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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · 14h

Thomas Hobbes conference in Malmesbury (of course), March 2026. Spread the word. Send a paper proposal. Tell your students.
#Hobbes
#PhilosophyMatters

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · 5d

With Catherine Connolly (future president of Ireland), John Maher, my daughter Natalie, and her friend Lidia.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · 17d

Some people are expensive. Others are cheap. Me? I'm free.
👇

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · 22d

Sorry I missed you at UCC yesterday, teaching got in the way of things.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · 22d

If you are in Dublin on Saturday 27 September, come along to this free event! I'll be in conversation with the amazing Justine McCarthy of The Irish Times as part of the Festival of Italian and Irish Literature in Ireland 2025.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · 27d

Canvassing with John Maher (Labour) for the next President of Ireland, Catherine Connolly.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you liked 'Free', you will love 'Indignity'. I read both. In this interview Lea Ypi says: "every voice out there is always a result of some power relation". Her book explores the indignity of dominant power relations, and yet there is always moral freedom. A beautiful book by a remarkable writer.

Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · Aug 30

It was such a pleasure to discuss with the brilliant @shafakelif literature and politics, minorities in the Ottoman Empire, how the past conditions us, the role of writers in society, and much more... The joint interview is out in today's @theguardian.com link👇

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · Aug 30

It was such a pleasure to discuss with the brilliant @shafakelif literature and politics, minorities in the Ottoman Empire, how the past conditions us, the role of writers in society, and much more... The joint interview is out in today's @theguardian.com link👇

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hospitals in Gaza reported that eight people – including three children – died from starvation and malnutrition in the last 24 hours.
My piece for RTE Brainstorm on how Netanyahu's politics of starvation is starving human rights:

RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Aug 14

How hunger and starvation are used as political weapons in Gaza. Hunger has been used as a weapon of war for millennia, but is now recognised both morally and legally as a crime against humanity, writes @vittorio66.bsky.social @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How hunger and starvation are used as political weapons in Gaza

Hunger has been used as a weapon of war for millennia, but is now recognised both morally and legally as a crime against humanity

www.rte.ie

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Aug 14

How hunger and starvation are used as political weapons in Gaza. Hunger has been used as a weapon of war for millennia, but is now recognised both morally and legally as a crime against humanity, writes @vittorio66.bsky.social @ucc.ie @researchireland.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How hunger and starvation are used as political weapons in Gaza

Hunger has been used as a weapon of war for millennia, but is now recognised both morally and legally as a crime against humanity

www.rte.ie

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Aug 13

My piece on the politics of hunger and starvation in Gaza:

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

www.rte.ie

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Aug 10

Having read all four Sally Rooney's novels, this is how I rate them:
1. Intermezzo
2. Normal People
3. Conversations with Friends
4. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Tell me if you agree or disagree.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Jul 18

Walking for many miles between the dry stone walls of Inis Meain, on the Aran Islands, trying to make sense of Gramsci's distinction between dialectical materialism and historical materialism.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Jun 15

I'm at Cork Opera House since 4am, watching the mesmerising Eileen Walsh in 'The Second Woman'. Possibly the most incredible thing I've ever seen on stage. Part of Cork Midsummer Festival.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Jun 4

Review: Why Cicero Matters, Newcastle ClassicsFest 2025
"As we see the rise of right-wing populism around the world and in our own communities, with all its destructive tendencies, it appears to me that Cicero definitely does matter"
northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/hist...

Review: Why Cicero Matters, Newcastle ClassicsFest 2025

Are we about to make the same mistake as the Romans?

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · May 18

The three-days 'Why Cicero Matters' ClassicsFest finished last night, but the banner is still up, and I'm still on a high. Seven events, including talks, debates, an oratory competition, and a theatrical reenactment of a Cicero trial. Life doesn't get better than that.
@classicsforall.bsky.social

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · May 14

Starts tomorrow, 15-17 May. See you in Newcastle.
@litandphil.bsky.social

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · May 13

Starts this Thursday, in Newcastle, at The Lit & Phil: 'Why Cicero Matters'.
@litandphil.bsky.social

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · May 12

This is what I have: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Vittorio Bufacchi: Kneecap should be commended rather than condemned

Belfast rappers' choice of word may have been crass but at least they were using their artform to create a space for politics

www.irishtimes.com

Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · May 3

Philosophy meets rap music. My piece in today's Irish Times on Kneecap, Wittgenstein, Charles Taylor, and Hannah Arendt.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 28

This is not a popular view, but this is why I believe in more military spending across Europe. In the @irishexaminer.bsky.social today.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 23

I learned a lot from reading your excellent book.

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Maeve McKeown @maevemckeown.bsky.social · Apr 23

Excited to share this symposium on my book at Philosophy & Public Issues, edited by Uğur Bulgan and Valentina Gentile. Features super interesting critiques from @artsofdenial.bsky.social @vittorio66.bsky.social Mara Marin and Rossella De Bernardi. Thanks to everyone involved 🥰 shorturl.at/FCM7A

Structural Injustice in Contemporary Political Theory: An Introduction

www.fqpjournal.com

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 21

Pope Francis had a Masters Degree in Philosophy.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 10

I'm holding a first 'head' edition of Hobbes' Leviathan, 1651. In Malmesbury, at the Thomas Hobbes Festival last weekend. Life can be sweet.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 6

In Malmesbury, UK, I found the perfect pizza. Four books in the 'Leviathan ', four sections in the pizza.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 5

Happy birthday Thomas Hobbes 🎂
Four more years of the Trump-Vance-Musk triumvirate and life will once again be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Apr 4

Tomorrow I'm giving a talk on Hobbes and 'The Hunger Games', in Malmesbury, Hobbes's hometown. And today I find that the local bookshop in Malmesbury has done this! A whole window! That's me with Amanda, owner of the fabulous Barn Owl Books.

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Mar 29

Life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short, but "may the odds be ever in your favor”.
My talk, next Saturday, on Hobbes's birthday (April 5th), in Hobbes's hometown (Malmesbury).
See here for details: thomashobbesofmalmesbury.org/recent-events

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Vittorio Bufacchi @vittorio66.bsky.social · Mar 25

Political theorists! Have you ever seen a 1st edition of Hobbes' masterpiece "Leviathan"? Would you like to see it? It's on show at the Thomas Hobbes Festival, April 4-6, 2025. Come to Malmesbury! I'll be giving a talk on Hobbes & The Hunger Games on Hobbes' birthday, April 5th.

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