Inlay

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 – 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬? 📝 In our new F&L Blog article, political theorist 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 argues that part of the answer lies in two powerful governing rationalities: neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Read: tinyurl.com/yxfypzed

Road to Serfdom or Great Transformation? Which way are we heading? Join us on Mon, 11th May 18:00 at the WU's Executive Academy Foyer for a dialogue on Hayek vs Polanyi with: Richard Cockett (Vienna: How the City of Ideas Shaped the Modern World) and Andreas Novy (President, Intl Karl Polanyi Soc)

✍ 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 “𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮” 𝙩𝙤 “𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨”—𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙧-𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 This is argued by 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 and 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗳 in our latest F&L blog piece ⬇️ Read here

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! Roland Atzmüller offers a rich and nuanced analysis of current (mis)interpretations of the far right and its entanglements with the neoliberal project - bringing a compelling Polanyian perspective. Read the entire article here: tinyurl.com/y83ewxen

👉 How does a fascist regime create its own reality - and what does liberalism have to do with it? Drawing on Arendt’s idea of the organized lie, Silke van Dyk examines how the Trump administration and the new tech capitalism form a coalition around the manipulation of knowledge #fascism #Trump

"The nation-state is not a neutral scale of governance. It is a [...] form of political belonging organized through the distinction between members and non-members." In this new F&L Blog article, @vapunkt.bsky.social critically examines the left-wing case for the nation-state: tinyurl.com/55paa367

𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? In this incisive new article, @cominsitu.bsky.social argues that liberal property rights don’t just allocate resources but that they prime societies - both owners and non-owners - with authoritarian desire 👉but there is a remedy

"𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿." Read Christopher Shaw's critique of UK climate politics now: tinyurl.com/5n664nxw

Don’t miss this online panel discussion hosted by our colleagues at the 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 in Montreal, Canada: 🌎 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 🕙 March 10, 11AM (EST) 📍Online via Zoom. Free event, registration mandatory: tinyurl.com/5embv2az

Authoritarian desires How Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism Brought Us to the Brink of Fascism by Wendy Brown 04.06.2026 How did authoritarianism become desirable for ordinary people in formerly liber...