The Regrettable Century
Chris, Kevin, Jason, & Ben
The old forms of the Left are moribund and the new forms are stupid. We're making a podcast that discusses the need to organize a Dialectical Pessimism and develop a salvage project capable of sparking a new workers' movement for socialism. A clean, honest, and unsentimental melancholy is required; we are cultivating one and would like to share it with you.
“The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned. I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
-- Antonio Gramsci
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The Dialectic of Apotheosis: Lunacharsky and the Godbuilders
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06/05/23 • 68 min
This week we discuss a couple of articles by Roland Boer about Lunacharsky, Lenin, and the project of godbuilding. This is our final episode with Mir before he goes off to Austria and Germany to learn all the sneakiest Jesuit tricks.
Boer, Roland . “God in the World: Lenin, Hegel, and the God-Builders.” Heythrop Journal, 2015.
Boer, Roland. “Religion and Socialism: A. V. Lunacharsky and the God-Builders.” Political Theology 15, no. 2 (March 2014): 188–209.
Music: Current 93- Thunder Perfect Mind I
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We Are All Dying: The Twittering Machine (Part III of III)
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06/02/21 • 82 min
This week we discuss the final chapters of the Twittering Machine by Richard Seymour in the conclusion of our three part series.
Seymour's book is an extremely black-pilling look into the trolls, e-celebs, pile-ons, live streamed suicide, and corporate surveillance that make up the social media cesspool.
Ultimately we conclude that the internet and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Seymour, Richard. The twittering machine. London: The Indigo Press, 2019. Print.
Music: Earth Crisis- Destroy the Machines
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Patreon Preview: Revolution by Enzo Traverso (Part V)
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11/23/23 • 5 min
Welcome to our fifth reading group episode on Revolution: An Intellectual History, by Enzo Traverso. This week we discuss different conceptions of freedom, liberation, and the liberation of time.
Traverso, Enzo. 2021. Revolution : An Intellectual History. London ; New York: Verso.
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2783-revolution
Music: The Strike-Shots Heard the World
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Patreon Preview -- Boundless & Bottomless Seas: Dugin's 4th Political Theory (Part II)
The Regrettable Century
02/01/24 • 33 min
Jason and Varn continue with their close reading of The Fourth Political Theory by Alexander Dugin.
**This is a 30m preview of a 3 hour long episode**
Check out Varn Vlog here:
https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog/posts
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The Dialectics of Madness- With Adam from Subjective Conditions
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10/14/22 • 81 min
The Lost Horizons gang is back together.
We welcome Comrade Adam back to the Lost Horizons network and discuss a couple of articles about Hegel, Foucault, and MADNESS.
The Good the Mad and the Ugly: Part I
The Good the Mad and the Ugly: Part II
https://www.patreon.com/subjectiveconditions
Music: Madness- One Step Beyond
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No Ethical Technological Innovation Under Capitalism
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12/28/21 • 55 min
This week we further explore our critique of technology under capitalism. Chris was absent from the recording due to grad school reasons, so Jess led the charge on this one. We ultimately determine that technology is bad and the Luddites were right.
The Rise of the Machines
https://jacobinmag.com/2013/04/the-rise-of-the-machines
The Ideology Behind Technology
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/3333-the-ideology-behind-technology
The Case Against Naive Technocapitalist Optimism
https://consilienceproject.org/the-case-against-naive-technocapitalist-optimism/
Marx on Technology
https://andymerrifield.org/2019/09/29/marx-on-technology/
HYPER-REALITY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs&t=291s
Music: Bathsheba- At the End of Everything
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The French Conundrum (RE-UPLOAD): The Continuing Struggle Over Pension Reforms
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05/29/23 • 76 min
We are joined by Matthew and Julia for a continuation of our discussion about the French pension reforms. Matthew is our old comrade and friend from the days of Trot hyperactivism and Julia is an actually existing French person. Together they provide us their impressions of the struggle against Macron's pension reforms.
Music: Komintern Sect- Rêves de liberté
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Patreon Preview -- The Question of Nationalities & Social Democracy by Otto Bauer (Episode I)
The Regrettable Century
05/09/24 • 7 min
We are back at it again covering Otto Bauer's unique Marxist take on the national question.
This week we began to cover Chapter I.
A link to the PDF:
https://libcom.org/article/question-nationalities-and-social-democracy-otto-bauer
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Patreon Preview -- Boundless & Bottomless Seas: The Nature of American Conservatism
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03/07/24 • 33 min
This week Jason and Varn sat down to have a primer discussion about the different types of American Conservatism. Don't worry, we will be back later this month with more Dugin.
Check out Varn Vlog here:
https://www.patreon.com/varnvlog
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Patreon Preview: Neither Vertical nor Horizontal (Part IV -- Finale)
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03/27/23 • 6 min
We are finally back with part four of our discussion of Rodrigo Nunes' new book on Verso. This week we actually finish the book.
Head over to our Patreon and join for $2 a month to hear the whole episode and join the Discord to take part in the discussions.
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How many episodes does The Regrettable Century have?
The Regrettable Century currently has 293 episodes available.
What topics does The Regrettable Century cover?
The podcast is about Culture, History, Marxism, Courses, Podcasts, Education and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on The Regrettable Century?
The episode title 'The Dialectic of Apotheosis: Lunacharsky and the Godbuilders' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Regrettable Century?
The average episode length on The Regrettable Century is 54 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Regrettable Century released?
Episodes of The Regrettable Century are typically released every 7 days, 3 hours.
When was the first episode of The Regrettable Century?
The first episode of The Regrettable Century was released on Oct 23, 2018.
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