Vincent Harting

@vharting.bsky.social

Fellow in Political Theory at @lsepoltheory.bsky.social | Working on socialism, democratic theory, and economic justice.

It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking. www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...

The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Saddened by the death of Pope Francis, who was a wonderful force for good. I hope the Catholic Church stays true to his vision of economic and environmental justice. Here's a short essay I wrote a decade ago on Francis's radical economic vision in Laudato Si': web.archive.org/web/20150626...

OPINION: Pope Francis’ radical economic vision | Al Jazeera America

His new encyclical on climate change urges wholesale transformation of our capitalist system

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Liberals who argue that fascists such as Trump and Le Pen should not be barred from running elections by legal means (and must instead be 'defeated democratically') seem to forget that fascists have no intent to win democratically (and break the law precisely to assure that they won't be defeated).

Limited government has in practice always been about limiting government services, while increasing government force and brutality. Exactly the wrong way round.

The London Political Theory Network is organizing a panel on “Empire and Emancipation” on April 4, 3-5pm, at Senate House, involving Paul Apostolidis, Arturo Chang, Ulas Ince, Kimberly Hutchings, and Ẹniọlá Ṣóyẹmí. For more details and to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/empire-and...

Empire and Emancipation Panel

The London Political Theory Network will host scholars to explore themes of colonialism, imperial legacy, and anticolonial resistance.

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