Video: Nietzsche and the Politics of Leisure | with Daniel Tutt

Freedom as the struggle for active leisure

It was a delight to have Daniel Tutt on the most recent episode of Samsara Audio. He and I share a number of kinships, not only for the way that we have personally experienced the draw of Nietzsche’s work, but also how we both value Lacan so highly (an interest we didn’t have time to explore). While I don’t consider myself a Marxist, Daniel is a voice on the Left which I listen to regularly and appreciate his perspective.

This conversation provided me an opportunity to ask some of the illiberal questions which have been sitting on my mind, such as “okay, but what if the human rights framework has outlived its usefulness?” or “is equality actually good as a higher-order value?” I appreciated Tutt’s responses, and I’ll be thinking about them more (and I hope you will be too!).

You can find the video of our conversation below (with subtitles). I always make these videos of the podcasts for others to share them widely and enjoy them in a different medium. If you want to stay up on all the latest releases from Samsara Audio, subscribe to the YouTube channel as well. Thanks!

Daniel’s excellent book on Nietzsche is available now (affiliate link), and I also recommend visiting his Patreon to learn more about supporting his ongoing work at the intersection of psychoanalysis and Marxist politics. In my estimation, he brings a much-needed perspective which centers class and material conditions in conversations where these concerns have been eclipsed by other symbolic struggles.

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