Archive - Critical Theory Essays from Douglas Lain

Does Everyone Need Therapy?

An exploration of individual psychology, historical change, and the limits of reason.

Jun 14, 2021 •

February 2021

Matt Taibbi - One Dimensional Critic?

A Response to Matt Taibbi's Essay on Marcuse

Feb 26, 2021 •

January 2021

Social Democracy and the Spectacle

The Society of the Spectacle, Social Democracy, and the Economy

Jan 30, 2021 •

Beyond Jimmy Dore and AOC

Class Consciousness and Georg Lukacs

Jan 10, 2021 •

December 2020

Beyond Berlatsky or What is Class Consciousness?

Charges of "class first" leftism or "class reductionism" distract us from long-standing problems within the socialist tradition that still need to be…

Dec 13, 2020 •

November 2020

Why Did Youtube Censor Us?

Politics After the Death of Ideology

Nov 28, 2020 •

July 2020

A Critique of the New Socialism

Welcome to Clicks, Ghosts and Cash Newsletter by me, Douglas Lain.

Jul 19, 2020

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