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In this seminar, Brian Massumi discusses his new book, The Personality of Power: A Theory of Fascism for Anti-fascist Life. Brian is one of the major figures of Anglophone continental philosophy in our age and a key figure in the dissemination of the work of Deleuze & Guattari. This is part of our series From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality, co-hosted by Andrew Goffey, Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here. Btc donations: bc1q64590fsdzxe7rmfgp7f2jc97v7rp8fr4n0lspf

John Protevi, an expert on Deleuze & Guattari and author of 'Regimes of Violence', shares profound insights into the intersections of violence and cooperation in human nature. He challenges deterministic views in evolutionary psychology, advocating for societal interventions that promote gender equality. Protevi examines how cultural context shapes violence, contrasting the behaviors of chimpanzees and bonobos. He also explores ideology's emotional influences on social behavior and delves into the beauty of teamwork in sports, highlighting its uplifting, collective spirit.

In this episode, Alan Finlayson joins Jeremy for a 3-hour discussion of the genesis, reality and possible futures of the online right. We cover the history of reactionary digital politics, the changing shape of our knowledge culture, the politics of the platform economy, and possible strategies for progressive forces. We also get into an argument about Bitcoin. Don’t say we never do anything for you. Yes it’s long, but you know how to use the pause button. We’re not sure why the audio on Jeremy’s mic was so bad most of the way through. It’s still listenable, but apologies for that. If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here. Btc donations: bc1q64590fsdzxe7rmfgp7f2jc97v7rp8fr4n0lspf

This is a recording of the latest in our ongoing series of seminars, From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality.With very special guest, Claire Colebrook, author of many books including Death of the Posthuman: Essays on Extinction If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here. Btc donations: bc1q64590fsdzxe7rmfgp7f2jc97v7rp8fr4n0lspf

This is a recording of the most recent seminar in our From Marx to Spinoza series. This was a fantastic discussion; it was mostly one for the folks who are deeply involved in the series, but if you are just casually interested in what we make of the ‘New Materialism’, then it’s certainly worth a listen! For more information about the podcast and project see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

In the latest emergency podcast, Alan Finlayson talks to Jeremy about the political implications of the recent UK budget, the re-election of Donald Trump, and the Conservative Party becoming the first major British political party to elect a Black woman as Leader. For more information about the podcast and project see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

Andy Beckett discusses his new book about 5 key figures of the British Labour left: Tony Benn, Diane Abbot, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell. The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies was published earlier this year by Allen Lane. Andy and Jem go deep into some of the book’s key themes, including the strange place of London in the British left’s political imaginary, the decades-long political contest over what a post-industrial Britain could look like, and the long legacy of 1968.

This was the latest seminar in our ongoing sub-series: From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality. The series is organised by Andrew Goffey, Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert.In this session we were honoured to be joined by one of the greatest Anglophone scholars of Spinozist Marxism: Warren Montag. This was a fantastically lucid and informative seminar focussing mainly on Althusser’s relationship to Spinoza, but ranging widely over political, metaphysical and theological topics. Thanks to everyone who came and took part in the seminar and to everyone who has been supporting the project! For more information about Culture, Power and Politics, see here.If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

In the latest emergency podcast, Jeremy and Alan Finlayson dissect the historic results of the 2024 UK general election. For more information about the podcast and project see culturepowerpolitics.org If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.

This is the recording of the latest seminar in our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza: Affect, Ideology, Materiality‘ This time, our own Jason Read discusses his recent book The Double Shift: Spinoza and Marx on the Politics of Work. If you want a more basic introduction to the book then here’s a video, and if you want more of an introduction to the thought of Marx and Spinoza then check out our earlier podcasts on that subject. Thanks to everyone who came and took part in the seminar and to everyone who has been supporting the project! If you can support us with a small regular donation, please do so here. If you’d like to make a one-time donation, please do so here.