"Socialism in the Post-colony: Cuban Revolution pt. 2" with Gabriel Vignoli

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the sessions had to be moved online. The video and audio quality is not always consistent. We apologize for the inconvenience.

In the second of a two-part series on the socialist experience in Cuba, Gabriel Vignoli continues from the historical context he set in the first session. He tries to show how the socialist revolution was motivated not by a priori ideological commitments of the actors involved, but emerged out of strategic consideration shaped by Cuba's experience with colonialism and imperialism. Vignoli suggests that the revolution introduced a completely new political, symbolic and cultural grammar which fundamentally transformed Cuban society. The revolution in the postcolony thus, resignified the category of socialism and nationalism altogether.

Gabriel Vignoli is a Professor of International Affairs at the School of Public Engagement:
https://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/faculty/gabriel-vignoli/

Andrew Arato is Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory:
https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/andrew-arato/
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Course information can be found here: https://sites.google.com/view/sociologyandsocialism/session-27

Technical Team:
Can Nuri Akin
Udeepta Chakravarty
Arya Vaghyenegar

This course is held at the New School for Social Research:
https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/

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