Podcasts from my blog "UnSafe Thoughts": Recent Episodes
Roddey Reid
Reflections on the fluidity of politics in dangerous times with a focus on the U.S. elections, populism, cultures of intimidation and bullying, and higher education
Thoughts on the souring political climate within and without the Democratic Party and liberal and progressive circles. As with my previous podcast on Mike Bloomberg’s corporate raid on the Democratic Party, my worry concerns the fate of the progressive and liberal wing of the party and its allied movements and organizations, especially at the hands of resolutely hostile mainstream media organizations.
Discussion of current political events based on author Roddey Reid's new book, "Confronting Political Intimidation and Public Bullying: A Citizen's Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond."
SUMMARY
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intimidation as a political and theoretical problem
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traumatic lessons
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taking political violence seriously
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political intimidation vs. everyday bullying
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from political tool to an entire political program & form of governing
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how it works
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affective challenges to civic action and activism
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resistance: a nimble politics of anticipation
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creating our own affective facts on the ground
THEORETICAL FRAME
My thinking has been in conversation with the work of Étienne Balibar on citizenship, globalization, extreme violence and the State, Wendy Brown’s deep inquiry into the political project of neoliberalism of “dedemocratization,” Judith Butler’s and Brian Massumi’s respective writings on lawless sovereignty, indefinite detention, and the affective politics of preemption in the endless War on Terror, and Corey Robin’s book on fear as an operative concept in the liberal political tradition.
Interview with Roddey Reid about his new book, "Confronting Political Intimidation & Public bullying: A Citizen's Handbook for the Trump Era and Beyond."