# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Kohei Saito – Eco-Socialist Degrowth in Climate Collapse
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: I november gästar den internationellt uppmärksammade filosofen och politiske ekonomen Kohei Saito Stockholm och ABF-huset för årets Stockholm Archipelago Lecture. I en tid präglad av klimatkris och ekologisk kollaps menar Saito att vi står inför ett vägskäl: det rådande systemet kan inte längre erbjuda hållbara lösningar. Med utgångspunkt i Karl Marx sena verk presenterar han sin banbrytande tolkning av ”degrowth-kommunism” – ett radikalt ramverk bortom grönt kapitalismtänk, miljöimperialism och exploatering. Följ med när Saito skissar på vägarna mot en ekosocialistisk omställning och en framtid bortom tillväxtens myt.

We are thrilled to announce that distinguished philosopher and political economist Kohei Saito will be coming to Stockholm and ABF-huset in November to give this year’s Stockholm Archipelago Lecture.

The Anthropocene is marked by a planetary environmental crisis. Since we did not act in the last decades despite various warnings, our time to respond to this unfolding catastrophe has almost run out. We need to urgently rethink the entire paradigm of society, the economy and our politics, and radical ideas are necessary because the existing system does not seem to be able to offer a solution. Karl Marx’s idea of “degrowth communism,” which Kohei Saito has reinterpreted through a close reading, provide a new framework beyond green capitalism, environmental imperialism and colonial extractivism. Saito has shown that Marx’s last attempt to consciously overcome the productivism and Eurocentrism inherent to historical materialism represent the same difficulties we face in the 21st century, characterized by myths of eternal growth and infinite technological development. In his talk, Saito will demonstrate what an eco-socialist degrowth framework can provide us to deal with this century’s climate collapse.

Kohei Saito is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2024/25 Saito is fellow at The New Institute in Hamburg as Chair of the program “Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning”. He works on ecology and political economy from a Marxist perspective. His book, Capital in the Anthropocene (2020) (English translation: Slow Down published 2024), has been credited for inspiring a resurgence of interest in Marxist thought in Japan, as well as in the USA and Europe.

? Tickets here: https://secure.tickster.com/sv/xyyn1avkxff0lgk/products

? Time:
16:00 – 18:00 Lecture + Q&A.
18:00 – 19:00 Networking with refreshments and an opportunity to engage with organisers and guests in an adjacent venue at ABF-huset.

? Date and place:
8th of November 2025, ABF-huset, Sveavägen 41.
Price: 100 SEK regular, 70 SEK student/senior

The Stockholm Archipelago Lecture Series is the annual flagship event of the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory. Inspired by the variety of the islands making up the Stockholm Archipelago, the KTH Environmental Humanities Laboratory proposes a vision of the environmental humanities as an open, diverse but nonetheless connected archipelago of disciplines and approaches. David Lowenthal gave the inspiring inaugural lecture in 2012, and since they have hosted thirteen distinguished guests including Indian writer Amitav Ghosh, African philosopher Achille Mbembe and US political scientist Nancy Fraser.
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Stockholm
- **state**: ST
- **country**: Sweden
- **location**: Sveavägen 41, 111 83 Stockholm, Sweden
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- **long**: 18.06013
- **full address**: Sveavägen 41, 111 83 Stockholm, Sweden, Sveavägen 41, SE-111 34 Stockholm, Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sveavägen 41, 111 83 Stockholm, Sweden, Sveavägen 41, SE-111 34 Stockholm, Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** ABF Stockholm
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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