Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century | 11.06.2026 NACHTASYL Hamburg
Climate change, resource scarcity, rising authoritarianism, and economic insecurity are increasingly calling the modern narratives of progress into question. But does this also mean the end of the idea of social emancipation?
The event Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress – Democratic Planning in the 21st Century explores how the idea of democratic planning can be understood and mobilized as a vehicle for positive futures. At a time marked by pervasive catastrophism, the collective effort to democratically organize the reproduction of our societies offers a compelling alternative to the status quo of capitalist destruction.
Together, Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg, and Jan Groos discuss new perspectives on social transformation, ecological limits, and the question of how we might imagine livable futures beyond the imperatives of economic growth and the politics of catastrophism.
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