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On Ideology

by Louis Althusser

The classic analysis of how particular political and cultural ideas come to dominate society

18 posts
The Return of the Political

by Chantal Mouffe

A powerful new understanding of citizenship, democracy and pluralism

16 posts
Marx

by Kojin Karatani

Classic study of Marx by Japan’s leading critical theorist

4 posts
Victors’ Justice

by M. W. Weir and Danilo Zolo
International tribunals are shown to be little more than a tool of Western imperialism.

Comrade

by Jodi Dean

When people say “comrade,” they change the world

8 posts
The Authoritarian Personality

by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, et al.

Hugely influential study of the psychology of authoritarianism

17 posts
For a Left Populism

by Chantal Mouffe

What is the “populist moment” and what does it mean for the left?

16 posts
The Tailor of Ulm: A History of Communism

by Lucio Magri

A fascinating analysis and account of the decline and fall of Western communism by a participant observer

20 posts

The Security Principle

by Frédéric Gros

The idea of security—from ancient Greece to the War on Terror

2 posts
Riot. Strike. Riot

by Joshua Clover

Political theorist Joshua Clover theorizes the riot as the form of the coming insurrection

55 posts
The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born

by Nancy Fraser

Neoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake?

15 posts
Never-Ending Nightmare

by Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval

The authoritarian face of neoliberalism

3 posts

Legislature by Lot

by John Gastil and Erik Olin Wright

Democracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political class

1 post
The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe

by Dylan Riley

How the development of twentieth-century fascism depended on strong civil societies

4 posts
Fascism and Dictatorship

by Nicos Poulantzas

A compelling analysis of fascism, replete with insights into the authoritarian movements and states of our time

20 posts
Philosophy and Revolution: From Kant to Marx

by Stathis Kouvelakis

A remarkable history of the formation of Marxist thought

49 posts

The Day After the Revolution

by V. I. Lenin

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Žižek shows why Lenin’s thought is still important today

13 posts
Germany’s Hidden Crisis

by Oliver Nachtwey

How neoliberalism is causing a social crisis in Germany

2 posts
The Limits to Capital

by David Harvey

A major rereading of Marx’s critique of political economy

28 posts
On Populist Reason

by Ernesto Laclau

A philosophical and political exploration of the construction of popular identities

24 posts

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