Episode Summary
Jacob Blumenfeld discusses the concept of “managing decline”, the subject of fossil capitalism and the implications of transitioning away from it.
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Info on Creative Construction Book Launch:
Date: March 4th, 19h
Location: aquarium am Südblock
Skalitzer Str. 6
10999 Berlin
Deutschland
About the book:
Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction
If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:
Democratic planning – an information website
https://www.democratic-planning.com/
Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.
https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1
International Network for Democratic Economic Planning
https://www.indep.network/
Democratic Planning Research Platform:
https://www.planningresearch.net/
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Shownotes
The Centre for Social Critique at the Humboldt University Berlin:
https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/
Blumenfeld, J. (2022). Climate barbarism: Adapting to a wrong world. Constellations, 30(2), 162–178.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8675.12596
Blumenfeld, J. (2023) What was socialization. A look back.
https://sfb294-eigentum.de/en/blog/what-was-socialization-a-look-back/
Blumenfeld, J. (2024a). Managing Decline. Cured Quail, Vol. 3.
https://curedquail.com/Managing-Decline
Blumenfeld, J. (2024b). The Concept of Property in Kant, Fichte, and Hegel. Freedom, Right, and Recognition. Routledge.
https://www.routledge.com/The-Concept-of-Property-in-Kant-Fichte-and-Hegel-Freedom-Right-and-Recognition/Blumenfeld/p/book/9781032575186
Blumenfeld, J. (2024c). Socialising Nature.
https://www.break-down.org/post/socialising-nature
Blumenfeld, J. (2024d). Welcome to the Anderscene. Brooklyn Rail.
https://brooklynrail.org/2024/07/field-notes/Welcome-to-the-Anderscene/
Angebauer, N., Blumenfeld, J., & Wesche, T. (2025). Umkämpftes Eigentum: Eine gesellschaftstheoretische Debatte. Suhrkamp.
https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/umkaempftes-eigentum-t-9783518300503
Jacob contributed to this soon to be published book:
Forstenhäusler, Robin, et al. (Eds.). (2025). Klima und Gesellschaftskritik. Verbrecher Verlag.
https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/klimawandel-und-gesellschaftskritik/
Buck, H. J. (2021). Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough. Verso Books.