How can #philosophy use art to shape ideas, audiences, and #cultural #policy? In a new article @tullioviola.bsky.social examines Félix Ravaisson’s plaster reconstructions of the Venus de Milo and their role in philosophy, archaeology, and heritage Read the article here: tinyurl.com/y22d79mv

Franco Palazzi’s latest article, Capitalist Demonization and Real Abstraction: Producing Neoliberal Subjects, examines how neoliberal #political economy can foster practices of exclusion and scapegoating, placing these dynamics in the wider #history of #capitalism 📖 tinyurl.com/mphu9fd9

Europeans are very selective about when they cry foul about violations of international law and global rules-based orders.

🚨We're hiring!🚨 Associate or Full Professor with the broad focus "Philosophy and the City" @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @sallywyatt.bsky.social @tullioviola.bsky.social @danishanley.bsky.social vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Looking for to working with this great team on the Faculty Board of @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social . @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social and Esther Versluis.

Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FASoS Faculty Board update as of Sept 2026: Esther Versluis becomes Dean. @patrickbijsmans.bsky.social continues as Associate Dean for Education. @posteurope.bsky.social joins as Associate Dean for Research. We look forward to working with the new Faculty Board in the period ahead!🤝

Burnham might listen to Peter Mertens here. When we (PVDA/PTB in Belgium) encounter anti-immigration attitudes on the doorstep, we look for the drivers...schools, hospitals, pensions, housing etc. and we try to get people to focus their rage there, not on the scapegoat. youtu.be/hstGQuvRzHo

The Most Influential Leftist You’ve Never Heard Of | Ash Sarkar Meets Peter Mertens

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Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · 2mo ago

Counterpoint: No it doesn’t. 🤷 #UKPolitics #AndyBurnham www.bbc.com/news/article...

congrats to @mariellew.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social & all the other colleagues (oa @danishanley.bsky.social @posteurope.bsky.social Mario Daniels, Miles MacLeod & Guus Dix) involved in this upcoming consortium project on knowledge security: 1/x www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/maastri...

The right to have less rights as Arendt would say.

Erik Angner@erikangner.com · 3mo ago

The Swedish 🇸🇪 Parliament just approved a law that would create a tiered citizenship scheme, with a 1st class (mostly for the native born) that cannot be revoked and a 2nd class (mostly for the naturalized) that can: www.svt.se/nyheter/inri... Only two parties (Left and Green) voted against.

Was a great talk, super relevant also for thinking about university governance and democracy.

Tim Christiaens@timchristiaens.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Had a great time in Leuven yesterday talking about Robert Michels, the iron law of oligarchy, worker cooperatives, and agonistic workplace democracy. We had a great workshop overall talking about technocracy with a.o. @masssimons.bsky.social and @posteurope.bsky.social .

Speaker abstracts & bios released for #Heidegger 50 years on – Is There Still a God That Can Save Us' BSP Conference 2026 with the University of Sussex, UK Brighton, UK | 21 – 23 May 2026 | In-person Six Keynotes - 60 Speakers Find out more www.thebsp.org.uk/2026/04/04/b...

Just so we're all clear, this is a war crime and would be punishable by life or death under U.S. law.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

Absolutely no shame. www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

'We must not lose sight' of Gaza during war on Iran, German foreign minister says

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Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’ aje.news/01xdaf

Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’

Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff.

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We estimated 75 200 violent deaths (95% CI 63 600–86 800) between Oct 7, 2023, and Jan 5, 2025, representing approximately 3·4% of the #Gaza Strip's pre-conflict population. Women, children, and older people comprised 56.2% (95% CI 50·4–61·9) of violent deaths... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Violent and non-violent death tolls for the Gaza conflict: new primary evidence from a population-representative field survey

This first independent population survey of mortality in the Gaza Strip shows that violent deaths have substantially exceeded official figures whereas the demographic composition of casualties aligns ...

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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has passed away at the age of 84. My thoughts are with his family. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

💎🔥 we have a TT Assistant Professor position open in political philosophy. Thinking of applying? Bear in mind it is funded by the NL sector plans  and linked to Theme 5 – Social inequality and diversity.  sshraad.nl/voortgang-se... C below for link 2 apply. #academicjobs @maastrichtu.bsky.social

Darian Meacham@posteurope.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨We've got two tenure track posts in political philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social.🚨 Deadlines are 31 January and 26 February. #philosophy #academicjobs | @apaphilosophy.bsky.social www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566... www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3574...

Munich Security Conference gives a standing ovation to Rubio's Blood and Soil & civilisation speech. youtu.be/IClG8BP5Olk?...

Everyone on their feet applauding: MARCO RUBIO’s HISTORIC speech SPARKS EUPHORIA in Munich

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The @nytimes.com normalising Trump's behaviour. Petro basically states a set of truths and NYT calls it "needling", not "behaving". Trump meanwhile...well you know. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/w...

He Can’t Stop Needling Trump, Even Days Before a White House Meeting

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Look at the photos. The thing I heard often working on the USAID Gaza response from our partners in Gaza was the field of dead bodies - men, women, children - that fanned out around IDF checkpoints in the Netzarim corridor. Shot by IDF soldiers for no reason (unless "for fun" counts as a reason).

U.S. Envoys Refused to Report "Apocalyptic" Conditions in Gaza. Exclusive Photos Show the Reality They Suppressed

The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem suppressed a February 2024 report on northern Gaza because it “lacked balance.” These photos from the UN fact finding trip are visual evidence of the conditions.

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'the draconian measures planned for the two million shell-shocked Palestinians in Gaza are an Orwellian labyrinth of biometrics, bureaucracy and “a lab for government surveillance” – all meant to drive them out.' #Gaza aje.news/fdzib7

Gaza’s daily nightmare vs US talk of AI-driven smart cities

Why are Gazans living in misery, with daily Israeli bombings, as the US promises ‘peace, stability and opportunity’?

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This war is not over. Though it has drifted from the front pages in a well orchestrated slight of hand, Palestinians continue to be killed on a daily basis and denied basic human needs. #Gaza aje.news/8xzvds

Israel kills 31, including several children, in relentless Gaza bombardment

Israel carries out deadly attacks on Gaza a day before the Rafah crossing is due to reopen.

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Macron seemingly operating under misguided assumption that they are in on the neo-colonialism together. In response, President Trump threatens on Monday to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wine.

This 👇🏽

Massimiliano Simons@masssimons.bsky.social · 7mo ago

These *two* TT positions in #politicalphilosophy at our faculty are still open! Come join us!

Happy Birthday Dr King www.openculture.com/2018/01/see-...

Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s Handwritten Syllabus & Final Exam for the Philosophy Course He Taught at Morehouse College (1962)

On his way to sainthood as an avatar of love and justice, Martin Luther King, Jr. lost too much of his complexity. Whether deliberately sanitized or just drawn in broad strokes for easy consumption, t...

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David tegen Goliath in zoo van Wrocław: muntjak op testosteron neemt het op tegen neushoorn vrtnws.be/p.Ak55KpRDj0w

David tegen Goliath in zoo van Wrocław: muntjak op testosteron neemt het op tegen neushoorn | VRT NWS: nieuws

Altijd op de hoogte van het laatste nieuws uit binnen- en buitenland dankzij de betrouwbare en diepgaande berichtgeving van VRT NWS.

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🚨We've got two tenure track posts in political philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social.🚨 Deadlines are 31 January and 26 February. #philosophy #academicjobs | @apaphilosophy.bsky.social www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566... www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3574...

Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy

Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...

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🚨Two TT posts in Social and Political Philosophy🚨 @maastrichtu.bsky.social | #PhilosophyJobs #Hiring #academicjobs @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @philjobs.org vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3566...

🚨🚨Just in time for the holiday 🚨🚨🎁 we're advertising a second TT position in Political Philosophy this time with a focus on inequality. Come work in the Netherlands! @apaphilosophy.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

🚨 Vacancies at Maastricht in research programme "Europe: Society, Politics and Global Order" (do share!) - Assistant Prof Political Philosophy in Euro Democracy - Assistant Prof Euro Political History - PostDoc Disinformation and Euro Democracy vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/search/?crea...

"Russia welcomes Trump’s revised US security strategy." So Trump aligns with European far-right and Russia. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, bites bullet, says in response that the U.S. “still our biggest ally.” European leaders dealing with heavy dose of cognitive dissonance. aje.io/9flaqr

Russia welcomes Trump’s revised US security strategy

A Kremlin spokesperson said that the changes 'correspond in many ways to our vision'.

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