An Anthropology of Marxism: A Final Analysis with Steven Osuna

In this episode we will discuss the final chapter of Cedric Robinson's “Reality and its Representation” and revisit the Foreword by HLT Quan and preface by Avery Gordon. We will then discuss the strengths and limitations of the text from our perspective, what we find to be the most important takeaways, the criticisms and interventions that Robinson raises that we see as important and valuable to liberatory struggles, and any relevant criticisms we have of the text as a whole. We will also talk about how reading it with a critical eye helps us situate Cedric Robinson as a scholar, and his relationship to Marxist (or scientific socialist or dialectical & historical materialist) traditions. For more of our series on Cedric Robinson's 'An Anthropology of Marxism' with Steven Osuna, check out our playlist:    • Anthropology of Marxism - Cedric Robinson   To support our work please become a patron at   / millennialsarekillingcapitalism   Steven Osuna teaches, researches, and writes as an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach. He is a scholar of political economy, racism, policing, and criminalization in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Osuna was born and raised in Echo Park, Los Angeles and is a son of Mexican and Salvadoran working-class migrants. With over 20 years of teaching in a public-school setting, Osuna is a professor and scholar because he believes public education is a terrain of ideological struggle that cannot be abandoned. His scholarship appears in journals such as Emancipations: A Journal of Critical Analysis, Race & Class, the Journal of World Systems Research, and edited volumes such as The Futures of Black Radicalism and Policing the Planet: Why the Policing Crisis Led to Black Lives Matter.