Common Ruin

Common Ruin

Dialectical ruminations of a wage slave influenced by classical Marxism and Greco-Roman philosophy. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/common-ruin/support

Episodes

March 3, 2024 44 mins

Episode 11.


Computer scientist, esteemed Marxist economist, and communist theoretician Paul Cockshott discusses the history and practice of economic planning with Michael Acuña, as well as themes from Paul's influential book Towards a New Socialism.


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Episode 10.

Chris Cutrone returns to discuss the potential political trajectory of Generation Z with Michael Acuña.

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Episode 9.


In the inaugural episode of season 3, Michael Acuña welcomes Henryk Grossman scholar and Marxist theorist Ted Reese back to Common Ruin to discuss his forthcoming draft manifesto: Abundant Material Wealth for All.


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Patreon Bonus Episode 2.

Anarcho-capitalist Charles Owen debates his libertarian conception of property rights with Marxist theorist Michael Acuña on The Value of Everything podcast. (Originally aired 29 January 2017)


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Episode 8.

In the second half of their exchange, Michael Acuña and Chris Cutrone continue to examine Marxism’s relationship to the left. Virtue ethics, liberalism, and the question of immigration are also given consideration.


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Episode 7.

After a long hiatus, Common Ruin returns. Season 2 continues with Chris Cutrone joining host Michael Acuña to analyze Marxism’s place within the broader left-wing movement historically, as well as themes from Cutrone’s latest work The Death of the Millennial Left.



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Episode 6.

Season 2 of Common Ruin begins with Marxist activist and Platonist philosopher Chanel Bayhí reading Bertrand Russell's 1927 essay "Why I Am Not a Christian" with Michael Acuña, and both debating the existence of God. 



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Episode 5.

In the final episode of season 1, Michael Acuña is joined by Filip S. to discuss Iris Murdoch's 1970 work The Sovereignty of Good, as well as Filip's own writings on materialist and idealist philosophy.


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Episode 4.

Prolific author, doctor of psychology, and Thomist philosopher Kevin Vost joins Michael Acuña to discuss themes from Vost's 2016 work The Porch and the Cross: Ancient Stoic Wisdom for Modern Christian Living.


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Episode 3.

Michael Acuña is joined by Marxist analyst and Henryk Grossman scholar Ted Reese to discuss Karl Marx's crisis theory, the empirical status of Grossman's systemic breakdown theory, and the prospects for communist reconstruction of society. Ted Reese's writings can be found on Medium, and his Twitter profile is @Grossmanite 



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Episode 2.

Michael Acuña and Filip S. use Enrique Dussel’s The Philosophy of Liberation as a basis for a broader discussion on Christianity's relationship to Marxism and communism, idolatry and fetishism, the postmodern crisis of meaning, virtue ethics, and revolutionary pessimism.


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Patreon Bonus Episode 1.

Charles Owen moderates a debate between Marxist theorist Michael Acuña and Anarchist scholar Benjamin Smith on The Value of Everything podcast. (Originally aired 9 July 2017) 



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Episode 1. Common Ruin's inaugural podcast.

Filip S. joins host Michael Acuña to discuss the obscure (and underappreciated) short text “Nation and Working-Class” by controversial German council communists Fritz Wolffheim and Heinrich Laufenberg. Among the subjects covered are theories of identity and subjectivity, the National Question, and the history of communist politics during the Weimar period. 



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