Volume 3, Issue 3 (2024) : The Critique of Capitalism Now

To counter the growing virulence of reactionary politics in our times, social criticism and intellectual critique need to advance analyses of contemporary capitalism free not only of right-wing panegyric, but also unencumbered by left-wing orthodoxy. This issue of the journal collects contributions that offer diagnoses of the present or explore ways of diagnosing the present while questioning some of the certitudes that have so far guided emancipatory critique – certitudes regarding democracy, socialism, the role of class conflict and the centrality of labor, the directionality of history, the place of normative commitments in scrutinizing contemporary capitalism, as well as our methods of investigation. And of course, the recurring question: What to do with Marx? We welcome readers' commentaries which we will publish in future issues as an ongoing symposium The Critique of Capitalism Now.