Journal of Cogency

For the philosophical study of social power

Category: Blog

  • Group Discussion: Critique of the Gotha Programme

    Group Discussion: Critique of the Gotha Programme

    On Saturday, August 31st, at 8 PM ET, I’m going to host a discussion about Karl Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme in relation to the current moment in American politics. At the time of the critique’s writing in 1875, the German socialists were very far from power and were just about to form an…

  • The Romans Had Religion

    This will be another hypothesis blog. I’ve done a few of them already, but basically, I’m going to lay out some ideas that I want to follow up on later, especially through research. For this subject I’ve already been pointed to a book that should be really useful — Belief and Cult by Jacob L….