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James Macpherson, the man behind the myth: Highland clan champion and nouveau riche
Read more: James Macpherson, the man behind the myth: Highland clan champion and nouveau richeThomas Archambaud explores the life and reputation of writer, politician, clan champion and colonial agent James Macpherson.
What is Philosophy? What is Politics? What is Critique?
Q&A with the author of Categories: A Study of a Concept in Western Philosophy and Political Thought
Fascism at the Limits of Capitalism
Reconceiving ‘Wellbeing’ in AI Governance: Prosperity without Autonomy?
by Theodore Scaltsas We are all accustomed to thinking of wellbeing in Aristotelian terms, assuming the agent’s choice (proairesis) for the preferences and actions that constitute their wellbeing. The agent chooses what is good for them and performs the relevant…
Alienation Reconsidered: Fischbach on Marx and Spinoza
Decolonising human rights: a Q&A with Benjamin P. Davis
Kelsenians, war and peace are calling (yet again)
by Robert Schuett I often get asked: ‘What would Hans Kelsen say about the state of democracy and world politics today?’ ‘How do we make sense of Carl Schmitt’s comeback in the twenty-first century?’ And ‘considering President Vladimir Putin’s war…
Calvin and Hobbes: Reformed Protestants, Natural Law and Secularisation
by Simon P. Kennedy Back in 1532, the French Protestant reformer, John Calvin, wrote a major commentary on Seneca’s De clementia. Buried in this work is an important statement: “Man is a social animal.” Calvin believed that humans were naturally…
New journal launch: Journal of Social and Political Philosophy
By Paul Patton, editor of Journal of Social and Political Philosophy Journal of Social and Political Philosophy (JSPP) is an exciting new venture in collaboration with the School of Philosophy at Wuhan University, one of the leading universities in China.…