In which we discuss the work of the late Domenico Losurdo, especially his brilliant Liberalism: A Counter-History. Part of an ongoing series on the contradictions of liberalism, we debate whether Losurdo is right to point to liberalism's complicity with slavery, racism and colonialism. Why were arguments for self-rule often accompanied by justifications for slavery? Why were some liberal abolitionist arguments in favour of despotism?
We tie these discussions into contemporary paradoxes of liberalism and ask why liberalism is unable to realise its own values.
Reading:
Liberalism: A Counter-History (book) https://www.versobooks.com/books/960-liberalism
Obituary of Losurdo (Jacobin) https://jacobinmag.com/2018/07/domenico-losurdo-italian-marxism-counter-history
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/222/ Nukes 4 Kids ft. Emmet Penney, pt. 1
Excerpt: /221/ Reading Club: Truth About Class
Excerpt: /220/ Aufhebonus Bonus
Excerpt: OK Bunger! The Problem of Generations, pt. 5
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 4
Excerpt: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 3
/218/ Stability Über Alles ft. Wolfgang Streeck
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 2
Excerpt: /217/ Reading Club: Intersectional Stalinism
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OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 1
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/213/ The Leopard Lockdown ft. Adam Tooze
Excerpt: /212/ Three Articles: Middle-Class Anxieties
/211/ Unlocking the Lockdown Left ft. @galexybrane
Excerpt: /210/ Reading Club: Psychoanalysis & Spirit of Capitalism
Excerpt: /209/ Aufhebonus Bonus + Kabul Falls
/207/ Pangolin vs Lobster, pt 1 ft. Paolo Gerbaudo
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