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97 - Brian Leiter: Karl Marx, Ideology, and Historical Materialism

97 - Brian Leiter: Karl Marx, Ideology, and Historical Materialism

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Brian Leiter is Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence at
the University of Chicago Law School, founder and Director of
Chicago’s Center for Law, Philosophy & Human Values, and is
best known in the philosophical world for his work on Nietzsche
and legal philosophy. He is the founding editor of the Routledge
Philosophers book series, Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law,
and Philosophical Gourmet Report, which is the canonical—as well
as extremely helpful and illuminating—ranking of philosophy
departments and PhD programs in the English-speaking world. He
also maintains the world’s most popular philosophy blog, Leiter
Reports. In this episode, Robinson and Brian discuss Karl Marx
and a current book he is co-writing with Jaime Edwards for the
Routledge Philosophers book series. Among the topics they discuss
are Historical Materialism, ideology, Marx’s critique of
capitalism, and exploitation. Brian’s latest book is Moral
Psychology with Nietzsche (Oxford, 2021).

Brian’s Website: https://www.brianleiter.net

Brian’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianLeiter

Leiter Reports: https://leiterreports.typepad.com

Moral Psychology with Nietzsche: https://a.co/d/3dJZBeZ

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:50 Introduction

06:38 Brian’s Interest in Marx

13:22 Historical Materialism

33:06 Big Business and Diversity

40:16 Ideology

58:04 Is Historical Materialism True?

01:01:45 Exploitation

01:11:38 Is Brian a Marxist?