Episode 318: #032 Understanding Class Series
We finish our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.
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Book Project:
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#057 The Physics Of Class
en-ieDecember 12, 2014
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About this Episode
This week I am delighted to welcome Gavin Mendel-Gleason to the show. Gavin works as a Post-Doctoral researcher in the computer science department at Dublin City University. Gavin also writes for the very interesting blog: Spirit of Contradiction, which focuses on various different aspects of leftist or socialist politics and theory.
Gavin recently wrote a really interesting article on some empirical and theoretical evidence from the world Econophysics that chimes with Marx’s two-class analysis of capitalism. These results are extremely interesting and serve as another illumination of the accuracy and power of Marx’s work. We also talk about Gavin's experiences working as an anarchist activist in Ireland, and his journey from that to more formal party politics.
You can find his blog here:
http://spiritofcontradiction.eu/
The music featured on this show was:
‘The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters’ by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
‘Working Man’ by Rush
‘Top Hat, White Tie and Tails’ by Fred Astaire
'Time Will Tell' by The Lafayette Afro Rock Band
‘Water No Get Enemy’ by Fela Kuti
Gavin recently wrote a really interesting article on some empirical and theoretical evidence from the world Econophysics that chimes with Marx’s two-class analysis of capitalism. These results are extremely interesting and serve as another illumination of the accuracy and power of Marx’s work. We also talk about Gavin's experiences working as an anarchist activist in Ireland, and his journey from that to more formal party politics.
You can find his blog here:
http://spiritofcontradiction.eu/
The music featured on this show was:
‘The Order of the Pharaonic Jesters’ by Sun Ra and his Arkestra
‘Working Man’ by Rush
‘Top Hat, White Tie and Tails’ by Fred Astaire
'Time Will Tell' by The Lafayette Afro Rock Band
‘Water No Get Enemy’ by Fela Kuti
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We start our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.
Book Project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com.
The slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_link