A World to Win: Speculative Communities w/ Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
Discussing cooperation and uncertainty in a financialized world.
January 18, 2022
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January 18, 2022
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<p>Grace talks to Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, associate professor of sociology at UCL, about his book <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo125281793.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Speculative Communities: Living with Uncertainty in a Financialized World</em></a>. They talk about the formation of a new kind of subject—homo speculans—and how mutual cooperation in the context of the deep and pervasive uncertainty that characterizes life under financial capitalism is building new communities and new forms of resistance.</p><br /><p>A World to Win is a podcast from Grace Blakeley and Tribune bringing you a weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action with guests from around the world. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and to the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.</p>
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