Capitalism: A Horror Story

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

On this Halloween, Jon Greenaway returns to the show to discuss his new book "Capitalism: A Horror Story (Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side off the Radical Imagination)".

What does it mean to see horror in capitalism? What can horror tell us about the state and nature of capitalism? Blending film criticism, cultural theory, and philosophy, Capitalism: A Horror Story examines literature, film, and philosophy, from Frankenstein to contemporary cinema, delving into the socio-political function of the monster, the haunted nature of the digital world, and the inescapable horror of contemporary capitalist politics. Revitalizing the tradition of Romantic anticapitalism and offering a “dark way of being red”, Capitalism: A Horror Story argues for a Gothic Marxism, showing how we can find revolutionary hope in horror- a site of monstrous becoming that opens the door to a Utopian future.

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0:00.0	Hello, Danny.
0:01.0	Danny.
0:18.0	Come and play with us. Come and play with us.
0:19.0	Come and play with us, Danny.
0:25.0	forever and ever. The Hello everyone and welcome back to Rev Left Radio. On today's episode on this sacred day of Halloween we have on the on the show John
1:07.0	Greenaway to talk about his book Capitalism a Horroric Marxism, and the dark side of the radical imagination.
1:17.3	This was an incredibly fun conversation.
1:19.9	We play a little Halloween game in the middle of it. But the insights, the the analysis is
1:25.5	always top tier when it comes to John and his work and we thought this would be a
1:29.2	great episode to do in general, but it also happened to align with Halloween, so we figured why not make it a little
1:35.3	thematic and drop it on Halloween as well to give everybody something to listen to on this day of
1:40.8	trick-or-treating.
1:42.4	So here is our conversation with John Greenaway on his book Capitalism, A Horror Story.
1:47.0	I really hope you enjoy it.
1:48.0	And as always, if you like what we do here at rev left, you can join us at pat Patreon.com forward slash Rev Left Radio and in exchange for a
1:56.2	couple dollars a month you get a bonus episodes as well as a back catalog now of
2:01.6	over 300 episodes that we've done since we started the
2:04.7	Patreon many many years ago so thank you to everybody who supports the show it
2:08.6	really helps support me and producer Dave's families and we couldn't do it
2:12.2	without that support.
2:13.6	All right, without further ado, here's my conversation with John on capitalism, a horror story. Hey everybody it's it's John it's
2:25.0	it's John it's really good to be back on Rev Left
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