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Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic: Pandemic, Dystopia, Horror, Climate Change, and So On

Slavoj Žižek examines how the pandemic, climate change and digital surveillance reshape ideas of apocalypse and the future. Drawing on Kant, Heidegger and psychoanalysis, he discusses freedom, social contradictions and possibilities for collective action.

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31 Oct 2026
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Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic: Pandemic, Dystopia, Horror, Climate Change, and So On

Slavoj Žižek examines how the pandemic, climate change and digital surveillance reshape ideas of apocalypse and the future. Drawing on Kant, Heidegger and psychoanalysis, he discusses freedom, social contradictions and possibilities for collective action.

Author: Slavoj Žižek Source: zizek.org
Slavoj Žižek Authority A Vision of the Future Technology, AI and labor
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19 Aug 2026
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The Gramscian concept of passive revolution: A praxiological research program

Abstract Flowing from his “philosophy of praxis,” Antonio Gramsci’s concept “passive revolution” points to a broad research program encompassing different kinds of revolutions. To develop the concept, Gramsci made two kinds of innovations. On the one hand, he broke analytically with the stagist th…

Author: Simeon J. Newman, Declaration of conflicting interests, View all publications b… Source: journals.sagepub.com
Antonio Gramsci Simeon J. Newman Italy Authority
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17 Aug 2026
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Passive revolution: A contested concept and a research agenda

Abstract The articles in this volume show that “passive revolution” is a type of social transformation distinct from other paths. In countries ranging from Mexico and South Africa to Trinidad and Tobago and Iran, revolution was thoroughly integrated with restoration. This happened through absorb…

Author: Cihan Tuğal Source: journals.sagepub.com
Cihan Tuğal Authority Trade Union Infrastructure
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