Jonas Knatz

.@CentralEuropean just published my article on antidemocratic, antisemitic, and racist sentiments among postwar West Germany's youth. I analyze the Institute for Social Research's Gruppenexperiment, its reception in Critical Theory, and Helmut Schelsky. doi.org/10.1017/S00089…

One more week to submit! The JHI Blog welcomes pitches for a forum on the conceptual history of technology. Submit a proposal by May 7. Read the call for complete information: jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/cal…

Granta was saddened to hear of Alexander Kluge’s death. In honour of his life and work, we have lifted the paywall on his essay for Granta, ’Today We Just Say Germany’. granta.com/today-we-just-…

The JHI Blog has released a call for submissions to its forum on the “Conceptual History of Technology.” Pitches are due on May 7. jhiblog.org/2026/03/18/cal…

“The JHI’s Board of Editors is delighted to announce a new award for graduate students. The Martin Jay Prize recognizes the best article by a graduate student-author accepted for publication in the journal each year. The editors welcome your submissions!” jhiblog.org/2025/06/24/ann…

Jacob Saliba and I interviewed Elías Palti about his new book, which contains many worthwhile provocations for intellectual historians. jhiblog.org/2025/02/03/wri…

(2/2) @MDorpema, @JohannaGautier1, @sontisamir, @JFernandez693, Roxanne Houman, Mark Greif, and @JulianaDeVaan. You can sign up here: as.nyu.edu/research-cente…

Daniel Judt & I are organizing a day-long workshop on the last decades of the 20th century to explore narratives that go beyond the paradigmatic notions of neoliberalism and fracture, hosted @RemarqueNYU (1/31). With Anin Luo, Christina Morina, Angus Burgin, @sophina_clark (1/2)

Gender and sexuality are often more than just private matters. In post-war West Germany, they decisively shaped the perception of the ‘East’. Fantasies about a ‘reversed gender order’ fuelled fears and resentment copernico.eu/en/articles/ge… #history #coldwar #gender @YanaraSchmacks

@MichelleLKahn Thank you!

Alperen Arslan (@alperenarslanaa) and I just interviewed Liliana Doganova about her fantastic book, Discounting the Future (2024, @ZoneBooks) for @JHIdeas. We cover value theory, Critical Accounting, and the future's colonization. jhiblog.org/2024/09/23/dis…

For @JHIdeas, @ZacEndter and I spoke with Paul North and Paul Reitter about their new translation of Capital, Volume 1. We talked about different editions and previous translations, the call of Capital, Neue Marx Lektüre, and their future plans. jhiblog.org/2024/09/10/the…

In this interview, Zac Endter (@ZacEndter) and Jonas Knatz (@JonasKnatz) spoke with Paul Reitter and Paul North about their upcoming new translation of Volume 1 of Karl Marx's Capital (@PrincetonUPress). web.sas.upenn.edu/jhiblog/2024/0…

Are you preparing courses for next year? Consider including JHI articles on your syllabus. See this newsletter from @PennPress and the replies below for a list of recent JHI articles to share with your students. (All OPEN ACCESS for the next 2 months!) mailchi.mp/pennpress/jhi-…

@ueberdruss Not sure if this helps, but Reitter's forthcoming translation renders 'Produktivkraft' (sg) as 'productive power' and 'Produktivkräfte' (pl) as 'productive forces.' I haven't looked systematically, but Aveling and Fowkes seem to have used 'productive power(s)' in the latter case.

returning briefly to ask the marxologists: why is Produktivkraft rendered as productive force but Arbeitskraft as labour power? why a different word in english when it's the same in german? (and yes, one does read labour force and productive power occasionally, but it's rare)

The 4-volume Cambridge World History of Sexualities is out now! Including a chapter on “The Sexual Revolution” from a global perspective that Dagmar Herzog and I wrote together. tinyurl.com/33cbt5yb

@nytimes reviews 'The Invention of Prehistory'! @LiverightPub nytimes.com/2024/04/10/boo…

April 2nd.

🚨📢The @ERC_Research WE-COOP project is recruiting 1 Postdoc & 1 Research Assistant ! Join us @unistra to work on an exciting Participatory Research crisscrossing the topics of #Gender #Labour and #Democracy ! euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/186240 unistra.fr/fileadmin/uplo…

Technology, the Environment, and the Future of Europe Fellowships @RemarqueNYU. Deadline: Dec 15. - faculty, postdocs, non-academic writers: apartment in NYC + stipend + visiting scholar status -PhD students: stipend + visiting scholar status Details: as.nyu.edu/research-cente…