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

Spinoza and Marx on Work

25 days ago 2h 4m

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 mo

UK General Election, Mid-Campaign

25 days ago 2h 2m

This is the second of our ’emergency podcasts’ with Professor Alan Finlayson during the UK’s 2024 general election. Alan and Jem discuss the controversies of Labour’s de-selection of left-wing parliamentary candidates. the entry of Nigel Farage

UK General Election 2024

May 24th, 2024 1h 27m

Jeremy is joined once again by Alan Finlayson for an emergency podcast. We discuss the political situation in the UK, at the start of a general election campaign that nobody thought would be happening exactly now. For more information about Cul

The Affective Turn

May 6th, 2024 2h 59m

In this session, we look at the so-called ‘affective turn’ in the humanities and social sciences since the late 1990s. We consider the multiple forms which this ‘turn’ to affect has taken, in both political terms (from libertarian accelerationi

When Marx Met Spinoza with Tracie Matysik

Mar 19th, 2024 2h 43m

In this session we were joined by Tracie Matysik to discuss the very idea of a Spinozan philosophy beyond the writings of Baruch Spinoza himself, and particular in the work of Marx. To what extent is there a consistent tradition of materialist

Introducing Affect

Feb 3rd, 2024 1h 20m

What is ‘affect’, why does it matter, and why did people working in the humanities and social sciences start talking about it so much from the 1990s onwards? This is a quick introduction to this topic, which was recorded in a hurry to make up f

Spinozist Marxism? With Etienne Balibar

Jan 13th, 2024 1h 55m

In this session, we’re joined by none other than Etienne Balibar to discuss the history and present state of dialogue between Marxism and Spinozism. This is part of our series ‘From Marx to Spinoza’. For more information see: https://culturepow

Spinoza’s Philosophy

Dec 23rd, 2023 2h 38m

With Jason Read and Jeremy Gilbert.In this seminar we finally lay out and discuss the core topics from Spinoza’s major philosophical works, and discuss some of the issues involved with trying to read a 17th century Dutch philosopher who wrote i

Music and Radicalism in the 1970s

Dec 15th, 2023 1h 22m

With Matthew Worley and Jeremy Gilbert. This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and

Race, Radicalism and Resistance in the UK 1970s

Dec 15th, 2023 1h 26m

With Sundari Anitha, Ruth Pearson and John Narayan. This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was or

Italy and the World in the 1970s

Dec 15th, 2023 59m 23s

With Michael Hardt This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilb

Women’s Liberation in the 1970s

Dec 15th, 2023 1h 12m

This was a session of the event ‘The Radical 1970s’, held in London on December 9th 2023. The event was held to mark the publication of Michael Hardt’s book The Subversive Seventies. It was organised and hosted by Jeremy Gilbert and by Katy Pet

Why Would Radicals Read Spinoza?

Dec 6th, 2023 2h 29m

How does Spinoza fit into the history of Western (and world) philosophy? To what is he relevant outside of academic philosophy? Why did he become a hero to a certain strand of Marxist / post-Marxist thinkers in the late 20th century? Why was he

What is Marxism Anyway? (re-edit)

Nov 27th, 2023 2h 32m

We slightly re-edited this recording after noticing a glitch in the episode that went out a couple of days ago. Sorry about that – just listen to this one instead! With Jason Read, Andrew Goffey and Jeremy Gilbert (with help from Charlie Clarke

What is ‘Marxism’ anyway?

Nov 25th, 2023 2h 45m

With Jason Read, Andrew Goffey and Jeremy Gilbert (with help from Charlie Clarke) What do we actually mean by ‘Marxism’? What is historical and what is materialist about historical materialism? Does it matter what Marx himself thought about any

Social Reproduction in Theory and Practice: Socialist Feminism and the Politics of Care

Jul 22nd, 2023 1h 23m

‘Social Reproduction’ has re-emerged as a central idea in left-feminist analyses of contemporary power relations and institutions. What light can it shed on our situation in the post-pandemic era and how does it relate to the politics of work,

Generational Politics and the Asset Economy

Jul 5th, 2023 1h 56m

While mainstream commentators and far-right apologists insist that that the great political divide today is between different sets of cultural ‘values’, the fact is that nothing correlates with voting Tory as closely as being an outright home

Generational Politics and the Asset Economy

Jul 5th, 2023 1h 56m

Why is the Labour Leadership attacking the ‘soft left’?

Jul 3rd, 2023 1h 52m

Emergency Podcast! Once again Jeremy is joined by Professor Alan Finlayson at very short notice to discuss some stupid action taken by the Labour Party leadership. This week the party has threatened Neal Lawson, Director of Compass with expulsi

Why is the Labour Leadership attacking the ‘soft left’?

Jul 3rd, 2023 1h 52m

Emergency Podcast! Once again Jeremy is joined by Professor Alan Finlayson at very short notice to discuss some very stupid action taken by the Labour Party leadership. This week the party has threatened Neal Lawson, Director of Compass with ex

Empire, Nation and the British State

Jun 26th, 2023 2h 4m

In this coronation year, we are visibly reminded that the trappings of the British state are overlaid with the legacies of its empire. But to what extent are current attitudes, legal frameworks and political arrangements really shaped by this i

Empire, Nation and the British State

Jun 26th, 2023 2h 4m

Is there a future for British conservatism?

Jun 15th, 2023 1h 42m

The Conservative and Unionist Party of the United Kingdom has experienced a prolonged period of crisis and transformation, from pro-austerity technocrats under David Cameron to nationalist populists under Johnson. Current PM Rishi Sunak struggl