Saturday, February 22 at 12 P.M. US Central Time, live on Zoom, join special guest, Frederick Neuhouser in discussing his latest book, Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim. From the jacket: Can a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In … Read more
The Uses of Idolatry, by William T. Cavanaugh, deals with the economic and political maladaptations of our day due to idolatry. The transfer of religious zeal and reverence towards politics and material things is, of course, ground that has been covered differently in books as diverse as Eugene McCarraher’s The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity, and my Ideological Possession and the Rise of the New Right. This book begins with the contributions of Max Weber and Charles Taylor, and Cavanaugh details how his argument differs from theirs.
Here’s a brief explanation of what’s going on with Jakob Hanschu’s reading group this year.
Mark your calendars! The “last Marxist” Chris Cutrone, one of the founders of the Platypus Society, will be our guest for a live speech on Zoom with Q & A starting at 7 p.m. US Central Time, April 22. Cutrone has given several interviews on our own Dustbowl Diatribes podcast, and he is a frequent … Read more