Future Histories· Staffel 3· Folge 54
S03E54 - Rabea Berfelde on Socialisation
Sonntag, 21. Dezember 2025 · 55 min
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Rabea Berfelde discusses socialisation, its history and current socialisation movements.
Future Histories LIVE.
This episode is part of the ‘Future Histories LIVE’ format. For this, individual episodes are recoded live – that is, in front of an audience – at irregular intervals. This episode was recorded on August 6th, during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland, titled “Economics as Resistance. Heterodox Strategies on Housing, Energy, and Agriculture against the New Right”.
Please support the Institute for Transformation and Economy Studies (intrawi.ch/about-us) in making the Rethinking Economics Summer School happen, by donating here:
hcriticaltheoryinberlin.de/people/rabea-berfelde
the Socialization in Theory and Practice research project:
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/projects/socializ…
the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland:
Berfelde, R., & Möller, P. (2025). (Re)-Imagining Housing as an Infrastructure for Social Reproduction. In J. Groos & C. Sorg (Eds.), Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construc…
Berfelde, R. et al. (2024). Für eine Linke mit Plan. Luxemburg. Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxis. 1/2024.
zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/fuer-eine-lin…
Berfelde, R. & Heeg, S. (2024). Struggling with and through Knowledge Production: The Campaign ‘Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co.’s’ Attempt at Housing Definancialisation in Berlin. Critical Housing Analysis 11 (1): 105-114.
housing-critical.com/home-page-1/struggling-wi…
Berfelde, R., & Blumenfeld, J. (2024). Von der Vergesellschaftung zur Planung und wieder zurück: Über alte und neue Debatten um Wirtschaftsplanung und Vergesellschaftung. PROKLA. Zeitschrift für Kritische Sozialwissenschaft, 54 (215), 177–193.
prokla.de/index.php/PROKLA/article/view/2119
Berfelde, R., & Möller, P. (2023). Radikaldemokratische Planung der Wohnraumversorgung? Das Vergesellschaftungskonzept von »Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen«. PROKLA. Zeitschrift für Kritische Sozialwissenschaft, 53 (212), 561–577.
prokla.de/index.php/PROKLA/article/view/2049
on the Bavarian Soviet/Council Republic:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_Soviet_Republic
on the German revolution of 1918-19:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_revolution_of_191…
Backhaus, J., Chaloupek, G., & Frambach, H. A. (2019). The First Socialization Debate (1918) and Early Efforts Towards Socialization. Springer.
springerprofessional.de/the-first-socializatio…
on Otto Neurath:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurath
Chaloupek, G. (2007). Otto Neurath's Concepts of Socialization and Economic Calculation and his Socialist Critics. In: Nemeth, E., Schmitz, S.W., Uebel, T.E. (eds.) Otto Neurath's Economics in Context. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, vol 13. Springer.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6…
on Karl Korsch:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Korsch
on Otto Bauer:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Bauer
Meyer, N. (2023). Otto Bauer on the Long Transition to Socialism. Left Notes.
left-notes.com/p/otto-bauer-long-transition-to…
on Karl Kautsky:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Kautsky
Vrousalis, N. (2018). Council Democracy and the Socialisation Dilemma. In: Muldoon, J. (ed.) Council Democracy. Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics. Routledge.
taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/978135…
Blumenfeld, J. (2023). What was socialization? A look back.
sfb294-eigentum.de/en/blog/what-was-socializat…
Critical Theory Network et al. (2024). 11 Theses on Socialisation.
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/interventions/11-…
Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism – 1. New Left Review. 153 May-June 2025.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-…
Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism – 2. New Left Review. 154 July-August 2025.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-…
Muldoon, J. (ed.) (2018). Council Democracy. Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics. Routledge.
taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/978135120…
on Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen (the Berlin Housing Campagin):
Hoffrogge, R. (2024). Commons and Constitution: historical and legal roots of the German socialization movement:
sfb294-eigentum.de/de/blog/commons-and-constit…
for projects on socialization in different sectors see also:
communia (2024). Socialising Energy. Lessons from radical housing campaigns in Germany. In: Buxton, N. (ed.) (2024). Energy, Power and Transition. Transnational Institute.
tni.org/files/2024-03/State%20of%20Power%20202…
on the legal assessment of socialising the energy sector in Germany:
communia.de/energiekonzerne-enteignen-das-geht
article 15 in the constitution of Germany:
gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_15.html
for the draft of the socialisation law by the Berlin Housing Campaign see here:
the Ackersyndikat:
RWE & Co Enteignen:
Hamburg Enteignet:
the socialist calculation debate:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_calculation_de…
the first socialisation conference 2022:
communia.de/en/project/socialization-conferenc…
the second socialisation conference 2024:
communia.de/en/project/lets-socialize-socializ…
on anti-fascist economics:
exploring-economics.org/en/discover/anti-fasci…
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