Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos on Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress

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: https://www.thalia-theater.de/de/stuecke/creative-construction-and-the-struggle-over-progress-democratic-planning-in-the-21st-century/361The video recording of the event can be found on our Youtube-Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6ywShownotes Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (2026). Creative Construction. Demokratische Planung im 21. Jahrhundert. Brumaire. https://brumaireverlag.myshopify.com/products/creative-constructionSaito, K. (2026). Am Ende des Fortschritts. Überleben in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus. dtv.https://www.dtv.de/buch/am-ende-des-fortschritts-28534NACHTASYL Hamburg and Thalia Theater: http://nachtasyl.de/https://www.thalia-theater.de/deon Friedrich von Hayek:  https://geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/personen/friedrich-august-von-hayekSaito, K. (2023). Systemsturz. dtv.    https://www.dtv.de/buch/systemsturz-28369Cédric Durand at the University of Geneva: https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric-durandPhilipp Staab at Humboldt University Berlin: https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/zukunftarbeit/mitarbeiter_innen/pstaabJacob 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_Enlightenmenthttps://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/dark-enlightenment/Curtis Yarvin coined the term as Blogger under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_YarvinNick Land summarised Yarvin's theories in a book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_LandLinus Westheuser and ‘climate populism’:https://linuswestheuser.com/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-constructionon 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-1https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2Herrmann, 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-9783462007015Neckel, S. (2022). Infrastruktursozialismus: Die Bedeutung der Fundamentalökonomie. In Kapitalismus und Nachhaltigkeit (Ed. S. Neckel, P. Degens, S. Lenz). Campus. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362107108_Infrastruktursozialismus_Die_Bedeutung_der_Fundamentalokonomieon 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/3518105493Krippner, G. R. (2012). Capitalizing on Crisis. The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance. Harvard University Press.https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674066199Menon, 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_DeclineMau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsion?srsltid=AfmBOooxWbwMWcWT7UUqrlpAT2yXYPK6B5TSR59_IAoxYR_lp_wpSTgfStruwe, 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-worldRikap, C. (2025). A Progressive Roadmap for Expanding European Digital Sovereignty. Policy Brief. 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