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The Library of the Incalculable

https://v2.nl/publications/the-library-of-the-incalculable/

I have a #PoliticalTheory: the Trump administration is basically the cast of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Here me out...

Trump = Frank Reynolds. Crazy, lies about his wealth, known ties to Russia and North Korea, hates his children, has crawled out of a leather couch naked at least once.

Hegseth = Mac, right down to the alcoholism, weird understanding of religion, fake feats of strength, and latent homosexuality.

Stephen Miller = Dennis. Creepy, irredeemably evil, repels women.

No Solution Will Save the World: Against Catastrophe, Toward the Power to Institute

#Capitalism #Coloniality #Ecology #Commons #Autonomy #PoliticalTheory #Degrowth #Anarchism #Marxism The catastrophe is not an accident. It results from the interplay between capitalist accumulation, the coloniality of power, the state’s monopolization of violence, the commodification of life, and the heteronomy of our collective imagination. The answer cannot be more market, more state,…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/10/22/no-solution-will-save-the-world-against-catastrophe-toward-the-power-to-institute/

No Solution Will Save the World: Against Catastrophe, Toward the Power to Institute

#Capitalism #Coloniality #Ecology #Commons #Autonomy #PoliticalTheory #Degrowth #Anarchism #Marxism The catastrophe is not an accident. It results from the interplay between capitalist accumulation, the coloniality of power, the state’s monopolization of violence, the commodification of life, and the heteronomy of our collective imagination. The answer cannot be more market, more state,…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/10/22/no-solution-will-save-the-world-against-catastrophe-toward-the-power-to-institute/

Ni autonomie absolue ni hétéronomie condamnée : l’adaptation comme critère des normes

#Anarchism #PoliticalTheory #Anthropology #Ethics #Autonomy #Heteronomy #Clastres #Kropotkin #MutualAid Le « transcendantal » n’est pas mauvais en soi. Dans une société sans État, la règle qui impose au chasseur de rapporter sa proie au collectif peut fonctionner sans délibération permanente. Mais appliquée aveuglément dans une situation imprévue, elle peut devenir…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/10/20/ni-autonomie-absolue-ni-heteronomie-condamnee-ladaptation-comme-critere-des-normes/

Penser sans autorité : angoisse sartrienne, facilité d’obéir et peur de la liberté

#Freedom #Sartre #SimoneWeil #Fromm #Emancipation #CriticalTheory #Philosophy #PoliticalTheory Poser ses propres questions est angoissant : aucun maître, aucune doctrine, aucun algorithme ne nous dit où nous allons. Sartre appelle angoisse cette conscience de notre liberté. Simone Weil montre pourquoi obéir est plus facile ; Erich Fromm, pourquoi la liberté fait peur. Penser sans…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/10/18/penser-sans-autorite-angoisse-sartrienne-facilite-dobeir-et-peur-de-la-liberte/

#callforpapers

International Conference "Figurations and Fantasies of Freedom in the Performing Arts"

18–20 February 2027
Center for Contemporary Dance (CCD), Cologne University of Music and Dance

Deadline: 25 October 2026

👉 Further information: https://www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-for-papers-conference-figurations-and-fantasies-of-freedom-in-the-performing-arts-ccd-cologne/

#dancestudies #danceresearch #performingarts #performancestudies #artisticresarch #philosophy #mediastudies #politicaltheory #visualculture #cologne #hfmtkoeln

The Disease called Politics (1962)

https://www.panarchy.org/roszak/politics.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034141

#HackerNews #diseaseofpolitics #politicaltheory #historyofpolitics #socialcommentary #1962insights

Dominant et dominé : Héraclite, Hobbes, Pascal, Hegel et Marx

La relation dominant/dominé n’est ni un duel entre individus ni une fatalité de la nature humaine. Héraclite y voit le conflit originaire, Hobbes la peur, Pascal l’amour-propre, Hegel la lutte pour la reconnaissance et Marx le rapport social. Une généalogie croisée de la domination. #PoliticalTheory #Heraclitus #Hobbes #Pascal #Hegel #Marx #Domination #Recognition #ClassStruggle #CriticalTheory La dyade…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/10/09/dominant-et-domine-heraclite-hobbes-pascal-hegel-et-marx/

" #NaomiKlein and #AstraTaylor have identified ‘ #EndTimesFascism ’ as a feature of our time, offering a portrait of arsonists and accelerationists who are knowingly pushing the world towards new and greater catastrophes.

"On this episode Klein and Taylor join Adam Shatz to discuss what #fascism looks like in the age of #AI, drone warfare and influencers..."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/videos/lrb-films-interviews/fascism-in-a-time-of-ai

#farRight #newRight #SiliconValleyRight #USpol #polycrisis #tech #politicalTheory #books @bookstodon

Le pluralisme administré : Marx, la réification et les conditions matérielles de la liberté

Le pluralisme libéral accepte plusieurs conceptions du monde, mais dans un cadre présenté comme neutre. Marx demanderait : qui produit ce cadre, quelles classes le rendent dominant et comment des rapports sociaux historiques apparaissent-ils comme des réalités naturelles ? #Marx #Pluralism #Reification #PoliticalTheory #Capitalism #CriticalTheory #Emancipation Un pluralisme sans…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/09/28/le-pluralisme-administre-marx-la-reification-et-les-conditions-materielles-de-la-liberte/

I've been thinking about the challenges of Liberalism and its stated goals.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/administered-pluralism?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#substack #blog #writing #philosophy #politics #essay #Liberalism #Pluralism #Liberalism #PoliticalPhilosophy #Modernity #Enlightenment #ValuePluralism #SecondOrderPluralism #Universalism #Institutionalism #PoliticalTheory #PhilosophyOfLanguage #Ontology #OntologicalGrammar #ModusVivendi #Agonism

"Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to #AstraTaylor and #NaomiKlein about their new book, #EndTimesFascism and the Fight for the Living World."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/naomi-klein-astra-taylor-end-times-fascism-podcast/

#fascism #neofascism #farRight #newRight #SiliconValleyRight #stateRepression #tech #BigTech #polycrisis #politicalTheory #USpol #activism #books @bookstodon

Why do anarchists always use teabags?
Because proper tea is theft!

#jokeoftheday #politicaltheory #classicjoke

'We thought long and hard about the politics of putting any kind of qualifier on a word like “ #fascism.” And the reason we ended up deciding that it did need that is we thought about how our world has changed since Mussolini declared himself a fascist. Our fascists have weapons that last century’s #fascists couldn’t dream of.'

#NaomiKlein & #AstraTaylor on #EndTimesFascism

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/magazine/naomi-klein-astra-taylor-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AlE.nnRm.5cmvuE7rleim&smid=url-share

#politicalTheory #farRight #USpol #polycrisis #books @bookstodon

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jlou/115924397884018118

@MixMistressAlice

The anti-democratic tendency comes from the non-democratic structure of business. There is a dark history of liberalism supporting personhood alienation contracts e.g. lifetime servitude, coverture marriage and non-democratic governance.

https://www.ellerman.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Reprint-EGP-Classical-Liberalism-Democracy.pdf

#Democracy #PoliticalPhilosophy #PoliticalTheory #Politics #Liberal #Philosophy #Ethics #HumanRights #Labor #WorkersRights

"Insisting that partisans be polite, moderate, reasonable and friendly would actually serve to exclude marginalised political voices. It could do so in two ways:
• First, there was the problem of gatekeeping. […]
• [Second] problem: voices at the margins of politics had special cause to be righteous and zealous. On important issues – such as the equality of the sexes – it would not do to remain polite or seek a moderate compromise."

Geertje Bol: https://aeon.co/essays/polite-debate-has-privilege-the-marginalised-need-zealotry

#liberals #civility #respectabilityPolitics #respectability #politeness #partisanship #parties #history #England #feminism #privilege #politicalTheory

RE: https://chaos.social/@catileptic/117064399703062792

This is a fantastic two part presentation by Wendy Brown – Politics and Knowledge in Nihilistic Times** **(I nearly didn't follow up with Alex here and really glad I did)

#politicalTheory #maxWeber #criticalTheory #feminism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG52tEGghTA

Marx, la société et les rapports de force : l’unité sociale n’est pas un consensus

Chez Marx, une société n’est pas une communauté d’intentions mais une configuration de forces, d’intérêts et de conflits. Dans les sociétés de classe, l’unité sociale est souvent stabilisée par la contrainte, sans que cela signifie que toute vie collective doive reposer sur la domination. #Marx #politicaltheory #class #society #commons Dans L’Idéologie allemande, Marx et Engels déplacent…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/23/marx-la-societe-et-les-rapports-de-force-lunite-sociale-nest-pas-un-consensus/

Anton Jäger's 'Hyperpolitics' Explores the Fragmented Nature of Modern Political Movements

📰 Original title: Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/anton-jager-s-hyperpolitics-explores-the-fragmented-nature-of-modern-political-movements.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait_uk.mastodon_world

#politics #politicaltheory #hyperpolit...

Sun Tzu, Friot et la stratégie communiste du déjà-là

Chez Friot, le communisme n’est pas un horizon lointain mais une extension de conquêtes déjà présentes. Relu avec Sun Tzu, cela donne une règle simple : ne pas confondre justesse morale et efficacité stratégique — savoir où agir, quand, avec qui, et sur quels leviers. #Friot #SunTzu #Communism #Strategy #PoliticalTheory Le rapprochement entre Friot et Sun Tzu est intéressant parce qu’il oblige à penser le communisme…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/sun-tzu-friot-et-la-strategie-communiste-du-deja-la/

Le communisme comme déjà-là

Chez Friot, le communisme n’est pas un futur abstrait : c’est l’extension de conquêtes déjà présentes dans la Sécurité sociale, la fonction publique et l’auto-organisation du travail. L’enjeu n’est pas d’attendre l’État, mais de généraliser ce qui desserre déjà l’emprise du capital. #Communism #SocialSecurity #Labour #PoliticalTheory Dans l’entretien, Bernard Friot défend une idée forte : le communisme ne doit pas être pensé comme une utopie…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/le-communisme-comme-deja-la/

Clastres, Giddens et la résistance pratique à l’État

La résistance à l’État n’a pas besoin d’être pensée comme programme : elle peut exister comme savoir-faire social, inscrit dans la conscience pratique. #Clastres #Giddens #Anthropology #PoliticalTheory #State #Practice Pierre Clastres pose une question essentielle : comment des sociétés peuvent-elles se maintenir contre l’émergence de l’État sans en avoir le concept explicite ? Cette objection vise le risque de lire…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/16/clastres-giddens-et-la-resistance-pratique-a-letat/

🇬🇧From the Bastille to Today – A Journey Through 250 Years of History and Ideas 

https://patkav.vivaldi.net/2026/07/14/%f0%9f%87%ac%f0%9f%87%a7from-the-bastille-to-today-a-journey-through-250-years-of-history-and-ideas/

Sécurité intérieure et souveraineté commune : le communalisme comme désarmement du dedans

Si la sécurité extérieure relève d’abord d’un désarmement global ou d’une tutelle de transition, la sécurité intérieure doit revenir au peuple souverain lui-même : la commune. C’est là que se joue l’autonomie concrète, la responsabilité partagée et la capacité à faire société sans État.#Communalism #DirectDemocracy #Commons #SelfGovernance #Autonomy #PoliticalTheory #Degrowth La…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/securite-interieure-et-souverainete-commune-le-communalisme-comme-desarmement-du-dedans/

Contre-boucle d’émancipation : briser l’hystérèse de la verticalité cumulative

À la boucle guerre → hiérarchie → infrastructure → dépendance → expansion, il faut opposer une contre-boucle d’émancipation : désarmement partiel, démocratie directe, communs, autogestion. L’enjeu n’est pas seulement de freiner la domination, mais de désactiver sa reproduction cumulative. #PoliticalTheory #Commons #Autogestion #DirectDemocracy #Decentralization #CriticalTheory #AntiWar…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/contre-boucle-demancipation-briser-lhysterese-de-la-verticalite-cumulative/

État rousseauiste vs fédération proudhonienne : deux ontologies du politique

Rousseau et Proudhon partent d’un même rejet de l’ordre politique existant, mais divergent sur tout le reste : souveraineté, contrat, économie, corps intermédiaires. Une fracture structurante entre unité jacobine et pluralité fédérative. #PoliticalTheory #Rousseau #Proudhon #Anarchism #Federalism #CriticalTheory #Philosophy #Sociology La confrontation entre Rousseau et Proudhon ne relève pas…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2026/07/10/etat-rousseauiste-vs-federation-proudhonienne-deux-ontologies-du-politique/

Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party — Joshua Bloom & Waldo E. Martin Jr.

#Bookstodon #Critical #PoliticalTheory

The economy can be reoriented to lower both emissions and costs, moving us away from fossil fuels while also using fewer critical minerals to furnish a green transition.

"At the Climate and Community Institute, we’ve modelled the impact of a series of modular shifts that could be achieved through policies like reorienting transport towards good-quality, low-emission mass transit, better land-use and urban planning, smaller cars and batteries, plus properly enforced recycling for these technologies."

Read Thea Riofrancos, Strategic Co-Director at the Climate and Community Institute, an advocate for lithium-based batteries: https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii159/articles/thea-riofrancos-the-new-world-climate-order 🧵

#mining #batteries #climatePolicy #electricity #extractivism #geopolitics #energy #energyTransition #politicalTheory #China

Interesting review of Hayek's Bastards (Slobodian) from Jennifer Denbow, in Antipode

"Let’s parse this in a way that Slobodian doesn’t. The fear here is the birth of too many bastards. Neoliberals blamed the racialized mothers of the bastards for being dependent on the state, and the fathers for being absent..."

https://antipodeonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Book-review_Denbow-on-Slobodian.pdf

#AreThereHashtagsForAcademicBookReviews #Antipode #HayeksBastards #PoliticalTheory #Histodons

The Irony Of Independence Day

https://islandinthenet.com/independence-day-2026/

"[T]he movements that had arisen in opposition to the fossil-fuel industry and for a fairer economic structure were largely co-opted into the Democrats’ grand bargain: an elite geopolitical and industrial strategy, hinging on competition with China."

#TheaRiofrancos on #lithium, #greenTransition, and the limits of #greenCapitalism

https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii159/articles/thea-riofrancos-the-new-world-climate-order
#climate #environment #extractivism #geopolitics #energy #energyTransition #politicalTheory

A quotation from John Adams

Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass