The resurgence of the far right has revived a familiar question: are we witnessing a return of fascism? According to historian and Stefanie Prezioso, the widespread use of the term ‘fascism’ as a temp...

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...

From “masculine energy” to “tradwives”—contemporary far-right political-economic movements are interwined with a new gender order which is not incidental, but core to understanding their rise, argue B...

Understanding the New Fascism: Post-Truth, Big Tech and the Return of Arendt’s Organized Lie by Silke van Dyk 12.03.2026 Trump II is far more than just a radical version of … Continue reading F&L Blog...

A conversation about President Donald Trump’s policies and their implications for democratic politics in the U.S. and globally

Property Damages by Jacob Blumenfeld 13.02.2026 Does private property secure freedom, or train us for domination? In this article, philosopher Jacob Blumenfeld traces how liberal ownership rights shap...

Four Learnings About the Interconnection of Fascism and Liberalism: Yesterday and Today Maie Klingenberg, Solveig Degen, and Andreas Novy 19.12.2025 Over the past months, a dozen articles on our newly...

Blog Launch: Fascism and Liberalism – Yesterday and Today Solveig Degen, Maie Klingenberg & Andreas Novy 31.07.2025 One hundred years ago, Austro-Hungarian economist Karl Polanyi witnessed the collaps...

Sozialökonom Andreas Novy schrieb an Österreichs Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel mit und arbeitete heraus, wie die Politik Mehrheiten fürs Klima finden kann

We, the International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS), the Institute for Spatial and Social-Ecological Transformations (ISSET) and the Institute for Law and Governance cordially invite you to join our rea...

This synthesis article conceptualizes transformative climate actions (TCAs) by reviewing social-science-based climate and transformation research, with a particular focus on (Western) sufficiency l...

We, the International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS), the Institute for Spatial and Social-Ecological Transformations (ISSET) and the Institute for Law and Governance cordially invite you to join our rea...

LUCAS CHANCEL We are proud to announce Professor Lucas Chancel as our ninth Vienna Karl Polanyi Visiting Professor for the summer term 2025! In the course of his visit to … Continue reading Lucas Chan...

This expert workshop on "Democratic Economic Planning in Times of Planetary Crises", which took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from...