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Liberal Socialism and the Challenge of Right-Wing Politics with Matt McManus

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Professor Matthew McManus joins us to explore liberal socialism, the right's evolution, and the shifting global political landscape.
• Carlo Rossellini's work articulates a socialism that confronts both Marxist determinism and fascism
• Rossellini criticized Italian leftists for failing to understand fascism's emotional appeal
• Liberal socialism aims to make the promise of freedom true for everyone, especially the working poor
• Mouffe and Laclau's influential work acknowledges the importance of recognizing political enemies
• Axel Honneth introduces "social freedom" as a third dimension beyond negative and positive liberty
• Trump's presidency reveals the collapse of centrist neoliberalism and democrats' failure to offer alternatives
• European powers and Canada now defying American leadership shows declining US global dominance
• The left needs to focus on building coalitions rather than demanding ideological purity
Find Matthew's writing in Jacobin, Christian Socialism, Current Affairs, and Commonwealth, or reach him directly at [email protected].
Send us a text

Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to Bitterlake

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Crew:
Host: C. Derick Varn
Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.
Intro Video Design: Jason Myles
Art Design: Corn and C. Derick Varn
Links and Social Media:
twitter: @varnvlog
blue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.social
You can find the additional streams on Youtube
Current Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf, DRV, Kenneth McKee, JY Chan, Matthew Monahan, Parzival, Adriel Mixon

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Chapters

1. Liberal Socialism and the Challenge of Right-Wing Politics with Matt McManus (00:00:00)

2. Introducing Professor Matthew McManus (00:01:35)

3. Carlo Rossellini's Liberal Socialism (00:10:03)

4. Fascism and the Italian Left (00:22:21)

5. Limits of Liberal Traditions (00:29:50)

6. Post-Marxism and Mouffe's Agonistic Politics (00:37:18)

7. Honneth and Frankfurt School's Liberal Turn (00:51:03)

8. Trumpism and the Crisis of Democracy (01:06:01)

9. The Rise of Global Multipolarity (01:17:05)

343 episodes

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Professor Matthew McManus joins us to explore liberal socialism, the right's evolution, and the shifting global political landscape.
• Carlo Rossellini's work articulates a socialism that confronts both Marxist determinism and fascism
• Rossellini criticized Italian leftists for failing to understand fascism's emotional appeal
• Liberal socialism aims to make the promise of freedom true for everyone, especially the working poor
• Mouffe and Laclau's influential work acknowledges the importance of recognizing political enemies
• Axel Honneth introduces "social freedom" as a third dimension beyond negative and positive liberty
• Trump's presidency reveals the collapse of centrist neoliberalism and democrats' failure to offer alternatives
• European powers and Canada now defying American leadership shows declining US global dominance
• The left needs to focus on building coalitions rather than demanding ideological purity
Find Matthew's writing in Jacobin, Christian Socialism, Current Affairs, and Commonwealth, or reach him directly at [email protected].
Send us a text

Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to Bitterlake

Support the show

Crew:
Host: C. Derick Varn
Intro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.
Intro Video Design: Jason Myles
Art Design: Corn and C. Derick Varn
Links and Social Media:
twitter: @varnvlog
blue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.social
You can find the additional streams on Youtube
Current Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf, DRV, Kenneth McKee, JY Chan, Matthew Monahan, Parzival, Adriel Mixon

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Liberal Socialism and the Challenge of Right-Wing Politics with Matt McManus (00:00:00)

2. Introducing Professor Matthew McManus (00:01:35)

3. Carlo Rossellini's Liberal Socialism (00:10:03)

4. Fascism and the Italian Left (00:22:21)

5. Limits of Liberal Traditions (00:29:50)

6. Post-Marxism and Mouffe's Agonistic Politics (00:37:18)

7. Honneth and Frankfurt School's Liberal Turn (00:51:03)

8. Trumpism and the Crisis of Democracy (01:06:01)

9. The Rise of Global Multipolarity (01:17:05)

343 episodes

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