Marxism and Millennial Romance: The Sally Rooney Phenomenon

Love in the Time of Late Capitalism: Class in Sally Rooney's Novels

An analysis of how Sally Rooney's novels explore class consciousness through the lens of both Marxist theory and Irish cultural context. From the way class manifests in post Celtic-tiger Ireland to how class anxiety affects interpersonal relationships, this video examines how Rooney's characters navigate relationships within the constraints of capitalism and class

The quote on the thumbnail of this video is from Ash Sarkar, a British journalist, rather than Rooney herself, I don’t think Rooney has ever said she is a communist, but instead a Marxist, but I thought it was fitting.

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0:00 - Intro
1:25 - What is class? Marxist vs Colloquial definitions
3:33 - Sally Rooney is Irish 
10:56 - Class Conscious Characters
17:00 - The Impossibility of Love Under Capitalism

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