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EPISODE · May 18, 2020 · 1H 50M

Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets (Pt. 3)

from Red Library: A Political Education Podcast for Today's Left

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN AND WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE. The Red Troika plus CC Neil return for more McGowan psychoanalytical goodness.  In part 3, we focus on chapter 3 of Capitalism and Desire and discuss the Lacanian concept of The Gaze, presentations of women in film, Ayn Rand, self-interest and capitalism as a neutral background, Antigone, Adam becomes a Badiou Stan, lots of movie talk, and more! Further Reading/References The Gaze Zizek Lecture - The Spectator's Malevolent Neutrality Objectivism Antigone Scorpion and the Frog ------------------------------------------------ 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

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