Blog

Rüdiger Dannemann on Lukacs.

"In her incisive and accessible study of Islamic jihad, Suzy shows how jihad is the ur-form of contemporary politics, no departure from western capitalism but rather an acceleration and crystallization of it."

Why does the US go to war? Humanitarianism? To bring freedom and democracy to the unfortunate corners of the world? To save vulnerable populations from dictatorship? 

Not likely. Try: self interest.

Interview with philosopher Jacques Rancière on the Covid-19 crisis, contemporary political upheavals the experience of art and film over the past year, and social media.

Etienne Balibar and Anne Querrien on the philosopher François Matheron, who died on 3 April at the age of 65.

A reading list of utopian thinking featuring Leslie Kern, Aaron Bastani, James Bridle, Andrea Long Chu, and Lizzie O’Shea.

A hope for a livable future and just systems of care lies in our ability to mobilize and organize. 

The Salvage Collective on the death cult of capital accumulation.

A challenge to the separation of woman’s position from the central core of Marxist analysis.

Investigations have become a more collective endeavour based on extensive networks and strong solidarity.

Interview with philosopher Frédéric Lordon about his new book Police, recently published in French by La Fabrique.

Benjamin Bratton on why philosophy failed us in facing up to the pandemic, and why we need to rethink biopolitics as a matter of life and death.