Platypus Review issue #46

[Pam Nogales]

PLATYPUS REVIEW #46

May 2012

Marx and Liberalism: An interview with Domenico Losurdo
Pam C. Nogales C. and Ross Wolfe
On March 17, 2012, Ross Wolfe and Pam Nogales of the Platypus Affiliated Society interviewed Domenico Losurdo, the author, most recently, of Liberalism: A Counter-History (2011). What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation…

Changes in art and society: A view from the present
Mary Jane Jacob, Robert Pippin, and Walter Benn Michaels
On 31 March 2012, the Platypus Affiliated Society invited Mary Jane Jacob (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Robert Pippin (University of Chicago), and Walter Benn Michaels (University of Illinois at Chicago) to speak on the theme of “Changes in Art and Society: A View from the Present” at the 2012 Platypus International Convention held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago… The panelists were asked several questions in order to flesh out the uneven and at times obscure relationship that art has with a society that is constantly in flux… What follows is an edited transcript of the event…

Splits, regroupments, war, and revolution in Germany, 1914–1920:
A conversation with Ben Lewis
Spencer A. Leonard and Watson Ladd
Last winter, on their radio show Radical Minds on WHPK-FM Chicago, Spencer A. Leonard and Watson Ladd interviewed Ben Lewis, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and co-author and translator, together with Lars T. Lih, of Zinoviev and Martov: Head to Head in Halle (2011). The interview originally was broadcast on June 12, 2011. What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation…

 

 

 

[Pam Nogales]