Workshop Description In this methods workshop we will discuss the insights to be gained from incorporating political economic analysis into studying the history of political thought, primarily though not exclusively around the political theory of empire. Readings Onur Ulas Ince, Colonial Capitalism and the Dilemmas of Liberalism (Oxford, 2018), Chapter 1 and […]

This lecture lays out the main theoretical and historical arguments of an ongoing book project, entitled Before the Global Color Line: Empire, Capital, and Race in Asia, 1800-1850. The study reappraises the emergence of racial categories in nineteenth-century British South and Southeast Asia through the prism of “colonial capitalism.” I […]

Moral Marxism Or: Living Morally as Living in Caring Solidarity as Human This chapter introduces an ideal moral relationship drawing inspiration from Marx, care ethics, and solidarity theory. According to this ideal, the good life is one in which we relate to others in caring solidarity as human. This chapter […]

When theorising about the real world, philosophers and political theorists sometimes need to engage real-world information and empirical knowledge. But how can theorists accurately assess knowledge claims made by empirical disciplines, especially if the methods and approaches of these disciplines are unfamiliar to them? When should theorists take the knowledge […]

Mihaela Mihai (Edinburgh) will be discussing a paper co-authored with Danielle Celermajer (Sydney): As environmental crises intensify, growing numbers of people experience painful emotions – grief, despair, and horror – at ongoing devastation. While eco-emotions largely remain trapped within presentist and anthropocentric frameworks (i.e., they are informed by present humans’ […]