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(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 1: Elves and Dragons
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 1: Elves and Dragons
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Length:
111 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Introducing Episode 1 of the new Podcast for Social Research subseries (Pop) Cultural Marxism, in which Ajay and Isi (and special guests!) will be exploring the "fantastic form" of pop-cultural commodities—from film and television to toys and games to objects of every conceivable consumer variety. In the premier episode, they turn their attention to the genre of fantasy, and in particular to the recent prequels to The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones. Listen in as they discuss, among other things, Amazon aesthetics, "the liberal imagination," beautiful failures, faux and real political realism, gif-able moments, Tolkien for neofascists, mimetic regression, billion-dollar budgets, and potential affinities between fantasy and socialist thought.
Released:
Sep 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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