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Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis
"Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis" is a podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with Black scholars on the University of Illinois campus and beyond. Each episode explores books and scholars they recommend we take “off the shelf” to help us understand these revolutionary times and creative agendas for the here and now. Hosted by Dr. Augustus Wood, a scholar of political economy and gentrification, labor, and social movements in late 20th and early 21st century African American urban history.
Off the Shelf: Revolutionary Readings in Times of Crisis
S1, Episode 5: Ken E. Salo on Grounding Truth and Developing Consciousness
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Humanities Research Institute
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Season 1
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Episode 5
What does it mean to be human at this moment in time, with rising resource inequality, the unaccountability of big tech, and a global pandemic exacerbating already-existing poverty? Professor Ken Salo and host Augustus Wood draw from a panoply of works and ideas from Göran Therborn and Amartya Sen to Frantz Fanon and Steve Biko, Paulo Freire and Samira Mill to Rosa Luxemburg, Samir Amin, and C.L.R. James, as well as former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and his concept of techno feudalism. Along the way, Salo explains why it's essential for students to "ground truth" by walking through real communities, and why we need to sharpen our own "BS GPS" on our way to consciousness. View full show notes and transcript