I wanted to express appreciation for Peter Lamb’s generous review of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism. Lamb’s review stresses the book’s scholarly merits and suggests it will be “very resourceful” for critical theorists interested in “immanent critique”. Lamb emphasises the “untapped potential” of the argument for liberal socialism and my failure to push it into a “new dimension”. I will respond two of Lamb’s major objections. Firstly, I will clarify liberal socialism’s commitment to normative individualism and methodological collectivism. Secondly, I will respond to Lamb’s concerns about the relationship between liberal socialism and Marxism.

The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism, Matthew McManus, Abingdon: Routledge, 2025.

Josefine Wikström’s book Task Dance and Event Score: A Critique of Performance is a very timely and compelling contribution to the understanding of labour in art theory.

From 3 to 5 April 2026, hundreds of people from every continent came together at the HM Istanbul 2026 Conference. Convened at Istanbul Bilgi University, Santral Campus, the conference took place under the theme “From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters”. Across 127 panels and with 456 speakers, the conference brought into dialogue a wide range of struggles, experiences, and critical perspectives on war, ecology, authoritarianism, class, gender, race, social reproduction, and resistance.

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Habermas's errors and even his blind spots do not diminish his intellectual stature. Without him, the darkness deepens still further in a Germany and a Europe that appear increasingly adrift.