/246/ Why Isn't There Revolution? ft. Vivek Chibber
Added 2022-03-08 06:00:03 +0000 UTCOn class & material self-interest.
We talk to Vivek Chibber about his new book, The Class Matrix: Social Theory After the Cultural Turn, which seeks to answer why capitalism has proven remarkably stable. Vivek explains why classical Marxism does not need 'ideological supplements' to explain why there hasn't been revolution; instead, structural class theory already provides the answers.
We go back to basics, looking at the role of interests; debate what the real role of ideology is (i.e. not 'false consciousness'); and look at why particularism, rather than the universal collectivism of class, now dominates.
Comments
'Leftists don't do economics any more, they do film criticism' I feel seen https://letterboxd.com/frapaolo/film/property-is-no-longer-a-theft/
Paul Brewer
2022-04-10 14:28:51 +0000 UTCStuart Hall was indeed more nuanced than the other culturalists. I remember seeing an interview recorded toward the end of his life where he criticised where some of Cultural Studies had ended up, and called for a return to the economic.
Daniel L
2022-03-29 08:19:10 +0000 UTC
