The world is on fire. Across the seven continents of Htrae, an evil cadre of twisted nobles and their cultish followers, in their greed and their corruption, have begun to break down the best systems ...

Karl Marx dismissed speculation about a future socialist society as “writing recipes for the cookshops of the future.” A closer reading suggests he had a rich vision of the good life, based in the ide...

Has your department instituted an AI policy? If so, whom does it govern, and what does it say? What should such a policy say? Has your department considered an AI policy but held off on writing or imp...

UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

Short answer: today that number is 5 million dollars per hour.

Abstract. This book provides a novel interpretation of Marx’s vision of the good society that places the idea of self-realization in work at its centre. Th

The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2025

Mind, 2026

Academics raise concerns over ChatGPT owner’s links to US military and claim tools are ‘looking to replace knowledge workers’

What I’m about to say is going to seem like a bad joke: the trouble with the left is its egalitarianism.

Ingrid Robeyns offers both philosophical and practical arguments against permitting extreme wealth concentration.

Abstract. This collection of cross-disciplinary chapters by philosophers, legal scholars, and marine scientists explore the epistemic value of varieties of

Scottish social justice secretary says manifesto pledge for New Yorkers shows shared ‘commitment to tackling child poverty’

Abstract. Karl Marx rejected the ideal of equality as bourgeois. And yet the most significant attempt in recent years to distinguish socialist theory from

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The victory of Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 New York City Mayoral election has propelled discussion of socialism to the front of the political agenda. Mamdani identifies his political outlook as a form ...

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About the session: Socialism and the Collective Ownership of the Means of Production (joint work with Jan Kandiyali) Historically, socialism has been identified with collective ownership of the means ...

Karl Marx rejected the ideal of equality as bourgeois. And yet, the most significant attempt in recent years to distinguish socialist theory from liberal egalitarian theory, G.A. Cohen's critique of J...

Exchange and solidarity - Volume 41 Issue 3

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint outstanding candidates to faculty positions at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome, althou...

How colonialism shaped the Scottish Enlightenment’s conception of race and humanity   In the decades after 1750, an increasing number of former medical st...

What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...

What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely f...

The aim of the workshop is to further our understanding of foundational questions about morality. We are open to perspectives from both metaethics and normative ethics, addressing questions such as: W...

Courses: Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 1 with David Harvey (2019 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey (2007 Edition) Reading Marx’s Capital Volume 2 with David Har…

Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen – ohne reduzierte Arbeitszeit – steigert Zufriedenheit und mentale Gesundheit. Das geht aus der ersten Langzeitstudie zum Grundeinkommen hervor.

Local knowledges and the right to participate in science

Despite a ban on alcohol and tobacco, the Ralahine experiment was successful until the landlord gambled away the estate on a trip to Dublin

Many moral theories hold individuals responsible for their marginal impact on massive patterns (for instance overall value or equality of opportunity) or for following whichever rules would realise th...

Tue 6 May, 16:30 - 18:30 [BST]: This is a public-facing book launch event for Dr Norman Ajari's "Afro-Decolonial Manifesto" at Edinburgh's radical Lighthouse bookshop. It will consist of a roundtable ...

Exchange and solidarity

Synthese, 2025

It is well-established that those facing homelessness suffer severe harms and deprivations. Homeless persons are among the worst-off people in any given society. And yet homelessness is a relatively u...

Flourishing and belonging are key concepts for the wellbeing of staff and the success of a profession. Alienation and anomie are distinct types of psy…