Capitalism and the Human

13 videos • 366 views • by Cogut Institute for the Humanities “Capitalism and the Human” begins from two closely related premises: 1) that the category of the human is today inseparable from the dynamics of contemporary capitalism and 2) that 21st-century activism cannot evade a critical encounter with the question of the human in its various guises. What future remains for one of the most influential traditions of 20th-century radical thought, the philosophical critique of the human? Recorded May 6–7, 2022. Presented by the Cogut Institute’s Collaborative Humanities Initiative.