Emancipations is a peer-reviewed and open access journal of critical social analysis, publishing cutting-edge work on capitalism (broadly construed).
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Current Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6 (2026)
In this issue: Nicholas De Genova and Daniel Loick track the ascendance of neo-fascism, Idan Yaron addresses terrorism as a state-building strategy in Israel, and Jean Cohen continues her analysis of Trump administration’s assault on democratic constitutionalism; Alice Chapman reflects on her experience upon the Global Sumud Flotilla’s return from Gaza; Jochen Schmon interviews Michael Lazarus on his new book Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel and Marx; Nadia Urbinati, Ian F Hurd, Stefan Eich, James Galbraith, Albena Azmanova and Ian Shapiro debate Shapiro’s new book After the Fall; and Corentin Cohen, Craig Murphy, Mark Schwartz, Steve Schifferes, James Galbraith and Ronen Palan discuss Palan’s new Profit and Power.Essays
Border Fascism and the Fascistization of Society
Nicholas P. De Genova
Eviscerating the State: An Update
Jean L. Cohen
Experiencing Emancipations
Other Analyses
Jochen Schmon, Absolute Ethical Life. Michael Lazarus on the Normativity of Marx’s Critique of Capitalism (an interview by Jochen Schmon)
Jochen Schmon and Michael Lazarus
Book Symposium: Ian Shapiro, After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World (2026)
A Decline That Began at the Start of the Journey, Not at the End: Thoughts on Ian Shapiro’s After the Fall
Nadia Urbinati
Ian Shapiro's After the Fall is Harsh, But Not Harsh Enough
James K. Galbraith
Hope in the Shadow of Impasse: Analytic Logic vs the Rhetoric of Optimism in Ian Shapiro’s After the Fall
Albena Azmanova
After the Fall: Reflections on My Critics
Ian Shapiro
Shapiro, in discussion with Sheri Berman, Stefan Eich, Ian F Hurd, James Galbraith, and Albena Azmanova (online symposium, 1 June 2026)
Albena Azmanova
Book Symposium: Ronen Palan, Profit and Power: Arbitrage in the Era of the Multinational Corporation (2026)
The Age of Intangible Assets: Thoughts on Palan’s Profit and Power
James K. Galbraith
MNCs in Space: On the Fundamental Extraterritoriality of MNCs. Review of Ronen Palan’s Profit and Power
Herman Mark Schwartz
Ronen Palan's World View: Bringing the State Back In
Steve Schifferes
Artist Biography
The cover art for this issue is by Irina von Wiese -- a human rights lawyer, academic, and former member of the European Parliament. As Vice Chair of the European Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, and in her subsequent work in the UK, she has focused on the shrinking space for civil society and the right to protest. In her free time, Irina has spent 40 years photographing people and places around the world, searching for what makes us human. Further work can be found here: https://intrepidfox.mypixieset.com/
