Frieder Otto Wolf

The Missed Rendezvous of Critical Marxism and Ecological Feminism

Our opening Symposium: ‘‘Ecosocialist-Ecofeminist Dialogues’’ in the December 2006 issue developed conversations around work recently carried in the journal. The present exchange grows out of another historical and international context. This is conveyed in Wolf’s title ‘‘The Missed Rendezvous of Critical Marxism and Ecological Feminism,’’ expressing a regret that European socialists in the 70s and 80s failed to recognize the value of ecofeminist analyses put forward by von Werlhof and her colleagues .

The “limits of dialectical presentation” as a key category of Marx's theoretical self-reflection

However considerable his powers of self-reflection, Marx was no more able to look over his own shoulders than other humans before and after him. Historical experience with the continued reading of his texts has helped, however, to gain greater clarity about some problems raised by Marx’s work. This will be especially helpful for building bridges that link strands of different theoretical traditions, beyond the boundaries of official and semi-official marxisms.

Ein neuer Akteurstyp in der neuen Zeit? Zivilgesellschaftliche Netzwerke, Globalisierung, Europäisierung und Demokratisierungschancen

Mit dem gesellschaftlichen Transnationalisierungsschub seit den 1990er Jahren, also mit Globalisierung und Europaisierung, haben zivilgesellschaftliche Netzwerke neue Formen und Funktionen angenommen. Werden diese Netzwerke zu einem neuen Akteurstyp fuhren, der den Anforderungen und Chancen einer neuen Zeit entspricht?