Crisis and Critique

Thomas Hertog on Stephen Hawking, cosmology, Big Bang, history and other things.

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Belgian cosmologist Thomas to discuss his current work, his collaboration with his PhD advisor and collaborator Stephen Hawkin

Sianne Ngai on ugly thoughts, ugly feeling, aesthetic categories, gimmick in capitalism, and more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with American cultural theorist Sianne Ngai to discuss her intellectual trajectory, political aesthetics, Fredric Jameson, ugly thought

Kim Stanley Robinson on his work, utopic realism, the future of Mars, Fredric Jameson… and so on.

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the American science-fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson to discuss his work, the nature of his trilogies, the future of utopia,

Avital Ronell on America, loser sons, Europe, stupidity and more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the American philosopher Avital Ronell to discuss her latest work “America”, contemporaryloser sons, stupidity, dreaming and Freud, con

Joshua Oppenheimer on his movies, Tilda Swinton in "The End", the politics of movie making, and more

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the American-British movie director Joshua Oppenheimer to discuss his first narrative feature film, The End, as well as The Act of

Jean-Jacques Lecercle on language, politics, Chomsky, Frankenstein, and related matters.

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Lecercle to discuss his approach to language, philosophy on the internet, the violence of language,

Jean-Pierre Dupuy on René Girard, doomsaying, Borges, metaphysics of time… and a lot more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the French philosopher Jean-Piere Dupuy to discuss his new book “Vertigos: Thinking with Borges”, the enlightened doomsaying, nucl

Special: Žižek on “The Oeuvre of Slavoj Žižek”

We just published the new issue of Crisis and Critique, which is devoted to the wok of Slavoj Žižek. Today we are excited and honoured to have Slavoj Žižek himself for th

Todd McGowan on perversion, comedy, Hegel, alienation... and a lot more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the American philosopher Todd McGowan to discuss the nature of comedy, perversion and hysteria,  psychoanalysis as a philosophical orie

Adam Tooze on approaching history, polycrisis, the contemporary USA, Batman… and many other things

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the British-American historian and theorist Adam Tooze, to talk about the contemporary situation, polycrisis, history and its futu

Rebecca Comay on Persistence, Dialectics, Dramaturgy, “Bad Mothers” ... and many other things!

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit with the Canadian philosopher Rebecca Comay to discuss about her forthcoming books, (death) drive, dialectics, Hegel, dramaturgy, art and po

Wolfgang Streeck on Trump, fascism, Europe, the left, the end of capitalism… and a lot more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the German economic sociologist to discuss the nature and prospects of Trump presidency, fascism, the upcoming German elections an

Darian Leader on jouissance, hands, philosophy, Mona Lisa, art, obscenity... and a lot more

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with the British psychoanalyst and author Darian Leader to discuss his latest book, his intellectual trajectory, the status and role of

Michael Heinrich on the election Trump, cautious biographies, Marx, ecology, capitalism and critique

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the German Marxologist and “radical philologist” Michael Heinrich to discuss his project on the biography of Marx, new translation

Yanis Varoufakis on the US elections, Techno-Feudalism, the role of the family.. and other things

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with the Greek economist, politician and former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis to discuss his latest book “Techno-Feudalism: What K

Mladen Dolar on the limits of psychoanalysis, Marx and Hegel, Beckett, theatre/opera… and a lot more

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalytical theorist and cultural theorist, Mladen Dolar to discuss his forthcoming books on rumou

Silvia Federici on feminism, primitive accumulation, bodies, magic, dance… and (no) Taylor Swift

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with the Italian feminist theorist and activist Silvia Federici to discuss her work on feminism, critique of Marx(ism), primitive accum

Catherine Malabou on the Clitoris, AI, Anarchism, Hegel, Marx… and much more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the French philosopher Catherine Malabou to discuss her latest books on anarchism and clitoris, Artificial Intelligence, dominatio

Cornel West on American Politics, Catastrophe, Messy Materialism, Blues, Christianity and Coltrane.

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with the American philosopher, theologian and presidential candidate Cornel West to discuss his philosophy and politics, the theologica

Slavoj Žižek on Marx, Hegel, Politics, Films, Burgers and Hot Dogs… and a lot more!

Frank Ruda and Agon Hamza sit down with the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek to discuss his latest books, Marx and Hegel, contemporary political situation, film and nov