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May 10, 2023
/339/ Erdogone? People vs Nation in Turkey ft. Alp Kayserilioglu
On Turkey's elections.
Alp Kayserilioglu joins us to talk about a crucial election. Erdogan’s rule is seriously threatened for the first time, with high inflation biting into living standards.
Who are the main candidates and do what they propose? Where does AKP draw its support from, and what has sustained its legitimacy? We discuss the supposed supposed culture war between conservative Islamic values and secular liberal ones. And ask how Erdogan has managed the economic crisis of the past few years.
We conclude with Alp trying to place Erdogan in longer historical context: 2023 marks 100 years of the Turkish Republic. Does Erdogan represent a radical break, or nationalist continuity?
Readings:
* Turkey’s Statequake, Alp Kayserilioglu, Sidecar
* Goodbye Erdoğan?, Alp Kayserilioglu, Sidecar
* Alp's writing at Jacobin
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Bungacast
17 hours ago
Excerpt: /343/ Reading Club: Freedom (4)
On Martin Hägglund's This Life.
We continue on the theme of freedom by discussing Martin Hägglund's case for 'democratic socialism'. In this episode, we leave the book itself to one side and attempt to "put the concepts to work".
We survey the many intelligent responses the book has generated and discuss what their strengths and weaknesses are.
* Is 'secular faith' just a therapeutic ethos to do with caring about your loved ones?
* What guarantees that we will use our free time appropriately? Why would we work freely for others?
* How does Hägglund’s vision work on a global scale?
* What kind of post-capitalist “state” does Hagglund actually propose?
* Does Hägglund evade class struggle? Does he have any vision of agency?
For access to the Reading Club, join for $10/mo at patreon.com/bungacast Readings:
* Limited Time: On Martin Hägglund’s This Life, Robert Pippin – and response by Martin Hägglund (pdf)
* Response 2: The Problem of Agency, Lea Ypi, The Philosopher
* Socialism For Our Time: Freedom, Value, Transition, Conall Cash, Boundary2 (esp. Sections IV and V)
* LA Review of Books symposium. Pieces by Walter Benn Michaels, Benjamin Kunkel, William Clare Roberts and three-part response by Hägglund: 1, 2, 3
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Bungacast
May 22, 2023
Excerpt: /342/ Maybe Don’t Abolish the Family? w/ Amber A’Lee Frost
On family abolition.
[Patreon Exclusive]
Amber A'Lee Frost joins us to talk through recent radical proposals to do away with the family as an institution. Author Sophie Lewis claims that "ever since the capitalist victory over the long Sixties, the shout for abolition of the family has been buried beneath a strange kind of shame”, but that now it’s back. Why?
What problems does family abolition address? And how do contemporary accounts sit in relation to earlier radical proposals by the Old and New Lefts?
If "the family is doing a bad job at care" and "getting in the way of alternatives", what actually is the alternative? Wouldn't destroying the family merely make life worse for most, without putting anything better in its place?
Readings:
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Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation, Sophie Lewis, Verso
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Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family, Sophie Lewis, Verso
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Profile of Sophie Lewis in VICE
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Haven in a Heartless World, Christopher Lasch
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Vulnerability as Ideology, Peter Ramsay, The Northern Star
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The Lockdown Left: socialists against society, Philip Cunliffe, spiked
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Anti-Social Socialism Club, Dustin Guastella, Damage
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New Books in World Affairs
Nov 4, 2022
Aufhebunga Bunga and Global Politics
Aufhebunga Bunga is the global politics podcast at the End of the End of History. In this episode, Alex Hochuli, George Hoare, and Philip Cunliffe talk about their work as academics and political commentators. Their podcast, also known as Bunga Cast, is a funny and fascinating examination of populist and illiberal developments around the world.
Alex Hochuli
George Hoare
Philip Cunliffe
Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin).
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New Books in Politics and Polemics
Nov 4, 2022
Aufhebunga Bunga and Global Politics
Aufhebunga Bunga is the global politics podcast at the End of the End of History. In this episode, Alex Hochuli, George Hoare, and Philip Cunliffe talk about their work as academics and political commentators. Their podcast, also known as Bunga Cast, is a funny and fascinating examination of populist and illiberal developments around the world.
Alex Hochuli
George Hoare
Philip Cunliffe
Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network (Twitter: @caleb_zakarin).
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Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics
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