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David Owen

@artsofdenial.bsky.social
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Dyslexic diabetic. Eclectic philosopher and political theorist. Art and cricket lover. Artisan kimchi maker. Recovering poet. Fortunate man. Interested in all things human (and some non-human). Apparently now meant to add FBA to all social media profiles.

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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 19h
António Guterres’ Final Address at UN, worth reading. singjupost.com/transcript-a...
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Transcript: António Guterres’ Final Address At The 81st Session UN General Assembly   – The Singju Post
EDITOR'S NOTE: António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, delivered his final address to the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2026, at the o
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Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Miranda Fricker on blame is really good, especially her reading of Strawson’s “Freedom and Resentment” as metaphilosophy rather than a kind of resigned naturalism about our propensity to blame. #philsky
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Miranda Fricker on Blame
Podcast Episode · Philosophy Bites · September 21 · 24m
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I was honored to be part of a conference celebrating the work of Didier Fassin - the whole thing is now available to watch here www.ias.edu/sss/critical...
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Critical Intent as a Form of Life
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Haven't always been a fan of Owen Jones but tempted to read this book www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The west is in freefall – and the worst part is that we were warned, but chose not to listen | Owen Jones
Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Simon Pistor @simonintheory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
As academics tend to say (but the reasons why escape me), I am *deligthed* that my article on Kant‘s cosmopolitan right in now available in open access in the Kantian Review. In this article, I start to develop an account of Kant's cosmopolitan relationality. 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Kant’s Cosmopolitan Relationality: Global Shape of the Earth, Hospitality, and Cosmopolitan Right | Kantian Review | Cambridge Core
Kant’s Cosmopolitan Relationality: Global Shape of the Earth, Hospitality, and Cosmopolitan Right
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please consider signing open letter on mass detention of LGBTI+ defenders in Turkey www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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Redirecting
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New in the Critical Powers series
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. I’ve signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. Will you join me? action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...
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Stop data centres draining our precious resources
Add my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand...
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Please consider signing. c.org/HbfvvGzVvD
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Save the Philosophy Programme at Dundee University
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Too much cruelty about. - Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead
His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The harrowing dark side of England's World Cup exit - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
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Domestic abuse: The harrowing dark side of England's World Cup exit
During a major football tournament such as the World Cup, some women and girls are constantly living in fear - because domestic abuse rises when England play, research shows.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Burnham's regional plans need to pay attention to this www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/loss-of...
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Loss of academic staff and "cold spots" for humanities and social science degrees threaten strategically important skills for UK, says British Academy
A new data map released today shows a sharp and widespread decline in opportunities for university staff in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects in 2024-25. The data shows a precarious la...
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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The Crisis in Britain’s Universities
The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrate the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Two years ago I coined the term "Civil Geopolitics" to address transformations of citizenship in terms of competition between states over people conducted by attracting, fostering and forging civil connections to some and by deterring, disallowing and disavowing civil connections with others.
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Celso Neto @celsoneto.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Looking for a current assessment of process philosophy, pluralism, and other themes of John Dupré’s philosophy? This open access volume brings together biologists, philosophers, and social scientists to do just that. #philsky #HPBio #philsci
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Story-telling and political theory. A critical exchange with a fun group rdcu.be/fqCoh
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Storytelling and political theory
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Even in the early 2020s, higher education paid back fourteen times more than governments put into it and was worth £265bn a year. But even that doesn’t seem to count for much these days."
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Keir Starmer feels "betrayed"
Keir Starmer's pledges, including economic, social, and climate justice, promoting peace and human rights, common ownership, defending migrants' rights, equality, and many more things that sound worthwhile. The tagline is another future is possible.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"[Farage] is noticeably poor at candidate selection. In Gorton ... he chose Matt Goodwin, a man who sounds like Chat GPT and, it turns out, writes like it too ... a shit candidate: obviously self-interested, uncharismatic, self-pitying, preening and ineffective." open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Great opportunity for forced migration postdoc lu.varbi.com/en/what%3Ajo...
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Reseacher within DEMCAMP
Description of the workplace The Department of Philosophy is divided into Practical Philosophy, Theoretical Philosophy, and Cognitive Science and is part of the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theol
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
A good day watching Black Water, then a series of short films by refugees, and now the main event.
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Kenan Malik @kenanmalik.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
“The wider issues thrown up by the case should concern even those who oppose the activities of Palestine Action.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Sentencing the Palestine activists for terrorism places c...
The judge’s ruling in arms factory case raises spectre of what the defence barrister Rajiv Menon describes as ‘creeping authoritarianism’
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New Jersey folk, go and support the launch of an excellent book
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
helpful starter pack courtesy of @laminda.bsky.social. go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
But we let people like this say things like this on national TV. bsky.app/profile/huwc...
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Daniel Devine @danjdevine.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This, just down the road from me, is some of the worst I've seen. Portrayed as a community movement, it is in fact a national push, with Laurence Fox, Tommy Robinson, and Nick Tenconi here. The Nazi White Vanguard and other far right groups have also travelled.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Fascinating paper
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Terrible as Labour are on immigration and asylum, there is better news on the green energy front iandunt.substack.com/p/guest-post...
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Guest Post: Labour's Net Zero triumph
In the face of frenzied right-wing attacks, this government has successfully executed one of the most ambitious climate change projects in the world. It's time to give credit where it's due.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There are no depths to which the Home Office will not sink www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Home Office sends letters to children as young as five saying they must leave UK
Children of those on care worker visas – who came legally before rule change – told to leave even if parents can stay
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Excellent book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/modern-ae...
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Modern Aesthetics and Democratic Life
In this innovative open-access study, Jörg Schaub demonstrates that the aesthetic is essential to democratic societies' aspiration to realize a life of equal fr…
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.instagram.com/p/DYU82pSF2S...
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basicincomeforartistsscot on Instagram: "In one day we've doubled the calls for a Scottish basic income for artists pilot! Our new MSPs were sworn in today. Sign the open l…"
In one day we've doubled the calls for a Scottish basic income for artists pilot! Our new MSPs were sworn in today. Sign the open letter now to make sure this is at the top of their agenda. To ensure the success and long-term impact of any pilot, we're calling for: 👉 Meaningful consultation of artists, who know best what’s needed👉 Cross-party support👉 Collaboration across cultural institutions👉 A focus on reaching artist most impacted by financial insecurityShare and sign! Link in bio
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Time to sit with the garden and recover self from despond
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daniel loick @danielloick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Into the Wasteland: A Conversation on Fascism and the Crisis of Capitalism, with Alberto Toscano, @vethompson.bsky.social, Bafta Sarbo, Jule Ulbricht et moi, on fascism and fascisization. Looking forward to it (the conversation, not the fascism)! spore-initiative.org/en/programmi...
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Into the Wasteland: A Conversation on Fascism and the Crisis of Capitalism
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
independentonsaturday.co.za/entertainmen...
independentonsaturday.co.za
Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee withdraws from Jerusalem Writers’ Festival over Gaza crisis
Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee has declined an invitation to the Jerusalem Writers’ Festival, citing the ongoing Gaza conflict as a reason for his withdrawal.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Wrote this for the @bigissue.com about how Labour's, as with previous governments, focus on anti-asylum policies isn't just harmful for those seeking safety, but is also a diabolical waste of money which could be used to help support people in the UK. www.bigissue.com/opinion/labo...
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Labour’s hostile asylum policies are a dangerous waste of money
In the last decade the UK will have paid France more than £1 billion to stop channel crossings. We know these policies don’t work.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A financial crisis may be coming - it won't be like last time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A financial crisis may be coming - it won't be like last time
Several warning lights are flashing that have some wondering whether we are in the foothills of another financial crisis.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Many UK universities are slipping ever deeper into financial insecurity while the Labour government seems to be happy to actively prevent recovery. The University of Nottingham is the latest to suffer the consequences.
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Speedrunning this
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Early start today to get to Princeton to speak at this event honouring someone who deserves much honour.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Sunshine on Leith
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
c.org/7Y5Wh7kpnk
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Save Trongate103 from closure
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
www.socialeurope.eu/jurgen-haber...
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Jürgen Habermas Shaped the Postwar Order — His Death Must Not Mark Its End
The greatest democratic theorist of the postwar era leaves behind a world dismantling everything he defended.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/03/1...
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Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026) : le dernier philosophe de la modernité
Le philosophe allemand le plus traduit au monde vient de s'éteindre à Starnberg, en Bavière. Nous publions aujourd'hui la version inédite de l'un de ses derniers grands entretiens — une défense sans ...
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Damn.
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir
First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir
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David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.persuasion.community/p/the-epstei...
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The Epstein Files and Elite Moral Collapse
When America's ruling class operates without shame, the consequences extend far beyond individual crimes.
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