Franco Bifo Berardi is one of most perceptive theorists of the present moment. He was a leader in the Italian Autonomist variation of Marxism.
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Thinker for today: Byung-Chul Han
Byung-Chul Han is a Korean-born philosopher, based in Germany. Training initially as a metallurgist, he moved west and switched disciplines, becoming now one of our chief public intellectuals. Steve Latham He has examined the impact of social and technological change on the psyche of contemporary culture, concentrating on how […]
Class and identity
Throughout the world, far-right populists mobilise supporters along lines of identity: especially religion and race. Steve Latham Left-wing commentators decry this, because it subverts class-based politics. But (as a friend asked me) what is the relationship between these two models of political mobilisation? It’s ironic that leftists criticise […]
He is leaving
My son has bought a flat. In today’s London, given our astronomical property prices, this is a real marker of adulthood. Steve Latham So my daughter is suitably, and simultaneously, jealous, and admiring. She and her partner are having to consider leaving London altogether, to find somewhere to […]
Let it flow!
I thought I would update you on my recent medical adventures. So, I had a catheter fitted: albeit it only for a couple of weeks. Steve Latham But on Monday, I had it removed. A wonderful feeling! And it wasn’t just the freedom from discomfort. To pee – […]
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