Avital Ronell on America, loser sons, Europe, stupidity and more
Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the American philosopher Avital Ronell to discuss her latest work “America”, contemporary loser sons, stupidity, dreaming and Freud, contemporary anti-intellectualism, authority, and a lot of other things. You can listen to our podcast here: https://anchor.fm/crisisandcritique If you like this and other episodes, please consider subscribing and supporting us at our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=71723553 You can find our Substack here: https://crisiscritique.substack.com/ Crisis and Critique Journal: https://www.crisiscritique.org/ #avitalronell #america #europe #podcast #theory #philosophy #deconstruction #derrida #politics #freud #psychoanalysis #heidegger

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