The Communist Arts, Exploring Alexander Bogdanov's Art and the Working Class w/ Taylor Genovese

Extremely honored this week to have Taylor Genovese from Iskra Books to talk about a truly special text, Alexander Bogdanov's Art and the Working Class. Art and the Working Class is a rare text that we are lucky Iskra has taken on the task of translating and doing an edition for todays reader. This book has massive utility as discussions around class struggle have become once again prevalent and questions of how does the artist situate themselves within the struggle towards awakening the revolutionary consciousness of the working class remain of high importance. Equally as interesting as the text is Bogdanov himself, a truly significant member of the Bolshevik's, and an extremely important figure in revolutionary politics, science and literature. Genovese and I discuss Bogdanov's ideas around communism, the arts, dialectical materialism, revolution and many more subjects. We also discuss Genovese's approach to translating the text and what engaging with Bogdanov's concepts has done for him as an artist, scholar and Marxist. Its truly a rich conversation, and look forward to you all engaging with it. If you are interesting purchasing the text you can buy it directly from Iskra for 20% off. To get a jump on the shows a week early and also recieve bonus content check out Mtume's Patreon and become a subscriber!