5min chapter

The Dig cover image

Interregnum w/ Aziz Rana, Nikhil Pal Singh, Wendy Brown

The Dig

CHAPTER

Restoring the Prerogatives of Empire

There is a big arc to this counter revolutionary story that i think wendy has so well in so many different parts of her work. We're talking about the collapse of consensus idiologies. There had been these bids to re establish some idea of a kind of coherent sense of national belonging. And none ofthe have succeeded, you know. In art, maybe in all our lifetimes, the biggest effort was the war on terror. It's almost like a, a, complete fantasy, because if you dismantle it, then there's nothing to govern. So i'm always tort of a little bit baffled when i a reach a kind of affigy crew which is wrecking America.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode