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On January 28, 2024, I presented a lecture at Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library, in an event co-sponsored by the Critical Theory Workshop. It was entitled “Are Fascism and Liberalism Partners in Capitalist Crime?” It is now available online.
I’m thrilled to announce that this book, which has been a long time in the making, will be out on August 1. In addition to Losurdo’s seminal work, it includes an introduction that I co-authored with Jennifer Ponce de León and the first publication of an important lecture by Losurdo on Western Marxism.
Me siento profundamente honrado de tener la oportunidad de presentar mi investigación sobre arte y política, así como una visión general del libro del que soy coautor con Jennifer Ponce de León (detalles más abajo).
💥 LUCHA DE CLASES CULTURAL. Ideología, arte y transformación social
Esta presentación ofrecerá una visión general de la investigación conjunta de Jennifer Ponce de León y Gabriel Rockhill sobre estética y política. Comenzará esbozando el modelo composicional de la ideología, que pone en primer plano las dimensiones estéticas de la experiencia ideológica basándose en la conceptualización fundamental de Antonio Gramsci sobre el sentido común (en contraposición al “buen sentido”). A continuación, se examinará más concretamente la ideología burguesa del arte, con especial atención a los problemas inherentes a la obra de algunos de los teóricos del arte más destacados de Occidente (Jacques Rancière, Arthur Danto y Herbert Marcuse). Por último, se planteará la cuestión de cómo desafiar esta ideología burguesa resaltando el lugar central de la cultura en la lucha de clases. A lo largo de este recorrido, se compartirán una serie de ejemplos concretos y tácticas artísticas específicas con el fin de fomentar un diálogo entre teoría y práctica.
💬 CONFERENCIA
“Lucha de clases cultural. Ideología, arte y transformación social”
Con Jennifer Ponce de León y Gabriel Rockhill
Presentan Hernán Borisonik y Florencia Levy
Organizan el @centrocienciaypensamiento y el @centroarteyciencia_unsam
📆 Jueves 7 de marzo de 2024, 17.00 h
🏙️ Edificio Volta (Aula 408, 4° piso, Av. Roque Saénz Peña 832, CABA)
✏️ Actividad gratuita con inscripción previa por
🔗 bit.ly/Luchadeclasescultural
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〰️La Dra. JENNIFER PONCE DE LEÓN es profesora en la Universidad de Pennsylvania. Es autora de “Otra estética es posible” (Duke University Press, 2021); directora asociada del Critical Theory Workshop y coeditora de la serie de libros “Anti-Imperialist Marxism” en Iskra Books.
〰️ El Dr. GABRIEL ROCKHILL es filósofo, crítico cultural y activista. Es profesor de filosofía en la Universidad de Villanova; y fundador y director del Critical Theory Workshop. Publicó nueve libros, y numerosos artículos académicos y periodísticos. Su próximo libro, “La guerra intelectual mundial: el marxismo contra la industria imperial de la teoría” será publicado el próximo año por Monthly Review Press.
I was honored to be invited to present some of my research at Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library on January 28, 2024. The lecture, entitled “Are Fascism and Liberalism Partners in Capitalist Crime?,” was followed by a long discussion.
The Centre for Marxian Studies at Jadavpur University, in cooperation with the CTW, will host an online lecture by me, with a response by Himani Bannerji, on January 25 at 9 a.m. EST. The talk is entitled “The Imperial Theory Industry & the Compatible Left Intelligentsia.” It will provide a programmatic overview of the book I am completing on the topic, and it will be followed by a discussion with questions from the audience. If you would like to register, please send your full name and reason for attending to: criticaltheoryworkshop@protonmail.com
I was deeply honored to be interviewed by Zhao Dingqi about themes in my recent scholarship, next book, and future projects. Click here to read the interview.
“In this interview with Zhao Dingqi of World Socialism Studies, Gabriel Rockhill dives deep into the CIA’s campaign to propagate thinly veiled imperialist and capitalist ideology through the institutions of the Western left intelligentsia—and how this state of affairs continues among intellectuals to this day. “
I had the honor of being interviewed on 1000 w/ Ron Placone. The episode can be listened to here.
I’m honored to be lecturing at Tsinghua University in Beijing on 11/23/23. More details can be found here.
Abstract: This presentation will provide an overview of my research to date on aesthetics and politics. It will begin by outlining the compositional model of ideology, which foregrounds the aesthetic dimensions of ideological experience by drawing on Antonio Gramsci’s important conceptualization of common sense (as opposed to good sense). It will then examine, more specifically, the bourgeois ideology of art, with a particular focus on the problems inherent in the work of some of the most prominent art theorists in the West (Jacques Rancière, Arthur Danto, and Herbert Marcuse). Finally, it will raise the essential question of how to challenge this bourgeois ideology by elucidating how culture is a central site of class struggle. Through the course of this overall trajectory, a number of concrete examples and specific artistic tactics will be shared in order to foster a rich conversation dealing with both theory and practice.
It was a pleasure to discuss my ongoing research on the history of Western Marxism and anti-communism on the podcast “Reimagining Soviet Georgia.” Click here to listen.
It was a pleasure to discuss the emergence of a multipolar world on the Activist News Network.
GABRIEL ROCKHILL 