The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.
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The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.
I wrote an essay on John and Barbara Ehrenreich’s concept of the PMC, and how it relates to Mark Fisher’s concept of the Vampire Castle, which I read in this episode. You’ll hear the full version of the essay, but a shortened version will be included in a book titled Underground Theory, which will be available at Amazon to order a print copy September 4. The link is below.
I’m proud to say that this essay will be included with essays by some smart and controversial thinkers including Žižek, Norman Finkelstein, Alenka Zupančič, Todd McGowan, Catherine Liu, Chris Cutrone, Daniel Tutt and Michael Downs of the Dangerous Maybe blog.
In my essay I argue Mark Fisher makes the same mistake many Marxists have made. They conflate the petite bourgeoisie with the professional managerial class. This is an understandable mistake, but it is time for Marxists to begin using the Ehrenreich’s definition of the professional managerial class in their class analysis. At another time I will quibble further with the Ehrenreichs. I think they make a few mistakes, but on the whole I think they have brought a tremendous improvement to the discipline of class analysis. The future of the socialist struggle must account for the distinctions between the petite bourgeoisie and the professional managerial class.
Underground Theory
https://a.co/d/3yPyo6J
“PMC Consciousness & Ideology”
Theory Underground
https://theory-underground.com/courses/pmc/
WAYPOINT: Timenergy, critical media theory, and culture war
Theory Pleeb (a.k.a. Dave McKerracher of Theory Underground)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M8QG8B9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_ZYBSX12JJPFGJP9VETMK
Class, an official podcast of the Democratic Socialists of America National Political Education Committee
https://education.dsausa.org/class-the-npec-podcast/
Barbara and John Ehrenreich’s PMC part 1 (1977)
https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1125403552886481.pdf
Barbara and John Ehrenreich’s PMC part 2 (1977)
https://files.libcom.org/files/Rad%20America%20V11%20I3.pdf
Barbara and John Ehrenreich’s PMC part 3 (2013)
https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/sonst_publikationen/ehrenreich_death_of_a_yuppie_dream90.pdf
The Working Class Intelligentsia
The current moment has questioned capitalism, proposing fascism and socialism as viable alternatives. Italy a century ago went through a similar moment. Using the biography of Marxist critical theorist Antonio Gramsci we’ll discuss socialist theory and strategy, fascism, and a bunch of other stuff.
