Max Bastow
@maxbastow.bsky.social
Political economy, ecology and intellectual history.
MAPEC from University of Geneva.
MAPEC from University of Geneva.
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Branko Milanovic will receive a doctorate honoris causa from the University of Geneva. He will give a conference open to the public on Thursday 9 October.
August 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Branko Milanovic will receive a doctorate honoris causa from the University of Geneva. He will give a conference open to the public on Thursday 9 October.
Hope you're feeling better now, solidarity ✊
July 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hope you're feeling better now, solidarity ✊
This looks very exciting, looking forward to reading it!
June 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This looks very exciting, looking forward to reading it!
I can tell, there's some deep cuts here! I'm loving your book btw, working through slowly and trying to watch each movie before the chapter about it. Thanks so much for writing it 😁
May 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I can tell, there's some deep cuts here! I'm loving your book btw, working through slowly and trying to watch each movie before the chapter about it. Thanks so much for writing it 😁
Thanks so much for sharing, half of these are completely new to me!
May 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thanks so much for sharing, half of these are completely new to me!
Perhaps we can avoid all the discourse going forward by simply planning world-historic revolutions for the start of every century. If they were disruptive enough we'd get nice neat demarkations for all to agree on.
May 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Perhaps we can avoid all the discourse going forward by simply planning world-historic revolutions for the start of every century. If they were disruptive enough we'd get nice neat demarkations for all to agree on.
Finding this and the surrounding discussion fun. Lots of disagreement over the 18th century in particular, but depending on the purpose there's very good reasons for both short (1715-1789) and long (1688-1815) periodisations. As long as we always appreciate how they are formed and why.
Ok, it’s time to settle this
1st c. SHORT
2nd c. LONG
3rd c. SHORT
4th c. SHORT
5th c. LONG
6th c. SHORT
7th c. LONG
8th c. SHORT
9th c. SHORT
10th c. LONG
11th c. SHORT
12th c. LONG
13th c. LONG
14th c. SHORT
15th c. SHORT
16th c. LONG
17th c. LONG
18th c. SHORT
19th c. LONG
20th c. SHORT
1st c. SHORT
2nd c. LONG
3rd c. SHORT
4th c. SHORT
5th c. LONG
6th c. SHORT
7th c. LONG
8th c. SHORT
9th c. SHORT
10th c. LONG
11th c. SHORT
12th c. LONG
13th c. LONG
14th c. SHORT
15th c. SHORT
16th c. LONG
17th c. LONG
18th c. SHORT
19th c. LONG
20th c. SHORT
May 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Finding this and the surrounding discussion fun. Lots of disagreement over the 18th century in particular, but depending on the purpose there's very good reasons for both short (1715-1789) and long (1688-1815) periodisations. As long as we always appreciate how they are formed and why.
Thrilled to have submitted my master's thesis!
I gave myself a difficult task with this one and it took me to some fascinating areas of study. I'm excited to defend it - I'll post with some of my findings once I've done so.
A big thanks to everyone who helped me along the way.
I gave myself a difficult task with this one and it took me to some fascinating areas of study. I'm excited to defend it - I'll post with some of my findings once I've done so.
A big thanks to everyone who helped me along the way.
May 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Thrilled to have submitted my master's thesis!
I gave myself a difficult task with this one and it took me to some fascinating areas of study. I'm excited to defend it - I'll post with some of my findings once I've done so.
A big thanks to everyone who helped me along the way.
I gave myself a difficult task with this one and it took me to some fascinating areas of study. I'm excited to defend it - I'll post with some of my findings once I've done so.
A big thanks to everyone who helped me along the way.
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🚨From the June 2nd to 6th, the Paul Bairoch Institute will host the inaugural doctoral summer school "Conflict in the History of Capitalism: Themes, Approaches, Methods as part of the European Laboratory Project "History of Capitalism" (CAP-HIST lab)🚨🧵👇
May 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🚨From the June 2nd to 6th, the Paul Bairoch Institute will host the inaugural doctoral summer school "Conflict in the History of Capitalism: Themes, Approaches, Methods as part of the European Laboratory Project "History of Capitalism" (CAP-HIST lab)🚨🧵👇
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Save the date:
Fanon Today: Contemporary Struggles and Theoretical Perspectives
International Symposium
Berlin, July 22-23, 2025
organized by @vethompson.bsky.social, @raulzelik.bsky.social & me
Fanon Today: Contemporary Struggles and Theoretical Perspectives
International Symposium
Berlin, July 22-23, 2025
organized by @vethompson.bsky.social, @raulzelik.bsky.social & me
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Save the date:
Fanon Today: Contemporary Struggles and Theoretical Perspectives
International Symposium
Berlin, July 22-23, 2025
organized by @vethompson.bsky.social, @raulzelik.bsky.social & me
Fanon Today: Contemporary Struggles and Theoretical Perspectives
International Symposium
Berlin, July 22-23, 2025
organized by @vethompson.bsky.social, @raulzelik.bsky.social & me
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Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think.
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think.
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
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this is not an exaggeration
May 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
this is not an exaggeration
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OK folks, pause and digest this.
It's all over. Let the waves come.
Or maybe start teaching handwriting again, for the closed exams we're about to need.
It's all over. Let the waves come.
Or maybe start teaching handwriting again, for the closed exams we're about to need.
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
nymag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
OK folks, pause and digest this.
It's all over. Let the waves come.
Or maybe start teaching handwriting again, for the closed exams we're about to need.
It's all over. Let the waves come.
Or maybe start teaching handwriting again, for the closed exams we're about to need.
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“Islamophobia is also racism, rarely considered as such, condemned only half-heartedly. It is racism by denial. It kills. Projecting violence onto another’s body is giving permission to exercise violence against them.”
Important piece by Mohamed Amer Meziane on the recent murder of Aboubakar Cissé
Important piece by Mohamed Amer Meziane on the recent murder of Aboubakar Cissé
« Il est urgent, pour les sciences humaines et sociales, d’explorer collectivement les questions suivantes : la racialisation de l’islam et ses mécanismes spécifiques peuvent-ils être réduits à ce que nous savons déjà du racisme ? » Par Mohamed Amer Meziane.
aoc.media/opinion/2025...
aoc.media/opinion/2025...
Projeter la violence sur le corps de l’autre, c’est autoriser à exercer la violence contre lui - AOC media
Alors que certains responsables politiques refusent encore de qualifier le meurtre d’Aboubakar Cissé de meurtre islamophobe, il est urgent de souligner la pertinence de ce terme, dans la mesure où la…
aoc.media
May 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“Islamophobia is also racism, rarely considered as such, condemned only half-heartedly. It is racism by denial. It kills. Projecting violence onto another’s body is giving permission to exercise violence against them.”
Important piece by Mohamed Amer Meziane on the recent murder of Aboubakar Cissé
Important piece by Mohamed Amer Meziane on the recent murder of Aboubakar Cissé
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“There is no such thing as ‘economics’—only ‘political economy’, in which the ‘political’ element is an ever-present component.”
– Ralph Miliband, 'Marxism and Politics'
– Ralph Miliband, 'Marxism and Politics'
May 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“There is no such thing as ‘economics’—only ‘political economy’, in which the ‘political’ element is an ever-present component.”
– Ralph Miliband, 'Marxism and Politics'
– Ralph Miliband, 'Marxism and Politics'
Thank you for your incredible work, and for making it publicly available!
April 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Thank you for your incredible work, and for making it publicly available!
Haha — and Lordon's tricky even for fluent French speakers too! Would be happy to revisit it to summarise. IIRC Lordon says that Piketty collapses ideology into just news articles, and that P's definition of capital as property means he doesn't understand capitalism and should return to Marx's def.
April 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Haha — and Lordon's tricky even for fluent French speakers too! Would be happy to revisit it to summarise. IIRC Lordon says that Piketty collapses ideology into just news articles, and that P's definition of capital as property means he doesn't understand capitalism and should return to Marx's def.
On his approach to capital and ideology, his debate with Lordon is instructive. I think Lordon's criticism is mostly accurate, though quite harshly delivered: www.youtube.com/live/dDY3acz...
Thomas Piketty - Frédéric Lordon, un débat de haut vol sur la propriété
YouTube video by Journal l'Humanité
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
On his approach to capital and ideology, his debate with Lordon is instructive. I think Lordon's criticism is mostly accurate, though quite harshly delivered: www.youtube.com/live/dDY3acz...
Agreed! There's a couple of reasons I can think of that made this book a pleasant surprise.
1) I think he's improving over time, and 2) his methods are better suited to studying inequality than to studying "capital" or "ideology", which he doesn't define so well.
1) I think he's improving over time, and 2) his methods are better suited to studying inequality than to studying "capital" or "ideology", which he doesn't define so well.
April 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Agreed! There's a couple of reasons I can think of that made this book a pleasant surprise.
1) I think he's improving over time, and 2) his methods are better suited to studying inequality than to studying "capital" or "ideology", which he doesn't define so well.
1) I think he's improving over time, and 2) his methods are better suited to studying inequality than to studying "capital" or "ideology", which he doesn't define so well.
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I uploaded an English version of the interview. Sorry economists, don’t get too sad.
www.academia.edu/128620967/_Y...
www.academia.edu/128620967/_Y...
April 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I uploaded an English version of the interview. Sorry economists, don’t get too sad.
www.academia.edu/128620967/_Y...
www.academia.edu/128620967/_Y...
It wasn't showing up there last night but it is now, thank you so much!
April 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
It wasn't showing up there last night but it is now, thank you so much!
It looks like the link is broken, just a heads up. Would love to read this, thanks for sharing!
April 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It looks like the link is broken, just a heads up. Would love to read this, thanks for sharing!
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A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to @ceciliarikap.bsky.social (@iipp-ucl.bsky.social) about how today’s big tech hegemons build intellectual monopolies and use their power for corporate planning beyond ownership. Recorded at the @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/FH-Rikap
This time I talk to @ceciliarikap.bsky.social (@iipp-ucl.bsky.social) about how today’s big tech hegemons build intellectual monopolies and use their power for corporate planning beyond ownership. Recorded at the @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/FH-Rikap
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to @ceciliarikap.bsky.social (@iipp-ucl.bsky.social) about how today’s big tech hegemons build intellectual monopolies and use their power for corporate planning beyond ownership. Recorded at the @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/FH-Rikap
This time I talk to @ceciliarikap.bsky.social (@iipp-ucl.bsky.social) about how today’s big tech hegemons build intellectual monopolies and use their power for corporate planning beyond ownership. Recorded at the @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social!
tinyurl.com/FH-Rikap
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"Le mondialisation capitaliste est l'âge des passions tristes qui surdéterminent le conflit de classe en conflits identitaires réactifs." André Tosel, Un Monde en Abîme
February 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Le mondialisation capitaliste est l'âge des passions tristes qui surdéterminent le conflit de classe en conflits identitaires réactifs." André Tosel, Un Monde en Abîme
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Researchers uncover stories of Black Londoners who escaped slavery
Researchers uncover stories of Black Londoners who escaped slavery
Findings in Tower Hamlets archives shed light on resistance to enslavement likened to Underground Railroad in US
The untold stories of Black Londoners who escaped slavery in the capital and joined free communities in the East End have been uncovered by…
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Researchers uncover stories of Black Londoners who escaped slavery