The Regrettable Century

Wake up babe, new Dugin Time just dropped. The boys are back and discussing Dugin's understanding of processes and, now that they're about halfway done with the book, begin to ask the question "What is the Fourth Political Theory?"Check out Varn Vlog here: https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/postsCheck out Antifada here:https://www.patreon.com/theantifadaSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

This week we sat down with C. Derick Varn to talk about "decadence theory," "crisis theory," and "breakdown theory." This is a special episode, mostly because it wasn't supposed to come out until August, but Varn accidentally released it early so y'all get a bonus episode.We discussed the following materials:Morley, Neville. "Decadence as a Theory of History." New Literary History, Vol. 35, No. 4, Forms and/of Decadence (Autumn, 2004), pp.573-585Decadence: The Theory of Decline or the Decline of Theory?https://libcom.org/library/decadence-aufheben-2Revolution or Decadence?https://monthlyreview.org/2018/05/01/revolution-or-decadence/ Check out Varn Vlog Herehttps://www.patreon.com/varnvlogSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

This week we sat down with members of the New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies to discuss their efforts to revitalize the socialist project and to build a basis for future socialist struggles. NZFSS Websitehttps://www.socialistsocieties.org.nz/Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

Back at it again with the national question and soldiering on through chapter 1...A link to the PDF:https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauerSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

We invited podcast alumnus, Jess, back to talk about how terrible everything is. We touch on Tiktok houses, literature, and the death of the future. The End of The Future                            https://jacobin.com/2024/03/left-politics-future-history-capitalism-progress Why Is Our Culture So Obsessed With Individual Experiencehttps://jacobin.com/2024/03/anna-kornbluh-immediacy-individualism-capitalism/Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle: Are We Defined by How We Appear https://www.thecollector.com/guy-debord-society-of-the-spectacle/ The Anxiety of Influencershttps://harpers.org/archive/2021/06/tiktok-house-collab-house-the-anxiety-of-influencers/Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

Jason, Varn, and Sean KB continue the forced march through the Aleksander Dugin's Fourth Political Theory.Check out Varn Vlog here:https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/postsCheck out Antifada here:https://www.patreon.com/theantifadaSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

This week we are tying up some loose ends we left unexplored in our last regular episode on Fascism and Anarcho-Individualism. Enjoy this bonus content!Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

This week we discussed one of the many currents of thought that led to the creation of Italian Fascism, Anarcho-Individualism. It seems counterintuitive that anarchism would have made any contribution to the creation of fascism, until you think about it. Whitaker, Stephen B. The Anarchist-individualist Origins of Italian Fascism. Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers, 2002.From Stirner to Mussolini: The Anarchist-Individualist Origins of Italian Fascism https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/william-gillis-from-stirner-to-mussolini.pdfSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

This week Jason and Kevin discuss the Liberal Socialism; what it is, where it comes from,  its impact on the development of the left, its prospects, and its limitations. What Is Liberal Socialism?https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-is-liberal-socialism/ The Idea of a Liberal Socialismhttps://www.socialeurope.eu/the-idea-of-a-liberal-socialismLiberal Socialism Now https://aeon.co/essays/the-case-for-liberal-socialism-in-the-21st-centuryToward A Liberal Socialism?https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/toward-a-liberal-socialism/ Socialists Don’t Want to Destroy Liberalism. We Want to Go Beyond It. https://jacobin.com/2020/10/socialism-liberalism-marx Send us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop

We are back at it again covering Otto Bauer's unique Marxist take on the national question. This week we began to cover Chapter I.A link to the PDF:https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauerSend us a message (sorry we can't respond on here). Support the showVisit the Regrettable Century Merch Shop