Following the publication of the German translation of Kohei Saito’s new book “Am Ende des Fortschritts. Überleben in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus”, the response in German-speaking media has been very wide-ranging and is ongoing. For this reason, we are compiling this list of articles, interviews, videos, etc., which otherwise would have been individual news items. As the response is still ongoing, this list is going to be updated regularly.
editorial note:
We are also aware that the response in Japanese media is massive, but as we don’t have anyone speaking Japanese on our content team we can’t reliably cover it for the time being. But if you are someone who would like to help us with that, please reach out to us via hello@indep.network.
The book has also become a bestselling non-fiction title of the widely referenced “Spiegel-Bestseller” list.
Interviews (Text):
- Interview with German left economic magazine “Surplus” (paywalled)
- Interview with German news portal “t-online”
- Interview with German newspaper “Die Zeit” (paywalled)
- Interview with German “Philosophie Magazin” (paywalled)
- Interview with Swiss newspaper “Work”, of the Swiss union “Unia”
Interviews (Video):
- For the German public broadcaster “3sat” – also featured on the website of “ZDF” (also German public broadcaster)
- Interview in news journal “ZIB” (Zeit im Bild) for the “ORF” (Austrian public broadcaster)
Commentary:
- Two articles in German left-liberal newspaper “der Freitag” (both paywalled)
- “Endlich Freitag!” Newsletter of “der Freitag“
- Interview with Ulrike Herrmann in “der Freitag” (paywalled), responding to Saito’s critique of her concept of a green war-economy modeled on the british war-economy during the second world war, which she developed in her book “The End of Capitalism. Why Growth and Climate Protection are Incompatible – and How We Will Live in the Future“
- In the German newspaper “Welt” (paywalled)
- In leftist German newspaper “junge Welt”
- Book review in “Westart Lesen” series of the german public broadcaster “WDR”
- In the right-wing Swiss newspaper “Die Weltwoche”
- Episode of the German leftist “Wohlstand für Alle” (“Prosperity for All”) Podcast (paywalled)
Talks and Panels with Saito:
- Booklaunch Panel hosted by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Germany (video recording)
- Panel with Jan Groos and Christoph Sorg (video recording)
- Panel at international philosophy festival “phil.cologne”
- Lecture at the University of Bremen “Counter-Planning Against Fascism”
- Panel at the “Akademie der bildenden Künste” Vienna