The idea that there is such a thing as a "social imaginary" and that this hegemonic interpretative lens is more significant than material reality, that our imaginary influences our politics and culture more than technology, economic relations, or class divisions do, can be traced back to the French radical Cornelius Castoriadis. This video critically examines his book "On the Imaginary Institution of Society" while taking an excerpt from the upcoming book "Unlearning Marx" by Steve Paxton. Relevant Books Unlearning Marx by Steve Paxton https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/unlearning-marx The Imaginary Institution of Society by Cornelius Castoriadis https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/imaginary-institution-society Featured Music Disco by strange day https://soundcloud.com/strange-day Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/disco-strange-day Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/5QoSPWN6a3I Track: The Valley — tubebackr [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/gFfJN7GSNHg Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/valley Macintosh Plus Cover from The Guests https://theguests000.bandcamp.com/album/popular-music-2 Lucien sebag https://soundcloud.com/user-964536902/sets/il-vile 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. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tJDrngNWYc

How class division amongst Black Americans facilitated housing discrimination. We will be joined by professor Preston Smith, II About Dr. Smith: Postwar black politics with an emphasis on housing and class. Inner-city neighborhood revitalization including economic development, affordable housing, quality public education, and equal and adequate delivery of municipal services Preston Smith's research interests in urban studies and postwar black politics are reflected in his many publications and presentations. He has been published in such journals as the Journal of Urban History and edited volumes such as Without Justice For All. He has made presentations at Social Science History Association meeting, Center for the Study of Race, Inequality and Politics, Institute for Social Policy Studies, at Yale University, and The Centennial of W.E.B. DuBois’s Souls of Black Folks symposium at Williams College. His most recent book, Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis: Housing Policy in Postwar Chicago (Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2012) examines housing debates in Chicago that go beyond black and white politics, showing how class and factional conflicts among African Americans actually helped to reproduce stunning segregation along economic lines. Smith's commitment to urban studies led to his becoming Director of the Community-Based Learning (CBL) program at the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts. Smith's Involvement with CBL began with his development of an advanced seminar that utilized CBL pedagogy. In this class students interact with local communities through community-based research and service, allowing them to enhance their understanding of public concerns while fostering leadership and advocacy skills. Smith is part of group who developed a faculty seminar that examines Puerto Rican history and culture in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and on the island. The unique feature of this seminar is that it combines area college faculty and community leaders from Holyoke. It is targeted to faculty and community-based organizations that collaborate on community-university partnerships. Since many of the families living in Holyoke are Puerto Rican, the seminar focuses on educating CBL students on Puerto Rican history and culture. Smith believes that one of the ways to best teach politics is to be politically engaged. He is a member of the Interim National Council of the Labor Party, an independent political party that comes out of the labor movement. The Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute, which is the educational and cultural arm of the Labor Party, sponsors the Free Public Higher Education campaign. Smith is currently the co-chair of the Institute's national campaign, which asserts that higher education is a necessity in today’s economy and so ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSfWdGH_cPw

A reading from "Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England." From Zero Books, Valerie Hamilton and Martin Parker tell the story of how the Bank of England came into being. And how the history of banking is entangled with that of the modern novel, in particular the fortunes of one Moll Flanders. Daniel Defoe and the Bank of England can be found at the Zero Books website. http://www.zero-books.net/books/daniel-defoe-bank-england ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKDiCfv86QU

Zer0 Books is hosting a monthly reading group on its Patreon account. The course follows the syllabus of Mark Fisher's final lecture series entitled 'Post Capitalist Desire'. A tentative syllabus will be posted on our Patreon channel later this week. We hope to see you there! 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 ----- 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 Also on this episode is our friend Noah! Twitter: trapolinonoah / IG: penkeeper The Horror Vanguard Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horror-vanguard/id1445594437 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Buddies Without Organs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/buddies-without-organs/id1543289939 Website: https://buddieswithout.org/ Xenogothic: https://xenogothic.com/ Support Daniel Tutt's work by visiting the Torsion Groups Patreon account: https://patreon.com/torsiongroups ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy7stWslfTc