Episode 185 - AOR3E6 Liberation
You Can't Win
We wrap up the final sections of Aesthetics of Resistance Volume III by Peter Weiss, from p. 209 to the end. Socialists fight over culture as the basis of a free Germany but no one can agree with what that means as the liberating armies advance.
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Episode 184 - AOR3E5 Red Orchestra
You Can't Win
Art, class and reliability... individual destiny and history... weighty stuff as the notes from the anti-fascist underground during the Second World War come to a climax. This Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 3 by Peter Weiss episode covers part II up to p. 209. Next AOR episode we will finish the book.
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Episode 183 - I Love the Dialectic
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We chat about our fairly boring Springs, including Toronto sports, and Tom does an update on his recent reading, including Dostoevsky and Jameson. Mentioned: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky An Essay on Man by Ernst Cassirer The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom Molloy by Samuel Beckett Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett Marxism and Form by Fredric Jameson AOR3 read-along next time is up to p. 209.
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Episode 182 - AOR3E4 Political Disaster
You Can't Win
Our fourth episode in our read-along for The Aesthetics of Resistance: Volume III, up to page 164 (Part II). Next AOR episode will be up to page 209. The war enters a new phase and there's some cinematic intrigue plus some discussion about art.
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Episode 181 - South of the Border
You Can't Win
We check in about Tom's trip to Mexico, minor life updates and the news. Tom is still a bit sick so we had to cut this one somewhat short but we'll be back soon. Next Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 3 episode should be within the next week or two, up to end of Part I of the book.
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Episode 180 - AOR3E3 Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness
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We talk about pp 90 to 131 of Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 3 by Peter Weiss. The resistance to German fascism enters a new stage as isolated Communists struggle to find ways to be helpful. The art from AOR is available here: Next time (in a few weeks) we will read up to Section II (p. 164).
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Episode 179 - Sunrise Sunset
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We chat about Ramadan and Lent, fitness and travel, investing in leftist coin Avi Lewis, and a mini-review of NTBTSTM.
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Episode 178 - AOR3E2 The Scale of the Danger
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We talk about up to page 90 in Aesthetics of Resistance Volume 3 by Peter Weiss in our read-along group. Then at about 57 minutes we chat about the Epstein debates and a few mini-reviews. Next read-along in a few weeks we will get to page 131. Mentioned: The Wild Pear Tree (2018) dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan The American by Henry James Zeno's Conscience by Italo Svevo Concrete by Thomas Bernhard The Imperative to Write by Jeff Fort Blog post that discusses The Imperative to Write:
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Episode 177 - Copy of a Copy
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We talk about Tom leaving his job, the schizophrenia of Long 2026 and frustration over how politics works, trolling by competing in good deeds, and some mini reviews. Mentioned: The Time that Remains. The Worst Person in the World. Fistful of Dollars. Following. Eephus. This is Spinal Tap. Ralph Waldo Emerson essays. Masnavi by Rumi. Me & Rumi by Shams Tabrizi.
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Episode 176 - AOR3E1 Happy New Year
You Can't Win
After our resolutions we jump into Aesthetics of Resistance by Peter Weiss, volume 3, a novel about art and fighting fascism in Europe during 1930s and 40s. We get up to page 44 in our first episode in this series. Next time (in a few weeks) we will do up to page 90. Book talk starts at 16m48s.
info_outlineWhat the heck are Green Gras Target Emissions Reductions. Okay, I was tired. This ep' we talk about some recent newsy stuff (Canada, Epstein) and then get into books, including the awful new print-on-demand by big publishers.
Mentioned:
Ottawa Citizen article about mobilization:
https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/defence-watch/canadian-military-public-servants
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Francis A. Yates
The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World by G. E. M. Ste. Croix
Alone with the Alone by Henry Corbin
Stone Age Economics by Marshall Sahlins
The Notebooks of Henry James
Mannerism by Arnold Hauser
The Social History of Art by Arnold Hauser
Jimmy Breslin