Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-12-16
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Mia Wong recommended In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil, and discussed The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx, Republican Gomorrah by Max Blumenthal, and Frames of War by Judith Butler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“I am going to give the final word to Karl Marx, the man whose ideology in theory spawned theirs. I'm going to read from one of Marx's most famous works, the 18th through Mayor.”
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Republican Gomorrah
Discussed“like like he he wrote this book called uh Republican Gomorrah inside the movement that shattered the party which is a pretty good book about the rise of the Christian right and how they sees the Republican party”
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In Defense of Looting
In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil is a controversial book that examines property destruction and looting through a radical political lens, arguing that such acts can represent uprisings against oppressive systems.
Recommended“So so in the middle of the uprising or kind of I guess kind of towards the tail end of the uprising completely by coincidence, my friend Vicky Asterhile had been writing a book called Indefensive Looting, which people should actually go read because it's really interesting.”
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Frames of War
Discussed“In 2016, Butler wrote a book called Frames of War. When is life grievable? And this is a quote from this book. One way of posing the question of who we are in these times of war is by asking whose lives are considered valuable, whose lives are mourned and whose lives are considered ungable.”
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