Tag: Politics
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The Ages of the World (1811)
This extraordinary volume presents the earliest existing draft of F. W. J. Schelling’s The Ages of the World (Die Weltalter) from 1811, translated and introduced by Joseph P. Lawrence. It is a document of immeasurable significance for those who would understand not just Schelling’s philosophical evolution and the epoch of German Idealism, but also the…
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Tariq Ali’s The Lenin Scenario
Within the pages of The Lenin Scenario, Tariq Ali ventures into historical imagination with extraordinary rigor, constructing a scenario as lucid in its detail as it is alive in its philosophical implications. What we encounter here is no mere screenplay, no ordinary chronology of events, but a painstakingly accurate dramatic blueprint for the cinematic interpretation…
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Lenin, Hegel, and Western Marxism: A Critical Study
This book is an inquiry into the development between Lenin’s wartime philosophical notebooks on Hegel and the broader trajectory of Marxist thought, stretching from the crisis of the Second International through to debates in Western Marxism that reached well beyond Lenin’s own historical moment. In Kevin Anderson’s Lenin, Hegel, and Western Marxism: A Critical Study,…
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The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World
In The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World, Antony Loewenstein presents a searing, unflinching, and extraordinary portrait of a modern state’s well-honed machinery of violence and surveillance, grown and cultivated through decades of controlling and subjugating the Palestinian population in the occupied territories, and then refashioned, rebranded, and sold…
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I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv
I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv by Illia Ponomarenko is a sprawling, unflinchingly intimate immersion into a conflict that most would prefer to keep at arm’s length. It is the book that punctures the neat categories of “us and them,” “invader and invaded,” and “hero and villain,” forcing readers…
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Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates Since 1917
Marcel van der Linden’s Western Marxism and the Soviet Union is an exhaustive, rigorous examination of the theoretical responses within Western Marxism to the Soviet Union’s evolution from its inception through the Cold War and beyond. The “Russian Question”—the ideological, economic, and political nature of Soviet society—was central to the larger Marxist dialogue, compelling intellectuals…
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Karl Korsch: A Study in Western Marxism
Karl Korsch: A Study in Western Marxism by Patrick Goode provides an analysis of Karl Korsch’s intellectual journey, his engagement with revolutionary Marxism, and his unique contribution to Marxist theory within the context of 20th-century European politics. This study explores Korsch’s revolutionary praxis, particularly his belief that Marxism is not merely an interpretative framework for…
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The Breakdown of Capitalism: A History of the Idea in Western Marxism, 1883-1983
F.R. Hansen’s The Breakdown of Capitalism: A History of the Idea in Western Marxism, 1883-1983 offers a richly layered and deeply critical examination of the complex intellectual tradition surrounding the theories of capitalism’s breakdown within Western Marxist thought. Written in 1985, Hansen’s work situates itself as both a historical study and a philosophical investigation, tracing…
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‘Western Marxism’ by José Guilherme Merquior
In Western Marxism, José Guilherme Merquior presents a richly layered critique of a complex intellectual movement that sought to reimagine Marxism through a cultural and ideological lens, distinct from the economic determinism of Soviet Marxism. Merquior’s analysis begins by locating the origins of Western Marxism in early 20th-century critiques of orthodox Marxism, a divergence led…
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Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism
In Dialectic of Defeat: Contours of Western Marxism, Russell Jacoby undertakes a rigorous critique of mainstream, “conformist” Marxism, a tradition he views as deeply compromised by its adherence to the “cult of success” and the fetishization of scientific methodology. Jacoby’s work engages with an essential but sidelined trajectory within Marxist thought, a Western alternative that,…
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Leo Kofler’s Philosophy of Praxis: Western Marxism and Socialist Humanism
Leo Kofler’s Philosophy of Praxis, translated by Nathaniel Thomas, offers a monumental account of the life, philosophy, and critical thought of Leo Kofler (1907–1995), a figure dubbed an “unmutilated, living Marxist” by Oskar Negt. This book, rich in its philosophical excavation, explores the deep layers of Kofler’s work as it intersected with Western Marxist currents,…
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Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism
Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism by Timothy Naftali is a presentation of the often tumultuous history of the United States’ efforts to combat terrorism from the aftermath of World War II up to the harrowing events of September 11, 2001. Naftali, a distinguished national security historian, goes deep into the clandestine world…
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gesammelte Werke
The historical-critical Academy edition of G.W.F. Hegel’s Gesammelte Werke (Collected Works) is the scholarly edition that encompasses the entirety of Hegel’s preserved works. This comprehensive project provides an authoritative resource on Hegel’s major writings, establishing a milestone in philosophical scholarship. It includes both published volumes and those forthcoming, aiming to cover everything from Hegel’s published…
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Zarathustra’s Moral Tyranny: Spectres of Kant, Hegel and Feuerbach
Zarathustra’s Moral Tyranny: Spectres of Kant, Hegel, and Feuerbach by Francesca Cauchi is a philosophical analysis that reshapes our understanding of Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra, often regarded as one of his most enigmatic and richly layered texts. Cauchi provocatively reinterprets Zarathustra not merely as a herald of values opposed to Christianity, but as an advocate…
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From Marx to Hegel and Back: Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia
From Marx to Hegel and Back: Capitalism, Critique, and Utopia offers an ambitious philosophical reassessment of the enduring relationship between two towering figures in modern thought—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx. In the area of both philosophical inquiry and socio-political critique, where Marxism continues to be reinterpreted and revitalized, the editors, Victoria Fareld and…
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Hegel and Modern Society
In Hegel and Modern Society, Charles Taylor offers an incisive examination of the philosophical underpinnings of Hegel’s thought, specifically focusing on its relevance to contemporary social and political contexts. Taylor’s work seeks to dismantle the prevailing post-World War II perception of Hegel as a proto-fascist apologist, instead presenting him as a thinker who endeavors to…
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Hegel’s Ontology of Power: The Structure of Social Domination in Capitalism
Arash Abazari’s Hegel’s Ontology of Power is a deeply ambitious philosophical project that reorients the prevailing readings of Hegel, challenging entrenched liberal interpretations that have long dominated Hegelian scholarship. The heart of Abazari’s intervention is to unveil a critical dimension within Hegel’s Science of Logic, specifically within the “logic of essence.” This approach diverges markedly…
Simon Gros 