Mutant: Dialogues at the End of Democracy
Institute for New Global PoliticsAs violence against persons and things reaches a slow, catastrophic intensity worldwide; as the political and planetary become profoundly intertwined; as the deformity in our language thwarts our very ability to think about this suicidal moment in global politics and in human affairs as such, the brilliant thinker and scholar Aishwary Kumar (in LA) and editor-interlocutor Payal Puri (in New Delhi)... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 24 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Categories | PoliticsCoursesNewsEducation | ||||
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It is undeniable that technology has disrupted democracy, that algorithms have begun to threaten human agency and deform identity, and that artificial intelligence, deeply enmeshed in politics, harbors a brazen potential to blur the very line between... more
When we began Mutant, we set ourselves the task of entering ordinary language. Not the magisterial or prophetic, but words, ideas and concepts so quotidian, they have paradoxically become—much like democracy—impenetrable.
Nowhere is that paradox mor... more
Has America given up its “pursuit of happiness”? Why do we ask so many questions? "How does it feel to be a problem?" Du Bois asks in a searing passage of his 1903 masterwork The Souls of Black Folk. Of all the openings that Civil Rights political th... more
Watching the scale, speed, and lawless ease with which some of the most storied postwar American institutions have been attacked and dismantled in the past month makes it tempting to see this resurgent hatred against the government as an anomaly, at ... more
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- Very timely - to say the least
The discussions on this show are especially relevant as they help listeners develop the vocabulary to understand and describe what we are witnessing right now. The threats to democracy are not emerging from dramatic military coups or civil wasr but from the leveraging of democratic institutions- election officials, legislatures, courts and media to consolidate power for autocratic billionaires and their allies. There’s very little out there that adequately speaks to this moment. Turn off the usu... more
Apple Podcasts5rahill521
United States8 months ago - A much needed podcast
I am a student of Dr. Kumar’s. All I can say is this podcast invigorates young minds like me to carefully craft and think about our democratic hopes. To build a more “just world,” this podcast has helped me produce the language and direction needed. I highly recommend to many - not just students but to my revolutionaries out there.
Apple Podcasts5Gingin248282United States2 years ago
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