Episode 14 - Anand Giridharadas on Big Philanthropy & Antonio Gramsci
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English - November 06, 2018 02:39 - 1 hour - 51 MB - ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsPolitics News History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Next Episode: Episode 15 - 2018 Midterms
This time we discuss Anand Giridharadas's book Winners Take All about the ideological underpinnings and functions of elite philanthropy. Then (about 30:00) we discuss how the book illustrates the basic insights of the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci on ideology, hegemony, and the role of intellectuals in politics.