AEWCH 324: A.J.A. WOODS on THE VALUE OF MARXIST THEORY & THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL (and why it scares people)

<p>I talk with intellectual historian, <a href="https://x.com/adubwoods" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>A.J.A. WOODS</strong></a> , author of the excellent and very readable <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/4714/9781804296967" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em><strong>The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West</strong></em></a><em><strong> </strong></em>on to the show to discuss all this.</p><p>In their book, A.J.A. traces the great movement of blaming everything good and bad - from trans liberation to sexual abuse, from religious plurality to totalizing Satanism, from fighting state violence to supporting gulags - on something called cultural Marxism.</p><p>If it sounds incoherent, that’s because coherence is not really the point. The illusion of coherence is. And the illusion is created by noise and density.</p><p>I have my own shaky relationship to the Frankfurt School, and I&#39;m so happy to share this exploration with you in hopes that it will inspire you to rethink and/or revisit these philosophers.</p><p><br></p><p>Support the show: <a href="patreon.com/connerhabib" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">patreon.com/connerhabib</a></p>