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Ateş Uslu

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Istanbul University Faculty of Political Science, professor | Humboldt Uni. zu Berlin, Centre for Social Critique, guest researcher global intellectual history | Marxism | Lukács Will not follow back anonymous accounts. https://atesuslu.com/en

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · May 4

An interview about my book A Social History of Political Thought (in Turkish). The original interview was published in 2021 and is now available in English - for those interested in historiography and methodological issues related to the history of political thought.
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CONVERSATION WITH ATEŞ USLU ON HIS BOOK ‘A SOCIAL HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT’ – Ateş Uslu

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 2d

30. Historical materialist literature on intellectual history is stagnating. Marxists should focus on doing actual critical work instead of sticking to the “the Left should learn from that conservative philosopher” kind of stuff. Follow the feminist historians for guidance, y’all.

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry for the late reply (two months!). I still need to read Holz on this,but I believe he is referring to Heinemann’s thesis, according to which P. conceives the One as "the unity of the rational and the irrational."More recent scholars tend to deny any element of irrationality in P.’s metaphysics.

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 2d

29. This was also an opinion: bsky.app/profile/ates...

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 6d

István Mészáros is an underrated philosopher and this one is his most underrated book.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 2d

28. Tisini's book on the conceptions of matter in Islamic thought is far better executed than Bloch's "Aristotelian Left." Yet the former remains almost entirely forgotten, while the latter is well read and widely translated. More translations of Tisini's works from Arabic are much needed.

Tayeb Tisini, Die Materieauffassung in der islamisch-arabischen Philosophie des Mittelalters, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1972.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 6d

Istvan Meszaros
Philosophy, Ideology, and Social Science: Essays in Negation and Affirmation

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 6d

István Mészáros is an underrated philosopher and this one is his most underrated book.

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Bruno Leipold @brunoleipold.com · 8d

Very humbled to be shortlisted alongside such an impressive group of scholars

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Deniz Prometheus @antikcagdeniz.bsky.social · 11d

Ateş Uslu (@atesuslu.bsky.social), A Social History of Political Thought, “Demands for Equality Against Abstract Universalism (1789‑1917)”

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 21d

Also, at least two more Lukács events are in the works: one in Konstanz (early November) and another in Berlin (late January). Details will be announced soon.

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · 21d

An entire day dedicated to Lukács - complete with conferences, walking tours, and lunch? In Heidelberg? That may sound like a Lukács scholar’s dream, but it’s reality. Heidelberg, October 21, no pre-subscription required.
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...

Georg Lukács-Tag - Universität Heidelberg

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

And we would have to quarrel six more times about the most revolutionary translation of some random term he uses in a footnote, accusing the most recent translator of being a petty bourgeois revisionist.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

The conqueror's not-so-triumphal entrance to the building: bsky.app/profile/poet...

Selin @poetikpolitik.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

And trustee Gürsel Tekin, who -like a conquistador- is now trying to enter the office, which is defended by barricades. Notably, he was a long-serving member of the same party he is now attempting to conquer with the help of police forces.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sorry for the link to the Other Place, but this is a touching scene: Women, MPs, and party members are resolutely defending the main office of the Istanbul headquarters of the Republican People’s Party. x.com/i/broadcasts...

Evrim Rızvanoğlu

CHP İstanbul İl Başkanlığı 14:30

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Background information: bsky.app/profile/anti...

Deniz Prometheus @antikcagdeniz.bsky.social · Sep 8

Gürsel Tekin’s acceptance of the CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairmanship as a trustee means the suspension of members’ will. (1/6)

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

A footage, just can give you an idea: bsky.app/profile/fdin...

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bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · Sep 7

Turkey restricts social media amid police blockade on opposition party bianet.org/haber/turkey...

Turkey restricts social media amid police blockade on opposition party

By midnight, users reported disruptions on X, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.

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bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · Sep 8

Police use tear gas outside CHP office as court-appointed İstanbul leadership prepares to take over

🗞️Evrim Kepenek & Gülseven Özkan bianet.org/haber/police...

Police use tear gas outside CHP office as court-appointed İstanbul leadership prepares to take over

The opposition party is resisting a court decision to suspend its provincial leadership in İstanbul based on allegations of fraud during the congress where they were elected by party members.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bluesky is not yet widespread in Turkey, and X/Twitter remains the main platform for information. Please try to repost and circulate any reliable information about what is happening right now.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

In the meantime, social media (already restricted, as is usually the case in Turkey) abounds with messages from journalists, students, academics, politicians, and ordinary internet users who have raised their voices against any part of the process and are now being arrested.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are witnessing the destruction of the remnants of Turkey’s already agonizing parliamentary democracy, as police forces occupy the Istanbul headquarters of the main opposition party, firing tear gas and plastic bullets both inside and outside against party members, MPs, and protesters.

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Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 5

Excellent suggestion! I will explore her contributions, both for the theoretical foundation and for the weeks devoted to Kant’s political thought.

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 5

I was not planning to include the works of Hochschild or Federici, as this is a course in intellectual history primarily focused on 18th-19th c. source readings. However, I do think their works will be important for framing the theoretical approach.
Amy Dru Stanley’s book is certainly of interest.

Ateş Uslu @atesuslu.bsky.social · Sep 5

Classical works such as Pateman’s The Sexual Contract are, of course, on the reading list.
The course is part of the History Dept.’s curriculum,but the audience will likely include students from a variety of departments.
By the way,the remaining 25% of the course will focus on non-Western contexts.

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