S04E07 - Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos on Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress

Podcast: Future Histories (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?) Episode: S04E07 - Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos on Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress Pub date: 2026-06-21 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 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/361 The video recording of the event can be found on our Youtube-Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRFz38oh9RH73-pWcME6yw Shownotes Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (2026). Creative Construction. Demokratische Planung im 21. Jahrhundert. Brumaire. https://brumaireverlag.myshopify.com/products/creative-construction Saito, K. (2026). Am Ende des Fortschritts. Überleben in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus. dtv. https://www.dtv.de/buch/am-ende-des-fortschritts-28534 NACHTASYL Hamburg and Thalia Theater: http://nachtasyl.de/ https://www.thalia-theater.de/de on Friedrich von Hayek: https://geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/personen/friedrich-august-von-hayek Saito, K. (2023). Systemsturz. dtv. https://www.dtv.de/buch/systemsturz-28369 Cédric Durand at the University of Geneva: https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric-durand Philipp Staab at Humboldt University Berlin: https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/zukunftarbeit/mitarbeiter_innen/pstaab Jacob 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_Enlightenment https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/dark-enlightenment/ Curtis Yarvin coined the term as Blogger under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin Nick Land summarised Yarvin's theories in a book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Land Linus 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-construction on 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-1 https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2 Herrmann, 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-9783462007015 Neckel, 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_Fundamentalokonomie on 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/3518105493 Krippner, G. R. (2012). Capitalizing on Crisis. The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance. Harvard University Press. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674066199 Menon, 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_Decline Mau, 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_wpSTgf Struwe, 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-world Rikap, C. (2025). A Progressive Roadmap for Expanding European Digital Sovereignty. Policy Brief. 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