Sheffield Political Theory Group

Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). You can order here: linktr.ee/whyplatomatt...

Just published (open access) in The Review of Politics:

Robin Douglass and Ed Hall, 'Judith Shklar's Ethos of Skeptical Vigilance'

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Thanks to @mattpolprof.bsky.social for his engaged and thoughtful review of both my own and @pjthinker.bsky.social new books on post-liberalism.

A couple of years and a
@leverhulme.ac.uk research fellowship in the making, my book on post-liberalism is out next month and available to pre-order.

www.amazon.co.uk/Post-Liberal...

J.D. Vance calls himself a ‘post-liberal’: here’s what that means for US government J.D. Vance is religious, has conservative views on social issues, but also believes in big government’s power to change society.

My short explainer on post-liberalism for The Conversation.

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Ed Hall's 'Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century' is out now. See below a code for 30% off.

Ed Hall's Power And Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century is now available online at Oxford Academic, a month ahead of its print publication:

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A couple of years and a Leverhulme Trust research fellowship in the making, I am excited to see that my book on post-liberalism is now available to pre-order.

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New episode out today, in which Josh Hobbs and Luke Ulas give me their thoughts on cosmopolitanism. What is it? Should we be cosmopolitans? Does anyone want to be a cosmopolitan? What might make want to be a cosmopolitan?

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Introduction now available open access until June 20th: academic.oup.com/book/59708/c...

The books by group members keep (forth)coming... This time @mattsleat.bsky.social

Coming in July, by group member Ed Hall:

Power and Powerlessness: The Liberalism of Fear in the Twenty-First Century

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Luke Ulas, Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach

Out now in print, as an ebook, and online via Oxford Academic: academic.oup.com/book/59708?s...

Audiobook coming in June!

Oppressive Praise Abstract. This is a book about praise: in particular, the expressions we use to elevate others, esteem them, celebrate the things they do. These expression

Woah, my book is published! Available online! Please read it! Or at least get your library to order it, or maybe download some PDF chapters with good intentions... :)

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Praise and Commemoration A Centre for Egnaged PHilosophy event Monday May 19th 2025, 10.00-17.00. Panellists: Angie Hobbs (Sheffield) Chris Bennett (Sheffield) CM Lim (Nanyang) Hallvard Lillehammer (Sheffield) Josep Corbi (Valencia) Ten-Herng Lai (Stirling), Workshop themes: Praise & commemoration Expression, response & resistance; Norms of praise, honour & the shaping of public spaces. To register, visit engagedphilosophy.org, or https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1t9KAcqLh4cveUpMOFD2Su8LIXfDlo1MBZo6rMj_RQo8/edit

A Centre for Engaged Philosophy Workshop on Praise & Commemoration, 19th May, Sheffield. Details & registration here: engagedphilosophy.org/2025/03/10/w...
Support with costs of attendance available thanks to support from Society for Applied Philosophy.
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Some nice events coming up here in Sheffield:

11/3: Warrender Lecture: @leaypi.bsky.social
7/5: Book launch: Luke Ulas, 'Being Cosmopolitan'
28/5: Theory seminar: @stuartgwhite.bsky.social
2/6: Chris Hookway Lecture: @roberttalisse.bsky.social and @cherylmisak.bsky.social

Pleased to announce that Cheryl Misak and I will be giving the Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture at Sheffield on June 2nd. Our talk is titled "Pragmatism, Truth and Politics"; it draws from the book Cheryl and I are currently writing together.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/events/...

Coming in February, by group member Luke Ulas

Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach

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Published earlier this year, co-edited by group member Alasdair Cochrane, and Mara-Daria Cojocaru.

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