45 | On Solidarity and Conflict with Nathan DuFord

In this episode we are joined by Nathan DuFord to discuss their new book Solidarity in Conflict: A Democratic Theory. We unpack why they believe solidarity ought to be theorized as a political concept rather than moral injunction. For DuFord, we risk missing that solidarity is what the oppressed do with one another and that the oppressed will have disagreements within their solidary groups if we undertheorize the political dimensions of solidarity. We go on to discuss the relationships between trust and conflict, whether groups formed in solidarity can last forever, and contemporary questions concerning conflict in left organizations. If you believe in solidarity you won’t want to miss this episode!
⬇️ 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚:
𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣: / leftofphilosophy
𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧: / leftofphil
𝙒𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚: www.leftofphilosophy.com/
📚𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨:
Nathan DuFord [published under Rochelle DuFord], Solidarity in Conflict: A Democratic Theory (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2022).
🎶𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘: "Vintage Memories" by Schematist | schematist.bandcamp.com
🎧𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩:
𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚: apple.co/3SOfGZ2
𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙮: spoti.fi/3HJEiLQ
🎙𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩:
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