I was delighted to talk to journalist Julie Henry about what it was like to spend three years in psychoanalysis as a child. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
Michael Bacon
@michaelbacon.bsky.social
Associate Professor of political theory, Royal Holloway, University of London.
I am very sad to learn of the passing of Rodney Barker. A wonderfully engaging and supportive teacher, and one of the kindest people I've had the good fortune to know. blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2...
Rodney Barker (1942-2025) - LSE Government Blog
Professor Paul Kelly pays tribute to an influential scholar, committed teacher and distinctive thinker who left a lasting impact on his department and students. It is with great sadness that we announ...
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Leverhulme Research Fellow @michaelbacon.bsky.social writes back back to his therapist in a critical study of the theory and practice of child psychoanalysis. www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... @royalholloway.bsky.social
I am very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Followship to research a project on psychoanalysis. @aeon.co @rhulpir.bsky.social @philosophyrhul.bsky.social @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social For details, please p. 5 of the Trust’s newsletter: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...
Leverhulme Trust Newsletter - May 2025
Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.
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We relaunched Psyche magazine! psyche.co @psyche.co
A short essay by me on pragmatism. psyche.co/ideas/to-res... @psyche.co @cherylmisak.bsky.social @roberttalisse.bsky.social
To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist | Psyche Ideas
Founded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances
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Pleased that my essay on psychoanalysis is being discussed in a workshop today. www.sipsychotherapy.org/event/power-...
‘Power and Autonomy’ in the Consulting Room | Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy
Members only event. SIP Ethics and Professional Standards Committee invites full SIP members to this workshop which explores issues of power and autonomy in clinical settings, in supervision, and in t...
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Secret files reveal 1 in 3 hospitals in England missing 10% of nurses www.channel4.com/news/secret-...
Secret files reveal 1 in 3 hospitals in England missing 10% of nurses
After a ten-month battle, Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team has obtained NHS data revealing 1 in 3 of England's hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned-for nurses across their wards.
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Join us online on Friday 5pm-6pm for the launch of our former PhD student, Gozde Hussain's book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism" Dr Hussain will be joined by @jseglow.bsky.social and Prof Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-do...
I was delighted to be invited to talk at Sapienza University of Rome this week on the politics of analytic philosophy.
I’m so glad Aeon found a way to use this picture for my article. It’s of Kathy Wilkes, taken by the secret police. aeon.co/essays/how-a...
How a Cold War underground university smuggled in Western ideas | Aeon Essays
During the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was one of them
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I was very pleased to be invited to talk about misinformation at Ofcom’s Making Sense of Media conference yesterday — alongside @morrischris.bsky.social of Full Fact and Richard Burgess from the BBC.
The complete trilogy. I guess I had something I needed to get off my chest....
Boris Johnson has made the claim now in French that the UK* got vaccines faster thanks to Brexit. This is incorrect. *he says Angleterre but let’s assume he means UK
The philosopher Richard Rorty predicted the rise of Trump in 1997. '... something will crack. The nonsuburban electorate will decide that the system has failed and start looking around for a strongman to vote for...'
