Looking forward to this conference in Paris tomorrow, organised under the auspices of @leaypi.bsky.social 's Chair at the @college-de-france.fr - "Socialism and Liberal Egalitarianism: a necessary dialogue".
We all need a horizon of hope beyond capitalism!
www.college-de-france.fr/en/agenda/sy...
blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/02/l... new post from @jkandiyali.bsky.social and @martinoneill.bsky.social
Socialists should be against wage labour altogether, not just against inegalitarian wages. New paper (forthcoming in Mind) aims to 'rescue' Cohen's failed incentives critique from his egalitarianism, basing it more effectively and authentically on caring solidarity.
philpapers.org/rec/MAGRSF
Just published! My book, Flourishing Together: Karl Marx’s Vision of the Good Society, is now available via Oxford Academic Online:
academic.oup.com/book/62523
In a happy coincidence the print version is due out on Marx’s birthday, May 5th.
Here @jkandiyali.bsky.social and I start with the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City, and from there talk about justice, alienation, Rawls, Marx, and why we only *partially* agree with Joe Heath ...
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"pupils from prestigious private schools who went to leading universities were 52 times more likely to reach elite positions in society than those who attended any other schools."
#highered #academicsky #edchat #inequality #Oxbridge #education
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Just published, my “The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted the World.”Philosophy and Society 36 (4): 985–1000. Open access.
journal.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/index.php/fi...
Many thanks to all those who discussed it with me, and provided comments and criticisms, including four referees for OUP, whose reports led to many changes and improvements.
I have just got the physical copies of my book. It’s a nice feeling, but I must admit to being a bit taken aback but its slimness. ‘it’s a short book not only in pages’ as Rawls might have put it.