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Christopher Finlay

@cjfinlay.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Theory, Durham University.

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Jan Kandiyali @jkandiyali.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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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Flourishing Together: Karl Marx’s Vision of the Good Society
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
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 14/01/2026
There are three likely scenarios for Venezuela after intervention by the US, according to public policy expert Dr Omar Hammoud Gallego. 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... @omarhgallego.bsky.social @bigissue.com
A man holding up a Venezuelan flag in front of a building.
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 06/01/2026
How can Hannah Arendt’s book The Origins of Totalitarianism help us understand this new age of far-right populism? @cjfinlay.bsky.social @sgiadurham.bsky.social takes a look 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...
A black Tarmac road with "no populists" written in white above more words reading "look right".
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Christopher Finlay @cjfinlay.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
📣New Publication📣 My article in The Conversation on reading Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism 50 years after her death is available here: tinyurl.com/yeyp3yy8 #Populism #PoliticalTheory #Totalitarianism #HannahArendt #Democracy #TheConversation @sgiadurham.bsky.social @theconversation.com
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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism
One of the main lessons of Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism is that we must actively think in the now, and try to grasp new realities on their own terms.
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Christopher Finlay @cjfinlay.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
📣New Publication📣 My article in The Conversation on reading Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism 50 years after her death is available here: tinyurl.com/yeyp3yy8 #Populism #PoliticalTheory #Totalitarianism #HannahArendt #Democracy #TheConversation @sgiadurham.bsky.social @theconversation.com
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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism
One of the main lessons of Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism is that we must actively think in the now, and try to grasp new realities on their own terms.
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Christopher Finlay @cjfinlay.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
“When Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro describes the Trump administration’s actions [against alleged drug boats] as an “act of tyranny,” he is not far from the truth“—my new article for @carnegiecouncil.org. www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/online-exclu... #Venezuela #JustWarTheory #Trump
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Beware the Boomerang Effect: Why U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Pose a Profound Threat to American Freedom
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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Coming in 2026 in paperback - Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space! With @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @sgiadurham.bsky.social Get all your international political space history and strategy at even greater value! www.hurstpublishers.com/catalogues/s...
Original Sin in the paperback section of the catalogue with Hurst - see link
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SGIA Durham @sgiadurham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thinking about a Master’s in Politics, IR, or Public Policy? Join @ resulumit.bsky.social online for an Insights Session to learn about our postgraduate programmes at SGIA. 📅 15 Oct 2025 | 🕚 11:00–11:45 (UK) 💻 On Teams | Free to join 🔗 Book here www.durham.ac.uk/visit-us/ope...
Thinking about a master’s in politics, IR, or public policy? Join @ resulumit.bsky.social online for an Insights Session to learn about our postgraduate programmes in SGIA. 
📅 15 Oct 2025 | 🕚 11:00–11:45 (UK) 💻 On Teams | Free to join 🔗 Book here https://www.durham.ac.uk/visit-us/open-days/events/postgraduate-events-calendar/academic-sessions/insight-into-the-school-of-government-and-international-affairs/
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SGIA Durham @sgiadurham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🎧 Just dropped: In this new episode of Politics in the Rearview Mirror, @pmkuhn.bsky.social speaks to Dr David Andersen and Dr Neil Visalvanich to unpack the mechanics and meaning of the US government shutdown open.spotify.com/episode/4i6l...
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The US Shuts Down (Again): The Politics Behind the 2025 Government Shutdown
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SGIA Durham @sgiadurham.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This academic year, Dr Alex Neads from DGSi will be undertaking a Jean Monnet visiting fellowship at the EUI's Robert Schuman Centre @eui-schuman.bsky.social in Florence - find out more about his research here
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How do states build their armies? How do these decisions influence other states? And what are the security implications that follow? From the Durham Global Security Institute to the Schuman Centre… | Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
How do states build their armies? How do these decisions influence other states? And what are the security implications that follow? From the Durham Global Security Institute to the Schuman Centre at...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/07/2025
Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but this repressive government is | George Monbiot
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Palestine Action isn’t a danger to British democracy – but this repressive government is | George Monbiot
With their illiberal attitudes and ever more draconian use of technology to crack down on protest, it is ministers who now imperil our rights, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Christopher Finlay @cjfinlay.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I'm excited to share that my latest book, The Philosophy of Force: Violence, Domination, & the Ethics of Republican War (Oxford University Press) is published today. It argues for a republican account of just war 👉 tinyurl.com/kypnt8tn #justwartheory #militaryethics @durham-university.bsky.social
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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Laugh out loud funny
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Christopher Finlay @cjfinlay.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
My op ed from today's @irishtimes.com. Ukraine must not capitulate to a forced deal with Russia irishtimes.com/opinion/2025... @kyivindependent.com @timothysnyder.bsky.social #UkraineRussiaWar #justwar #PhilosophyMatters
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Opinion: Ukraine must not capitulate to a forced deal with Russia
Ukraine’s motivation in fighting isn’t to save lives - it is to preserve freedom from the uncontrolled power over life and death that Russian forces seek
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Christopher Finlay @cjfinlay.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Whether Kyiv’s war of self-defence remains justifiable is a matter of how much Ukrainians are prepared to sacrifice to resist Russian domination. ithttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/03/20/ukraine-must-not-capitulate-to-a-forced-deal-with-russia/
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Opinion: Ukraine must not capitulate to a forced deal with Russia
Ukraine’s motivation in fighting isn’t to save lives - it is to preserve freedom from the uncontrolled power over life and death that Russian forces seek
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