Issue 1 – December 2025
Towards a Sociology of Freedom
“Why this journal? Why now? In the revolutionary spirit of Rojava, we view this journal not only as an intervention into contemporary critical discourse but, more ambitiously, as a contribution to a radical reconceptualization of social science as a vehicle of human emancipation—the sociology of freedom.”
Patrick Huff and the Editorial Collective
“Capitalism is an intensifying
disaster and it is crucial for the future of humanity to get rid of the present social system and replace it with a form of human interaction based on commu-nising and the mutual recognition of human dignities.”
John Holloway
“As we deepen our understanding of the ideological hegemony that binds us and work to dissolve it, we can pave the way for the emergence of a mindset rooted in democratic modernity. This new consciousness can facilitate the reconstruction of democratic modernity. With the proposed intellectual revolution of democratic modernity and strengthening our perception of truth through philosophy, art, and science that is communally oriented, we can return to a life rich with meaning and enchant-ment. Respect for life necessitates the end of this deception.”
Havin Guneser
Table of Contents
Editorial
Patrick Huff and the Editorial Collective
Defending Society Is Defending Life
Havin Guneser
Art Under Capitalism
Benedetta Argentieri
Food and Social Nature: Foundation for Democratic Modernity
Harriet Friedmann
Unidisciplinarity & the Promise of a Sociology of Freedom
Andrej Grubačić
Women, Knowledge, Life, Freedom
Laura Fantone
Öcalan as Thinker: On the Unity of Theory and Practice as Form of Writing
David Graeber
Truth
John Holloway
On Democratic Modernity; Or, To Hope in the Aftermath
Nik Matheou
Democratic Confederalism: ANon-state Political Governance
Abdullah Öcalan
A Different Kind of Academy
Reimar Heider
Imagining Freedom in the Kurdish Women Freedom’s Movement
Nazan Üstündağ
Peoples in Movement Organize Through Community and Use Values
Raúl Zibechi
Silent Scream
Aslı Filiz
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