iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Avi Lifschitz

@diderotesque.bsky.social

5.7K followers 795 following 38 posts

Historian of ideas and culture, hovering between the 18th century and the 21st - and between Oxford, Berlin and London. www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/associa…

Posts Replies Media

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Why was the 18th century the heyday of prize contests on virtually everything? Many answers in this new book, now available with a discount from @livunipress.bsky.social: mailchi.mp/e854e1290516...

03916

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Can the common people be enlightened? How should cultural elites and political leaders embark on the task? A new article on the 18thC debate, re-assessing Gadamer's claim that the Enlightenment harboured a “prejudice against all prejudices.” doi.org/10.1017/S147...

32311

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Congrats to Ingrid Schreiber, a recent DPhil @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @wadhamcollege.bsky.social, on the publication of her fascinating article in the august @jhideas.bsky.social, re-examining recent attempts to view Kant as a social (or proto-sociological) thinker. doi.org/10.1353/jhi....

0208

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

What happens when someone who rejects all rules becomes the ruler? Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) discusses the logic of autocracy in the case of Frederick William I: Wed. 30 Apr, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social. Free registration here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...

4195

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Save the date! Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (@wiko-berlin.bsky.social) delivers the 2025 George Rousseau Lecture @magdalenoxford.bsky.social on 30 April, 5pm, 'On the logic of autocracy and the plasticity of history: the case of Frederick William I'. Tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/magdalen-col...

0216

Avi Lifschitz @diderotesque.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Animals, poetry, religion, commerce, historicism and much more: the Enlightenment Workshop returns over all three terms. Wednesdays, 5pm @magdalenoxford.bsky.social: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...

0114