Tim Christiaens
@timchristiaens.bsky.social
Political philosopher working on critical theory, the digitalization of work, platform capitalism, and workplace democracy. Assistant Professor of economic ethics at Tilburg University.
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An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought
Over the past three decades, Italian thought has emerged as a major field within continental philosophy. But what are the latest developments since Italian theo…
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🚨 for everyone interested in the state of Italian political thought today, you can now pre-order our book An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought. Coming soon in early 2026. And it’s even for a reasonable price!
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And now the last installment of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads. On the late Marx's rethinking of revolutionary transition. 1/7
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
And now the last installment of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads. On the late Marx's rethinking of revolutionary transition. 1/7
And now the last installment of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads. On the late Marx's rethinking of revolutionary transition. 1/7
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
And now the last installment of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads. On the late Marx's rethinking of revolutionary transition. 1/7
Calling holding on to your phone as long as it keeps working "device hoarding" is particularly diabolical during an environmental crisis.
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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Calling holding on to your phone as long as it keeps working "device hoarding" is particularly diabolical during an environmental crisis.
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Well, the Devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willing to make a deal
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willing to make a deal
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Well, the Devil went down to Georgia
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willing to make a deal
He was lookin' for a soul to steal
He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind
And he was willing to make a deal
Up for part 5 in my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. On class analysis in agrarian societies like ancient Rome, India, and Russia. And can you spot the other Marx books in the background? 1/8
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Up for part 5 in my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. On class analysis in agrarian societies like ancient Rome, India, and Russia. And can you spot the other Marx books in the background? 1/8
I would also like to keep my human problems.
(From Olga Ravn’s The Employees)
(From Olga Ravn’s The Employees)
November 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I would also like to keep my human problems.
(From Olga Ravn’s The Employees)
(From Olga Ravn’s The Employees)
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Chapter 4 of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Recolutionary Roads. This time we focus on Marx’s thoughts on the history of colonialism and indigenous resistance. 1/6
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Chapter 4 of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Recolutionary Roads. This time we focus on Marx’s thoughts on the history of colonialism and indigenous resistance. 1/6
Chapter 4 of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Recolutionary Roads. This time we focus on Marx’s thoughts on the history of colonialism and indigenous resistance. 1/6
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Chapter 4 of my chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Recolutionary Roads. This time we focus on Marx’s thoughts on the history of colonialism and indigenous resistance. 1/6
Chapter 3 of my summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. This time we dig deeper into Marx’s history of philosophy and how open-ended history could be for him. 1/6
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Chapter 3 of my summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. This time we dig deeper into Marx’s history of philosophy and how open-ended history could be for him. 1/6
Doomer society: neither work nor family nor politics offer any purpose; only gaming and social media remain. I see that, when teaching Nozick’s experience machine, more and more students want to be plugged in. Why bother with unattainable happiness in reality? Better settle for flat amusement online
Attention is on NEETs today, but the problem is much worse.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
NEETs include stay-at-home parents & jobseekers.
Strip those out to focus on people not working, not seeking work, not in education & not parenting: this group of economically & socially dislocated young adults has *doubled* in a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Doomer society: neither work nor family nor politics offer any purpose; only gaming and social media remain. I see that, when teaching Nozick’s experience machine, more and more students want to be plugged in. Why bother with unattainable happiness in reality? Better settle for flat amusement online
Moving on to chapter 2 on temporalities and geographies of gender in my chapter-by-chapter summary of Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. 1/7
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Moving on to chapter 2 on temporalities and geographies of gender in my chapter-by-chapter summary of Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. 1/7
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Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
Up for chapter 1 of my summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. On precapitalist, communial social formations and their history among native Americans, ancients Greeks, Germans and Romans, Russians, precolonial Algerians, and the Irish. 1/7
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Up for chapter 1 of my summary of Kevin Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads. On precapitalist, communial social formations and their history among native Americans, ancients Greeks, Germans and Romans, Russians, precolonial Algerians, and the Irish. 1/7
Starting with a chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads pbulished by @versobooks.bsky.social earlier this year. First up: the introduction, where Anderson lays out the reception history of Marx's late notebooks.
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Starting with a chapter-by-chapter summary of Kevin Anderson's The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads pbulished by @versobooks.bsky.social earlier this year. First up: the introduction, where Anderson lays out the reception history of Marx's late notebooks.
Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
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“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
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Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Reading on Robert Michels’ critique of popular democracy and its roots in French syndicalism. Quite a fascinating yet alarming world with socialists supporting Mussolini, anarchists championing Malthusianism, and trade-unionists calling for eugenics to enhance the class warfare potential of workers.
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reading on Robert Michels’ critique of popular democracy and its roots in French syndicalism. Quite a fascinating yet alarming world with socialists supporting Mussolini, anarchists championing Malthusianism, and trade-unionists calling for eugenics to enhance the class warfare potential of workers.
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I know several of the wonderful people who have contributed/edited this forthcoming beast. Promises to be fantastic. #MetalSky #MetalStudies #PhilSky #FeministStudies 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I know several of the wonderful people who have contributed/edited this forthcoming beast. Promises to be fantastic. #MetalSky #MetalStudies #PhilSky #FeministStudies 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
Altijd leuk om bekende namen tegen te komen in de boekenwinkel in Utrecht. Hier het nieuwe boek van @simontruwant.bsky.social .
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Altijd leuk om bekende namen tegen te komen in de boekenwinkel in Utrecht. Hier het nieuwe boek van @simontruwant.bsky.social .
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It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
Reading about the history of business ethics lately and its political meaning is quite clear: urging business school students to act responsibly once they become managers so that the business community can avoid government regulation and socialist revolution.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reading about the history of business ethics lately and its political meaning is quite clear: urging business school students to act responsibly once they become managers so that the business community can avoid government regulation and socialist revolution.
“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Just heard that Paolo Virno had died. So sad, his Grammar of the Multitude was formative for me. One if not the best philosopher among the workerist Marxists.
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È morto Paolo Virno, filosofo militante e tra i leader di Potere Operaio. Aveva 73 anni
Addio al docente di Filosofia del linguaggio, semiotica ed etica presso l'università di Roma Tre
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November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just heard that Paolo Virno had died. So sad, his Grammar of the Multitude was formative for me. One if not the best philosopher among the workerist Marxists.
www.repubblica.it/politica/202...
www.repubblica.it/politica/202...