About Stephen Dozeman

RN (in training). Author of Being Possible (Resource 2020). Studied philosophy, art history and gender studies at Calvin College. Interested in philosophy (with a special focus on continental thought), critical theory and Marxism. Founding editor of New Books in Historical Materialism. Currently time is split between nursing school, working in memory care, reading and working on the latest entry in the western canon. They/them.

NBN Episodes hosted by Stephen:

Isaac Deutscher, "Lenin's Childhood" (Verso, 2024)

March 20, 2024

Lenin's Childhood

Isaac Deutscher
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

On January 21, 1924 and at the age of 53, Vladimir Lenin passed away. We’ve now had a century of a world without him, but also a century of a worl…

Jason Read, "The Politics of Transindividuality" (Brill/Haymarket Books, 2017)

December 31, 2023

The Politics of Transindividuality

Jason Read
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Many major political questions today revolve around questions of human nature; what sort of people we are and what sort of people we're capable of bei…

Paul Le Blanc, "Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution" (Pluto Press, 2023)

November 23, 2023

Lenin

Paul Le Blanc
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Returning to the New Books Network today is Paul Le Blanc, here to discuss his new book Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution (Pluto…

Jonathan Greenaway, "Theology, Horror and Fiction: A Reading of the Gothic Nineteenth Century" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

November 15, 2023

Theology, Horror and Fiction

Jonathan Greenaway
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

When one thinks of your typical horror movie and it’s usual imagery, a number of tropes may come forward. Graveyards behind old cathedrals, crucif…

Mary Edwards, "Sartre’s Existential Psychoanalysis: Knowing Others" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

August 19, 2023

Sartre’s Existential Psychoanalysis

Mary Edwards
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Thinking of the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, it is hard to think of him without imagining him in very particular contexts. One will likely…

Doug Enaa Greene, "Stalinism and the Dialectics of Saturn: Anticommunism, Marxism, and the Fate of the Soviet Union" (Lexington, 2023)

June 9, 2023

Stalinism and the Dialectics of Saturn

Doug Enaa Greene
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman
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As capitalism’s popularity wanes and socialism’s popularity increases, there remains a massive shadow cast by the history of actually existing soc…

Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt, eds., "Class Warrior: The Selected Works of E. T. Kingsley" (Athabasca UP, 2022)

March 28, 2023

Class Warrior

Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt, editors
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The socialist activist E. T. Kingsley occupies an odd place in the history of labor and the left. Often mentioned due to his prolific life of spea…

Nadia Abu El-Haj, "Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America" (Verso, 2022)

March 21, 2023

Combat Trauma

Nadia Abu El-Haj
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

One of the most recognizable tropes in American society in the past few decades is the scarred war veteran, returning from foreign lands with woun…

Chris Boesel, "In Kierkegaard's Garden with the Poppy Blooms: Why Derrida Doesn't Read Kierkegaard When He Reads Kierkegaard" (Fortress Academic, 2021)

February 6, 2023

In Kierkegaard's Garden with the Poppy Blooms

Chris Boesel
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The philosophy of deconstruction, most famously pushed forward by Jacques Derrida, has left an undeniable dent on contemporary thought, and even r…

Michael Joseph Roberto, "The Coming of the American Behemoth: The Origins of Fascism in the United States, 1920-1940" (Monthly Review Press, 2018)

January 17, 2023

The Coming of the American Behemoth

Michael Joseph Roberto
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The election of Donald Trump in 2016 shocked and appalled a number of people, forcing a critical reevaluation of what was possible, and what we ou…

Gareth Dale, et al., "Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age" (Haymarket Books, 2021)

January 2, 2023

Revolutionary Rehearsals in the Neoliberal Age

Colin Barker, Gareth Dale and Neil Davidson
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The last several decades have seen a mass consolidation of wealth among a few, the rest of the world left to various degrees of dispossession. On …

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: An Interview with Bryan D. Palmer (Part 3 of 3)

December 25, 2022

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: Part 3 of 3

Bryan D. Palmer
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Part 3 of 3 parts. In the spring of 1942, James P. Cannon, the founder of American Trotskyism, gave a series of lectures in New York on the first dec…

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: An Interview with Bryan D. Palmer (Part 2 of 3)

December 24, 2022

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: Part 2 of 3

Bryan D. Palmer
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Part 2 of 3 parts. In the spring of 1942, James P. Cannon, the founder of American Trotskyism, gave a series of lectures in New York on the first dec…

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: An Interview with Bryan D. Palmer (Part 1 of 3)

December 23, 2022

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: Part 1 of 3

Bryan D. Palmer
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Part 1 of 3 parts. In the spring of 1942, James P. Cannon, the founder of American Trotskyism, gave a series of lectures in New York on the first …

Thomas M. Kemple, "Marx's Wager: Das Kapital and Classical Sociology" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)

December 18, 2022

Marx's Wager

Thomas M. Kemple
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Marx’s Capital looms large today, a century and a half after first publication, a massive tome that attempts to document and map out the dynamics …

Bartholomew Ryan, "Kierkegaard's Indirect Politics: Interludes with Lukács, Schmitt, Benjamin and Adorno" (Brill, 2014)

October 28, 2022

Kierkegaard's Indirect Politics

Bartholomew Ryan
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

In 1848, as political movements and events were sweeping Europe and Marx and Engels penned their famous Communist Manifesto, Kierkegaard wrote in …

Doug Greene, "Failure of Vision: Michael Harrington and the Limits of Democratic Socialism" (Zero Books, 2022)

September 23, 2022

Failure of Vision

Doug Greene
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The Democratic Socialists of America have exploded in the last few years, going from just a couple thousand members to close to a hundred thousand…

Bryan D. Palmer, "James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928" (U Illinois Press, 2010)

June 8, 2022

James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928

Bryan D. Palmer
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The history of revolutionary politics is rich enough that it includes the full spectrum of inspiration and tragedy. Those with revolutionary aspir…

Paul Le Blanc, "Revolutionary Collective: Comrades, Critics, and Dynamics in the Struggle for Socialism" (Haymarket, 2022)

June 6, 2022

Revolutionary Collective

Paul Le Blanc
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

Revolutionary politics are experiencing a resurgence in popularity, and a quick look at today’s headlines make it easy to see why. For those dippi…

Juan Dal Maso, "Hegemony and Class Struggle: Trotsky, Gramsci and Marxism" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)

April 29, 2022

Hegemony and Class Struggle

Juan Dal Maso
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky exerted a powerful influence on the world, even if his historical and theoretical contributions have often …

The Renaissance of Marxist Studies: A Discussion with Babak Amini

April 21, 2022

The Renaissance of Marxist Studies

Babak Amini
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in academic research in Marxism and related fields, and many researchers have been stepping up t…

Phil Christman, "How to Be Normal: Essays" (Belt, 2022)

March 30, 2022

How to Be Normal

Phil Christman
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

What does it mean to be normal? What even is normal? It’s a strange concept, dependent entirely on context and yet, in spite of this flexibility, …

John Bellamy Foster, "The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology" (Monthly Review Press, 2021)

March 23, 2022

The Return of Nature

John Bellamy Foster
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

It is slowly becoming clear that we are heading towards a deep ecological catastrophe. Our societies carbon footprint and its impact have been kno…

Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt, "Able to Lead: Disablement, Radicalism, and the Political Life of E. T. Kingsley" (U British Columbia Press, 2021)

March 23, 2022

Able to Lead

Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt
Hosted by Stephen Dozeman

People with disabilities have always struggled to make ends meet. Finding a job you can actually do, a housing situation you can afford that meets…