Fredric Jameson is one of the most important Marxist literary critics. We are joined by Anna Kornbluh to discuss his theory of postmodernism and particularly his work on psychoanalysis and Marxism. We analyze Jameson's incredible essay "Pleasure: A Political Issue" which looks at the relationship between psychoanalysis and Marxism. This conversation gets at the heart of the Marxism-psychoanalysis relationship, what the stakes are, what psychoanalysis offers to Marxist analysis and more. Anna Kornbluh's research and teaching interests center on Victorian literature and Critical Theory, with a special emphasis in formalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and theory of the novel. She is the author of The Order of Forms: Realism, Formalism, and Social Space (University of Chicago 2019), Marxist Film Theory and Fight Club (Bloomsbury "Film Theory in Practice” series, 2019), and Realizing Capital: Financial and Psychic Economies in Victorian Form (Fordham UP 2014). Support Zer0 Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Support Daniel Tutt's work by visiting the Torsion Groups Patreon account: https://patreon.com/torsiongroups ----- Other links: Check out the projects of some of the new contributors to Zer0 Books: Acid Horizon Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/acidhorizon Merch: crit-drip.com The Horror Vanguard Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Buddies Without Organs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/my/podcast... Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KwED7hUJ6I

On Tuesday the 26th we released a video that was eventually titled “Christopher Lasch, Paul Sweezy, and the Great RESET” but it didn’t get many clicks or views. We watched the dashboard of our youtube studio closely as the video failed to perform and then, after an hour or so, the video was removed by Youtube. It had, according to them, “violated community standards on COVID.” That is, it was thought to have disputed the recommendations of the World Health Organization, specifically related to social distancing and social isolation. We appealed this action as the video did not dispute those recommendations. To be clear it is our opinion that masks are necessary. Lockdowns are often necessary. COVID is real and very dangerous. It’s much worse than the flu. However, despite the fact that anyone who watched the video and took in the argument would see that it did not critique the World Health Organization nor attempt to dispute their guidelines, our appeal of the decision to remove the video was rejected. This video explores how the climate of censorship online relates to Daniel Bell's declaration of the end of ideology and/or Fukuyama's declaration of the End of History. The fact-checking pseudo neutrality of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the rest are symptoms of the acceptance of the end of history. It is symptomatic of the left's move from socialism to statist progressivism. If you're interested in seeing the video that was taken down last week you can find it in a public post on our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/posts/christopher-paul-44266732 The script for this video is available for free on Substack. Going forward all of the scripts for our Critical Cuts videos will be posted on Substack and made available for free. https://douglaslain.substack.com/p/why-did-youtube-censor-us Relevant Books The End of the End of History https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/end-end-history The Circle of the Snake https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/circle-snake Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zero Books aims to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5_hVUHp5o