Kohei Saito

How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation.

My review of Alyssa Battistoni's Free Gift in The Nation:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In case you missed it, the 2025 Area Development and Policy Annual Lecture paper is a must-read.
Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common by Kohei Saito & Ryuji Sasaki

doi.org/10.1080/2379...

@regstud.bsky.social

Ecosocialism and critical agrarian studies This paper reconstructs Karl Marx’s evolving vision of communism through ecological, agrarian, and decolonial debates. While early Marx was shaped by the trinity of productivism, Eurocentrism, and ...

How can Ecosocialism and Critical Agrarian Studies help us understand a world in ecological decay?

In a new article, @koheisaito.bsky.social bridges the theoretical divide between the fields, providing a powerful framework to analyze our world #OpenAccess

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ecosocialism and critical agrarian studies This paper reconstructs Karl Marx’s evolving vision of communism through ecological, agrarian, and decolonial debates. While early Marx was shaped by the trinity of productivism, Eurocentrism, and ...

New article of mine, "Ecosocialism and Critical Agrarian Studies," is now available for free in The Journal of Peasant Studies!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Kohei Saito: "El que dona sentit a la nostra vida no és la feina, sinó el temps lliure" Filòsof. Publica 'El capital des de zero'

Marxista, ecologista i partidari del decreixement: aquests són els tres eixos del pensament del filòsof japonès Kohei Saito (Tòquio, 1987), que gràcies a assajos molt cr...

Shit, Kohei Saito kommer till Stockholm för att prata om marxism och degrowth?? Har helt missat. 8 november:

www.gnistor.se/event/2025-1...

Systemsturz von Kohei Saito - Hardcover Bd.0 | dtv Verlag Der Kapitalismus ist nicht zukunftsfähig. Wenn wir glauben, die Welt durch nachhaltigen Konsum vor der Klimakatastrophe zu retten, betrügen wir uns selbst, sagt der japanische Philosoph Kohei Saito.

Hey @domschott.bsky.social und @gamespodcast.bsky.social - spannende Diskussionen im aktuellen Mailbag! Zum Thema „Alternativen zum Kapitalismus“ und der Frage „Muss eigentlich alles auf Wachstum hinauslaufen?“ finde ich @koheisaito.bsky.social total spannend: www.dtv.de/buch/systems...

Essential reading for those who are not scared to take a fresh look at seemingly familiar things. The #commons are one important way forward as the planetary crisis accelerates & cascades. Community resilience is the key to perpetual adaptation.

#TransitionDesign

Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common This paper critically examines the emerging discourse on technofeudalism. While mainstream narratives celebrate technological advancement driven by American tech giants, proponents of the technofeu...

My new article "Rentier capitalism, technofascism and the destruction of the common" now published in Area Development and Policy (open access)!!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Slow Down by @koheisaito.bsky.social is a valuable perspective this all going forward, though at the time of writing he anticipated we may have time before reaching 2º warming, if it's a lost cause it changes only the approach and not the goal. The goal is to mitigate harm and support each other.

My work reviewed w/ @koheisaito.bsky.social in @nybooks.com yet no cool pic w/Marx on my shoulder (jk it’s more about Kohei).

“Huber…sees eco crisis as a consequence neither of growth nor of capitalist tech but of how & for whom the modern economy’s productive powers have been put to work”

Next week in Berlin!

www.volksbuehne.berlin/de/repertoir...

Hab mir letztens in Tokyo ein (gebrauchtes) Buch von @koheisaito.bsky.social gekauft und siehe da, es war doch tatsächlich signiert :D

Zum Buch selbst: Es gibt (noch?) keine deutsche Uebersetzung und es ist vll sein am wenigsten hardcore-theoretisches Werk.

元気そうでよかった！

Save the Date: On July 9, Kohei Saito will discuss his work on Marx's ecological critique of capitalism with Rahel Jaeggi & Thomas Khurana.
Tickets available at Volksbühne: www.volksbuehne.berlin#/de/repertoi...
More info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/fre...

Ich freue mich auf diese Buchpräsentation am Mittwoch, 4. Juni, in Hamburg.

#KapitalismusAmLimit

@fos-uhh.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de

I am a bit pessimistic these days...
globaldialogues.georgetown.edu/responses/te...

How Can Solidarity Be Rebuilt After the Failures of Progressivism? globaldialogues.georgetown.edu/events/how-c...

Avui ens visita el filòsof Kohei Saito. Després de visitar el campus de la Ciutadella i l’Espai Tàpies acompanyat per la rectora, Saito ha signat el llibre d'honor de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Obrim fil per seguir la conversa amb el periodista Xavier Bundó

Comença la conversa del filòsof Kohei Saito amb el periodista Xavi Bundó que porta per títol: "Pensament crític en temps d’emergència”. Primer descobrim perquè la ciutat de Barcelona apareix citada tantes vegades en el seu llibre

La Fira Literal reuneix més de 100 editorials de pensament radical a la Fabra i Coats La Fira Literal arriba aquest cap de setmana a la seva 11a edició amb un centenar d'editorials que s'instal·laran durant tres dies al recinte de la Fabra i Coats. Entre els convidats d'enguany hi ha e...

La Fira Literal reuneix més de 100 editorials de pensament radical a la Fabra i Coats

Entre els convidats d'enguany hi ha el filòsof japonès Kohei Saito, la geògrafa i activista Ruth Wilson i l'escriptora Lola Olufemi.

A l'@ara.cat.
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Il capitalismo della decrescita: così quello di Trump colpirà i poveri Al suo posto andrebbe sostenuto un comunismo della decrescita. Invece di imporre dazi casuali, tagliare gli investimenti pubblici e agitare la xenofobia, si dovrebbe puntare a una “decrescita progetta...

Kohei Saito al Salone del Libro
#facciamorete

(S+) Meinung: Donald Trump könnte dabei helfen, den Kapitalismus zu zähmen - Gastbeitrag Die Ablehnung von Wachstum galt lange als Idee der Linken. Nun hat die MAGA-Bewegung sie für sich entdeckt. Trumps ökonomische Schockpolitik könnte zu einer neuen Art besseren Wirtschaftens führen.

Trump und Degrowth in Der Spiegel: www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...

Marx im Anthropozän von Kohei Saito - E-Book | dtv Verlag Anhand präziser Quellenexegese entwickelt Kohei Saito einen Marx, der den Grundstein legt für eine neue Form des Miteinanders: Degrowth-Kommunismus. Damit präsentiert er eine völlig neue Vorstellung d...

Marx im Anthropozän ist erschienen!
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Buchpräsentation „Kapitalismus am Limit“ in Hamburg

📅 04.06.2025, 16:00 – 18:00

Mit Kommentaren von @sarlen.bsky.social und @koheisaito.bsky.social. Moderiert.: Frank Adloff

📍 @fos-uhh.bsky.social Gorch-Fock-Wall 3

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Opinion | Trump Tariffs Are a Victory Against Climate Change By making consumption more expensive, they may do more for the planet than 1,000 ESG plans.

'A specter is haunting the US - the specter of degrowth communism.'

www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

The “liberal compromise” and after: Realities and fictions of global climate governance

New issue of "economic sociology" out now: "The “liberal compromise” and after: Realities and fictions of global climate governance"

Edited by Leon Wansleben, with contributions by Stéphanie Barral, Matthias Täger, Jose Maria Valenzeula, Nacxitl Calva, Kohei Saito and @sebastiankohl.bsky.social

L’Expo di Osaka ci mostra il futuro sbagliato Il primo riguarda il clima, che rappresenta la differenza più significativa rispetto all’Expo di Osaka del 1970. Oggi la crisi climatica è un problema gravissimo, l’organizzazione… Leggi

Se vogliamo cambiare le cose, bisogna che la maggior parte delle persone, quella che attualmente venera eventi come le Olimpiadi e l’Expo, cambi la sua visione del mondo. L'opinione di Kohei Saito.