A vision of universalised human freedom, equality, security and democracy emerged in the wake of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the British Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution. This vision, not even approximately practicable at the time, is now well within reach. A...

Purpose As a major theoretical breakthrough of the Marxist political economy based on the practice of China's reform and opening up, the theory of socialist market economy constitutes an important part of the political economy of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The paper aims to discuss...

Historical backdrop to Tillich's religious socialism -- Politics and ultimate reality -- The idolatrous nature of political romanticism -- The demonic structure of capitalism -- The socialist principle of expectation -- Power and ethics -- Socio-economic features of a religious socialist...

This interview was commissioned in October 2019 for a special issue on 'Accumulation and Politics: Approaches and Concepts' to be published by the Revue de la régulation. We submitted the text in March 2020, only to learn two months later that it won't be published. The problem, we were...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Sweden dismantled an education system that was strongly influenced by German, Neo-Humanist pedagogical principles in favor of a progressive, student-centered system. This article suggests this was in large part due to a fatal misinterpretation of the...

In this volume, the authors reflect on the question "what is socialism" as it pertains to today’s economy. There is particular emphasis on democratic socialism models as a potential alternative to classic authoritarian socialism. A number of topical questions are addressed such as: What is...