Science Fiction, Utopia, and Revolution w. From78

Part 1 of Red Library's Lost Futures Series   Comrade Neil from the From78 podcast joins Comrade Adam and C.C. Don in the library this week for a real banger of an episode focused on the relationship between science fiction, utopian imaginings, and revolution.   We read through the brilliant sci-fi classic, The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin along with her short story, The Day Before the Revolution, as our core texts. And because we are some major based theory-heads, we also bring in an excellent Fredric Jameson essay on Le Guin from his book, Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions, for some back up.   This one has a lot of great moments but the highlights are Comrade Neil giving a great overview of a lot of basic Lacanian concepts as they relate to utopia and the revolutionary impulse through characters in the book.    Further Readings/References From78's Patreon Page Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed Summary Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and other Science Fictions by Fredric Jameson What Uncle Sam Really Wants Table of Contents Melanie Klein's Concept of Splitting Klein's Paranoid-schizoid and Depressive Positions Kropotkin's Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution Summary Fredric Jameson Symbolic Castration Psychosis in Psychoanalysis One Punch Man Fight Scene Zardoz Trailer Peter Rollins and Pyrotheology Sinthome The Big Other Lacan's Four Discourses Interpellation Le Guin on Listening to Unheard Voices J. Robert Oppenheimer ------------------------------------------------ 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 find Red Library on Facebook   Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front