Ep. 46 – Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism

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01/10/17 • -1 min

Always Already Podcast, a critical theory podcast

Join us for Rachel’s triumphant return to the podcast as she, Emily, and John discuss a few chapters from Martijn Konings‘ The Emotional Logic of Capitalism: What Progressives Have Missed. As we attempt to unpack the major arguments and contributions of these chapters, we ask: is there a difference between ’emotional logic’ and ‘affect,’ and what work does affect do in this book? How can we map the politics of Konings’ critique of Karl Polanyi and American progressivism? What is his critique of Foucault, and how should we position this work vis-a-vis critiques of neoliberalism? Can his work on capitalism’s emotional logic open up space to think white supremacy and patriarchy under capitalism?

Thanks to Nicholas Kiersey for recommending we read Konings. Support us on Patreon to help us upgrade our recording equipment. Requests for texts for us to discuss? Dreams for us to interpret? Advice questions for us to answer? Email us at alwaysalreadypodcast AT gmail DOT com. Subscribe on iTunes. Follow us on Twitter. Like our Facebook page. RSS feed here. Thanks to Leah Dion for the intro music and to B for the outro music. Special thanks to NEW musical feature aster for between-segment music off of their album a l w a y s a l r e a d y (check it out on bandcamp!). Get the mp3 of the episode here.

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Links!

The Emotional Logic of Capitalism at Stanford UP; Konings’ faculty site at the University of Sydney
Konings on American empire, in Jacobin (2013)
Polanyi for President in Dissent (2016)
Democracy on “The Forgotten Syllabus of American Progressivism“
Dan Riker on “The Beginning of American Progressivism” at Daily Kos

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Links!

The Emotional Logic of Capitalism at Stanford UP; Konings’ faculty site at the University of Sydney
Konings on American empire, in Jacobin (2013)
Polanyi for President in Dissent (2016)
Democracy on “The Forgotten Syllabus of American Progressivism“
Dan Riker on “The Beginning of American Progressivism” at Daily Kos

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Ep. 45 – Rebecca Jordan Young, Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences

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Interview: Barbara Sostaita on Immigration Urgencies – Epistemic Unruliness 19

In this first installment of Epistemic Unruliness recorded from within the Trump Age, James interviews Barbara Sostaita, a Feministing.com columnist, community organizer, and doctoral student in Religious Studies at The University of North Carolina where she researches Latinx migrant faith practices and communities. Their conversation focuses upon immigration policy and the recent urgencies created by the Trump Administration. They cover the gambit from ICE raids and detentions to potential roving National Guard posses and the unique dangers posed by uncertainty regarding DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) provisions for college students. They conclude with a discussion on the tradition of sanctuary and its latest resurgence through the New Sanctuary Movements. Barbara and James offer tips for how new activists can join those who have already been doing this work to engage these urgencies in cogent and useful ways without centering themselves in the process.

But that’s not all! After the interview, this episode also includes an audio response to last month’s episode on Martin Konings’ The Emotional Logic of Capitalism from Nicholas Kiersey, Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, host of the OccupyIRTheory blog, one of the hosts of the Fully Automated podcast, and the person who suggested Konings to us. Thanks to Nicholas for engaging with the episode!

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