Metaphorics - Mythology, Metaphysics, and Metaphor This essay was sparked by a quote on Mythos and mythology as things which give access...

Extending and Entrenching the Corporate Form In 1995 I was on the accredited Masters European Industrial Relations and Human Resources...

Beyond Leviathan - The Critique of the State as Social Power In a recent paper, Ross Mittiga argues for the superiority of authoritarian...

In a tweet of 30th September, Greta Thunberg wrote this: “Ending fossil capitalism doesn't mean we have to implement socialism. We're...

Ten years ago, in Of Gods and Gaia, I analysed various proposals for planetary management and engineering to deal with the looming...

Joseph Mallord William Turner, "The Golden Bough." This is a painting I've always loved. I saw it first on the front cover of a...

Against Environmental Non-Politics I’m finding the politics of climate activism increasingly incoherent. Activists call it a...

The Need for Reformation Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (c1466-1536) is one of my most favourite figures in the history of ideas, a man...

The Critique of Enlightened Self-Interest I am reading theorists working in the field of the commons advancing 'enlightened...

"The Left must advance an alternative modernity." And an alternative morality, I would insist. I wish to write a few words on Erik...

The End of Civilisation or the End of the Capital System Affirming a Democratic Ecology against the Ecology of Fear The overwhelming...

My review of John Bellamy Foster's The Return of Nature is generating some interest. With a substantial second part on Engels, this book...

This post is written in response to an article which compares and contrasts left- and right-wing political perspectives. From a...

Class, Capital, Climate Change, and the Common Good I found this ‘Open Letter to Greta Thunberg’ on a site subtitled ‘A rational take on...

Extinction Rebellion must decide if it is anti-capitalist – and this greenwashing mining company shows us why by Amardeep Dhillon...

Time for a Transformation On 16 September 2019, The Financial Times launched a campaign for a better form of capitalism with its powerful...

I agree with much of George Monbiot’s critique of neoliberalism here. The insidious ideology pushing us towards a Brexit cliff-edge I...

The Labour Metaphysic and the Redemptive Myth of Wealth Resolidifying 2 When I first started to write on socialism and class, I was made...

Christian Democracy in the collision of moral and economic imperatives This is an interesting read for me, as a socialist with religious...