On the achievement of democracy and the 'impartial' state.
We speak to sociologist Dylan Riley about his new book Microverses, a series of aphorisms on social theory and politics.
The rational-legal state seems to be under threat by politicians who have no sense of the division between public and private – patrimonialists like Donald Trump, or Silvio Berlusconi. What are we to make of this attack on the notion of office?
Anti-corruption politics is often the response, but what happens when the left positions itself as the defender of the 'impartial' bourgeois state – rather than its overthrower? And was democratic capitalism the achievement of a militant working class – or a concession made after the working class had already been disciplined by fascism and war?
The second half of the interview, and our After-Party, is available at patreon.com/bungacast
Readings:
Excerpt: /90/ Work, Bitch ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
/89/ On the Lam: Hong Kong Rebels ft. Toby Carroll
Excerpt: /88/ Vouchers for Toxicity ft. Anton Jäger
/83/ Now It’s Syrizous [UNLOCKED]
Excerpt: /87/ Berluscoming
/86/ Monsters of the Interregnum ft. Rune Stahl
Excerpt: /85/ Reading Club No.1
/84/ How To Fail Better ft. Adam Proctor
Excerpt: /83/ Now It's Syrizous
/82/ Socialist Trumplandia ft. Eric Blanc
/79/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 4 [UNLOCKED]
/80/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt.5
Excerpt: /79/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 4
/78/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 3
Excerpt: /77/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 2
/76/ CaliBunga: Tech, Drugs & Capitalist Soul, Pt. 1
Excerpt: /75/ Synthesis Session: Order Not Freedom
/74/ Order Not Freedom ft. Quinn Slobodian
/72/ Frankly Awesome Lefty Conversation ft. Aaron Bastani [UNLOCKED]
Excerpt: /73/ Eurosads ft. Anton Jäger & Catarina Príncipe
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