reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

reticular (en)

(adjective) intricate / (noun) a mass of nerve cells and fibers situated primarily in the brain stem and functioning upon stimulation especially in arousal of the organism

rhizomatic (en)

referring to a type of subterranean plant stem; as a metaphor, means interconnected

Saussurean (en)

pertaining to or characteristic of the theories of Ferdinand de Saussure, especially the view that a language consists of a network of interrelated elements in contrast

semiotics (en)

the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)

simulacrum (en)

(noun) image representation / (noun) an insubstantial form or semblance of something; trace (plural: simulacra)

sine qua non (la)

something that is absolutely needed

Situationism (en)

referring to the Situationist International, an org of social revolutionaries made up of avant-garde artists, intellectuals, and political theorists, prominent in Europe from 1957-1972; schools of thought: anti-authoritarian Marxism, Dadaism, Surrealism

Sorelianism (en)

the ideology and thinking of French revolutionary syndicalist Georges Sorel: anti-individualist, anti-liberal, anti-materialist, anti-positivist, anti-rationalist, spiritualist syndicalism

spatial fix (en)

(in the context of capitalist crisis) avoiding the low-growth phase problem by exporting manufacturing to places with cheaper labour, thereby raising profits for a while

subaltern (en)

(adj) of lower status; (noun) an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, especially a second lieutenant

subsumption (en)

an act of subsuming

synecdoche (en)

a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)

teleological (en)

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

Tobin tax (en)

a proposed tax on international financial transactions, especially speculative currency exchange transactions; suggested by Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Laureate economist James Tobin

trenchant (en)

(adjective) keen, sharp / (adjective) vigorously effective and articulate / (adjective) caustic / (adjective) sharply perceptive; penetrating / (adjective) clear-cut, distinct

trente glorieuses (fr)

(The Glorious Thirty) the thirty years from 1945 to 1975 in France, during which the economy grew rapidly

vanishing mediator (en)

a concept that exists to mediate between two opposing ideas, as a transition occurs between them. At the point where one idea has been replaced by the other, and the concept is no longer required, the mediator vanishes. Fredric Jameson introduced the term in a 1973 essay; used by Žižek

variegated (en)

(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks

Washington Consensus (en)

a set of 10 economic policy prescriptions considered to constitute the "standard" reform package promoted for crisis-wracked developing countries by Washington, D.C.–based institutions like the IMF and the World Bank (in a nutshell, neoliberalism); term first used in 1989 by English economist John Williamson

world-systems theory (en)

multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to world history and social change which emphasizes the world-system (and not nation states) as the primary (but not exclusive) unit of social analysis; pioneered by Immanuel Wallerstein in 1974