Historical Materialism Journal

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Historical Materialism is the leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at the University of London, published by De Gruyter Brill, appearing quarterly.

https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/

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RIP – I learned a great deal from #Shaikh, especially how to critique neoclassical economics, a concern he shared with Heiner Ganßmann (†2018). I inherited Shaikh’s inscribed copy from Heiner, complete with his characteristic notes. Shaikh’s academic career also began with this critique:

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Historical Materialism is sorry to learn of the passing of Anwar Shaikh. We repost this interview with Shaikh from 2021 and will endeavour to get something published on our website remembering his person and legacy.

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Now published, another early entry into our Dossier series. *Spring Tide: Considerations on Industrial Development and Price Movement* by Jacob (Bob) van Gelderen, introduced and translated by Herman Pieterson.

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The plenaries for this year's Historical Materialism annual conference in London are now announced – see the below poster designed by the wonderful @davidmabb.bsky.social.

The programme for the conference will be circulated shortly, we are just making the final tweaks and adjustments.

Poster for the 2026 Historical Materialism annual conference, showing the list of plenary speakers: Thursday, 5 Nov, 19-21:00. On Revolutionary Feminisms with Ankica Čakardić, Layal Ftouni, Emma Heaney, Sophie Lewis. Friday, 6 Nov, 18:30 - 20:00, Deutscher Prize Lecture: On The Political Terrain of Class Struggle by Bruno Leipold. Saturday, 7 Nov, 19-21:00. On Fascism and Anti-Fascism with Rob Knox, Robyn Marasco, Alberto Toscano. Sunday, 8 Nov, 17-19:00. On Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism with Charmaine Chua, Adam Hanieh, Ashok Kumar, Costas Lapavitsas, Sharzhad Mojab.
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fantastic piece, now in english. one of the more sophisticated accounts in the ongoing F-debate taking place in the German public sphere. see also texts by m. paul, r. jaeggi, r. celikates, jp. reemtsma, d. loick, o. nachtwey, c. amlinger, v. thompson, ev. redecker, and a. demirovič