What is Gothic Marxism? A Conversation with The LitCrit Guy

On this special Halloween episode of Acid Horizon, we're joined
by Dr Jonathan Greenaway, whom you may know as the Youtube Video
Essayist The Lit Crit Guy. Jon is also the cohost of the Horror
Vanguard Podcast, and recent author of  the text Theology,
Horror and Fiction out on Bloomsbury press. Today, Jon joins us
to discuss the prospects for a 'Gothic' Marxism, one that
recognizes the monstrous in capital and the people whom capital
monsters in its drive for infinite accumulation. We discuss the
figure of the monster, the return of the repressed trauma of
capital in the sphere of contemporary horror culture, and what it
means to stand in solidarity with the monstrous and the profane.
Thinkers included in the discussion include Marx, China Mieville,
Margaret Cohen, Paul B. Preciado, Laboria Cubonics, Hegel, Silvia
Federici, Walter Benjamin, and Deleuze and Guattari. Also
discussed are such horror staples as Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of
the Dead, The Walking Dead, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Tourist Trap,
His House, The VVitch, and many more!


Link's to Jon's work:


The LitCrit Guy on YouTube


Horror Vanguard

Jon's Blog

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