

Symbolic Exchange & Death - Seminar 1
30 snips Jul 26, 2021
The podcast explores topics such as the ineffectiveness of governments and politics, the impact of COVID-19 on production dislocation, bailouts and subprime loans, simulacra and media form, the foreclosure of death and the hypercharged system, strikes and the crisis of representation, the power of signs and the capitalist system, lost objects and symbolic exchange, and the metaphysics of code.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Ineffectiveness of Governments and Politics
02:46 • 6min
The Code and the Loss of Referential Value
08:47 • 23min
The Impact of COVID-19 on Production Dislocation
31:18 • 4min
Bailouts, Subprime Loans, and Tax Breaks for Corporations
35:25 • 2min
Simulacra, Media Form, and Counterpower
37:19 • 9min
The Simulation and Theater of the Political Economy
46:15 • 8min
Work from Home, Factory Displacement, and Universal Basic Income
54:28 • 2min
The Foreclosure of Death and the Hypercharged System
56:36 • 2min
Strikes, Unions, and the Crisis of Representation
58:56 • 10min
The Power of Signs and the Capitalist System
01:09:16 • 24min
Lost Objects and Symbolic Exchange
01:33:01 • 21min
The Metaphysics of Code
01:53:53 • 18min