On critical theory and autonomy.
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Jensen Suther, a junior fellow at Harvard working in philosophy and literature, talks to Alex H and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch about art, culture, and socialism. He also offers a riposte to previous guest Anna Kornbluh's discussion of immediacy, and its cultural forms such as autoficition.
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What does Suther think Kornbluh gets wrong – and right – in her critique of contemporary culture?
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How autonomous is art from society and the economy?
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To what extent can we tie cultural forms to deep changes in the economy?
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What is the right response to the historical defeat of the working class? What does it mean for critical theory?
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What is the difference between immanent critique and critique from the outside – and how dow this relate to freedom?
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And what does it matter if you read Hegel right?
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