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Wed 11.18.09| Critchley on Populism, Democracy, and Religion

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Simon Critchley, Infinitely Demanding: Ethics of Commitment, Politics of Resistance Verso, 2008

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The Right has very effectively mobilized people on the basis of religion and populism. Could and should the Left learn from this? And could some form of religion serve as the basis for the type of collectivity that could help engender a utopian future? Radical philosopher Simon Critchley talks about the failure of liberal democracy, Obama, neo-anarchism, and his political feud with Slavoj Žižek.

 

Wed 9.03.08| Crimes Against Nature

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Chronicling attacks on our natural environment is a long-time specialty of veteran journalist Jeffrey St. Clair, whose book Born Under a Bad Sky also documents a vigorous green resistance. He and Joshua Frank have co-edited the volume Red State Rebels, which supplies true stories of resistance and rebellion in regions often dismissed by progressives.

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