This week on Red Library, we bring you part 1 of a very special collaboration with one of our favorite podcasts, The Regrettable Century. We formed a Revolutionary Pessimist Justice League to read through Russell Jacoby's&nbsp;Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism. We start part 1 (AKA the veritable split in the Hegel book club) discussing the general context of Jacoby's book, critiques of Western Marxism, the logic of success on the Left, lost futures of defeated Marxisms, Hegel, truth and objectivity in political history, and lots more!&nbsp; Further Readings/References  Patreon Page for The Regrettable Century Patreon Page for Inside Zero Books (Find Symptomatic Redness Podcast Here) Russell Jacoby PDF of Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism Western Marxism Mark Fisher's Lost Futures Ben Affleck's&nbsp;Boiler Room Speech on Success Herbert Marcuse  Marxism and Phenomenology Wissenschaft New Economic Policy (NEP) Gorbachev Just Loved Pizza... Casuistry G.W.F. Hegel Young or Left Hegelians Right Hegelians  Marx's 1844 Manuscripts Young Marx and the Epistemological Break Enver Hoxha  A Thousand Lost Worlds: Notes on Gothic Marxism The Regrettable Century's Episode on Gothic Marxism Ernst Bloch Guy Debord Oswald Spengler Barracks Communism  ------------------------------------------------ Email us at&nbsp;redlibrarypodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter at&nbsp;Red Library@red_library_pod Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes&nbsp; Click here to support Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism w. The Regrettable Century (Pt. 1)

On this week of Red Library, we combine our podcasting powers with the excellent From78 podcast to collaborate on some meta-commentary about a lot of topics of frequent discussion on the show. &nbsp;   This was originally recorded as an episode of From78 but we wanted to share with you, comrade listeners, to help spread the word about this great podcast and because of the strong resonance with so many of our past episodes. Comrade Adam was interviewed for the show and some of the topics of the conversation include hauntology, dialectical pessimism, philosophy, psychoanalysis, social work, history, and tons more. &nbsp;   Part 2 will be dropping next week! &nbsp;   Further Readings/References    From78 's Patreon page    Listen to From78    Derrida's Spectres of Marx   Hauntology    Mark Fisher    May 1968   Psychoanalytic Drive Theory    Rosa Luxemburg    Indian Maoist Naxalite Rebellion    Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)    Negative Feedback   Why Theory? Podcast    Piven and Cloward's Regulating the Poor: The Functions of Public Welfare    Ludlow Massacre    The Nonprofit Industrial Complex    Antonio Gramsci     ------------------------------------------------   Email us at redlibrarypodcast@gmail.com &nbsp; Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod   &nbsp; Click  here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes   &nbsp; Click here to support Red Library on Patreon   &nbsp; Click here to find Red Library on Facebook   &nbsp; Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

On Hauntology and Dialectical Pessimism w. From78 (Pt. 1)

The Theoretical Peaky Blinders (Comrades Adam, Alex, and Don) went to see Parasite, the hot new film from Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho and unanimously agreed it warrants some Red Library time. We also discuss some of his other films including Snowpiercer and Okja which leads to bigger questions on the depiction of class structures and whether they can be changed in his films...or whether we should accept them and just die out in the cold after the world has been frozen by well-meaning scientists.  We don't need hope - we need a plan.  Full Patron-only episode drops on 11/20. Get access for at our Patreon page for as little as $1 per month!   ------------------------------------------------   Email us at redlibrarypodcast@gmail.com &nbsp; Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod   &nbsp; Click  here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes   &nbsp; Click here to support Red Library on Patreon   &nbsp; Click here to find Red Library on Facebook   &nbsp; Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front

PATREON EXCLUSIVE TEASER - Hope is a Parasite

GET ACCESS TO THE FULL EPISODE FOR ONLY $1 PER MONTH AT OUR PATREON PAGE!  The Red Troika Film Squad watched the 2019 film, The Art of Self Defense, starring Jessie Eisenberg and decided it was too good and fascinating not to do an episode on it. A karate dojo slowly turns into a horrifying fascist institution which thrives on misogyny and small business ownership practices. We also critically explore common readings of the film as a depiction of toxic masculinity and also explore the role of hierarchy in Leftist political thought. &nbsp;   ICE COLD MUTHAFUCKIN TAKES ABOUND IN THIS ONE, COMRADES. &nbsp;   References:     The Art of Self Defense Bears a Striking Resemblance to a Real Life Martial Arts Cult    The Problem with a Fight Against Toxic Masculinity    Umberto Eco Makes a List of 14 Common Features of Fascism

PATREON EXCLUSIVE TEASER - Karate Fascism and Toxic Masculinity (Pt. 1)

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