魚躬正明 UOMI Masaaki

In political philosophy we are now used to a distinction between Ideal Theory (theory for ideal circumstances) and Non-Ideal Theory (theory for non-ideal circumstances). I fear we now need to introduce Absolutely Atrocious Theory.

Empathy and Political Reasoning Cambridge Core - American Studies - Empathy and Political Reasoning

New Cambridge Element

Empathy and Political Reasoning by @lalamur.bsky.social is now free to read for 2 weeks!

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Front cover of Cambridge Element 'The Political Dynamics of Partisan Polarization' by Eric R. Schmidt, Edward G. Carmines & Paul M. Sniderman

New Cambridge Element 'The Political Dynamics of Partisan Polarization' by Eric R. Schmidt, Edward G. Carmines & Paul M. Sniderman is now free to read for 2 weeks.

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Theorizing Conflict, Agonism, and Realism in Democratic Thought at MANCEPT Workshops 2025 The nature, normativity and phenomena of conflict in politics have come to occupy a central role in democratic thought over the years. Polarization and populism, which thrives on the antagonisms of id...

Very excited to announce I'll be co-convening a workshop on the role of conflict in democratic thought at this year's MANCEPT workshops! #PolTheory #philsky #polisky #poliphil

Details here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

An image of the first page of the proofs of an academic article titled "The Use and Abuse of Rousseau's The Social Contract in Modern Political Thought: Toward a Reinterpretation" authored by Mikkel Flohr to be published in Telos

New article proofs are in! Rousseau’s "The Social Contract" occupies a central place in our political imaginary, as the progenitor of the excesses of the French Revolution, totalitarianism and, more recently, populism. In my forthcoming article I trace and challenge these prominent critiques ... 1/2

Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures Vulnerability theory offers an alternative to social-contract and rights-based paradigms. Beginning with the corporeal body, the theory argues we are inevitably and constantly dependent on social inst...

5月、アマだとペーパーバック3、4000円前後も同時刊行らしい。

Vulnerability Theory and the Trinity Lectures
Institutionalizing the Individual
Martha Albertson Fineman
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The Just State: Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought <p><b>An intellectual history of one of the most important contributions to Western society</b> <p><i>The Just State</i> explores influential Greek and Roman ideas about justice and their institution...

The Just State: Greek and Roman Theories of Justice and Their Legacy in Western Thought
Benjamin Straumann

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🔔 Report launched & available online 🔔

Thanks to over 200+ people who signed up and joined our report launch, and to our panelists for insightful reflections 🙌

Download the report here: https://t.co/1FzZeJOji6

Tom Beauchamp III (1939-2025) - Daily Nous Tom L. Beauchamp III, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and one of the most influential philosophers of bioethics, has died. Professor Beauchamp was well-known for his work on ...

Tom Beauchamp, professor emeritus of philosophy at Georgetown University and a highly influential figure in biomedical ethics, has died.

everyone should be revisiting Chenoweth’s work demonstrating the effectiveness of civil resistance

There was a time in my life when I did not know that J.G.A. Pocock wrote an unpublished essay about Tom Bombadil, but that time is now over.

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『年報政治学』2026年度第Ⅱ号特集論文公募のお知らせ｜日本政治学会
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"2026年度第Ⅱ号（2026年12月刊行予定）のテーマは、「学史・思想史研究の現在──いかに政治学に貢献するか」を予定しています。"

Just read Piketty & Sandel’s dialogue on equality. Funny how their distinct national backgrounds create friction. Sandel wants Piketty to talk about identity politics on the left but Piketty doesn’t take the bait. The French thinker rather criticizes Sandel for not writing about taxes and unions.

Writing Intellectual History after the “Age of Forms”: An Interview with Elías J. Palti (Part I) by Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter

Jacob Saliba and Zac Endter interview Elías Palti about his recent book, Intellectual History and the Problem of Conceptual Change.

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New Cambridge Element 'The Pluralistic Frameworks of Ibn Rushd and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im' by @ayeshaomardr.bsky.social is now free to read for 4 weeks!

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David Lay Williams on the Intellectual History of Inequality Podcast Episode · The Inequality Podcast · 01/27/2025 · 48m

I'm delighted to share this podcast interview I did recently with @durlauf.bsky.social at @ucstonecenter.bsky.social. Steven is one of the world's leading economists studying inequality today, but especially open to learning about the subject from humanists. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Corruption and the Voter's Decision Cambridge Core - Macroeconomics - Corruption and the Voter's Decision

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Corruption and the Voter's Decision by Miguel F. P. de Figueiredo is now free to read for 4 weeks!

#cambridgeelements #economics #LatAmPolitics

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The key quote from the screenshot: The form of government under which we have the best chance of avoiding corruption and servitude will always be what Sidney describes as the ‘popular’ style of rule that prevails in free states.176 176 On ‘popular’ government see Sidney 1990, pp. 189, 263 and the chapter headings at pp.184,195,217,251,263and270. On the extent to which Sidney’s republicanism can be regarded as democratic see Ashby 2022.

Surreal to see my own work cited in Quentin Skinner's new book

In the new issue of the JHI, Quentin Skinner offers “a memoir of J. G. A. Pocock” drawn from their extensive correspondence over more than fifty years.

“J. G. A. Pocock: A Life in Letters” is available here, open access for the next few weeks: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

An interesting article by @nhfeldman.bsky.social on the disciplinary history of American political theory

"Political Theory within and without Political Science," Perspectives on Politics (2025)
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A new substantive revision of my Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry "Thick Ethical Concepts" is now live. #philsky

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スターターパックでだいぶフォロー増やすの楽だったが新しいのはあるだろうか。あとでさがす。だいぶしたはずだけど

そろそろこっちの学術収集アカウントも本格的に使っていきます。

Just out: "J. G. A. Pocock: A Life in Letters" by Quentin Skinner @jhideas.bsky.social, a memoir of Pocock derived from his correspondence with Skinner between 1965 & 2020 muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...

Since today is the last day I can say it: my book came out this year! It tries to capture what's wrong with democracy and how we might fix it. (academic.oup.com/book/55806)

Frege and Fascism This book is the first to examine in minutiae the politics of Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), and his connections with various traditions of far-right and fascist thought. Frege was a philosopher of logic,...

My new book, ‘Frege and Fascism’ (Routledge) is available today. It’s the first book-length critical study of the extremist political thought of Gottlob Frege (1848-1925). Frege was the founder of analytic philosophy and the most important logician since Aristotle.
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