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Aug 3, 2025 • 60min

S03E44 - Anna Kornbluh on Climate Counteraesthetics

Anna Kornbluh on the prevalence of aesthetic immediacy and why we need climate counteraesthetics. Events (from the introduction): at the Zollo Collective: https://www.instagram.com/zollo.hamburg/?hl=en at La Band Varga: https://labandavaga.org/?page_id=102 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland: https://resuso.ch/   Shownotes Anna Kornbluh’s personal website (including all her publications): http://www.annakornbluh.com/ Anna at the University of Illinois Chicago: https://engl.uic.edu/profiles/kornbluh-anna/ Kornbluh, A. (2024). Immediacy, or the Style of Too Late Capitalism. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/3031-immediacy-or-the-style-of-too-late-capitalism Kornbluh, A. (2023). We Didn’t Start The Fire. Death Drive and Ecocide. Parapraxis Magazine Issue 3. https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/we-didnt-start-the-fire Kornbluh, A. (2020). Climate Realism, Capitalist and Otherwise. Mediations. Journal of the Marxist Literary Group. Vol. 33. No. 1-2. P. 99-118. https://mediationsjournal.org/articles/climate-realism Kornbluh, A. (2019). The Order of Forms. Realism, Formalism, and Social Space. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo44521006.html Groos, J., Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction on Alexis Pauline Gumbs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Pauline_Gumbs https://www.alexispauline.com/ her essay on the Maui wildfires: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a44819303/climate-crisis-maui/  on climate fiction (cli-fi): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_fiction Rebecca Saltzman: https://rebeccasaltzman.net/ Haraway, D. J. (2016). Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-trouble Tsing, A. L. (2021). The Mushroom at the End of the World. On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton University Press. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691220550/the-mushroom-at-the-end-of-the-world on the genre of the Heist film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist_film on “Logan Lucky”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Lucky Strange, S. (2015). Casino Capitalism. Manchester University Press. https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784991340/ Edward Morgan Forster on Narrative: https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/04/e-m-forster-the-difference-between-story-and-plot/ on climate/eco-anxiety: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-anxiety Spufford, F. (2012). Red Plenty. Graywolf Press. https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/red-plenty explanation “hypersititon”: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperstition on Kim Stanley Robinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_Robinson Robinson, K. S. (2020). The Ministry for the Future. Orbit. https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the-ministry-for-the-future Robinson, K. S. (2017). New York 2140. Orbit. https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/new-york-2140 on the Inflation Reduction Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act on the Green New Deal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_New_Deal website of Daniel Aldana Cohen (including all his publications): https://aldanacohen.com/ Climate & Community Institute: https://climateandcommunity.org/ “A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” video from 2019: https://youtu.be/d9uTH0iprVQ?si=8O-M_fS2iO_AQhiL Aronoff, K., Battistoni, A., Cohen, D. A., & Riofrancos, T. (2019). A Planet to Win. Why We Need a Green New Deal. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2546-a-planet-to-win Klein, N., Taylor, A. (2025). The Rise of End Times Fascism. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk on the Zohran Mamdani campaign: https://www.zohranfornyc.com/ on Social Realism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_realism on Brandon Taylor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Taylor_(writer) his website: https://brandonlgtaylor.com/ on Colson Whitehead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colson_Whitehead his website: https://www.colsonwhitehead.com/ on “Succession”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series) on “Somebody Somewhere”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_Somewhere_(TV_series) on public luxury: https://communia.de/en/project/public-luxury/ https://autonomy.work/portfolio/public-luxury-in-practice/ Nunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of Political Organization. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò’s website: http://www.olufemiotaiwo.com/ Táíwò, O. (2020). Who gets to feel secure? On Liberty, Security, and Our System of Racial Capitalism. Aeon. https://aeon.co/essays/on-liberty-security-and-our-system-of-racial-capitalism Boston Review issue on “What is the State for?”: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/from-the-editors-what-is-the-state-for/ on Freud’s concept of the Death drive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_drive Future Histories Episodes on Related Topics S3E32 | Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Decline https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e32-jacob-blumenfeld-on-climate-barbarism-and-managing-decline/ S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginaries https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/ S03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdown https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ S03E02 | George Monbiot on Public Luxury https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e02-george-monbiot-on-public-luxury/ S02E27 | Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunism https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e27-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/ S02E18 | Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese on Half Earth Socialism https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e18-drew-pendergrass-and-troy-vettese-on-half-earth-socialism/ S01E16 | Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e16-richard-barbrook-on-imaginary-futures/ --- If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help: Democratic planning – an information website https://www.democratic-planning.com/ Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk] https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction International Network for Democratic Economic Planning https://www.indep.network/ Democratic Planning Research Platform: https://www.planningresearch.net/ --- Future Histories Contact & Support If you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Contact: office@futurehistories.today Twitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com   Episode Keywords #AnnaKornbluh, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #FutureImaginaries, #Art, #Literature, #Representation, #Immediacy, #ClimateChange, #ClimateBreakdown, #ClimateCollapse, #Capitalism, #Economics, #Collapse, #GreenNewDeal, #ClimateAnxiety
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Jul 20, 2025 • 1h 35min

S03E43 - Steen Thorsson zu Psychoanalyse, Klimakrise und Kapitalismus

Steen Thorsson zu Kapitalismus als Ursache der Klimakrise und die Psychopathologien ihrer Leugnung. Events (aus Anmoderation): beim Zollo Kollektiv: https://www.instagram.com/zollo.hamburg/?hl=en bei La Band Varga: https://labandavaga.org/?page_id=102 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland: https://resuso.ch/   Shownotes Thorsson, S. (2025). Burn Baby Burn. Kapitalismus als Ursache der Klimakrise und die Psychopathologien ihrer Leugnung. Psychosozial-Verlag. https://psychosozial-verlag.de/programm/2000/2110/3413-detail zur Psychoanalyse: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoanalyse das Zitat von Adorno zur Psychoanalyse stammt aus seinem Aufsatz „Zum Verhältnis von Soziologie und Psychologie von 1955 und ist in diesem in Adornos gesammelten Schriften Band 8, Soziologische Schriften 1 zu finden: Adorno, T.W. (2003). Gesammelte Schriften Band 8: Soziologische Schriften 1. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/theodor-w-adorno-gesammelte-schriften-in-20-baenden-t-9783518293089 Bruschi, V., Zeiler, M. (Hrsg.). (2022). Das Klima des Kapitals. Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse und Ökonomiekritik. Dietz. https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/das-klima-des-kapitals/ zum „Kapitalozän“: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalocene Dorn, F. (2022). Anthropozän und Kapitalozän. Das Zeitalter des Kapitalismus. https://www.felixdorn.com/blog/anthropozaen-kapitalozaen-kapitalismus Moore, J.W. (Hrsg.). (2016). Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism. PM Press. https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=779 zur Kritischen Theorie: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kritische_Theorie Löwy, M. (2015). Ecosocialism. A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe. Haymarket Books. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/696-ecosocialism Was ist Ökomarxismus und wozu brauchen wir ihn? Livestream der Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung mit Jan Rehmann, Markus Wissen und Julia Egenhoff. (02.07.2025). https://www.youtube.com/live/yij25N24E88?si=DIb0hzfqLI1T2BJY Engels, F. (1962). Dialektik der Natur. Dietz. https://marx-wirklich-studieren.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/einleitung_dialektik_der_natur.pdf Malm, A. (2016). Fossil Capital. The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/135-fossil-capital Malm, A. (2021). Der Fortschritt dieses Sturms. Natur und Gesellschaft in einer sich erwärmenden Welt. Matthes & Seitz. https://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/der-fortschritt-dieses-sturms.html zur „ursprünglichen Akkumulation“: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urspr%C3%BCngliche_Akkumulation Schaupp, S. (2024). Stoffwechselpolitik. Arbeit, Natur und die Zukunft des Planeten. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/simon-schaupp-stoffwechselpolitik-t-9783518029862 zu Herbert Marcuse: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse zu Geoengineering: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoengineering Löwenthal, L. (2021). Falsche Propheten: Studien zur faschistischen Agitation. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/leo-loewenthal-falsche-propheten-t-9783518587621 Knasmüller, F., & Brunner, M. (2022). Schiefheilung als Kompromissbildung. Eine biographische Fallrekonstruktion der psychischen Funktionalität rechter Weltbilder. Psychologie & Gesellschaftskritik, 46(1/2), 111–138. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363699446_Schiefheilung_als_Kompromissbildung_Eine_biographische_Fallrekonstruktion_der_psychischen_Funktionalitat_rechter_Weltbilder Freud, S. (2010). Das Unbehagen in der Kultur. Reclam. https://www.reclam.de/produktdetail/das-unbehagen-in-der-kultur-9783150186978 zum Todestrieb bei Freud: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todestrieb Horkheimer, M., Adorno, T. W. (2022) Dialektik der Aufklärung. Philosophische Fragmente. S. Fischer. https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/max-horkheimer-theodor-w-adorno-dialektik-der-aufklaerung-9783103971521 zur Massenpsychologie: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massenpsychologie Staab, P. (2022). Anpassung. Leitmotiv der nächsten Gesellschaft. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/philipp-staab-anpassung-t-9783518127797 Herrmann, U. (2022) Das Ende des Kapitalismus. Warum Wachstum und Klimaschutz nicht vereinbar sind – und wie wir in Zukunft leben werden. Kiepenheuer & Witsch. https://www.kiwi-verlag.de/buch/ulrike-herrmann-das-ende-des-kapitalismus-9783462002553 Müller, T. (2024). Zwischen friedlicher Sabotage und Kollaps. Wie ich lernte, die Zukunft wieder zu lieben. Mandelbaum. https://www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/tadzio-mueller/zwischen-friedlicher-sabotage-und-kollaps/ Communia, BUNDjugend. (Hrsg.). (2023). Öffentlicher Luxus. Dietz. https://dietzberlin.de/produkt/oeffentlicher-luxus/ zur „Gelbwestenbewegung“: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelbwestenbewegung zum „Lucas-Plan“: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas-Plan Thematisch angrenzende Folgen S03E33 | Tadzio Müller zu Solidarischem Preppen im Kollaps https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e33-tadzio-mueller-zu-solidarischem-preppen-im-kollaps/ S03E32 | Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Decline https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e32-jacob-blumenfeld-on-climate-barbarism-and-managing-decline/ S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginaries https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/ S03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdown https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/ S03E08 | Simon Schaupp zu Stoffwechselpolitik https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e08-simon-schaupp-zu-stoffwechselpolitik/ S02E59 | Lemon und Lukas von communia zu öffentlichem Luxus https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e59-lemon-und-lukas-von-communia-zu-oeffentlichem-luxus/ S02E30 | Philipp Staab zu Anpassung https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e30-philipp-staab-zu-anpassung/   Future Histories Kontakt & Unterstützung Wenn euch Future Histories gefällt, dann erwägt doch bitte eine Unterstützung auf Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories   Schreibt mir unter: office@futurehistories.today Diskutiert mit mir auf Twitter (#FutureHistories): https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast auf Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/futurehistories.bsky.social auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ auf Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories   Webseite mit allen Folgen: www.futurehistories.today English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com   Episode Keywords #SteenThorsson, #JanGroos, #FutureHistories, #Podcast, #Klimakrise, #Sozial-ökologischeTransformation, #Klimabewegung, #Kapitalismus, #Gesellschaft, #PolitischeImaginationen, #Zukunft, #KritischeTheorie, #SigmundFreud, #Psychoanalyse, #Solidarität, #Marcuse, #Freud, #AndreasMalm, #Technokratie, #Geoengineering
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Jul 6, 2025 • 2h 28min

S03E42 - Rüdiger Haude und Thomas Wagner zu herrschaftsfreien Institutionen

Rüdiger Haude, Historiker an der RWTH Aachen und Experte für nicht-staatliche Gesellschaften, diskutiert mit Soziologe Thomas Wagner über die Stabilität herrschaftsfreier Institutionen. Sie beleuchten die Rolle von Zwang in egalitären Strukturen und die Differenzierung zwischen Macht und Herrschaft. Außerdem geht es um historische Beispiele, etwa die Irokesen, und wie Geschlechtergleichheit in solchen Gesellschaften institutionalisiert werden kann. Die beiden stellen kreative Ansätze vor, um soziale Kohäsion ohne Herrschaft zu fördern.
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Jun 22, 2025 • 2h 5min

S03E41 - Hannes Kuch zu liberalem Sozialismus

Hannes Kuch, Dozent an der Goethe-Universität und Autor, bringt frischen Wind in den Dialog zwischen Liberalismus und Sozialismus. Er erklärt, warum beide Strömungen voneinander abhängen, und plädiert für die Integration solidarischer Prinzipien in die Demokratie. Interessant wird es, wenn er die Rolle von Bildung und gemeinschaftlichem Leben als Motor für Wandel beleuchtet. Außerdem diskutiert er die Herausforderungen des liberalen Sozialismus und innovative Eigentumsformen, die eine gerechtere Wirtschaft fördern könnten. Ein inspirierendes Plädoyer für eine neue wirtschaftliche Ethik!
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Jun 8, 2025 • 1h 53min

S03E40 - Jan Overwijk on Cybernetic Capitalism and Critical Systems Theory

Jan Overwijk discusses critical systems theory, sociologies of closure and openness, and cybernetic capitalism.   Shownotes Jan Overwijk at the Frankfurt University Institute for Social Research: https://www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/personendetails/jan-overwijk.html Jan at the University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht: https://www.uvh.nl/university-of-humanistic-studies/contact/search-employees?person=jimxneoBsHowOfbPivN Overwijk, J. (2025). Cybernetic Capitalism. A Critical Theory of the Incommunicable. Fordham University Press. https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531508937/cybernetic-capitalism/ on the website of the distributor outside of North America you can order the book with a 30% discount with the code “FFF24”: https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781531508937/cybernetic-capitalism/ on Niklas Luhmann: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklas_Luhmann Baraldi, C., Corsi, G., & Esposito, E. (2021). Unlocking Luhmann. A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory. transcript. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5674-9/unlocking-luhmann/ Fischer-Lescano, A. (2011). Critical Systems Theory. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 38(1), 3–23. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0191453711421600 Möller, K., & Siri, J. (2023). Niklas Luhmann and Critical Systems Theory. In: R. Rogowski (Ed.), The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann (pp. 141–154). https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/anthem-companion-to-niklas-luhmann/niklas-luhmann-and-critical-systems-theory/982BC5427E171D2BA0D14364377A40F5 on Critical Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory on Cybernetics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics Future Histories explanation video on cybernetics (in German): https://youtu.be/QBKC9mM8-so?si=64v0OgBKV3xjXvLl on Humberto Matuarana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Maturana on Francisco Varela: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Varela Maturana, H. R., & Varela, F. J. (1992). Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding. Shambhala. https://uranos.ch/research/references/Maturana1988/maturana-h-1987-tree-of-knowledge-bkmrk.pdf on Ferdinand de Saussure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure on Post-Structuralism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-structuralism on the differentiation of society into subsystems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_(sociology) on Jaques Derrida: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida Bob Jessop on Luhmann and the concept of “ecological dominance”: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318543419_The_relevance_of_Luhmann%27s_systems_theory_and_of_Laclau_and_Mouffe%27s_discourse_analysis_to_the_elaboration_of_Marx%27s_state_theory Jessop, B. (2010). From Hegemony to Crisis? The Continuing Ecological Dominance of Neoliberalism. In: K. Birch & V. Mykhnenko (Eds.). Rise and Fall of Neoliberalism: The Collapse of an Economic Order? (pp. 171–187). Zed Books. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318524063_The_continuing_ecological_dominance_of_neoliberalism_in_the_crisis on Surplus Value in Marx and Marxism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surplus_value on Louis Althusser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Althusser Althusser, L. (2014). On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses. Verso. https://legalform.blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/althusser-on-the-reproduction-of-capitalism.pdf on Stuart Hall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist) on Capital Strikes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_strike on the concept of “rationalization” in sociology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalization_(sociology) on Max Weber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber Weber, M. (2005). The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Routledge. https://gpde.direito.ufmg.br/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/MAX-WEBER.pdf Zuboff, S. (2019). The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. Profile Books. https://profilebooks.com/work/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/ on Surveillance Capitalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism on Herbert Marcuse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse Marcuse, H. (2002). One-Dimensional Man. Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society. Routledge. https://files.libcom.org/files/Marcuse,%20H%20-%20One-Dimensional%20Man,%202nd%20edn.%20(Routledge,%202002).pdf on Jürgen Habermas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Habermas on Jean-François Lyotard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lyotard Lyotard, J.-F. (1988). The Differend. Phrases in Dispute. University of Minnesota Press. https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816616114/differend/ on Thermodynamics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics on the Technocracy Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid Modernity. Polity. https://giuseppecapograssi.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bauman-liquid-modernity.pdf on New Materialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_materialism on Gilles Deleuze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze on Bruno Latour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Latour on Donna Haraway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Haraway for criticisms of new materialism and associated tendencies and authors: Malm, A. (2018). The Progress of this Storm. Nature and Society in a Warming World. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/574-the-progress-of-this-storm Brown, W. (2019). In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West. Columbia University Press. https://www.social-ecology.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-Wellek-Library-Lectures-Wendy-Brown-In-the-Ruins-of-Neoliberalism_-The-Rise-of-Antidemocratic-Politics-in-the-West-Columbia-University-Press-2019.pdf Hendrikse, R. (2018). Neo-illiberalism. Geoforum, 95, 169–172. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016718518302057 on N. Katherine Hayles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._Katherine_Hayles Deleuze, G. (1992). Postscript on the Societies of Control. October. Vol. 59. (Winter 1992), 3-7. https://cidadeinseguranca.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/deleuze_control.pdf Brenner, R., Glick, M. (1991). The Regulation Approach. Theory and History. New Left Review. 1/188. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i188/articles/robert-brenner-mark-glick-the-regulation-approach-theory-and-history.pdf on the “Regulation School”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_school Chiapello, E., & Boltanski, L. (2018). The New Spirit of Capitalism. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/1980-the-new-spirit-of-capitalism Hardt, M., & Negri, A. (2000). Empire. Harvard University Press. https://monoskop.org/images/9/95/Hardt_Michael_Negri_Antonio_Empire.pdf on the Tierra Artificial Life Program: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation) on Gilbert Simondon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Simondon on Karen Barad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Barad on Post-Fordism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Fordism on Taylorism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management Srnicek, N. (2017). Platform Capitalism. Polity. https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=platform-capitalism--9781509504862 Hayek, F. A. (2014). The Constitution of Liberty. Routledge. https://ia600805.us.archive.org/35/items/TheConstitutionOfLiberty/The%20Constitution%20of%20Liberty.pdf van Dyk, S. (2018). Post-Wage Politics and the Rise of Community Capitalism. Work, Employment and Society, 32(3), 528–545. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0950017018755663 on Rosa Luxemburg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Luxemburg on Luxemburg’s thought on imperialism: https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/44096/rosa-luxemburgs-heterodox-view-of-the-global-south Fraser, N. (2022). Cannibal Capitalism. How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet and What We Can Do About It. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalism on Mariarosa Dalla Costa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariarosa_Dalla_Costa on the “Wages for Housework” Campaign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wages_for_Housework Moore, J. W. (2015). Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-life on Stafford Beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stafford_Beer Pickering, A. (2010). The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future. University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo8169881.html Foucualt’s quote on socialist governmentality is from this book: Foucault, M. (2008). The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978-1979. Palgrave Macmillan. https://1000littlehammers.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/birth_of_biopolitics.pdf Groos, J. (2025). Planning as an Art of Government. In: J. Groos & C. Sorg (Eds.). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond (pp. 115-132). 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May 25, 2025 • 1h 32min

S03E39 - Jasper Bernes on Workers' Councils, Labor Time Calculation and the Future of Revolution

Jasper Bernes, Autor und Dozent an der University of California, Berkeley, spricht über die revolutionären Möglichkeiten von Arbeiter*innenräten und deren Rolle in der Selbstorganisation. Er beleuchtet, wie diese Strukturen neu gedacht werden müssen, um den Herausforderungen der heutigen Gesellschaft gerecht zu werden. Zudem diskutiert er die Transformation von Arbeitsstunden und die Notwendigkeit einer solidarischen Produktion. Die Bedeutung sozialer Zugehörigkeit in revolutionären Bewegungen wird ebenfalls hervorgehoben, insbesondere im Kontext der George Floyd-Unruhen.
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May 11, 2025 • 1h 40min

S03E38 - Creative Construction Buchvorstellung

In dieser Aufzeichnung diskutieren Christoph Sorg, Wissenschaftler an der HU Berlin, und Jonna Klick, Autorin des Buches über Kommunisierung, faszinierende Themen. Sie beleuchten, wie demokratische Planung als Antwort auf die ökologische Krise dienen kann. Sie diskutieren die Idee von Revolution als Kommunisierung, alternative Wirtschaftsmodelle und die Notwendigkeit einer Demokratisierung der Wirtschaft. Außerdem wird die Rolle gesellschaftlicher Planung im globalen Süden und die Verbindung zwischen Rassismus und subjektiver Wahrnehmung kritisch analysiert.
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Apr 27, 2025 • 1h 7min

S03E37 - Frieder Vogelmann zu demokratischer Öffentlichkeit

Frieder Vogelmann, Professor für Epistemologie an der Universität Freiburg, beleuchtet die komplexen Bedingungen demokrativer Öffentlichkeit. Er diskutiert, wie mediale und ökonomische Faktoren die Qualität der Informationen beeinflussen und kritisiert die Verflachung der Berichterstattung durch kommerzielle Interessen. Zudem wird analysiert, wie moderne Öffentlichkeiten faschistische Ideologien fördern und der Einfluss von Desinformation auf die öffentliche Meinung. Vogelmann unterstreicht die Notwendigkeit neuer Strategien zur Bekämpfung von Falschinformationen und sozialen Ungleichheiten in der politischen Landschaft.
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Apr 13, 2025 • 56min

S03E36 - Clara E. Mattei on Austerity, Fascism and Authoritarian Liberalism

Clara E. Mattei, Professorin für Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Autorin des Buches 'Die Ordnung des Kapitals', diskutiert die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen Austerität, Faschismus und autoritärem Liberalismus. Sie beleuchtet, wie Austeritätsmaßnahmen die soziale Struktur zugunsten des Kapitals verändern, und verbindet dies mit historischen Beispielen autoritärer Regime. Mattei fordert eine Demokratisierung von Investitionen und reflektiert über die Hoffnung der nächsten Generation inmitten globaler Herausforderungen.
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Mar 30, 2025 • 1h 38min

S03E35 - Andreas Folkers zu Nachhaltigkeit, Resilienz und gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen

Andreas Folkers, Fellow am Max-Weber-Kolleg der Universität Erfurt und Mitglied des Frankfurter Instituts für Sozialforschung, erörtert die vielschichtigen Konzepte von Nachhaltigkeit und Resilienz. Er beleuchtet historische Ursprünge und die eurozentristische Perspektive des Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurses. Das Gespräch geht auf materielle Zeitlichkeit und die Herausforderungen der CO2-Reduktion ein. Zudem wird die Bedeutung dieser Konzepte für gesellschaftliche Planung und die Frage von Emanzipation behandelt. Folkers warnt vor 'Cruel Optimism' in der Debatte und dem Potenzial für radikale Veränderungen.

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