Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-09-23
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Adam Broomberg discussed Bible. Mia Wong discussed Critique of the Gotha Programme by Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx, Paradise Lost by John Milton, and Capital by Karl Marx.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Bible
The Bible is a foundational anthology of sacred texts shaping Western culture, law, and morality through historical narratives, poetry, and theological teachings.
Discussed“You're given a Bible and and you're told that that's your guide book. Literally, you like you traverse you traverse this this place and following the stories of the Bible and that's meant to be like your holy land.”
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Critique of the Gotha Programme
Discussed“Um he writes a thing called the critique of the gotha program where he goes on a giant rant about how you know nature also produces use values and so on and so forth.”
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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx is a classic political essay analyzing the 1851 coup d'état in France through the lens of historical materialism and class struggle.
Discussed“Here is Marx's paradigmatic discussion of the lump and proletariat from the 18th remare of Louis Bonapart. On the pretext of founding a benevolent society, the lumpen proletariat of Paris had been organized into secret sections.”
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Paradise Lost
John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost explores the fall of man, temptation, and the battle between good and evil.
Discussed“Or as you know here's how Markx puts it labor with the same content can therefore be both productive and unproductive. Milton, for example, who did Paradise Lost, was an unproductive worker. In contrast to this, the writer who delivers hackwork for his publisher was a productive worker.”
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Capital
Capital by Karl Marx is a foundational critique of political economy that examines the mechanics of capitalist production, commodity fetishism, and the systemic exploitation of labor.
Discussed“So in in Marxism, this the central mystery of the commodity is that a commodity is a well I mean central mystery isn't the right word but this is this is one of the one of the opening things in capital is that you know this is this is this is this thing called the commodity fetish.”
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