Historical Materialism Podcast HM6: Insurgent Universality
Mar 24, 2023
The podcast discusses the alternative legacy of modernity and its inspirations from the 1793 sans-culottes, the 1871 Paris Commune, the 1918 Soviet constitution, and the Zapatistas. It explores reimagining politics, tensions between legality and property, reconfiguring customs and legalism, the role of religion and universalism, reclaiming medieval political institutions, the abandonment of traditional beliefs and the embrace of modernity, and concludes with expressions of gratitude and encouragement.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Rethinking Politics and Traditions
01:58 • 32min
Tensions between legality and property
34:07 • 8min
Reconfiguring Customs and Legalism: The German Peasants' War
42:31 • 5min
The Role of Religion and Universalism in the Left's Project
47:37 • 7min
The Recall and Imperative Mandate: Reclaiming Medieval Political Institutions
54:48 • 4min
The Abandonment of Traditional Beliefs and the Embrace of Modernity
58:56 • 14min
Expressing Gratitude and Encouragements
01:13:07 • 2min