Anselm Jappe

Value form critic and intellectual biographer of Guy Debord. Also contributor to the German 'wertkritik' journal Krisis and professor of philosophy in France and Italy.

Violence, what use is it?

Anselm Jappe, value form critic and biographer of Guy Debord, looks at the issue of violence in contemporary Europe.

From El Viejo Topo: interview on "curtailing economic growth" - Anselm Jappe

An interview with Anselm Jappe about "curtailing economic growth" ("decrecimiento" in Spanish), a…

From one utopia to another - Anselm Jappe

Anselm Jappe turns the tables on the apologists for capitalism who denounce “utopia” as the seed of Stalinist terror and as contrary to “human…

The ghost of theory - Jaime Semprun

In one of his last essays, a deeply pessimistic Jaime Semprun proclaims the death of "radical theory" and recommends "a good handbook on…

Notes on the manifesto against labor - Jaime Semprun

Jaime Semprun criticizes the Krisis Group's Manifesto Against Labor for clinging to what he refers to as the "obsolete" idea that the existing…

The cat, the mouse, culture and the economy - Anselm Jappe

Essay on the relation between culture and the economy in contemporary capitalism, examining the role…

The metaphysical subtleties of the commodity - Anselm Jappe

Essay by German author Anselm Jappe discussing the history and continuing relevance of the concept…

Debord, Guy - Anselm Jappe

Anselm Jappe's biography of Debord and exposition of his ideas.