Politikal Therapy: Recent Episodes
Nicolás Villa Moya
What is utopia? Aside from its classic meaning as an unrealisable dream of a perfect place, what are its implications for the subject and for politics? Taking reference from the works of Slavoj Žižek and Rutger Bregman, this episodes discusses the different manifestations of utopia, its functions, and the necessity of a utopia that transcends neurotic escapism and consumerist transgression.
This introductory episode focuses on the different reasons for producing Politikal Theory. It also, albeit briefly, discusses negation and disavowal in our current global political structure.