What is historical materialism? The "real premises" of Marxian social theory
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epistemology as a trap
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capitalist world-economy
Wallerstein's concept of a capitalist world-economy
energy
Energy is defined as the capacity to do work, or the ability of an entity to act as a force and influence changes in another entity (in physics this would be referred to as ‘systems’).
Should Socialists Use Cooperatives?: On Constructing Socialism Out of Capitalism
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Constructivism and Materialism: What's the Role of Ideas in the Social Sciences?
In an effort to practice writing more, I’m going to try and write short pieces on the things I’m reading for my PhD comps.
How I Take and Retrieve Notes with Obsidian and Zotero
and tips of a pro-gamer move to syncing your PDFs
Blog Update (Spring 2026) - Producing Radical Knowledge
Update regarding the direction of this project and how you can help!
Mark Carney announced a Canadian Sovereign Wealth Fund, and it will probably suck.
Canadian PM Mark Carney just announced the creation of the “Canada Strong” sovereign wealth fund (SWF).
Morgenthau’s Unrealized National Interest: The Theoretical Limits of Classical Realism
Last semester of my PhD I had a course on theory in international relations in which I wrote a short paper reviewing the methodological approach of Hans Morgenthau, a central scholar of Classical Realism.