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S04E07 - Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos on Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress
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Episode Description
Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos discuss democratic planning in the 21st century.
Future Histories LIVE.
This episode is part of the ‘Future Histories LIVE’ format. For this, individual episodes are recorded live – that is, in front of an audience – at irregular intervals. This episode is the live recording of a book launch and discussion event that took place on June 11, 2026 at the NACHTASYL Hamburg:
The video recording of the event can be found on our Youtube-Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6yw
Shownotes
Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (2026). Creative Construction. Demokratische Planung im 21. Jahrhundert. Brumaire.
https://brumaireverlag.myshopify.com/products/creative-construction
Saito, K. (2026). Am Ende des Fortschritts. Überleben in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus. dtv.
https://www.dtv.de/buch/am-ende-des-fortschritts-28534
NACHTASYL Hamburg and Thalia Theater:
https://www.thalia-theater.de/de
on Friedrich von Hayek:
https://geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/personen/friedrich-august-von-hayek
Saito, K. (2023). Systemsturz. dtv.
https://www.dtv.de/buch/systemsturz-28369
Cédric Durand at the University of Geneva:
https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric-durand
Philipp Staab at Humboldt University Berlin:
https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/zukunftarbeit/mitarbeiter_innen/pstaab
Jacob Blumenfeld with Critical Theory in Berlin:
https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/people/jacob-blumenfeld/
on the Dark Enlightenment (or Neo-Reactionary) movement:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment
https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/dark-enlightenment/
Curtis Yarvin coined the term as Blogger under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin
Nick Land summarised Yarvin's theories in a book:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Land
Linus Westheuser and ‘climate populism’:
Westheuser, L. & Siebert, J. (2025). Warum wir Klimapopulismus brauchen. Surplus.
https://www.surplusmagazin.de/warum-wir-einen-klimapopulismus-brauchen/
For the chapters on ‘models’ by Jakob Heyer, Stefan Meretz and Simon Sutterlütti see:
https://brumaireverlag.myshopify.com/products/creative-construction
on Karl Polanyi:
International Karl Polanyi Institute (2019). Karl Polanyi. Life and Works of an Epochal Thinker. Falter.
https://www.karlpolanyisociety.com/
Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism I-II. New Left Review.
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-1
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2
Herrmann, U. (2024). Das Ende des Kapitalismus. Warum Wachstum und Klimaschutz nicht vereinbar sind – und wie wir in Zukunft leben werden. Kiepenheuer & Witsch.
https://www.kiwi-verlag.de/buch/ulrike-herrmann-das-ende-des-kapitalismus-9783462007015
Neckel, S. (2022). Infrastruktursozialismus: Die Bedeutung der Fundamentalökonomie. In Kapitalismus und Nachhaltigkeit (Ed. S. Neckel, P. Degens, S. Lenz). Campus.
on Claus Offe and the 'legitimation crisis':
Offe, C. (1986). Strukturprobleme des kapitalistischen Staates: Aufsätze zur Politischen Soziologie. Suhrkamp.
https://www.amazon.de/Strukturprobleme-kapitalistischen-Staates-Politischen-Soziologie/dp/3518105493
Krippner, G. R. (2012). Capitalizing on Crisis. The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance. Harvard University Press.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674066199
Menon, N. (2024). Planning Democracy. How a Professor, an Institute, and an Idea Shaped India. Penguin India.
https://www.penguin.co.in/book/planning-democracy/
Blumenfeld, J. P. (2024). Managing Decline. Cured Quail (3).
https://www.academia.edu/121062536/Managing_Decline
Mau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso.
Struwe, A. (2025). Totalität. Marx, Adorno und das Problem kritischer Gesellschaftstheorie. Verbrecher Verlag.
https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/totalitaet/
on Nancy Fraser and the question on ‘demos’ (exemplary):
Fraser, N. (2005). Reframing Justice in a Globalizing World. New Left Review.
https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii36/articles/nancy-fraser-reframing-justice-in-a-globalizing-world
Rikap, C. (2025). A Progressive Roadmap for Expanding European Digital Sovereignty. Policy Brief. FEPS.
https://feps-europe.eu/publication/a-progressive-roadmap-for-expanding-european-digital-sovereignty/
Related Episodes of Future Histories
S03E59 | Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e59-cedric-durand-on-ecological-planning/
S03E53 | Philipp Staab zur Systemkrise
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e53-philipp-staab-zur-systemkrise/
S02E15 | Jakob Heyer zu Grundproblemen einer postkapitalistischen Produktionsweise (Teil 2)
S02E14 | Jakob Heyer zu Grundproblemen einer postkapitalistischen Produktionsweise (Teil 1)
S03E51 | Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism II
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e51-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-ii/
S03E50 | Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism I
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e50-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-i/
S02E58 | Søren Mau on Planning and Freedom
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e58-soren-mau-on-planning-and-freedom/
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