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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/236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch (UNLOCKED)
/242/ Bureaucracy Rules OK ft. Michael Lind
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/240/ Populist Interventions: Örebro Party ft. Malcolm Kyeyune
/239/ Against Justice ft. Ross Wolfe
/238/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics I (Extended Excerpt)
Excerpt: /237/ Three Articles: Italy, Ukraine, Matrix
Excerpt: /236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch
/235/ Political Ritalin ft. Anton Jäger
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Excerpt: /234/ Three Articles: Restoration?
Excerpt: /233/ Aufhebonus Bonus
Excerpt: /232/ Reading Club: Cold, Hard / Warm, Soft
/231/ New Class Analysis ft. Catherine Liu
Excerpt: /230/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 2
/229/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 1
/228/ Three Articles: Popular Backlash in Chile, India, Europe
Excerpt: /227/ Reading Club: All That Is Solid
Excerpt: /226/ Science Says: No Woke
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