Yanai Sened / Eden Kupermintz

anarchySF - an anarchist, science fiction podcast

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The podcast companion to anarchysf.com, an archive of anarchist science fiction. During each episode, we'll analyze one piece of science fiction media which explores themes relevant to left-wing ideology.

Author

Yanai Sened / Eden Kupermintz

Episodes

The Telling, Colonialism and the Center 14.05.2020 55:12

We discuss one of science fiction's titans: Ursula K. Le Guin, in one of her slightly less read books: The Telling, offering a radical perspective on religion, colonialism and reason. Some themes: - Center-based vs. non-center-based epistemology - Decolonialism - Non-ideal anthropology - Multiple views on religion - Ways of life as resistance Audio on my (Yanai's) side is a bit rough due to a reco...

Frostpunk and Snowpiercer, Leviathan and red plenty 22.04.2020 1:06:59

Listen people, we're mad about capitalism. We discuss the game Frostpunk and the movie Snow Piercer, two critiques of capitalism in frozen worlds. Themes discussed: - Hobbes' Leviathan - Mark Fisher's "Abandon hope, summer is coming" http://k-punk.org/abandon-hope-summer-is-coming/ - The revolt of nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic_of_Enlightenment - Inherent conflict - Religion and so...

Flow My Tears the Policeman Said, Sex, Drugs and Knowledge 10.04.2020 55:29

We discuss Philip K. Dick's "Flow My Tears the Policeman Said".  Some themes discussed: - Kant's metaphysics in Philip K. Dick's writing -  Power's will to knowledge - Radical embodiment - The danger and potential of drugs - The transparency of police - Self identity as a source of stability

Akira, Violence and Friendship 08.03.2020 53:01

We discuss 1988 Anime masterpiece "Akira" Some themes discussed: - Deleuze and Foucault's ideas of societies of discipline and societies of control - Hannah Arendt's approach to violence, and violence in leftist ideology - The rise and fall of capitalist Japan - Science as Pandora's box - Radical friendship Catherine M. Valente's Radiance: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N03G440/ref=dp-kindle-redirec...

The Girl in The Road, Infrastructure and Standpoints 27.02.2020 51:17

We Discuss Monica Byrne's "The Girl in The Road" Themes Discussed: - Franz Fanon's phenomenology and race theory - The Infrastructure Space - Standpoint theory - Byrne's unusual approach to writing an audience-insert character - Embodied writing Links: Fanon's "Black Skins, White Masks": https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003OYIKUG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Extrastatecraft (on infra...

Disco Elysium, Ghosts and Angels 04.02.2020 1:01:43

For our podcast premiere we discussed the ZA/UM movement's game: Disco Elysium. Themes discussed: - Mourning and Walter Benjamin's angel of history - Radical friendship - The Cartesian experiment and the cop within your head - An anarchist love letter to communism - Hauntology Links: Derrida's "Specters of Marx": https://books.google.com/books/about/Specters_of_Marx.html?id=sEENbAP5FZsC Dark Cryst...