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Very much enjoyed this interview with @hcamps08 at @jacobin on my book Flourishing Together:Karl Marx’s Vision of the Good Society. Hugo asked some excellent questions, which I think get to the heart of the book.
Part of Karl Marx’s project was a thoroughgoing critique of capitalism as system of exploitative social relations.
But he also thought seriously about the essential place of work in the good life. jacobin.com/2026/10/kandiyal…
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Many thanks to @CallumZMacRae for this very generous review of my book in Jacobin.
In his new book, “Flourishing Together: Karl Marx’s Vision of the Good Society,” philosopher Jan Kandiyali argues that Marx had a rich and coherent vision of the good society and that recovering it matters for socialist politics today. jacobin.com/2026/06/kandiyal…
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Thrilled to have this new paper—"Towards A Rawlsian Theory of Productive Justice"—out in Free & Equal (responding to Stanczyk's terrific 2012 paper "Productive Justice"): freeandequaljournal.org/arti….
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Happy Children's Day! An short interview about children and childhood, and also about the Handbook on these topics which I co-edited what feels like a looong time ago (the interview itself is 7 years old and in Romanian): scena9.ro/article/anca-gheau…
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My talk on "The Climate Emergency, State Power, and the Expansion of Democratic Control" from the conference on Socialism and Liberal Egalitarianism organised by @lea_ypi at the Collège de France @cdf1530 earlier this month is now online.
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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.
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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.
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Very pleased to be able to share this brief piece for the APA's Perspectives on Democracy series, on community wealth building initiatives in Poland!: blog.apaonline.org/2026/02/1… @martin_oneill
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The American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy blog @apa_blog asked Jan Kandiyali @JKandiyali and me to write a short piece that connects with our recent article on the relationship between liberalism and socialism.
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Here's that short essay:
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Karl Marx’s vision of the good society is often dismissed as unrealistic, said to depend on limitless abundance and no need for people to perform different kinds of work.
These objections are based on a misinterpretation of his view. jacobin.com/2025/10/marx-the…
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Me in @jacobin on Marx’s social account of self-realisation in work, and why G.A. Cohen gets Marx view of that account wrong.
Central to Karl Marx’s vision of the good society is the idea that people fully flourish only in meeting the needs of others. jacobin.com/2025/10/marx-the…
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Many congratulations to Hannah Siddle on passing her PhD viva!
Thesis: The Case for a Foundational Capability of Participation, supervised by Profs Maria Dimova-Cookson @CPTDurham & Thom Brooks @DurhamLawSchool, w thanks to the examiners Prof Chris Finlay & Dr Cillian McBride
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@CPTDurham Many congratulations @JKandiyali!
Just published! In this open access article in Political Philosophy, @JKandiyali and I write about the relationship between liberalism and socialism, through interrogating the relationship between Rawls and Marx. We reach some (hopefully) interesting conclusions.
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Just published! In this open access article in Political Philosophy, @JKandiyali and I write about the relationship between liberalism and socialism, through interrogating the relationship between Rawls and Marx. We reach some (hopefully) interesting conclusions.
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Event on Wednesday 14 May: @CPTDurham Speaker Series, 3.30pm - 5.00pm, Room IM201, Al Qasimi Building
Speaker – Dr Michael Garnett @KingsCollegeLon “Freedom and Ideological Oppression”
For further information, please contact Dr Beth Kahn at [email protected]
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Ukraine must not capitulate to a forced deal: irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/… @IrishTimes @aj_wendland @JaninaDill
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All welcome to the @CPTDurham Henry Tudor 2025 Memorial Address, Wednesday, March 12,
3.00pm – 5.00pm, Room IM222, Al Qasimi Building
Sandrine Berges @BilkentUniv @BritishAcademy_ will speak on “Tyranny begins at home: the housewife/slave analogy put to good use”
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Tune in to SGIA's #podcast series which sets current affairs into context and explores the #politics behind the #news.
@CJFinlay @durham_uni @RestIsPolitics
open.spotify.com/show/61Pz3g…
New podcast with Jessica Begon talking about her excellent new book ‘Disability Through the Lens of Justice’ with SGIA student Andrew Hamilton.
globalpolicyjournal.com/blog…
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All welcome to the next @CPTDurham talk tomorrow, Wednesday February 5, 3.15pm – 5.00pm, Room IM201, Al Qasimi Building
Dr Bill Wringe @BilkentUniv, Ankara will give a talk on “When is #Deportation Punishment? (And Why Does it Matter?)”.