The Theology of Marxism

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🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 197 minutes

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The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 64 Most people think of Marxism as an economic theory or, perhaps, a social theory. This isn't sufficient. Marxism, strange as it may sound, is a theology, the basis for a religion. This isn't to say that Marxism or Communism is like a religion. It is to say that it literally is a religion. The basis of the Marxian theology is work, or, as they tend to have it, the work. You must do the work. The work is the basis of the Marxian theology in the same way that submission is the basis of Islam and atonement by grace through the sacrifice of Jesus as Christ is the basis of Christianity. In this groundbreaking episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay dives into the Marxian literature, including the writings of Karl Marx himself, to show that Marxism should be thought of as a theology by clarifying how this theology works. Understanding the theological nature of Marxism will, in turn, shed considerable light on the theological nature of Wokeness. Join James for this intense, in-depth discussion. Support New Discourses: paypal.me/newdiscourses newdiscourses.locals.com/support patreon.com/newdiscourses subscribestar.com/newdiscourses youtube.com/channel/UC9K5PLkj0N_b9JTPdSRwPkg/join Website: https://newdiscourses.com Follow: facebook.com/newdiscourses twitter.com/NewDiscourses instagram.com/newdiscourses https://newdiscourses.locals.com pinterest.com/newdiscourses linkedin.com/company/newdiscourses minds.com/newdiscourses reddit.com/r/NewDiscourses Podcast: @newdiscourses podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-…es/id1499880546 bit.ly/NDGooglePodcasts open.spotify.com/show/0HfzDaXI5L4LnJQStFWgZp stitcher.com/podcast/new-discourses © 2022 New Discourses. All rights reserved.

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0:00.0	And hello everybody.
0:21.5	This is James Lindsay, you're listening to the new discourses podcast and today we've
0:25.8	got a hell of a podcast to do.
0:28.9	In fact, I feel like I need to frame this one a little bit before I get started.
0:33.1	I don't want to do too much of this because it's already going to run long.
0:36.0	I think it's a very difficult topic that I want to convey.
0:39.8	It's going to require some reading.
0:44.1	So for those of you that follow the podcast regularly, you'll know that I've been doing
0:49.7	a series about critical education theory, better known as critical pedagogy, or maybe it's
0:56.6	not better known as what it's more rightly known as critical pedagogy.
1:01.3	And if you're following along with that series, which is kind of diffuse sprinkled in with
1:06.0	some other podcast episodes as well, you'll know that I've gone backwards in time.
1:12.4	And I am deep within Paulo Freieri, who are Freieri, I should say, who is recognized
1:20.2	pretty widely as kind of the grandfather or Godfather, if you will, or intellectual
1:25.9	Godfather, but not the intellectual father of critical pedagogy.
1:30.4	That would be Henry Giroux, who is considered to be the father of critical pedagogy or critical
1:36.9	education theory as it exists in the United States.
1:39.2	And of course, Paulo Freieri is most famous for what's called the pedagogy of the oppressed,
1:45.6	which I intend to do a full multi part, probably four part, maybe more series on eventually
1:52.5	here on the podcast as we uncover this.
1:54.4	I realize I've got to spread out, or I don't know, I've got to get into my critical
1:58.8	pedagogy mode a little bit differently because I can't keep just talking about this old
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