The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World w/ Benjamin Bratton
Added 2021-07-10 10:46:39 +0000 UTCBenjamin Bratton joins PTO to discuss his new book, The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World. We talked about how the Covid-19 pandemic could transform our sense of human subjectivity, how to think about planning at a planetary scale - in a way that neither falls prey to techno utopianism, nor retreats into a romantic localism. We also talked about what the pandemic means for populism, and why taking an epidemiological view of society will aid us in dealing with future crises. And finally we also discussed the unfortunate response of the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben to the pandemic and why the dominance of the baby boomers in academia has led to an overemphasis on what Benjamin describes as a "negative biopolitics" that can only see governance and systems of mapping and planning in sinister, authoritarian terms.
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thanks David! :)
Politics Theory Other
2021-07-21 09:33:08 +0000 UTCThis podcast alone justifies the patronage! Phenomenal discussion.
David Smith
2021-07-21 06:33:30 +0000 UTCthank you Paul!
Politics Theory Other
2021-07-12 21:42:57 +0000 UTCGreat stuff. A very good podcast and excellent guest. Thanks!
Paul Barnsley
2021-07-12 20:26:12 +0000 UTCthanks Jane! Glad you enjoyed it!
Politics Theory Other
2021-07-12 09:52:33 +0000 UTCOh, my Lord, Alex! Another mind-blower! 'Something' told me to wait for a bit to listen to that as I was feeling a bit feeble yesterday. Thank you💜xxx
Jane Pickering
2021-07-11 17:07:07 +0000 UTC
