Jeremiah MorelockJeremiah Morelock

Jeremiah Morelock, PhD is a postdoctoral researcher at the William F. Connell School of Nursing (CSON) at Boston College, where he studies social factors of vaccine hesitancy among adults in the United States, using data from the Vaccination, Health, and Values Survey, which he constructed and disseminated over social media in Fall 2021. He is also the director of RNDS.

Marcuse: “Aggressiveness in Advanced Industrial Society” (1967)

*The following article is reposted from Marxists.org. Aggressiveness in Advanced Industrial Society Written: in German in 1967; First Published: by Beacon Press, Boston as Negations: Essays in Critical Theory by Herbert Marcuse; Source: Walter Benjamin Research Syndicate. Mark-up: Andy Blunden. I propose to consider here the strains and stresses in the so-called “affluent society,” a … Read more

Fromm: “The Authoritarian Personality” (1957)

The Authoritarian Personality *The following is reposted from Marxists.org. First published: in Deutsche Universitätszeitung, Band 12 (Nr. 9, 1957), pp. 3-4; Translated: by Florian Nadge; CopyLeft: Creative Commons (Attribute & ShareAlike) marxists.org 2011. What do we mean by “authoritarian personality”? We usually see a clear difference between the individual who wants to rule, control, or … Read more

Toni Bologna: “A Plea For Economic Social Terrorism”

The following post by Toni Bologna is reblogged from tonibologna.com.  * * * * * * * Now that it’s no longer “International Women’s Day,” I notice that no one is thanking me for having a vagina. Where are all my Facebook shout outs for housing a womb to house a child? What kind of … Read more

Grand Hotel Abyss: The Lives of the Frankfurt School – review

By Lisa Appignanesi, reposted from The Guardian. * * * * * * * * * Stuart Jeffries’s story of the Marxist intellectuals behind modern critical theory makes invigorating sense of weighty philosophies A fractious Europe, a failing currency, a challenged economy, populist parties on the rise, a divided left, migration from the east, an atmosphere … Read more

Raewyn Connell on masculinities

*The full text of the article is available on the website of its author Raewyn Connell. * * * * * Masculinities To speak of masculinities is to speak about gender relations.  Masculinities are not equivalent to men; they concern the position of men in a gender order.  They can be defined as the patterns … Read more

Ruth Wodak: “Right-wing populism is surging on both sides of the Atlantic – here’s why”

Right-wing populism is surging on both sides of the Atlantic – here’s why Ruth Wodak, Lancaster University On both sides of the Atlantic, right-wing populist parties are enjoying another moment in the sun. In Europe, the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) recently doubled its vote in a state election. Fellow travellers are making headway across Europe … Read more

Axel Honneth: “Racism as a Socialization Defect”

*This interview of Axel Honneth by Krasimir Stojanov originally appeared in Critique and Humanism 16 (2/2003), in Bulgarian. It was published again in Critique and Humanism 22 (2006), in German and Bulgarian. This version is reposted from the German version as reproduced by Eurozine, translated automatically through Google Chrome.  Racism as a Socialization Defect A … Read more

Nancy Fraser: “Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics”

*The following article by Nancy Fraser was part of The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Stanford University, April 30–May 2, 1996. Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics: Redistribution, Recognition, and Participation In today’s world, claims for social justice seem increasingly to divide into two types. First, and most familiar, are redistributive claims, which … Read more

Larry Hartwick: “On the Aesthetic Dimension: A Conversation with Herbert Marcuse”

*The following interview of Herbert Marcuse by Larry Hartwick is reposted from the Publications Page of the Official Herbert Marcuse website, managed by Harold Marcuse. This interview, conducted in 1978, originally appeared in a locally distributed publication at the University of California, San Diego: Contemporary Literature 22(1981), 417-424 On the Aesthetic Dimension: A Conversation with … Read more