Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/caribbean-critical-theory A series of podcasts on the Caribbean critical theory tradition, from Suzanne Césaire through the creolist movement. © 2025 John E. Drabinski d1e5e451-aa7f-5d9b-853c-8d72cf6d4c08 no en Sun, 05 May 2024 13:12:05 -0700 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:30:17 -0800 https://img.transistor.fm/Phl1Xn0gCywYS6DsP4cpcX-y2FQTyfFQWN5zUX7bDKw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5MjgwLzE3MDY3/MjU2MDQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg episodic John E. Drabinski A series of podcasts on the Caribbean critical theory tradition, from Suzanne Césaire through the creolist movement. A series of podcasts on the Caribbean critical theory tradition, from Suzanne Césaire through the creolist movement.. Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory John E. Drabinski No No 26 26 Dalton, Christin, and Lisa on Henzell, Baugh, and The Wailers full 96b48a2e-b5d8-425f-8e59-dedaf67f8ad3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d0c23b4 Dalton, Christin, and Lisa discuss the final bit of material from the seminar, including Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, Edward Baugh's "The West Indian Writer and His Quarrel with History," and The Wailers' album Burnin'.

]]> Dalton, Christin, and Lisa discuss the final bit of material from the seminar, including Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, Edward Baugh's "The West Indian Writer and His Quarrel with History," and The Wailers' album Burnin'.

]]> Sun, 05 May 2024 13:11:28 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 3743 Dalton, Christin, and Lisa discuss the final bit of material from the seminar, including Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, Edward Baugh's "The West Indian Writer and His Quarrel with History," and The Wailers' album Burnin'.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 25 25 Edward Baugh, Perry Henzell, and The Wailers - Inventiveness, the Underclass, and the Sounds of the Everyday full 04478aaf-f66b-43c6-8786-ed494e0d2deb https://share.transistor.fm/s/fbf629ef A discussion of Edward Baugh's essay "The West Indian Writer and His Quarrel with History," Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, and The Wailer's masterpiece album Burnin'.

]]> A discussion of Edward Baugh's essay "The West Indian Writer and His Quarrel with History," Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, and The Wailer's masterpiece album Burnin'.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:40:26 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1483 A discussion of Edward Baugh's essay "The West Indian Writer and His Quarrel with History," Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come, and The Wailer's masterpiece album Burnin'.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 24 24 Kayna, Dalton, and Abby on Maryse Condé and the Creolists full f2840fd1-64fd-431c-a8b8-aa86cd82ba9b https://share.transistor.fm/s/2415785a Kayna, Dalton, and Abby discuss the Creolist's response to Maryse Condé's critical remarks on the créolité movement, thinking through questions of nation, time, and identity.

]]> Kayna, Dalton, and Abby discuss the Creolist's response to Maryse Condé's critical remarks on the créolité movement, thinking through questions of nation, time, and identity.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:55:32 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2497 Kayna, Dalton, and Abby discuss the Creolist's response to Maryse Condé's critical remarks on the créolité movement, thinking through questions of nation, time, and identity.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 23 23 Maryse Condé and the Créolité Movement - Literature, Identity, Diaspora full 0a2a456d-2cae-4a54-a6a7-4990205b8268 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b8948911 A discussion of Maryse Condé's essay "Order, Disorder, Freedom, and the West Indian Writer" and the critical interview "Créolité Bites" with Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant, with particular emphasis on the relationship between literature, identity, and diaspora.

]]> A discussion of Maryse Condé's essay "Order, Disorder, Freedom, and the West Indian Writer" and the critical interview "Créolité Bites" with Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant, with particular emphasis on the relationship between literature, identity, and diaspora.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:49:30 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1371 A discussion of Maryse Condé's essay "Order, Disorder, Freedom, and the West Indian Writer" and the critical interview "Créolité Bites" with Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant, with particular emphasis on the relationship between literature, identity, and diaspora.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 22 22 Charlie, Lisa, and Teagan on Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant full aa580e4b-a470-4077-ad4f-e6ba4810ee97 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c690ffac Charlie, Lisa, and Teagan discuss In Praise of Creoleness and its cultural politics of race, identity, and expression.

]]> Charlie, Lisa, and Teagan discuss In Praise of Creoleness and its cultural politics of race, identity, and expression.

]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:41:47 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 3213 Charlie, Lisa, and Teagan discuss In Praise of Creoleness and its cultural politics of race, identity, and expression.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 21 21 Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant - Creoleness, Identity, Literature full dbe5fd1a-b46d-454a-b062-37696de003c6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d5c40c91 Discussion of Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant's 1989 manifesto In Praise of Creoleness, with particular attention to questions of identity, cultural production, and the relation between writer and reader.

]]> Discussion of Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant's 1989 manifesto In Praise of Creoleness, with particular attention to questions of identity, cultural production, and the relation between writer and reader.

]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:28:08 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1994 Discussion of Jean Bernabé, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant's 1989 manifesto In Praise of Creoleness, with particular attention to questions of identity, cultural production, and the relation between writer and reader.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 20 20 Teagan, Lisa, and Kayna on Kamau Brathwaite full 5d8a8cfc-0508-4315-a88a-e05e3e305406 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bf68d49f Discussion of Kamau Brathwaite's poetics and poetic praxis with Teagan, Kayna, and Lisa.

]]> Discussion of Kamau Brathwaite's poetics and poetic praxis with Teagan, Kayna, and Lisa.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:19:14 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2393 Discussion of Kamau Brathwaite's poetics and poetic praxis with Teagan, Kayna, and Lisa.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 19 19 Kamau Brathwaite - Orality, Aurality, and Postcolonial Intelligence full 457fe43b-37ba-41d5-a74e-4198af46d32b https://share.transistor.fm/s/2fdd5864 A discussion of the relation between orality and aurality in Kamau Brathwaite's poetics and poetic praxis.

]]> A discussion of the relation between orality and aurality in Kamau Brathwaite's poetics and poetic praxis.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:16:39 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1617 A discussion of the relation between orality and aurality in Kamau Brathwaite's poetics and poetic praxis.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 18 18 Mary Catherine, Twanna, and Christin on Wilson Harris full 32e07234-4be5-4bbc-8464-66657ad4c9a1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2391bb88 A discussion of Wilson Harris' work with Mary Catherine Contreras, Twanna Hodge, and Christin Washington.

]]> A discussion of Wilson Harris' work with Mary Catherine Contreras, Twanna Hodge, and Christin Washington.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:40:45 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2162 A discussion of Wilson Harris' work with Mary Catherine Contreras, Twanna Hodge, and Christin Washington.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 16 16 Wilson Harris - Creoleness, Identity, and the Imagination full a1d521be-a9cf-4681-bc44-ce5d6504c2e7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/aa19451a A discussion of two late essays by Wilson Harris on creoleness and the imagination, with particular emphasis on how they ask us to rethink and recalibrate our language of identity.

]]> A discussion of two late essays by Wilson Harris on creoleness and the imagination, with particular emphasis on how they ask us to rethink and recalibrate our language of identity.

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:31:26 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1332 A discussion of two late essays by Wilson Harris on creoleness and the imagination, with particular emphasis on how they ask us to rethink and recalibrate our language of identity.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 15 15 Twanna, Abigail, and Charlie on Glissant and Benítez-Rojo full c0540e6a-12c8-4ec0-83ed-2011125f8aad https://share.transistor.fm/s/54c0faef Abigail, Twanna, and Charlie discuss the intersections between the work of Glissant and Benítez-Rojo.

]]> Abigail, Twanna, and Charlie discuss the intersections between the work of Glissant and Benítez-Rojo.

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:29:19 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2568 Abigail, Twanna, and Charlie discuss the intersections between the work of Glissant and Benítez-Rojo.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 14 14 Édouard Glissant and Antonio Benítez-Rojo - The Archipelago, Chaos, and an Ethics of the Aesthetic full 95390490-ee4c-49d8-8f28-829b09f0243a https://share.transistor.fm/s/e21d6693 A discussion of Glissant's and Benítez-Rojo's conceptions of the archipelago, chaos, and the implications for an ethic of globalized aesthetics.

]]> A discussion of Glissant's and Benítez-Rojo's conceptions of the archipelago, chaos, and the implications for an ethic of globalized aesthetics.

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:26:15 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1372 A discussion of Glissant's and Benítez-Rojo's conceptions of the archipelago, chaos, and the implications for an ethic of globalized aesthetics.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 13 13 Twanna, Mary Catherine, and Dalton on Glissant and Walcott full ee518a70-a658-4684-8553-2a1a56ecf603 https://share.transistor.fm/s/08357612 A discussion of Glissant's and Walcott's work, specifically the opening pages of Poetics of Relation and the poem "The Sea is History."

]]> A discussion of Glissant's and Walcott's work, specifically the opening pages of Poetics of Relation and the poem "The Sea is History."

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:23:39 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2746 A discussion of Glissant's and Walcott's work, specifically the opening pages of Poetics of Relation and the poem "The Sea is History."

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 12 12 Derek Walcott and Édouard Glissant - History, the Sea, and Caribbean Identity full bccc9cc1-ae11-4f69-83f0-8c0fed9e0152 https://share.transistor.fm/s/683aded2 Reflections on Derek Walcott's 1977 poem "The Sea is History" and the opening sections of Édouard Glissant's Poetics of Relation, with emphasis on history and identity in relation to the Middle Passage and its catastrophic loss.

]]> Reflections on Derek Walcott's 1977 poem "The Sea is History" and the opening sections of Édouard Glissant's Poetics of Relation, with emphasis on history and identity in relation to the Middle Passage and its catastrophic loss.

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:52:07 -0700 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1712 Reflections on Derek Walcott's 1977 poem "The Sea is History" and the opening sections of Édouard Glissant's Poetics of Relation, with emphasis on history and identity in relation to the Middle Passage and its catastrophic loss.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 11 11 Kayna, Charlie, and Christin on V.S. Naipaul and Derek Walcott full f92cadf8-7f38-4270-abf8-e03b6620f106 https://share.transistor.fm/s/62a95698 Kayna, Charlie, and Christin discuss V.S. Naipaul's Middle Passage and two essays by Derek Walcott, "The Muse of History" and "The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory."

]]> Kayna, Charlie, and Christin discuss V.S. Naipaul's Middle Passage and two essays by Derek Walcott, "The Muse of History" and "The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory."

]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:37:31 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2315 Kayna, Charlie, and Christin discuss V.S. Naipaul's Middle Passage and two essays by Derek Walcott, "The Muse of History" and "The Antilles: Fragments of Epic Memory."

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 10 10 V.S. Naipaul and Derek Walcott - History and Caribbeanness full b6681659-9075-47d0-af1c-745f1c4ceed2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/414ab6d6 A discussion of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage (1962) in relation to Derek Walcott's "The Muse of History" (1974) and "The Antilles" (1992), focused on how Naipaul's melancholia structures his imagination of West Indian history and how Walcott's meditations on paternity and fragmentation reconfigures that imagination.

]]> A discussion of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage (1962) in relation to Derek Walcott's "The Muse of History" (1974) and "The Antilles" (1992), focused on how Naipaul's melancholia structures his imagination of West Indian history and how Walcott's meditations on paternity and fragmentation reconfigures that imagination.

]]> Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:15:50 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1718 A discussion of V.S. Naipaul's The Middle Passage (1962) in relation to Derek Walcott's "The Muse of History" (1974) and "The Antilles" (1992), focused on how Naipaul's melancholia structures his imagination of West Indian history and how Walcott's meditations on paternity and fragmentation reconfigures that imagination.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 9 9 Twanna, Dalton, and Abby on Sylvia Wynter, Blackness, and Coloniality full fe02d3c4-8c96-4f0a-b509-9e02746c4f53 https://share.transistor.fm/s/71cddd63 A discussion of two essays by Sylvia Wynter: "Toward the Socigenic Principle" and "Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom"

]]> A discussion of two essays by Sylvia Wynter: "Toward the Socigenic Principle" and "Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom"

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:13:44 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2799 A discussion of two essays by Sylvia Wynter: "Toward the Socigenic Principle" and "Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom"

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 8 8 Sylvia Wynter - Sociogenesis, Consciousness, and the Human full 432af97c-75c7-49b8-a0c2-20d22bc9cfea https://share.transistor.fm/s/9343f391 A discussion of Sylvia Wynter's work and its extension of Fanon's key insights, with particular emphasis on her essays "Toward the Sociogenic Principle" and "Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom."

]]> A discussion of Sylvia Wynter's work and its extension of Fanon's key insights, with particular emphasis on her essays "Toward the Sociogenic Principle" and "Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom."

]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:40:34 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1941 A discussion of Sylvia Wynter's work and its extension of Fanon's key insights, with particular emphasis on her essays "Toward the Sociogenic Principle" and "Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom."

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 7 7 Lisa, Abby, and Teagan on Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks full dbe4d138-8e04-4aff-ab48-a5897d795dab https://share.transistor.fm/s/dcd6ca7b Lisa, Abby, and Teagan discuss the significance and meaning of Frantz Fanon's 1952 book Black Skin, White Masks.

]]> Lisa, Abby, and Teagan discuss the significance and meaning of Frantz Fanon's 1952 book Black Skin, White Masks.

]]> Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:52:24 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2326 Lisa, Abby, and Teagan discuss the significance and meaning of Frantz Fanon's 1952 book Black Skin, White Masks.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 6 6 Frantz Fanon - Antiblackness, Language, and World-Making full d0d26d75-e541-4cd8-88ae-0647d89c82c2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5a12b67a A discussion of key themes in Frantz Fanon's 1952 text Black Skin, White Masks, with particular attention to the function of language, sociogeny, and antiblackness in conceiving the possibilities of world-making.

]]> A discussion of key themes in Frantz Fanon's 1952 text Black Skin, White Masks, with particular attention to the function of language, sociogeny, and antiblackness in conceiving the possibilities of world-making.

]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:41:51 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1737 A discussion of key themes in Frantz Fanon's 1952 text Black Skin, White Masks, with particular attention to the function of language, sociogeny, and antiblackness in conceiving the possibilities of world-making.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 5 5 Charlie, Mary Catherine, and Teagan on René Ménil's Surrealism and Caribbeanness full eb9df483-174b-43c0-9da6-5710751ff9f7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/eea34918 A discussion of René Ménil's writings on surrealism and Caribbeanness, with particular focus on his essays from the early 1940s in the journal Tropiques.

]]> A discussion of René Ménil's writings on surrealism and Caribbeanness, with particular focus on his essays from the early 1940s in the journal Tropiques.

]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 14:07:14 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1859 A discussion of René Ménil's writings on surrealism and Caribbeanness, with particular focus on his essays from the early 1940s in the journal Tropiques.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 4 4 René Ménil - Caribbeanness, Decolonization, and Poetry After the Heteronomic full 484dd377-8882-4c7e-9661-2011b63b676e https://share.transistor.fm/s/c489169c A discussion of René Ménil's essays from Tropiques and their vision of a poetics of Caribbean identity and life.

]]> A discussion of René Ménil's essays from Tropiques and their vision of a poetics of Caribbean identity and life.

]]> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:53:34 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1570 A discussion of René Ménil's essays from Tropiques and their vision of a poetics of Caribbean identity and life.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 3 3 Kayna, Christin, and Mary Catherine on Suzanne Césaire's Surrealism full a1489108-e3a3-4c4b-98cb-439ec23e516d https://share.transistor.fm/s/41a095a9 Reflections by Kayna Richards, Christin Washington, and Mary Catherine Contreras on Suzanne Césaire's essay on Surrealism.

]]> Reflections by Kayna Richards, Christin Washington, and Mary Catherine Contreras on Suzanne Césaire's essay on Surrealism.

]]> Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:13:19 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 2186 Reflections by Kayna Richards, Christin Washington, and Mary Catherine Contreras on Suzanne Césaire's essay on Surrealism.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 2 2 Suzanne Césaire - Surrealism, Civilization, and the Making of a Poetics full d192b574-67ee-4fc2-98b7-20dff9a3785a https://share.transistor.fm/s/56b8387f An examination of Suzanne Césaire's essays for Tropiques on surrealism and Frobenius' notion of civilization, with particular attention to how those essays establish the conditions for a possible poetics of the post colony.

]]> An examination of Suzanne Césaire's essays for Tropiques on surrealism and Frobenius' notion of civilization, with particular attention to how those essays establish the conditions for a possible poetics of the post colony.

]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2024 09:00:05 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1994 An examination of Suzanne Césaire's essays for Tropiques on surrealism and Frobenius' notion of civilization, with particular attention to how those essays establish the conditions for a possible poetics of the post colony.

]]> Caribbean, critical theory, race, philosophy, literary theory, cultural theory No 1 1 Aimé Césaire - Surrealism, Civilization, and Poetry's Possibility full 942afc62-15df-429e-8c3c-136c0265cc03 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4aa8b0bd A discussion of Aimé Césaire's 1945 essay "Poetry and Knowledge" and 1956 essay "Culture and Colonization," with particular focus on how the poetic word functions as an anti-colonial intervention.

]]> A discussion of Aimé Césaire's 1945 essay "Poetry and Knowledge" and 1956 essay "Culture and Colonization," with particular focus on how the poetic word functions as an anti-colonial intervention.

]]> Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:30:49 -0800 John E. Drabinski John E. Drabinski 1589 A discussion of Aimé Césaire's 1945 essay "Poetry and Knowledge" and 1956 essay "Culture and Colonization," with particular focus on how the poetic word functions as an anti-colonial intervention.

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