Historical Materialism | Research in Critical Marxist Theory

Jürgen Habermas Was West Germany’s World-Spirit

With the passing of Jürgen Habermas, the world lost more than just another philosopher. His dedication to democratic debate and regulated, welfare-state capitalism made him the veritable personification of the Federal Republic of Germany’s self-image.

Reckoning with Habermas

Hans-Georg Backhaus (1929-2026)

The Last Albanian Trotskyist?

Journals

Dec 2025 | journal

VOLUME 33, ISSUE 2, 2025

Sep 2025 | journal

VOLUME 33, ISSUE 1, 2025

May 2025 | journal

VOLUME 32, ISSUE 4, 2024

Events

21st Jul 2026 12:00 | event

Historical Materialism Rio 2026

2nd Jul 2026 12:00 | event

Historical Materialism Barcelona

16th Apr 2026 12:00 | event

Historical Materialism Cluj / Kolozsvár

Books

Apr 2026 | book-series

From Communism to Work Democracy. The Social and Political Life of Wilhelm Reich

Apr 2026 | book-series

The Unconscious Spirit of Communism. Kōjin Karatani’s Reconstruction of Marx

Mar 2026 | book-series

Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Towards Counter-Cinema

Networks

Podcast

Broadcasts

Historical Materialism
A podcast on critical Marxist theory

Episode 9: Racecraft

How does racialisation shape the labour process? How is race formed in the transition from slavery to wage labour? What is the role of racecraft in wage labour exploitation?

Episode 8

Palestine

Episode 7

Marxism and Health

Episode 6

Insurgent Universality

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