The Rise of the Meritocratic Elite
Unlike in previous eras, elite reproduction today is now hidden under the veil of meritocracy — creating a need among the rich to present themselves as if they were just like us.
"Although the mechanisms through which people reach elite positions are still hugely important, they are now essentially hidden under the veil of meritocracy."
Read @samfriedman.bsky.social interview with @hcampsm.bsky.social in Jacobin.
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The Rise of the Meritocratic Elite
Unlike in previous eras, elite reproduction today is now hidden under the veil of meritocracy — creating a need among the rich to present themselves as if they were just like us.
Very pleased to see @hcampsm.bsky.social interview with @samfriedman.bsky.social in Jacobin magazine. They discuss our book, Born to Rule, including some reflections on whether we should try to 'eliminates the existence of elites altogether'. jacobin.com/2025/01/brit...
09.01.2025 08:44 — 👍 25 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 2
Hating the Rich Is a Western Tradition
As far back as Aristotle, Western thinkers have been deeply critical of the power that the wealthy hold over society. Historian Guido Alfani sat down with Jacobin to discuss the long history of opposi...
Interviewed @guidoalfani.bsky.social about his latest book, "As Gods Among Men". We discussed how the rich have shaped societies throughout history, and how their presence has consistently brought challenges that resonate today as in the past. Don't miss it!
jacobin.com/2025/01/weal...
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How Karl Marx Became a Communist
In his new biography of Karl Marx, Bruno Leipold puts his subject in historical context. Marx, he tells Jacobin, was engaged in a political struggle against utopian communists and republicans unable t...
Sat down with @brunoleipold.com to discuss his book "Citizen Marx". We talked about the influence of Republicanism in Marx's thought, and why the left must take the lead in the conversation on freedom—rather than leaving it to conservatives and liberals. Don't miss it! jacobin.com/2024/12/marx...
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The best thing about Bluesky has been its promotion of Danish Marxism to its rightful place on the world stage ☺️✊
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University London / CSM
Managing Director: @philosopher1923.bsky.social
Book: Subsumption in Kant, Hegel & Marx (histmat.bsky.social 2024)
https://andressaenzdesicilia.com
Arquitecte Urbanista, professor ETSAV-UPC. Arquitecte en Cap de Barcelona (2019-2023)
Researcher in urban environmental and climate justice. ICREA Research Professor + Director @bcnuej @icta_uab
Jurista i sociòleg. Regidor @bcnencomu. Acció Climàtica i Innovació Democràtica a @diba. Buscant un indret des d'on construir comunitat digital i horitzons d'esperança.
Political sociologist at Humboldt University Berlin・Class, morality, cleavage politics・🔗 linuswestheuser.com ・ 🍞+🌹
Working Class Environmentalism & Movement Building.
Founder and Co-Director of the Working Class Climate Alliance @wccalliance.org
https://linktr.ee/the_wcca
MPhil/PhD Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University
Assistant Professor in Digital Sociology @ University of Cambridge; researching tech workers, digital economy, class, and culture
https://research.sociology.cam.ac.uk/profile/dr-robert-dorschel
Sociologist interested in wealth inequality, housing, and class analysis. Heidelberg University & London School of Economics https://waitkus.github.io/
Sociology prof at University of Oslo. Class, culture, politics, theory. Member of The European Center for the Study of Culture & Inequality. Associate editor, European Societies. Editorial board of ASR. Frank Parkin Appreciation Society.
Sociologist at @humboldtUNI 🌈 • inequality • cleavage politics • social change • life course • Buch »Triggerpunkte« http://rb.gy/h0zru bei Suhrkamp
https://www.sowi.hu-berlin.de/de/lehrbereiche/makro/mitarbeiter/Thomas-Lux
History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
social scientist (fulda/berlin), gender/queer theory, poverty, social theory, critical political economy
author We are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big
www.ucpress.edu/books/we-are-the-union/
Red State Revolt,
laborpolitics.substack.com;
EWOC, AAUP-AFT, 🌹
Sociologist, researching work, ecology and digitalization at KU Leuven and Institute for Social Research Frankfurt.
simschaupp.de
Research Director at WSI (https://www.wsi.de/de/index.htm). Professor for social transformation at University of Paderborn. Research on work and social integration, anti-democratic attitudes, gender inequality, democracy at work
Sociologist & SocPsychologist @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social & @WSIinstitut.bsky.social -- Work and Democracy -- resarch on Transformation, Prejudice, ConspiracyMyths, Anomie & Right-Wing Populism/Extremism
https://andreas-hoevermann.com
Sociologist at Swarthmore College, trans man. Wrote Producing Politics & The Class Ceiling & a bunch of articles on class & race & inequality &/or political participation.
DanielLaurison.com = me
WeAreHigherEd.org = standing up for education and democracy
Sociologist. Interested in (digital) capitalism, work, authoritarianism and social conflicts. Next book: „Zerstörungslust. Elemente des demokratischen Faschismus“ Suhrkamp, out on 13.10.2025.
https://linktr.ee/zerstoerungslust
