Join me in Edinburgh this evening at 5pm to discuss my new book, The Common Good Economy: a new compass, with Benny Higgins at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Barry Maguire
@barrymaguire.bsky.social
professor of moral and political philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (papers, teaching, etc. at http://www.barrymaguire.com/).
Little Monsters! by @msmeghanbean.bsky.social www.vqronline.org/spring-2026/...
Little Monsters
The world is on fire. Across the seven continents of Htrae, an evil cadre of twisted nobles and their cultish followers, in their greed and their corruption, have begun to break down the best systems ...
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terrific review of @jkandiyali.bsky.social's book *Flourishing Together* from @czmacrae.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/06/kand...
Socialism Requires Work That Is Meaningful, Mutual, and Free
Karl Marx dismissed speculation about a future socialist society as “writing recipes for the cookshops of the future.” A closer reading suggests he had a rich vision of the good life, based in the ide...
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plato.stanford.edu/entries/econ... new Stanford encyclopedia entry on Economic Democracy from Lisa Herzog
Economic Democracy (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Brief update from the battlefields of attacking extreme wealth concentration (we're still far from making any progress) crookedtimber.org/2026/04/09/e...
Extreme wealth concentration — as strong as ever — Crooked Timber
Short answer: today that number is 5 million dollars per hour.
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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.
Flourishing Together: Karl Marx’s Vision of the Good Society
Abstract. This book provides a novel interpretation of Marx’s vision of the good society that places the idea of self-realization in work at its centre. Th
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Flourishing Together, by Jan Kandiyali, now available on Oxford scholarship online: academic.oup.com/book/62523
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"Transformative Aesthetic Dimensions in Young Boys' War Play: Exploring the World Through Kinesthetic Musicality" - Ebba Theorell (Stockholm University) open.substack.com/pub/newworki...
"Transformative Aesthetic Dimensions in Young Boys' War Play: Exploring the World Through Kinesthetic Musicality" - Ebba Theorell (Stockholm University)
The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2025
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"Rescuing Socialism from Equality" - Barry Maguire (University of Edinburgh) open.substack.com/pub/newworki...
"Rescuing Socialism from Equality" - Barry Maguire (University of Edinburgh)
Mind, 2026
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I wrote a piece explaining why @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social was right when he said there shouldn't be any billionaires. In fact, there are SO MANY reasons why this is true, that it's astonishing that some people still think this is a radical position. www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/pro...
The Problem With Billionaires
Ingrid Robeyns offers both philosophical and practical arguments against permitting extreme wealth concentration.
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Any recommendations for literature on why universities should be managed by academics? Bonus points for discussions of subsidiarity: devolving authority to colleges, schools, departments, wherever possible.
Our co-edited volume with @abbeaberdeen.bsky.social and Marcel Jaspars is out: academic.oup.com/book/62270#l... (hardback to follow). Our ch 2 is OA academic.oup.com/book/62270/c.... We discuss how to better integrate local knowledge into ocean governance esp #BBNJ implementation.
Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledge, Coastal Communities, and Equitable Ocean Governance
Abstract. This collection of cross-disciplinary chapters by philosophers, legal scholars, and marine scientists explore the epistemic value of varieties of
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And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus. philjobs.org/job/show/30622
University Assistant Postdoc (full-time, 3 + 3 years, m/f/d), in the research area of Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity, University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP University Assistant Postdoc (f...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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CFP: Society for the Study of Measurement will be held at the University of Edinburgh June 22-25, 2026. Submit proposals for papers, symposia, & poster on any topics in the theory, history, philosophy, & application of measurement by January 15, 2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80364... #HPS
blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/02/l... new post from @jkandiyali.bsky.social and @martinoneill.bsky.social
Liberalism and Socialism: Allies or Opponents? | Blog of the APA
The victory of Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 New York City Mayoral election has propelled discussion of socialism to the front of the political agenda. Mamdani identifies his political outlook as a form ...
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🎥 Watch the Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta on "Apocalyptic Technology: #AI and the Limits of #Science" Mazviita Chirimuuta received the award for her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KkX...
Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh): Apocalyptic Technology: AI and the Limits of Science
YouTube video by LSE Philosophy
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Does socialism require collective ownership of the means of production? Find out @barrymaguire.bsky.social's (joint work w/ @jkandiyali.bsky.social) answer to this question in the next online Visions Speaker Series! Happening Dec 1. You can register here:
Speaker Series with Dr. Barry Maguire
About the session: Socialism and the Collective Ownership of the Means of Production (joint work with Jan Kandiyali) Historically, socialism has been identified with collective ownership of the means ...
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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
Barry Maguire, Rescuing Socialism from Equality - PhilPapers
Karl Marx rejected the ideal of equality as bourgeois. And yet, the most significant attempt in recent years to distinguish socialist theory from liberal egalitarian theory, G.A. Cohen's critique of J...
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Exchange for Mutual Benefit versus Caring Solidarity - an essay laying out fundamental points of contrast between the best form of productive relationship compatible with markets, and the best form of productive relationship. Published today open access in E&P: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
Exchange and solidarity | Economics & Philosophy | Cambridge Core
Exchange and solidarity - Volume 41 Issue 3
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We are hiring! Two new Lecturer (AP) positions at the University of Edinburgh School of Economics: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #EconSky
Lecturer
The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint outstanding candidates to faculty positions at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome, althou...
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Our book Race & the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History 1750-1820 can now be pre-ordered (publication date is in August). @brucealexb.bsky.social yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #skystorians #colonialhistory #enlightenment #histsci
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment
How colonialism shaped the Scottish Enlightenment’s conception of race and humanity In the decades after 1750, an increasing number of former medical st...
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Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*: "We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism " Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists! politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments": Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism
What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...
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New article in Political Philosophy / @polphiljournal.bsky.social > "We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism" by Jan Kandiyali (@jkandiyali.bsky.social) and Martin O'Neill (@martinoneill.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/pp....
We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism
What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...
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