Leviathan

The development of modern communication technologies not only allows information to be spread more quickly, but also addresses and mobilizes people for a wide variety of projects. Techniques, according to an early thesis of Walther Benjamin, thus...

Metaphors of maternity have always determined the perception of nature and the environment. This article analyzes mother-nature tropes in pop music. It aims on highlighting hidden, un-negotiated aspects of today’s environmental conflicts by...

Non-fungible tokens have been known as a new commodity of the digital economy since 2021 at the latest. In this article, I argue that the NFT market reproduces hierarchical power structures instead of democratization. On the other hand, I explain in...

In many democracies, the Corona policy involved a strengthening of the executive. This suggests a link to Rosanvallon’s thesis of a creeping presidentialization of democratic regimes and his concept of permanent democracy. The article takes up...

How is it that ecofeminism, a school of thought that has long been regarded as the epitome of a problematic essentialism, is currently enjoying renewed popularity? This article addresses this question by comparing the theoretical positions of Maria...

In the 20th century money creation became possible for nation states, but increasingly also for commercial banks. The consequences are socioeconomic misinformation and a concentration of power that undermine principles of a market-based democracy....

Postcolonial criticism radicalizes earlier accusations of North-South inequality by not only criticizing economic, social and political polarization, but also making sociology itself the object of scrutiny. How can we respond to the associated...

Repressive desublimation is a key element of the Fordist form of governance for Marcuse: an institutionalized liberation of drives that serves social control. In my article, I develop a new concept of repressive desublimation to analyze the...