Universities – Benjamin Studebaker

I’ve got a new pamphlet coming out with Everyday Analysis called Four Essays on the Revolutionary Subject. It’s available for pre-order for £6 (roughly $7), and will ship internationally. If you order it, you get both an ebook and a print copy. The essays are meditations on this impasse we are in, where there is widespread, deep dissatisfaction with liberal democratic political institutions but an absence of inspiring alternatives. This produces many people who criticize our politics and desire change, but few who are genuinely revolutionary. There is fierce criticism, but a lack of meaningful political action, and this leaves us in a poor position to make effective political demands. I explore implications for institutions, like the universities and the army. I also think about citizenship. As our citizens become less able to meaningfully act, it becomes easier to blame them for the state of the country. They cannot deliver change, much less defend themselves against these charges. The pamphlet is available here:

https://everyday-analysis.sellfy.store/p/four-essays/

I’ve done a number of podcasts in connection with the release of my first book, The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way is Shut. I don’t generally bother my blog followers about podcasts, because readers and listeners are only sometimes the same people. But, seeing as I’m announcing new written work, I include a list of recent appearances below. Most of these episodes will be available wherever you listen to podcasts (iTunes, Spotify, Player FM, etc.):

Bungacast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeMzEp7BPBE

Diet Soap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobuZB1BLX4

New Books Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI6WcaG0nIE

Platypus Says: https://soundcloud.com/platypus-affiliated-society/ep61

The Lack: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-way-is-shut/id1561070699?i=1000615902614

Current Affairs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlSLUsrzJM8

Bad Faith: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-348-whos-98753296?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=join_link

ArtiFact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OobuZB1BLX4

Philosophy of Art and Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8R6_buY2o

Cyber Dandy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4STm87X4KM

Reviving Virtue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2L2g5olcZ0

Dain Fitzgerald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDAk1266b0A & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MD06A4_Gj4