Bought myself a present for the 300th birthday 🎂😅

Nous avons une nouvelle importante à partager avec vous.

Le troisième volume papier du Grand Continent paraît ce jeudi chez Gallimard—sous la direction de Giuliano da Empoli giuliano da empoli.

Dans toutes les meilleures librairies ou sur abonnement.
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In the final episode of the Past Present Future podcast’s series on the history of freedom, David Runciman and Lea Ypi discuss liberation movements, from the post-colonial to women’s, gay and animal. What, if anything, do these movements have in common?

Listen: linktr.ee/ppfideas

“He works so hard for the destruction of his own species that even if the most beneficent nature had made the happiness of our species its end, it would not be attained because the nature inside us is not receptive to that”. And yet…

Happy 300th 🥳 with my favourite Kant page!

Heute vor 300 Jahren wurde der Philosoph Immanuel Kant in Königsberg geboren. Zu diesem Anlass empfehlen wir das meisterhafte Buch von Lea Ypi, in dem sie die Einheit der Vernunft in Kants Hauptwerk »Kritik der reinen Vernunft« rekonstruiert: shrk.vg/Kant300-X

We wrapped up the Past Present Future London Review of Books history of freedom series by discussing liberation movements (colonialism, socialism, feminism, LGBTQ, environmentalism, animal rights and even child liberation & Pippi Longstocking). I doesn’t take “too many evenings” - just under an hour 😊👇

Kant and the case for peace on.ft.com/3JnZvvU

For those interested in my … thoughts on Kant, his upcoming 300th anniversary, and the case for peace, check out this weekend’s Financial Times edition FT Weekend Financial Times

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
In ep 7 in this series David & Lea Ypi discuss two 20th-century philosophies of freedom & the human psyche. Is there any escape from bad faith? What can we learn about freedom from being put on the couch?
Listen here...🎧 linktr.ee/ppfideas

What does instant messaging imply for democracy?
Read my new article on ‘WhatsApp Government’, online now Journal of Politics @[email protected]
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It's episode 6 in our series about different ideas of freedom and David & Lea Ypi are looking at anarchy and nihilism.

How did we get from the influence of anarchic thought to Jeff Bezos in a single generation?

You can listen to the full episode here: linktr.ee/ppfideas

New on the Past Present Future podcast: David Runciman and Lea Ypi explore anarchism and nihilism, continuing their series on the history of freedom. If nihilists are against everything, what are they for? Listen via the links - linktr.ee/ppfideas - or wherever you get podcasts.

🗓️ Save the Date: On May 6th-7th we will continue our conversation on Socialisation in our Workshop on 'Socialisation and Social Theory' - our first event with this years Benjamin Chair Lea Ypi, and many more exciting guests! More infos: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/workshop…

In Episode 6 of Past Present Future London Review of Books series on the history of the idea of freedom, we talked about anarchism and nihilism (and I may have been a little harsh, especially on the latter...)

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
In episode 6 of our series about different ideas of freedom David and Lea Ypi have reached anarchism and nihilism. What can nineteenth-century anarchists teach us about freedom in the twenty-first century? 
Listen here...🎧 linktr.ee/ppfideas