REVISITING STATE SOCIALISM (I)

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Jan Mervart, "Genealogy of Czechoslovak Stalinism"
Czechoslovak Stalinism represents a unique case within the countries of East Central Europe, because of its long duration based on the continuous legality of the Czechoslovak Communist Party. The author's focus is primarily on capturing the genealogy of Stalinism as a Gesamtkunstwerk based on the interconnectedness of individual conceptualizations, representations, and modes of communication. In doing so, he considers the central logos of Stalinism to be the dynamic that emerged from the tension between the constant fluidity of Stalinist policy and strategy, and the desire to formulate a unity of basic premises and binding rules.

Jan Mervart:
https://cas-cz.academia.edu/JanMervart
https://www.imre-kertesz-kolleg.uni-jena.de/fellows/current-fellows/jan-mervart

RSS1: The Genealogy of Czechoslovak Stalinism [Jan Mervart]

We invite you to join our new series of podcasts at tranzit.ro/Cluj partnered by Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj under the PNRR project "Philosophy in Late Socialist Europe: Theoretical Practices in the Face of Polycrisis". The first meeting was chaired by Alex Cistelecan on October 26, 2023, 18:00h

Monika Woźniak, "Developing the Subjective Side of Marxism. The History of the Anthropological Tendency in Polish Marxism". The history of Polish Marxism has often been described as divided between two schools: “scientistic” (“neopositivist”) and “humanistic” (“anthropological” or “Hegelian”). The turn toward anthropology was born out of the critical confrontation with Stalinism; with time, however, it became much more accepted (as long as the authors were not engaged in any direct criticism of the regime). Surprisingly, in stark contrast to many other socialist countries, 1968 was not the end of it in Poland; on the contrary, a variant of it gained institutional recognition in the 1970s. In my paper, I will present the main representatives, themes and intellectual sources of the anthropological current, pointing to possible reasons behind its complex and unique fate.

Monika Woźniak:
https://cas-cz.academia.edu/MonikaWo%C5%BAniak
https://philpeople.org/profiles/monika-wozniak

RSS1: The Anthropological Tendency in Polish Marxism [Monika Wozniak]

Solidarity 725, 13 November 2024. Articles:


    After Trump’s win, unite the left!
    Trump wins: redouble solidarity!
    Building a “critical mass” of protest
    Call PCS leaders to account
    Trump’s victory hangs over Ukraine
    Solidarity with Ukraine’s schools
    Will AI go bust?
    Fight university cuts, abolish fees
    The working class in the Blitz
    Referendums win despite Trump
    Trump, euphoria, and resistance
    From Third Period to Popular Front?
    “After Trump, it will be our turn next”?
    Resisting Trump: a symposium
    Debate: Employment Bill: a big opportunity
    Tube pay: not so “groundbreaking”
    Young Mr Lincoln

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-725-13-november-2024

Solidarity

725 — Trump win boosts far-right: Back civil resistance in US; Unite the left for socialist policies

Solidarity 727, 27 November 2024. Articles:


    Ukraine is in danger
    Link with anti-war movement in Israel-Palestine!
    “The word to describe it is hope”
    Gaza: worse by the day
    Free the Hong Kong 45!
    Stalinists back Trump on Ukraine
    Anti-Trump march set for 18 January
    Only a revived workers’ movement can break climate impasse
    World leaders unite for workers rights? No
    From rage to organising
    A push-pull of capitalism
    Trump? Never mind, capitalist crisis will radicalise
    China, chimney of the world
    Behind the Assisted Dying Bill
    Sixth-form teachers strike on pay
    Forerunners of socialism in the early nineteenth century
    What will the resistance look like?
    Trump hardens his plans
    Debate: How the “crazy ones” win
    Far-right surge in Romania
    How Stalin starved Ukraine in 1932-33
    Manchester police harass Travellers
    Driving in bad weather
    The Grapes of Wrath
    Speak out against Mayos!
    PCS: stirrings at the base

More online: https://workersliberty.org/publications/solidarity/solidarity-727-27-november-2024

727 — For Ukraine against Putin | Israel/Palestine | HK45 | Strikes | Assisted dying | More

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Trotskism and Stalinism

Khrustalyov, My Car! (1998) / The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)

This week we’re not feeling so good as we try to survive the doctor’s plot with Aleksei German and go from bellyache to the grave with Cristi Puiu


#167 - I'm Gonna Hurl

Why is Russia using World War II as its major historical anchor? Why is the end of World War II seen in Ukraine as a victory of one evil over another, rather than a victory of good over evil? What was Ukraine’s role in World War II? 

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Ukraine, Russia, and World War II

Revisiting State Socialism podcast series provides podcasts & interviews on the topic of philosophy, social sciences, art theory, and literature produced within East European socialism to better understand the evolution or development of thought under communism. The main podcasts are recorded in Cluj-Napoca, where the seminars held by scholars from Romania, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, and Turkey are recorded for tranzit.ro and published on platforms for the study of modern and contemporary history.
It is mainly built around several institutions, tranzit.ro/Cluj, the BBU Janovics Center for Screen and Performing Arts Studies, and the "Philosophy in Late Socialist Europe: Theoretical Practices in the Face of Polycrisis" research project. More details & website soon.

Its original idea came with the "Philosophy in Socialist Romania" research group. Its results and outputs can be accessed here: https://institute.phenomenology.ro/project/2021-2023-philosophy-in-socialist-romania/

Past events:

RSS (II) November 16 2023, tranzit.ro/Cluj (str. Napoca, nr. 16). Stefan Baghiu, Mihai Iovanel: "Anticomunismul comunist: romanul realist în România comunismului târziu și tranziția spre realismul capitalist" [RO] https://www.facebook.com/events/2119593158372687
RSS (I) October 26, 2023 @tranzit.ro/Cluj. Jan Mervart: "Genealogy of Czechoslovak Stalinism"; Monika Wozniak: "Developing the Subjective Side of Marxism: The History of the Anthropological Tencency in Polish Marxism" https://www.facebook.com/events/1097623494735651

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