In this video, we bring on Professor Todd McGowan, Host of Why Theory podcast with Ryan Engley, and author of many excellent books, including his most recent one: Enjoyment Right and Left. During the interview, we discuss his new book and theorize with Professor McGowan on contemporary US politics. We touch on events such as the January 6th Insurrection, George Floyd Protests, mass shootings and gun violence, Black Lives Matter, fascism, Qanon, science, social media, hyperreality, Donald Trump, capitalism, liberalism, Brazil, leftist politics, and more!
00:00 Beginning
00:23 Introduction
02:03 Enjoying and Nonbelonging
07:13 Other Kinds of Enjoyment?
13:36 Liberalism and Identity Politics
23:38 Enjoyment, Addiction, Consumerism
35:31 HyperReality and Baudrillard
37:05 Leftist Enjoyment
45:54 Equality, Subjectivity, Dialectics
50:50 Race and Fantasy
56:54 Superego and Politics
1:05:19 Mass shooting and Gun Violence
1:15:06 Qanon
1:29:30 Fascism
1:36:48 Perversion
1:40:38 Contradiction
145:37 LACK
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