Politics Theory Other

On the epochal, world-historic occasion that is PTO's first birthday...

Corey Robin joins me to discuss the history of conservative thought, the significance of Donald Trump's presidency, and Ayn Rand's contribution to conservatism and the reasons for her immense popularity in the United States.

Bridget Anderson joins me to talk about how the idea of the migrant is mediated through race and class, the case for No Borders, and the way in which the mobility of populations within nation states was viewed as a threat in the pre-capitalist era. We also touch on Brexit and the case of Shamima Begum.

In the third episode of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro talks to New Statesman deputy editor George Eaton. Sound by @japinto Listen to other episodes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/poltheoryother/sets/redhacks

David Edgerton joins me to discuss his new book, 'The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History'. We spoke about British declinism, the way declinist narratives structure understandings of modern British history and the political uses to which declinism has been put, both on the left and the right and by the architects of the Brexit project.

Kojo Koram joins me to discuss the politics of the Tory Brexiteers. We spoke about why it is that the prospect of trading on WTO terms is so attractive to the European Research Group, and the strange parallels between Tory Brexiteers and bourgeois nationalists in the global south during the colonial era. We also discussed the idea of a progressive English nationalism. Our conversation was prompted by Kojo's articles in Dissent Magazine, the Guardian, and the Nation: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/britains-brexit-blindness https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/19/wto-brexit-trade-uk-economy https://www.thenation.com/article/brexit-sovereignty-imperial-violence/

Phil Burton-Cartledge joins me to discuss the newly formed Independent Group, the politics of the MPs that make up the new organisation, the role of anti-semitism in the resignation of the ex-Labour contingent, and how the Labour leadership ought to respond to the creation of the group. If you would like to hear the extended version of this episode and other PTO shows, please consider becoming a supporter: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother

In the second episode of #RedHacks, Joana Ramiro talks to campaigning photojournalist Jess Hurd. Sound by @japinto Listen to other episodes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/poltheoryother/sets/redhacks

Bruce Fink, the world's leading authority on Lacanian psychoanalysis joins me to discuss the work of Jacques Lacan, the nature of the Lacanian project and the 'return to Freud', and his perspective on the medicalisation of mental distress. If you would like to hear the extended version of this episode and other PTO shows, please consider becoming a supporter: https://www.patreon.com/poltheoryother

David Wearing joins me to discuss the strategic and economic relationship between the UK and the states of the Arabian Gulf, the role of Britain in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen, and the role of the west in the emergence of monarchical authoritarian rule in the region. If you would like to hear the extended version of this episode and other PTO shows, please consider becoming a supporter: https://www.patreon.com/join/poltheoryother