Towards a Dialectics of Aesthetics w/ Gabriel Rockhill

For this episode I am joined by Gabriel Rockhill to further my discussions on arts, culture and aesthetics from a dialectical materialist framework. Rockhill is the author of the newly released "Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?" on Monthly Review Press, a text which offers a crash course in the history of imperialist propaganda, as well as in the Marxist method for analyzing culture and ideology. In our discussion we cover many grounds, some related to his new book, but also other areas of scholarly interest concerning analysis of the failures of bourgeois cultural analysis and practice, and questions we must ask ourselves when looking towards developing revolutionary artistic pathways. Dr. Gabriel Rockhill is the Founding Director of the Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique, Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University, and the author or editor of twelve books, as well as numerous scholarly and general public articles. He is also the Director of Cultural Studies at Villanova University, Research Associate at the Laboratoire d'anthropologie politique – LAP (EHESS, Paris), one of the editors-in-chief of the World Marxist Review, and co-editor of the book series AIM–Anti-Imperialist Marxism. To get a jump on the shows a few days early, bonus video episodes every month, deeper dives into text and works with revolutionary content and political art study groups check out Mtume's Patreon and become a subscriber!  Additionally, check out my new colaboration The Imperial 80's, a series I co-hosted with Jared Ware of Millenials are Killing Capitalism. We take a dive into the wild world of 80's Hollywood and uncover what it has to say about this imperial project called The United States. You can find us on Patreon and make sure to follow the channel if you want to catch the livestreams Tumes