Marxism and Phenomenology: The Dialectical Horizons of Critique

Marxism and Phenomenology: The Dialectical Horizons of Critique, edited by Bryan Smyth and Richard Westerman, offers new perspectives on the possibility of a philosophical outlook that combines Marxism and phenomenology in the critique of capitalism. Although Marxism’s focus on impersonal social structures and phenomenology’s concern with lived experience can make these traditions appear conceptually incompatible, the potential critical force of a theoretical reconciliation inspired several attempts in the twentieth century to articulate a phenomenological Marxism. Updating and extending this approach, the contributors to this volume identify and develop new and previously overlooked connections between the traditions, offering new perspectives on Marx, Husserl, and Heidegger; exploring themes such as alienation, reification, and ecology; and examining the intersection of Marxism and phenomenology in figures such as Michel Henry, Walter Benjamin, and Frantz Fanon. These glimpses of a productive reconciliation of the respective strengths of phenomenology and Marxism offer promising possibilities for illuminating and resolving the increasingly intense social crises of capitalism in the twenty-first century.

Мелани Мермо - Доставка вредит здоровью

Чтобы заработать себе на жизнь, велокурьеры трудятся больше, чем рабочий на конвейере. В результате у них развиваются хронические патологии. Аварии и сильный стресс практически сопутствуют этой профессии. По мнению психологов, работа с алгоритмами понижает уважение к труду и самоуважение трудящихся.

Мышечные и/или суставные патологии, инфекции, агрессивное отношение со стороны водителей или клиентов. Велокурьеры, работающие с цифровыми платформами, подвергаются жёстким испытаниям. Когда рассуждают об уберизации, то очень часто о её воздействии на физическое и психическое здоровье просто умалчивают. При этом оно серьёзно ухудшается. 5 и 6 ноября в Люксембургском дворце в Париже прошли публичные дебаты на тему «Уберизация и здоровье работников». Эти дебаты должны были восполнить нехватку соответствующей информации.    

https://humanite-russie.ru/2021/11/29/dostavka-vredit-zdorovyu/

Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, Helen Tiffin - The Empire Writes Back: Theory and Practice in Post-Colonial Literatures, 2nd Edition

The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West Indies and Canada, and has challenged both the traditional canon and dominant ideas of literature and culture.

The Empire Writes Back was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in this field. The authors, three leading figures in post-colonial studies, open up debates about the interrelationships of post-colonial literatures, investigate the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text, and show how these texts constitute a radical critique of Eurocentric notions of literature and language. This book is brilliant not only for its incisive analysis, but for its accessibility for readers new to the field. Now with an additional chapter and an updated bibliography, The Empire Writes Back is essential for contemporary post-colonial studies.

Jacob T. Levy - The Neo-Right's Preoccupation With the Leftist Enemy Is the Real Road to Serfdom

The national conservative movement is embracing full-blown statism

It is well-known that the classical liberal economist F.A. Hayek dedicated The Road to Serfdom to “socialists of all parties,” and wrote the book “as a warning to the socialist intelligentsia of England.” I suspect  we now understate the importance of these facts. After decades of the Cold War and self-conscious conservative-libertarian “fusionism” in both the U.S. and Britain, what sticks in our memory of The Road to Serfdom is its defense of liberal open markets against economic planning and regulation of the sort advocated on the left. That is of course how it was wielded in the post-2008 surge in interest in it, in the wake of the financial crisis and the subsequent bailouts and stimulus packages: as a weapon of the right.

https://theunpopulist.substack.com/p/the-neo-rights-preoccupation-with

The Reconstruction of Economic Theory  (Edited by Philip Mirowski)

The essay by Mirowski considers at length the conventional defenses of the use and abuse of mathematics in neoclassical economic theory, and finds them wanting. It is contended in that essay that such harmless choices as the unit of measurement, or the appropriation of a particular subset of mathematical technique, are freighted with profound theoretical content. The paper by Ellerman entertains the notion that accounting, the shunned relative of economics, embodies the fundamentals of a group algebra which can serve to formalize trading relationships. Bausor's essay explores the implications of probabalistic arguments for the problem of coordination in historical time. Any one of these could alone falsify the common impression that there exists no alternative to mainstream mathematical economics.

Wolfgang Streeck - Frugal Germany

It is here that the European army of Habermas and friends comes into play. For the French, what Macron calls ‘European strategic sovereignty’ can be achieved only if Germany can be extracted from its Atlanticist military entanglement, wholly or at least in part, in favour of a European-French entanglement. While this would be difficult enough generally, it would be impossible without new units and ‘capabilities’ designated from the beginning for self-determined European rather than US-determined transatlantic purposes. All it takes, however, to discard this prospect is a look at German budgetary planning for the post-Corona near future (if post-Corona it will be). As passed under Merkel as Chancellor and Scholz as Finance Minister, the current five-year budget forecast envisages a decline in defence spending from 50 billion euros in 2022 to 46 billion in 2025, although no less than 62 billion would be needed for an increase to 1.5% of GDP, far short of the 2% NATO target. During coalition talks, military sources let it be known that they had no hope for a turnaround under a government dominated, in their view, by ‘the left’. According to them, the only way under these conditions for the armed forces to repair their allegedly ‘disastrous condition’, due to decades of neglect under successive Grand Coalition Merkel governments, was by cutting military personnel by 13,000, down from 183,000.

https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/frugal-germany

Chris Reynolds - Memories of May '68: France's Convenient Consensus

This book sheds new light on one of the most significant periods in recent French history, the student revolts of May 1968. These events saw a strictly student-based revolt quickly become an all-out social crisis that threatened the political status quo of the time. In its exposure of a deep-seeded malaise, 1968 has gone on to acquire iconic status as a watershed year in the development of innumerable sectors of French society.Focussing on the portrayal of these events during the subsequent decennial commemorations, Chris Reynolds analyzes the construction of the history of 1968. By highlighting the paradox between the plethora of existing material on 1968 and the relatively narrow frame through which the year’s events are viewed, Reynolds raises complex issues concerning the gap between memory and history.

Алексей Цветков - Карл Каутский (Эпизод 2)

00:08 - Дзержинский, Троцкий и Сталин о Каутском
01:38 - Несогласие с большевиками по вопросу о демократии
07:09 - Ответы Ленина
09:20 - Полемика с Троцким
11:46 - Каутский и грузинский вопрос
14:04 - Продолжение полемики с Троцким
16:54 - Дальнейший спор с большевиками и сталинизм
21:37 - Каутский сегодня
22:46 - "Экономическое учение Карла Маркса"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sSTa4jh4CRQ

The May 1968 Events in France: Reproductions and Interpretations

The multiple impact of the May 1968 events in France is here reviewed and analysed, initially through a narrative account of the events themselves and then through a systematic survey of the various manners in which they have been interpreted and reproduced in France. This covers successively political, social/sociological, and cultural texts first-hand accounts along with works by political activists and academic social scientists before moving to a consideration of fictional works (novels and feature films) dealing with or set during the events.

May ‘68: Coming of Age

The impact of student protest on French society and government in the 1960s is examined in this socio-historical study. It analyzes the far-reaching consequences of rebellion on trade unionism, the government and the arts.

Margaret Atack - May '68 in French Fiction and Film: Rethinking Society, Rethinking Representation

This is the first study of May 68 in fiction and in film. It looks at the ways the events themselves were represented in narrative, evaluates the impact these crucial times had on French cultural and intellectual history, and offers readings of texts which were shaped by it. The chosen texts concentrate upon important features of May and its aftermath: the student rebellion, the workers strikes, the question of the intellectuals, sexuality, feminism, the political thriller, history, and textuality. Attention is paid to the context of the social and cultural history of the Fifth Republic, to Gaullism, and to the cultural politics of gauchisme. The book aims to show the importance of the interplay of real and imaginary in the text(s) of May, and the emphasis placed upon the problematic of writing and interpretation. It argues that re-reading the texts of May forces a reconsideration of the existing accounts of postwar cultural history. The texts of May reflect on social order, on rationality, logic, and modes of representation, and are this highly relevant to contemporary debates on modernity.

Niccolò Machiavelli Was the Philosopher of Left-Wing Populism

An interview with John P. McCormick

For centuries, detractors of Niccolò Machiavelli have presented him as the founding father of political cynicism. But the Italian thinker was really a republican idealist whose support for popular rule can inspire struggles against the oligarchies of today.

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/democracy-populism-oligarchy-republicanism-left-right/

David McLellan - Marxism after Marx: an introduction.

The third edition of Marxism after Marx is an updated version of what has become the classic account of twentieth-century Marxism. It includes new bibliographical information and sections covering developments over the last decade. This new edition represents a comprehensive and reliable guide to one of the most influential bodies of thought of our century.