DiscoverWhat's Left of Philosophy124 | Living Through Capitalism w/ Dr. James Chamberlain
124 | Living Through Capitalism w/ Dr. James Chamberlain

124 | Living Through Capitalism w/ Dr. James Chamberlain

Update: 2025-11-19
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In this episode, we talk with James Chamberlain about his new book, Living Through Capitalism, in which he argues that capitalism is hostile to biological life processes and our ability to know them well enough to lead flourishing lives. Capitalism mutilates all life, and not just human life, in its harnessing of life for its own ends. Only in communities that resist this “strange teleology” that capitalism imposes on life can we truly be free. 

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References:

James Chamberlain, Living Through Capitalism: Resisting Devastation Through Communities of Life (Edinburgh University Press, 2025). 

Music:

“Vintage Memories” by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com

“My Space” by Overu | https://get.slip.stream/KqmvAN

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124 | Living Through Capitalism w/ Dr. James Chamberlain

124 | Living Through Capitalism w/ Dr. James Chamberlain