Call for Abstracts: „Capitalism – Democracy – Emancipation Encounters Between Critical Theory and Radical Democratic Theory“ (Wien, 19.-20. März 2026)
According to Karl Marx (1981), democracy is the “resolved riddle of all constitutions”. However, it poses countless further riddles. Today, democracy is often framed as being synonymous with liberal democracy in Western capitalist societies. Although liberal-democratic constitutions declare that power emanates from the people, key political decisions are made based on the principles of profit […]
