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The Politics of Withdrawal with Pepita Hesselberth and Joost de Bloois

Jan 25, 2023

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The New Liberal University Is a Different Beast

01:38

Is There a Freud's 'Melancholy'?

04:23

Is There Such a Thing as a Return?

02:57

Introduction

5min

Do We Withdraw From the University or Within the University?

4min

What Is It to Be Present Within a Time That Just Never Changes?

6min

The Gesture Is the Political Movement

3min

I Think the Italian Autonomous Response to Capitalism Is a Good Example, Right?

4min

Do You Think Capitalism Has to Become Nomadic?

4min

Is There a Successful Withdrawal?

3min

Is There a Need to Quickly Fill the Gap?

2min

Is There a Difference Between the University and the University?

2min

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The Politics of Resignation in the Academic Context

5min

11.

The New Liberal University Is a Different Beast

2min

12.

The Loss of Academic Spirit

3min

13.

Is There a Freud's 'Melancholy'?

4min

14.

Is There a Danger in Individualistic Frontier Withdrawal?

5min

15.

Is There Such a Thing as a Return?

3min

16.

Is There a Relativity in Time?

3min

17.

Is the Academy Encroaching In?

3min

18.

Is There Anything You'd Like to Add to Roman and Littlefield's Book?

5min

Pepita Hesselberth is Assistant Professor of Film, Literary Studies, and Digital Culture at Leiden University. Joost de Bloois is Assistant Professor in the departments of Cultural Analysis and Comparative Literature at the University of Amsterdam. In this episode we discuss their co-edited book The Politics of Withdrawal.

Book link: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786616340/Politics-of-Withdrawal-Media-Arts-Theory

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