Chris Cutrone discusses Hegel and Marx’s philosophical import. Does abstract labor-time create a historical ontology? Does the working class need another chicken? Doug and Chris discuss the U.S. Presidential election and the recent debate in the Parrot Room.
Chris Cutrone on Theory Underground with Nina Power on Left and Right
Conversation between Chris Cutrone and Nina Power on the Left and Right, with Dave McKerracher of Theory Underground.Ā
Chris Cutrone vs. Alex Grant on the ir/relevance of Marxism today
Chris Cutrone and Alex Grant debate the ir/relevance of Marxism today, the history of proletarian socialism, the need for independent working class organization, and the role of theory, moderated by Eamon Stephen AKA Swoletariat.Ā
Chris Cutrone lectures on the Philosophy of Modernism
Chris Cutrone with Swoletariat on Marxism and a new socialist movement
Should we ease off the Marxism in a new socialist movement? Chris Cutrone in conversation with Eamon Stephen.
Chris Cutrone lectures on Adorno and the negative dialectic of Marxism
Chris Cutroneās academic lectures contextualize and explain Theodor W. Adorno’s book Negative Dialectics and dialectical epilegomena 1968-69, building upon prior lectures on Adorno’s essays on the negative dialectic in Marxism, Georg Lukacsās āThe phenomenon of reificationā and āThe standpoint of the proletariat,ā parts 1 and 3 of āReification and the consciousness of the proletariatā from History and Class Consciousness (1923), and Karl Korschās 1923 essay on āMarxism and philosophy.ā From Cutroneās Summer 2024 course on Marx and Marxism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Part 1, on Adorno’s essays on the negative dialectic of Marxism:
Part 2, on Adorno’s book Negative Dialectics:
Part 3, on Adorno’s dialectical epilegomena 1968-69:
Chris Cutrone lectures on Lukacs and Korsch on Marxism, reification, the proletariat and philosophy
Chris Cutrone’s academic lectures contextualize and explain George Lukacs’s “The phenomenon of reification” and “The standpoint of the proletariat,” parts 1 and 3 of “Reification and the consciousness of the proletariat” from History and Class Consciousness (1923) and Karl Korsch’s 1923 essay on “Marxism and philosophy.” From Cutrone’s Summer 2024 course on Marx and Marxism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Part 1, on Georg Lukacs “reification” in History and Class Consciousness
Part 2, on Lukacs “standpoint of the proletariat” in History and Class Consciousness:
Part 3, on Karl Korch “Marxism and philosophy” (1923):
Chris Cutrone with Benjamin Studebaker, Doug Lain and Ashley Frawley on the 2024 election, politics and the “Left”
Ashley Frawley joins Doug Lain, Chris Cutrone and Ben Studebaker to discuss American politics, the rise of Donald Trump, and the state of the Left.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on neo-Stalinism and 2024 U.S. elections
The CutroneZone in the Parrot Room: Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss neo-Stalinism, MAGA Communism, Carlos Garrido of Midwestern Marx, and Doug’s conversation with Caleb Maupin and Peter Coffin. Public segment: Chris Cutrone and Douglas Lain discuss their plans to make a film about the 2024 Democratic and Republican Party conventions. They discuss the films Medium Cool (1969) and Robert Downey Jr.’s The Last Party (1992) as potential influences.
Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on the Trump verdict and the “Left”
This week’s CutroneZone includes his interpretation of the Trump verdict and how we should understand bourgeois law and the rights of the accused.