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The Revolution and Ideology Podcast
A sociologist and historian explore revolutionary theory and history.
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About Revolution and Ideology
“Revolution and Ideology” was started by Nick Lee and Jared Benson, university instructors of sociology and history respectively. Nick and Jared currently co-teach three humanities courses titled “Resistance and Revolution,” “Ideology and Isms,” and “Stateless Societies.” In the first, They explore the theories and historical examples of revolution and social change. In the second, they examine various historical and modern ideologies and the ways in which they motivate how people think and behave today. In the third, they analyze various theories and histories of stateless societies. In this podcast, they explore the ideas from their courses.
Recent Episodes
#007 – Kurds 1
In this first of two episodes, Jared gives us the history of the Kurds.
#006 – Communalism
We provide a very brief introduction to Murray Bookchin’s concept of Communalism and some critiques.
#005 – Postanarchism
In this episode, we explore post-anarchism (or post-structural anarchism) and we learn that one of our hosts has some Leninist tendencies.
#004 – History of the State
In this episode, we begin to explore the origins of the state and how states seem to be organized. Eventually, we debate whether or not discussing the history of the state is even fruitful for our project of exploring how a stateless society could be created.
#003 – State and Society
In this episode, we explore the difference between a “state” and a “society.” We focus on various different philosophers’ definitions of “state” and what that means for our project of exploring a stateless society.
Meet The Hosts
Nick Lee
