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175: Diagonalism (w/William Callison and Quinn Slobodian)

175: Diagonalism (w/William Callison and Quinn Slobodian)

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175: Diagonalism (w/William Callison and Quinn Slobodian)

FromConspirituality

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Length:
93 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Quinn Slobodian teaches Modern German History at Wellesley and William Callison teaches Political Theory and Human Geography at Uppsala. We first came across their work via Naomi Klein’s examination of the clusterf&cked politics that dominate the movements we cover. We dug out their paper, and they had us at this:
"At the extreme end, diagonal movements share a conviction that all power is conspiracy."
There no clear left-right polarity in conspirituality. And Horseshoe Theory won’t cut it. We’re in the age of Diagonalism, and things are very, very weird. 
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Show Notes
Coronapolitics from the Reichstag to the Capitol - Boston Review
William Callison
Quinn Slobodian
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Released:
Oct 12, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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