Cultural Politics and Ideological Struggle Are Not Enough to Restructure the Social Form

In this episode we discuss the work of cultural theorist Stuart Hall and his politics of culture. We focus on his relationship to Althusser and Gramsci with a detour through contemporary Black politics in the United States.

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References:

Stuart Hall, Cultural Studies 1983: A Theoretical History. Edited by Jennifer Daryl Slack and Lawrence Grossberg (Durham: Duke University Press, 2016)

Stuart Hall, “Political Commitment, 1966.” In Selected Political Writings: The Great Moving Right Show and Other Essays. Edited by Sally Davison, David Featherstone, Michael Rustin, and Bill Schwarz (Durham: Duke University Press, 2017)

Stuart Hall, “Gramsci’s Relevance for the Study of Race and Ethnicity [1986].” In Essential Essays Volume Two: Identity and Diaspora. Edited by David Morley (Durham: Duke University Press, 2019)

Stuart Hall, “What is this ‘Black’ in Black Popular Culture? [1992].” In Essential Essays Volume Two: Identity and Diaspora. Edited by David Morley (Durham: Duke University Press, 2019)

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