The Historical Materialism journal and book series editorial boards are very sad to announce the death of Geert Reuten due to cancer. Geert was a great supporter of the HM project from the very beginning. Aside from being a brilliant Marxist theorist, Geert was also a kind person – not always the most frequent combination!
23 July 2025 Time Agenda 13.20 – 13.30 Opening 13.30 – 15.00 Panel 1: Capital, Ideology, and Historical Formations Chair: Geoffrey Rathgeb Aung – University of Vienna Embedded Sufficiency? The Sufficiency Economy as Labor Discipline in Post-Crisis Thailand Aila Trasi – Johns Hopkins University and Goethe University Frankfurt Travelling Mangoes: Tropical
As the editorial board of Historical Materialism, we would like to express our condemnation, indignation and anger regarding the unprecedented forms of censorship and ideological silencing with which the Historical Materialism Paris Conference had to deal. In particular, we would like to condemn the stance adopted by the management of the Dauphine – PSL University,
Guest editors: Anna Beria (Kingston University, London), Isabel Jacobs (Queen Mary University of London), Giorgi Kobakhidze (Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès), Jiří Růžička (The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences) The deadline for abstract submission has now closed. The distinctive tradition of post-war critical and radical thought in East and
With each passing day and at an accelerating pace in recent years, it becomes increasingly obvious that we are witnessing a new era of rise of the far right on a global scale, similar to the era of the rise of fascist forces between the two world wars of the twentieth century. The label “neofascism”
I wrote this shortly after participating in an historic HM Conference in London, only days after having heard the election result in the US while in the UK. We now face the increasing threat of reaching dangerous climatic tipping points simultaneously with an incoming climate-denialist Trump administration with virtual control of Congress. So, given this
Dear comrades, A huge thanks to all the participants in the 2024 Historical Materialism London conference. The conference was a huge success with over 800 presentations and 900 attendees that joined us over the four days. The success of the conference is an expression of the continuous pertinence of critical Marxist theory in these times
Dear Comrades, The Editorial Board is currently undertaking a comprehensive review of our internal policies and procedures. Recent months have highlighted, once again, the need to strengthen, audit, and improve our organisational structure to ensure that Historical Materialism consistently lives up to its values. We remain firmly committed to maintaining Historical Materialism as
Dear Comrades, We are getting in touch with you today to inform you that Historical Materialism has disassociated from Paul Reynolds, a long standing member of the editorial board. In solidarity, The Editorial Board of Historical Materialism. Research in Critical Marxist Theory
It is likely that most readers will come to this book searching not for an introduction to Critical Theory (though it serves this purpose well) but for an introduction to the thought of its author, the famously difficult English philosopher Gillian Rose. Rose helped put Frankfurt School ideas on the curriculum of British universities, published
Historical Materialism is deeply grieved by the passing of the Marxist intellectual giant, philosopher and cultural critic Fredric Jameson at the age of 90. Jameson’s work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of culture, politics and aesthetics, leaving behind an enduring legacy that has inspired generations of thinkers, activists and scholars. From his early encounter with Sartre’s
