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ABOUT OUR GUEST
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Onur Acaroğlu is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Northampton.

Onur’s research interests include Western Marxism, critical theory, social movements, and (left) party politics. The underlying themes of Onur’s work are multiple temporalities and transition between different kinds of society.

He is currently working on a publication on past and present radical local governments in Turkey.

Onur can be found enjoying jazz music, playing football and watching films when not taking part in theoretical rabble-rousing.

Further information:
University of Northampton profile
ResearchGate profile

EPISODE RESOURCES

Direct Democracy in Fatsa
by Süreyyya Evren
Blog post

Turkish Army Moves Against Leftists’ ‘Liberated Zone’
by Metin Munir
The Washington Post 

Why Antonio Gramsci is the Marxist thinker for our times
by George Eaton
The New Statesman

The Naysayers: Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, and the critique of pop culture
by Alex Ross
The New Yorker

Structuralism
Wikipedia

Post-structuralism
Wikipedia

Groundhog Day (review): The shadow of his smile
by Roger Ebert
Rogerebert.com

Because Ayn Rand’s Birthday and Groundhog Day Overlap, You Are Now Trapped in an Endless Loop of Capitalism
by Rachel Keller
Points in Case

Francis Fukuyama Predicted the End of History. It’s Back (Again)
by Jennifer Schuessler
The New York Times

Four conceptions of social pathology
by Arto Laitinen and Arvi Särkelä
European Journal of Social Theory (Vol. 22, 1, p.80–102)

Francis Fukuyama interview: “Socialism ought to come back”
by George Eaton
The New Statesman

Austerity to blame for 130,000 ‘preventable’ UK deaths – report
by Toby Helm
The Guardian

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity 
by David Graeber and David Wengrow
Macmillan

Social fact
Wikipedia

The Origins of Capitalist Development: A Critique of Neo-Smithian Marxism
by Robert Brenner
New Left Review

How the French Revolution Is Inspiring Today’s Online Anti-capitalists
by Kim Kelly
Teen Vogue

The Making of Capitalism in France: Class Structures, Economic Development, the State and the Formation of the French Working Class, 1750 to 1914
by Xavier Lafrance
Haymarket Books

The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save our Earth
by The Red Nation
Common Notions

Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over
by Yanis Varoufakis
Project Syndicate

We’re living in a system of new feudalism. Here’s how to change it
by David Degraw
The New Statesman

The tyranny of the workday: how capitalism colonizes your free time
by Thomas McGath
Medium

Reclaiming Audre Lorde’s Radical Self-Care
by Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Refinery29

Cuba sends ‘white coat army’ of doctors to fight coronavirus in different countries
NBC News

The Conservatives’ own research shows why Labour’s broadband plan makes perfect sense
by Natasha Bernal
Wired

What mutual aid can do during a pandemic
by Jia Tolentino
The New Yorker

Extinction Rebellion’s fortnight of direct action: All you need to know
by Hannah Westwater
The Big Issue

Gezi Park protests
Wikipedia

Remembering the dream of a different Turkey
by Julia Hahn
DW

Where there is no vision, the people perish: a utopian ethic for a transformed future
by Ruth Levitas
CUSP

We need to move on from self-care to something that cannot be captured by capitalism
by Brigid Delaney
The Guardian

 

MORE BY ONUR ACAROĞLU

The Challenge of Postcapitalism: Non-Capitalist Temporalities and Social Pathology
in Neil Harris (ed.)
Pathology Diagnosis and Social Research
Palgrave Macmillan

Rethinking Marxist Approaches to Transition: A Theory of Temporal Dislocation
Haymarket Books

in Neil Harris and  Onur Acaroğlu (eds.)
Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
Palgrave Macmillan

Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism: Theorising the Future in the Present
in Neil Harris and  Onur Acaroğlu (eds.)
Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
Palgrave Macmillan

Conclusion: Observations from the Precipice
in Neil Harris and  Onur Acaroğlu (eds.)
Thinking Beyond Neoliberalism: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
Palgrave Macmillan

Paris 1871 and Fatsa 1979: revisiting the transition problem
Globalizations (Vol. 16, p.  404–423)

Anti-Capitalism Within and Beyond Capitalism: The Gramscian Bridge Between Anti-Power and Statocentric Theories of Left Political Contestation
The New Birmingham Review (Vol. 2,  Issue 2, p. 1–36)

Could “Communal Economy” be a Distinct Mode of Production
Cooperation in Mesopotamia

Toppling statues as an act of historical redemption
ROAR Magazine