystopia Syndrome” Dave Eggers' Half-Burnt Satire & Confused Omelette: The Circle Strange Horizons: Estrangement and Cognition by Darko Suvin Takayuki Tatsumi in Science Fiction Studies (V:11; PII): “An Interview with Darko Suvin” David Graeber in The Guardian: “Why Is the World Ignoring the Revolutionary Kurds in Syria?” David Graeber on Real Media: “Syria, Anarchism and Visiting Rojava” InfoWar: “David Graeber: From Occupy Wall Street to the Revolution in Rojava” ROAR Magazine: “Murray Bookchin and The Kurdish Resistance” About PissPigGranddad in Rolling Stone: “American Anarchists Join YPG in Syria Fighting ISIS, Islamic State” The New York Magazine: “The DirtBag Left's Man in Syria: PissPigGranddad Is Coming Home from Syria” IMPORTANT CORRECTION: Matt's claim that HyperNormalisation--the term--came from two Russian brothers, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, who were both Science Fiction authors, is DEAD wrong. The term "hypernormalisation" is taken from Alexei Yurchak's 2006 book Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: A Working Biography Guy Debord's Society Of The Spectacle (The Original 1967 Book) Guy Debord's Society Of The Spectacle (The 1973 Film on YouTube) Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry Mike Davis' “Not a Revolution--Yet” {His Brilliant Multi-Causal Analysis of Why Donald Trump Won the Election} Jodi Dean on Why Facebook Crushes Complexity of Thought: “Communicative Capitalism and the Challenges of the Left” China Mieville in Socialist Review: “Tolkien - Middle Earth Meets Middle England” Thought Catalog: “14 Unexpected Ways Your Relationship With Your Parents Changes As You Get Older” The Atlantic: “12 Ways to Mess Up Your Kids” Tim Lott in the Guardian About Children's Ruthless Engagement with Irony: “Are Sarcasm and Irony Good for Family Life?” George W. Bush Telling Americans to Still Go Shopping with Their Families and Travel to Disneyland Ranker: “11 Ways Dying in Real Life Is Way Different Than Movie Deaths” David Graeber in Baffler: “Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit” Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven & Twelve John A. Farrell in The New York Times: “Nixon's Vietnam Treachery” Peter Baker in The New York Times: “Nixon Tried to Spoil Johnson's Vietnam Peace Talks in ‘68, Notes Show” Brick Underground: “Stop Blaming the Hipsters: Here's How Gentrification Really Happens (And What You Can Do About It)” Matt Le Blanc's Episodes Chris Renaud's Dr. Suess' The Lorax (The Fucking Godawful Movie-Travesty) Dr. Suess' Brilliant Book on Ecology and Capitalism: The Lorax A Historical Guide in How Women's Rights Have Been Used in War as Seen in Katharine Viner's Essay in The Guardian: “Feminism as Imperialism” Zillah Eisenstein in Al Jazeera: “‘Leaning In' in Iraq: Women's Rights and War?” David Cortright in The Nation: “A Hard Look at Iraq Sanctions” Ricky Gervais' Extras: The Complete Series (On DVD) Annie Jacobsen's Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base Salon Magazine: “The Area 51 Truthers Were Right” Christopher Guest's For Your Consideration How Adam Curtis Misunderstands Arab Spring, Occupy and Weirdly Ignores Bernie Sanders in Jonathan Cook's Essay in Counterpunch: “Adam Curtis: Another Manager of Perceptions” The Los Angeles Review of Books: Mike Davis on Occupy Wall Street in His Essay: “No More Bubblegum” Whuffie: A Working Definition Cory Doctorow Excoriates His Naive Idea of Whuffie in His Essay in Locus Magazine: “Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse in Reputation Economies” Dear Adam Curtis: Here's Some Actual, Real-Life Examples of Organizations Offering Alternatives to Our TDS World: The Next System Project Transition Town: United States IE2030 Open Source Ecology Democracy at Work Community Land Trust Network Democratic Socialists of America Corbyn's Labour Party Momentum: A New Kind of Politics The World Transformed Novara Media Marshal Ganz's Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants John Lynch in Business Insider: “The Average American Watches So Much TV It's Almost a Full-Time Job” Kathryn Cramer in The Huffington Post: “Enough With Dystopia: It's Time For Sci-Fi Writers To Start Imagining Better Futures” Jeet Heer in New Republic: “The New Utopians” (an Overview of Kim Stanley Robinson's Works & Other Authors Using SF to Imagine a Better Future) Radiohead's Music Video for “Daydreaming” The New Yorker: “The Science of Daydreams” The Australian: “The Benefits of Lucid Dreaming” Anna Moore in The Guardian Explores Our Twenty-Year Relationship with Prozac: “Eternal Sunshine” Larry O'Connor in The Washington Free Beacon: “Ending the Starbucks ‘Pay-It-Forward' Cult, for America” Mimi Leder's Pay It Forward (Featuring Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt and Kevin Spacey) The Economist on BlackRock's Aladdin: “The Monolith and the Markets” Foundational Articles & Interviews With Adam Curtis: The Wire Magazine: “An Interview With Adam Curtis” Vice: “Jon Ronson in Conversation with Adam Curtis” Paste Magazine: “Adam Curtis Knows The Score: A List of Five Films”   Feel Free to Contact Jesse & Matt on the Following Spaces & Places: Email Us: thefutureisamixtape@gmail.com Find Us Via Our Website: The Future Is A Mixtape Or Lollygagging on Social Networks: Facebook Twitter Instagram

A fuzzy empire of blur, a low grade purgatory, a perpetual Jacuzzi with millions of your best friends…We're discussing Junkspace (2001), Rem Koolhaas's notoriously elliptical wander through the dystopian and formless morass of early 21st retail architecture that seems gradually to be devouring the city, and the world. In keeping with the essay, the episode is radically unstructured, only barely makes sense, and is held together largely by hyperbole. We discussed – – Rem Koolhaas and OMA – The books SMLXL and Delirious New York – Exodus: The Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture – Frederic Jameson's review of Junkspace in NLR 21 (2003) – Jameson's Postmodernism, Or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (1991) – Walter Benajmin's Passagenwerk or Arcades ProjectMusic – 'Ruca' and 'Agnes' from the album 'Teal' by Rod Hamilton and 'Curiosity', 'Quisitive' and 'Biking in the Park' from the album 'Music for Podcasts' by Lee Rosevere; both from the Free Music Archive Blue Gas 'Shadows From Nowhere' (1984)This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

There's no denying that one of the biggest names to pop up when it comes to the many mutual influences Breki and Petter have had over the years is David Bowie. Waking up and learning that he had died was a very strange day in both of their lives and today - just over a week later - they sit down together to talk about the man who sold the world and how they both discovered him independently of each other, just a few years before they got to know each other. It's a touching episode, and if you listen carefully, you can hear both of them holding back tears at various points throughout. Show notes and links: David Bowie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Outside (David Bowie album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Earthling (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) 'Hours...' - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Heathen (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Reality (David Bowie album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) The Next Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Blackstar (David Bowie album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (wikipedia.org) Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. New Left Review I/146, July-August 1984. (newleftreview.org) David Bowie - The Secret Roseland 1/3 (youtube.com) Kanye West wants to cover David Bowie – and there is no one more fitting | Music (theguardian.com) David Bowie tribute planned for 2016 Brit Awards (thesun.co.uk) Watch Glen Hansard Cover 'Ashes to Ashes' Outside Bowie's Apartment (rollingstone.com)

Show #222, October 23 - interview with David Golumbia of Virginia Commonwealth University, author of The Cultural Logic of Computation. Over several years on Hearsay Culture, we've discussed the nature of policymaking in the technological space. In this discussion, David identifies libertarianism in the technology space as creating unusual policy alliances. We discussed how libertarian worldviews and ideals impact the behavior of a range of actors, from Google to academics. In the process, we explored transparency, innovation, the nature of utopianism and what it means to be an iconoclast in the technology sphere. David's work is fascinating, and I greatly enjoyed our chat! {Hearsay Culture is a talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technology and society. How is our world impacted by the great technological changes taking place? Each week, a different sphere is explored. For more information, please go to http://hearsayculture.com.}