Sheffield Political Theory Group @polshef

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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.

15.09.2025 15:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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:

doi.org/10.1093/9780...

23.06.2025 15:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Post-Liberalism: Amazon.co.uk: Sleat, Matt: 9781509562190: Books Buy Post-Liberalism 1 by Sleat, Matt (ISBN: 9781509562190) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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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16.06.2025 13:17 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

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?

ethicsuntangled.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

19.05.2025 12:58 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

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

15.05.2025 12:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

27.04.2025 12:07 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Coming in July, by group member Ed Hall:

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

shorturl.at/wkELc

22.04.2025 13:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

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!

20.03.2025 09:39 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

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... :)

academic.oup.com/book/59557

#academicsky #philsky

17.03.2025 20:43 — 👍 44 🔁 15 💬 7 📌 1

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.
Please share widely!
#academicsky #philsky

10.03.2025 15:57 — 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

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

20.02.2025 14:06 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

The Chris Hookway Memorial Lecture This memorial lecture is in honour of Emeritus Professor Chris Hookway, who sadly died in October 2024, see https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/hpdh/news/chris-hookway-1949-2024.

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/...

14.01.2025 01:43 — 👍 31 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1

Coming in February, by group member Luke Ulas

Being Cosmopolitan: A Political Approach

shorturl.at/MuQMY

06.01.2025 15:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

11.12.2024 10:24 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

@polshef is following 20 prominent accounts

Angie Hobbs
@profangiehobbs

Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy Emerita. Here for: philosophy; ancient Greek and Roman culture; nature; music; theatre; books; politics; cricket angiehobbs.com

Katarzyna (Kasia) Hamer
@kasiahamer

I am an Associate Professor in psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. I am the head of the international Identification with all Humanity Lab (IWAHlab).

IGVI
@globalvalueinquiry

The Institute of Global Value Inquiry is a new research institute based in Berlin. It is dedicated to the global study of values and norms, with a focus on supporting scholars in the Global South. https://igvi.org/

Paul Kelly
@pjthinker

Professor of Political Theory Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education London School of Economics Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025

Kerri Woods
@kwpolphil

Political theory academic, interests in human rights, lgbtq+, environment, feminist theory, solidarity theory. Late (cautious) adopter. https://sites.google.com/view/kerriwoods

Naomi Klein
@naomiaklein

New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter

Albert Weale
@albertpweale

Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Public Policy, UCL. Brighton born and bred. No longer resident, but still liberal. Expressed views mine only.

Political Philosophy Journal
@polphiljournal

We showcase outstanding new scholarship in political philosophy, published open-access by the Open Library of Humanities. Edited by R. Goodin, C. Barry, C. Cordelli, J. Howard, N. Southwood & L. Ypi. https://politicalphilosophyjournal.org/articles/

Lisa Bortolotti
@lisabortolotti.com

Philosopher (Birmingham/Ferrara). Founder of the Imperfect Cognitions blog and The Philosophy Garden. Editor of Philosophical Psychology. More at: lisabortolotti.com

Association for Political Theory
@associationpt

Official communications from the Association for Political Theory, which seeks to advance scholarly interaction among political theorists, & support teaching, research, & publishing in the field. https://associationforpoliticaltheory.org/

Tom Stafford
@tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy

"A vast confusion of vows, wishes, actions, edicts, petitions, lawsuits, pleas, laws, proclamations, complaints, grievances, are daily brought to our ears. " [bridged from https://mastodon.online/@tomstafford on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

Matt Zwolinski
@mattzwolinski

Philosopher. Co-author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (Princeton, 2023), and Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2023). Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com

Richard Williams
@williams-r-b

Postdoc in Open Science, TUM. ERC-funded Philosophy of Open Science research group. Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy. Views own. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard-Williams-103

@danielweinstock

Normative Orders
@normativeorders

Forschungszentrum Normative Ordnungen der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Research Centre Normative Orders at Goethe University Frankfurt https://www.normativeorders.net/

Michael Sercan Daventry
@michaeldaventry.com

Radio journalist @ BBC News/BBC Sounds. Formerly: Sky News, Euronews, Jewish News, TRT | 🇹🇷🇬🇧 | DMs open, all views mine, Türkçemiz de var az çok.

Jonathan Haidt
@jonathanhaidt

Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit anxiousgeneration.com & afterbabel.com

Global Theory Forum
@globaltheoryldn

LISS-DTP funded working group for scholars working on global political theory. London-based. Convenors: Luke Lavender (QMUL), Rhiannon Emm (KCL), and Freddie Larden (QMUL) globaltheoryforum@gmail.com

Eric Brown
@sophisteuein

I teach philosophy, mostly ancient Greek philosophy, at Washington University in St. Louis. I’m here for the zeitgeist.

Ethics Untangled
@ethicsuntangled

Everyday ethics with the experts, from IDEA, The Ethics Centre at the University of Leeds (@idea-leeds.bsky.social). https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-research-degrees/doc/ethics-untangled