What's Left of Philosophy: What Could It Mean to Say, "Capitalism Causes Sexism and Racism" w/ Vanessa Wills (Patreon)

I just finished listening to this informative discussion from What's Left of Philosophy and wanted to share it with our patrons.

What's Left of Philosophy is a podcast where professors Gil Morejón, Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, and William Paris discuss philosophy's radical histories and contemporary political theory.

Rather than white scholars discussing political philosophy, this is a discussion of Marxism and oppression from a diverse panel of academics.

In this episode, George Washington University Associate Professor Vanessa Wills joins What's Left of Philosophy to discuss her article "What Could It Mean to Say, 'Capitalism Causes Sexism and Racism'?" The panel discusses how critics badly misunderstand the Marxist concept of causation as it concerns identity-based oppression, why labor and production provide the conditions of possibility for science, and whether the abolition of capitalism would automatically mean the end of racism and sexism (no, but it would help).

– Sam