Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets (Pt. 2)

A Lost Horizons Network Collaboration This week on Red Library, Neil from the From78 Podcast and the Red Troika (Don, Alex, and Adam) continue our reading series on Todd McGowan's Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets. We kick off part 2 with some discussion of wrestling and basketball then dive into the theoretical depths on the colonization of public space by the private in capitalism, Kant, the surveillance state, Karens, Big Sad Boi Energy, Badiou's Event, and much more (as always!) Further Readings/References Lost Horizons Podcasting Network Todd McGowan Why Theory? Podcast Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets Review Revolutionary Left Radio's Episode with McGowan on Capitalism and Desire The Spectacle of Excess Blog Jurgen Habermas Hannah Arendt Lacan's Schema L Giorgio Agamben Jacques Ranciere Ludwig Wittgenstein Erich Fromm The Karen ------------------------------------------------ Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes  Click here to support Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front