Marx’s Ethical Vision” with Vanessa Wills

Coming From Left Field podcast published September 30, 2024

Oct 02, 2024

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Warm Greetings All,

Dr. Vanessa Wills is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University. Her areas of specialization are moral, social, and political philosophy, nineteenth-century German philosophy (especially Karl Marx), and the philosophy of race. She is a founding editor of Spectre Journal, a biannual journal of Marxist theory, strategy, and analysis.

In her book Marx's Ethical Vision, she presents novel Marxist positions in various philosophical debates and covers a wide range of his writings, relating them to our current politics and economics.

Vanessa was a delightful guest; smart, funny, and a top-shelf academic in her field.

When I started her book, it was way, way over my head (I got a C in Philosophy in college). Dialectical materialism, Hegel vs Kant, historical materialism, compatibilism, etc. might be right up Greg’s and Vanessa’s alley, but I was lost. I kept at it, read her dissertation, which was the basis of the book, and finally started making sense of things. Unfortunately, I talked way too much at the expense of not listening to our guest and Greg…. Will try to do better.

Peace to you all,

Pat

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