Episode 11! Capitalism and Catastrophe w/Raja Swamy

In this episode we talk to Raja Swamy about his new book Capitalism and Catastrophe: A Critical Disaster Studies Manifesto (https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SwamyCapitalism). Our conversation touches upon the arguments he makes in his book - about the need to refocus on capitalism as a constant and normalized disaster, which also now more than ever creates acute disasters as well as imperialist wars, genocide, and ethnic cleansing projects. But we also think through some of the applications of what he offers in the book to wider contexts, including Armenia. How might we fight both capitalism, with its various forms of everyday and spectacularized violence, and climate change? What are the impacts of capital, climate change, and the "metabolic rift" to human sociality and ourselves as individual and collective beings? How might we understand the various epochal, rhythmic, cyclical, and arrhythmic times of capital and constant crisis? For more on the book and questions of access, reach out to Raja Swamy at [email protected]