Maoist philosopher Joshua Moufawad-Paul joins the pod to discuss revolutionary science and theology!
Timeline of the conversation:
06:15 - What are philosophy, science, and theology?
23:00 - How is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism a science and why is it important?
35:40 - Why aren't all failures the same and how does this understanding help us in our analysis and strategizing?
47:55 - What role might religion play in making revolution and what role should it not assume?
1:01:00 - Why is waging political line struggle important for making revolution and how does political line struggle differ from debate between theologies?
1:18:34 - What is utopian socialism and why might religious socialists tend toward revisionism?
1:28:40 - What is cultural revolution and what role might members of religious communities and institutions play in the making of cultural revolution?
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