Behind the News: Contradictions of Afropessimism w/ José Sanchez
Plus: Erik Baker on post-leftism.
July 18, 2022
53 min
1,141 of 1,867
July 18, 2022
Behind the News: Contradictions of Afropessimism w/ José Sanchez
0:00 / 53:01
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
Jacobin Episodes Around July 18, 2022
Episode 1,141 of 1,867 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
1:29:33Jacobin Show: Neoliberalism and Depoliticization w/ Felix Biederman & Gary Gerstle
53:01This episodeBehind the News: Contradictions of Afropessimism w/ José Sanchez
Summary
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/erikmbaker" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Erik Baker</a>, author of a <a href="https://christiansocialism.com/postliberal-right-capitalism-socialism-vermeule-ahmari-deneen/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">recent article</a> for <em>Bias</em> magazine, joins Doug for another look at the latest <em>Behind the News</em> obsession: post-leftism. Then, <a href="https://twitter.com/comradesanchez" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">José Sanchez</a>, author of a <a href="https://jacobin.com/2022/06/afro-pessimism-frank-wilderson-socialism-flattening-racism" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">critique in <em>Jacobin</em> about Afropessimism</a>, examines the school of thought and its contradictions.</p><br /><p><em>Behind the News</em>, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: <a href="https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html</a></p>
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.