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Podcast: Exploring Critical Theory in International Relations

Guest

April 4, 2016

The above is a presentation by Gerard Van Der Ree (University College Utrecht). For more on Critical Theory and International Relations, see Heathwood's ongoing research series.... Read More...

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Non-violent Violence? – A talk by Simon Critchley

Guest

February 2, 2016

In this talk (above) Simon Critchley discusses the complex issue of violence and non-violence. Critchley's discussion includes a critique of Slavoj Žižek's formulations in his book Violence, as well as an analy... Read More...

Adorno: The Good, the Bad, and the Normative | A Talk by Fabian Freyenhagen

Fabian Freyenhagen

December 10, 2015

In this talk (above) Fabian Freyenhagen discusses his book Adorno's Practical Philosophy: Living Less Wrongly (2015). "Theodor W. Adorno is known for his deeply negative views of the modern world. According ... Read More...

The Essential Marcuse – A Talk by Andrew Feenberg

Andrew Feenberg

November 17, 2015

Andrew Feenberg discusses the collection of essays he edited by Herbert Marcuse. Also see Andrew Feenberg's discussion on The Philosophy of Praxis and Lukács’ Theory of Reification.... Read More...

Herbert Marcuse – The Movement in a New Era of Repression: An Assessment

Heathwood

November 2, 2015

The above audio is a recording of "The Movement in a New Era of Repression: An Assessment" delivered by Marcuse at the University of California, Berkeley, on February 3, 1971. You can find a copy of the transcr... Read More...

Reality as Palimpsest: On Benjamin’s Arcades Project – Howard Eiland

Heathwood

October 13, 2015

Key Series: Critical Theory, the Crisis of Social Philosophy, Advancing the Frankfurt School Howard Eiland has been involved since the late nineteen-eighties with the multi-volume Harvard University Pr... Read More...

Lukács’ Theory of Reification and Contemporary Social Movements – Andrew Feenberg

Andrew Feenberg

October 6, 2015

Key Series: Critical Theory, the Crisis of Social Philosophy, Advancing the Frankfurt School In the above video, Andrew Feenberg discusses his new book The Philosophy of Praxis: Marx, Lukács and the Frankfur... Read More...

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Thoughtless and Limitless: Challenging the Violent Psychology of Neoliberalism – An Interview with Henry Giroux

Henry A. Giroux

September 10, 2015

Transcribed from the 1 August 2015 episode of This is Hell! Radio (Chicago) by Ed Sutton. Transcription originally appeared in AntidoteZine. Chuck Mertz: We’ve talked about so many ways that neoliberalism ... Read More...

On Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life

Heathwood

September 1, 2015

Key Series: Critical Theory, the Crisis of Social Philosophy, Advancing the Frankfurt School The first full critical biography of Benjamin in any language, Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life (Harvard 2014)... Read More...

The End of Education: Schooling, Late Capitalism and New Directions in Critical Pedagogy – Peter McLaren

Heathwood

August 21, 2015

Key series: Critical Pedagogy and Alternative Education ... Read More...

Law and Violence – Christoph Menke

Heathwood

August 12, 2015

Key Series: Critical Theory, the Crisis of Social Philosophy, Advancing the Frankfurt School In his essay, “Critique of Law,” Walter Benjamin analyzes the paradoxical entwinement that ties law to vio... Read More...

The Contradictions of Capital – David Harvey

Heathwood

July 24, 2015

Professor David Harvey delivering his lecture on The Contradictions of Capital at the University of Warwick.... Read More...

#TalkReal: is it time for the left to abandon the EU?

Heathwood

July 22, 2015

Costas Douzinas, Margarita Tsomou, Jerome Roos, and Srecko Horvat contribute to ongoing debates about whether the left should abandon the EU; what role the grassroots might take in the process of revolution... Read More...

Etienne Balibar: The Politics of Debt

Heathwood

July 8, 2015

“Politics of Debt” is a discussion based on an essay by Professor Balibar on the new configurations of the “debt economy.” The focus on debt and financialization opens up larger questions of subjectivity, s... Read More...

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Henry Giroux: Figures in Critical Pedagogy

Henry A. Giroux

July 1, 2015

A dialogue between Joe L. Kincheloe, Canada Research Chair in Critical Pedagogy and Henry A. Giroux. Produced for The Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy.... Read More...

After the Eclipse: The Light of Reason in Late Critical Theory – Martin Jay

Heathwood

May 29, 2015

Key Series: Critical Theory, the Crisis of Social Philosophy, Advancing the Frankfurt School Lecture 1: Reason Eclipsed: The First Generation of the Frankfurt School (Martin Jay) Lecture 2: Reason Reg... Read More...

Doug Kellner | Youth, Media Spectacle and New Media

Douglas Kellner

April 6, 2015

Douglas Kellner is one of the most important third generation critical theorists in the tradition of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research. Kellner was an early theorist of the field of critical media... Read More...

The Neoliberal City | David Harvey

Heathwood

February 23, 2015

Critical social theorist David Harvey hosts a discussion at the event called "The Neoliberal City." He traces the history of neoliberalism -- the view that individual freedom can best be protected through a... Read More...

OccupyMedia! Social Media in Times of Capitalist Crisis and Political Change

Christian Fuchs

February 6, 2015

Key Series: Occupy, Emancipatory Politics, Radical Democracy In this video Christian Fuchs discusses his book, OccupyMedia! Social Media in Times of Capitalist Crisis and Political Change. The talk was g... Read More...

Angela Davis: Stuart Hall, Ferguson, Critical Theory & Policing the Crisis Today

Heathwood

December 4, 2014

Key Series: Race, Class, Gender, Ability: Cultural Studies and Critical Intersections Professor Angela Davis gives her keynote talk at the Stuart Hall International Conference: Conversations, Projects an... Read More...