Chris Cutrone

Chris Cutrone is a college educator, writer, and media artist, committed to critical thinking and artistic practice and the politics of social emancipation. ( . . . )

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Chris Cutrone with Doug Lain on the memory of the Russian Revolution

In this CutroneZone, Chris Cutrone to explores the Russian Revolution and the broader concept of revolution in Marxist thought. Cutrone breaks down the historical significance of the Russian Revolution, its lessons for today, and delves into the three types of revolution: mass, democratic, and socialist.

September 26, 2024 | Posted in: Presentations | Comments Closed

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):