Alexander DouglasinGenus SpeciousThe Labour Theory of Value is Correct and Important9 min read·Oct 9, 2023--11--11
Alexander DouglasinGenus SpeciousAnalytic Philosophy, Bourgeois IdeologyMy friend Christoph Schuringa touched a real nerve with his Jacobin piece on analytic philosophy. What I took from his piece is, roughly…8 min read·Feb 14, 2023--8--8
Alexander DouglasShadow SocialismSome socialists are “market” socialists, others are “planning” socialists. “Planning” usually means central planning, though not always…6 min read·Nov 10, 2022--1--1
Alexander DouglasFascism wasn’t neededThe attack on the US Capitol Building gave new impetus to an ongoing media debate over whether Donald Trump (and others like him) should be…6 min read·Nov 3, 2021--3--3
Alexander DouglasDiscount Rates, Exploitation, and the End of CapitalismAlexander Douglas22 min read·Jun 19, 2021--4--4
Alexander DouglasMore on Spinozist and Zhuangzist ImmortalityI wrote before about Hao Wang’s suggestion that Spinoza’s view on immortality — or what Spinoza calls “the eternity of the mind”:9 min read·May 17, 2021--1--1
Alexander DouglasJustin Smith on René GirardJustin Smith wrote a fairly critical blog post on René Girard to which I feel moved to reply. A lot of it attacks Girard’s appeal in…9 min read·Jan 12, 2021----