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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

new episode out today! we discuss Anton Jäger's Hyperpolitics, which diagnoses our present moment's curious combination of mass mobilization and debilitating standstill. it's time for a paradigm shift, comrades! www.patreon.com/leftofphilos...

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142 | Hyperpolitics in the Present | What's Left of Philosophy

In this episode we discuss the concept of hyperpolitics, as originally conceptualized by Anton Jäger. We contemplate the acute lack of subst

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

@leftofphilosophy.bsky.social New patron exclusive episode coming n modernity is now live! We’re very excited for you all to see this series unfold as we seek to finally answer that age-“old” question: what’s so great about being modern anyway?

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

new episode out now! on Marx's Fragment on Machines and AI as potentially emancipatory technology 💖 abolish drudgery! refuse doomerism! your time can be yours! www.patreon.com/posts/163735...

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138 | Machinic Intelligence and Marxism | What's Left of Philosophy

In this episode, we use Marx’s infamous “Fragment on Machines” from the Grundrisse as a starting-point for a wide ranging discussion about t

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

new episode out today! we dive into the debate between relational and distributive egalitarians, asking we actually want when we talk about equality. as usual we're sympathetic with our left-liberal friends, but think they don't quite go far enough! www.patreon.com/posts/135-wh...

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135 | What’s the Point of Equality? Meditations on Post-Socialist Analytical Philosophy | What's Left of Philosophy

135 | What’s the Point of Equality? Meditations on Post-Socialist Analytical Philosophy by What's Left of Philosophy on Patreon. Join What's Left of Philosophy's community for exclusive content and up...

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Happy I can finally announce that my book won one of the Canadian Philosophical Association’s book prizes!

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Lucien Ferguson @lucienferguson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A short piece I wrote for @statecourtreport.org on the problems "state capture" poses for state and local government, and how state constitutions might be used to prevent them. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana... Based on an article first published with @cardozolaw.bsky.social (link below).

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“State Capture” and the Role of State Courts

State constitutions offer powerful tools for combatting control of state and local institutions by private interests.

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

new episode out today! professor Luke Ferguson joins us to talk about the history of constitutional law, how the Supreme Court gutted the project of reconstruction, and why the left should treat the law as a site of struggle 👇 www.patreon.com/posts/159412...

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135 | The Ambiguities of Reconstruction w/ Professor Lucien Ferguson | What's Left of Philosophy

135 | The Ambiguities of Reconstruction w/ Professor Lucien Ferguson by What's Left of Philosophy on Patreon. Join What's Left of Philosophy's community for exclusive content and updates.

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gil, a finite mode @gilmorejon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

for every @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social episode we put out we get a pile of bad faith misreadings in our inbox, accusing us of all manner of reactionary nonsense. to you, our critics, I say: nothing. you howl uselessly into a yawning void prison of your own mind's construction

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

new episode out today! we talk about Kathi Weeks' The Problem with Work, which we are very sympathetic to even if we are probably trapped within some sort of the productivist modernism she criticizes. we promise we don't *want* to work! full ep is a patron exclusive: www.patreon.com/posts/158090...

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134 | The Problem with Work | What's Left of Philosophy

134 | The Problem with Work by What's Left of Philosophy on Patreon. Join What's Left of Philosophy's community for exclusive content and updates.

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

new episode out today! we discuss Glen Coulthard's book Red Skin, White Masks, talking through land back as the normative basis of radical indigenous struggles and the inadequacy of recognitive politics in settler colonial states. stay vigilant, comrades ❤️ www.patreon.com/posts/156471...

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133 | Indigenous Struggles Beyond the Colonial Politics of Recognition: Glen Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks | What's Left of Philosophy

133 | Indigenous Struggles Beyond the Colonial Politics of Recognition: Glen Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks by What's Left of Philosophy on Patreon. Join What's Left of Philosophy's community for e...

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

new episode today! it's an Easter miracle as we continue our Marxism & Religion series with Terry Eagleton's reflections on Christianity, the spirit of love and revolution, and dunking on the small-souled Dawkinses of the world. bless up to our patrons! teaser below www.patreon.com/posts/154872...

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132 | Marxism and Religion, Part II: The Gospel According to Terry Eagleton | What's Left of Philosophy

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This episode really rocked! All four of us firing on all cylinders begging for healthier uses of Black political history

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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Found this to be a great discussion about the instrumentalization of The CRM in modern politics, and how under neoliberalism it has been hollowed out into empty idpol and a non-liberatory set of Black politics. Even touches on the disgraceful speeches of Biden/Harris et al at Rev Jackson’s funeral

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Me when leftists want to do art criticism:

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

new episode out today! we discuss Horkheimer's essay "Traditional and Critical Theory", asking what actually makes critical theory critical, and whether there's any genuinely critical theory going on right now. the social totality causing all kinds of problems rn fr www.patreon.com/posts/130-ma...

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130 | Max Horkheimer: What Makes Critical Theory Critical? | What's Left of Philosophy

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Reject rationalism! Embrace the proletarian élan vital!

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This episode is really so beautiful. Especially in light of the past few weeks in Minnesota. We reflect on King’s meaning of love, political praxis and spirituality, and what it means to take seriously King as both a socialist *and* religious actor. Hope y’all enjoy it!

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◉●○•° @cosmoecology.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

National Farmers Union Canada presents Dr. William Paris, an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the UofT, speaking about the potential of utopian thinking for helping people develop creative capacities to positively reshape ordinary life. @nfucanada.bsky.social @williammparis.bsky.social

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A better world is possible! Utopia in Thought and Action

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

How I feel before every talk I give on the book:

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I am excited to have this conversation with Meena Krishnamurthy about her new book today at the Centre for Ethics! If you’re around please come through!

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Loved doing this episode! I really got a lot out of TMS and you hope you all will too!

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Art is not to be enjoyed! Get in and watch cinema!!

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

“Much about what Ezra Klein argues is objectionable,”—including “the appeal to debate as ’persuasion,’ which confuses the mere appearance of giving and responding to reasons with the substance of good-faith rational inquiry,” writes columnist @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social.

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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review

Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

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Zeynep Sandalli @zeynepsandalli.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

"Our development as rational agents is never wholly self determined. We come into a world where certain meanings have already been decided before we have had the chance to evaluate them according to our individual powers of judgement."(p.150)

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Haha well i am working on a series which is gonna discuss Hayek at length so I disagree! We live in Hayek's world, whether we like it or not. All the interesting parts have nothing to do with his conflict with Keynes tho

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

new episode out now! we talk about literature and Marxism through the work of Raymond Williams. this turns out mostly to be an excuse to reveal ourselves as big Jane Austen fans. the full episode is a patron exclusive, teaser below www.patreon.com/posts/139000...

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120 | Raymond Williams on Literature and Cultural Materialism | What's Left of Philosophy

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

this is one of the best episodes yet. if you aren't listening to this podcast you're playing yourself

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

we are doing our live show in Chicago THIS THURSDAY! we're gonna talk about a little book called THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO, ever heard of it?? get your tickets here: epiphanychi.com/events/whats...

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What's Left of Philosophy Live Show: Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto - Epiphany Center for the Arts

What’s Left of Philosophy Live Show: Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

This is going to be a great time! And we may have one or two surprises during the show 😏

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Another thoughtful and kind review of Race, Time, and Utopia! I am happy to see people engage the book. (Review link below)

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

new episode! we look back on Hardt and Negri's seminal Empire. they really captured something important about geopolitics at the turn of the century, but where are we now? much love to our militant comrades ❤️‍🔥 www.patreon.com/posts/133521...

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117 | Hardt and Negri's Empire, 25 Years Later | What's Left of Philosophy

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gil, a finite mode @gilmorejon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

this isn't hard to understand. the left believes in consistent things like 'everyone should have healthcare' and 'human rights are good' while the right has to encompass everything from traditional family values conservatism to overt nazi shit to seed oil antivax conspiracism and gamergate incels

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I loved discussing MacIntyre (warts and all). After Virtue is a real classic!

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This was a very insightful and fun conversation! Thanks for having me on!

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

BIG NEWS: LIVE SHOW ON AUGUST 7 IN CHICAGO! Come out to see the four of us take over the Epiphany Theater to talk about Marx and interact with the crowd. One night only!! $25 tickets!! follow the link! epiphanychi.com/events/whats...

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Another live show for @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social in Chicago! (Link below for tickets)

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William Paris @williammparis.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Very humbled by this wonderful review of my book by David!

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

fantastic review of our very own William Paris' (@williammparis.bsky.social) new book Race, Time, and Utopia!

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gil, a finite mode @gilmorejon.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

excellent review of my friend and colleague @williammparis.bsky.social's excellent book Race, Time, and Utopia. check it out and read the book!!

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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Great episode on a fantastic and important book — very much looking forward to discussing it with @williammparis.bsky.social himself tomorrow in Berlin!

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What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

new episode out today: we discuss our very own Will Paris's new book, "Race, Time, and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation"! listen now to find out whether we think the book is any good (yes) (it's fantastic) (go get a copy right now) www.patreon.com/posts/112-ex...

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112 | Excavating Utopias w/ Dr. William Paris | What's Left of Philosophy

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