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Madeleine Milburn Agency @mmagency.bsky.social · Jun 17

SO excited to announce that INVISIBLE RIVALS by the brilliant @jonathanrgoodman.bsky.social publishes today!

'Working across philosophy, evolutionary biology, public policy, and politics, Invisible Rivals is unlike any other book I’ve read.’ - Devi Sridhar

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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our next panel is architecture and the state with papers from Thomas Griffiths (KCL), Bene Colenbrander (EUI) and Eli Frankel (Chicago).

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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jun 3

We're very pleased to announce the programme for this year's conference on States and Spaces!

The conference will be held at LSE on 19 and 20 June.
Please sign up here for your free ticket - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/16th-annua...

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Renewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · May 31

What is it we mean when we talk about "social democracy"?

Here, Renewal editors past and present reflect on the meaning of social democracy, and what it means to be a social democrat.

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Renewal editors reflect on the meaning of social democracy

Renewal is a journal of social democracy, but social democracy has always been a contested concept - and one understood variously as an ideology, a movement, a historical phenomenon, or even a desired...

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Apr 30

As European nations discuss closer defence collaboration, a document proposing a federal Europe has become the subject of heated arguments.

Ventotene manifesto: why European politicians are arguing over a 1941 document written by a group of imprisoned Italian antifascists

As European nations discuss closer defence collaboration, a document proposing a federal Europe has become the subject of heated arguments.

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Apr 30

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Apr 30

Giorgia Meloni dismissed the Ventotene Manifesto as a socialist relic. The left rushed to defend it but both sides risk distorting its meaning. I wrote for The Conversation about the political struggle over one of Europe’s most contested historical texts theconversation.com/ventotene-ma...

Ventotene manifesto: why European politicians are arguing over a 1941 document written by a group of imprisoned Italian antifascists

As European nations discuss closer defence collaboration, a document proposing a federal Europe has become the subject of heated arguments.

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Mar 25

Su Pandora Rivista trovate la mia recensione dell’ultimo libro di Mark Lilla: uno sguardo critico su storia, politica e idee.

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“Ignorance and Bliss. On Wanting Not to Know” di Mark Lilla - Pandora Rivista

Mark Lilla riflette sul perché sembriamo possedere un’inarrestabile tendenza a nascondere verità scomode dietro narrazioni artefatte.

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Becca Palmer @beccapalmer99.bsky.social · Feb 5

On the committee for this conference - should be a great two days of discussions!

History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers 2025: States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought

16th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought Keynote speaker: Dr. Faridah Zaman (Oxford) Location: Room 2.06, Cheng Kin Ku Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE…

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · Jan 28

An excellent new article by Max Fenner:

"Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964," Modern Intellectual History (2025)

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Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964 | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964

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History of Political Thought Graduate Conference @history-thought.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're delighted to share our Call for Papers for the 16th London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought, on the theme of ‘States and Spaces' (19th-20th June, LSE). Deadline for submissions is 14 March! For more details: historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com/call-for-pap...

Call for Papers 2025: States and Spaces in the History of Political Thought

16th Annual London Graduate Conference in the History of Political Thought Keynote speaker: Dr. Faridah Zaman (Oxford) Location: Room 2.06, Cheng Kin Ku Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE…

historyofpoliticalthoughtblog.wordpress.com

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Jan 20

Join us this Wednesday at Senate House for the first History of Political Ideas/Early Career Seminar of 2025!

We're thrilled to welcome Chris Cooper-Davies (Oxford) as our speaker.

Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/moham...

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Mohamad Jawad Chirri, the Lebanese Diaspora in North America, and the Politics of Global Shi’ism Before 1979

www.history.ac.uk

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Jan 16

True, it's probably dated, but the main argument remains cogent and well worth engaging with. As for Lynn Hunt, I suspect Moyn would share your view 😅

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Jan 16

@samuelmoyn.bsky.social 's piece tackles 'the wall between history and philosophy' as the ultimate frontier to breach—a bold and intriguing challenge that historians must confront www.thenation.com/article/arch...

Bonfire of the Humanities

Historians are losing their audience, and searching for the next trend won’t win it back.

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Benjamin Thomas @benjthomas.bsky.social · Jan 15

I’m thrilled to see that my first article, 'Britain’s Whiz Kids' is finally out in British Politics. I’d love to tell you more about what you can find in the article. 🧵
In brief: managerialism was introduced to Britain in the 1960-70s through the CPRS and PAR, not the 1980s.
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Britain’s whiz kids: the PAR, CPRS and managerialism in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s
Benjamin Thomas
Abstract: Recent scholarship on managerialism in the United States has identified an alternative genealogy for concepts commonly associated with neoliberalism. This article uses this new lens and original historical research to re-evaluate two British administrative institutions from the 1970s, the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) and Programme Analysis and Review (PAR). Building on the existing literature on managerialism in Britain, the article argues for a revised periodisation that understands the CPRS and PAR as not just ill-fated administrative reforms, but rather as part of an early and largely successful attempt to import managerialist ideas into British public administration. This new analysis provides a more accurate account of these reforms and improves understanding of the actors, institutions and ideas behind the introduction of managerialism. The article frames managerialism as part of a wider political agenda, reflected in both privatisation and civil service reform, not a mere technocratic exercise. The active politicisation of these reforms in Britain had profound implications for the future of British governance.

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Edoardo Vaccari @edoardovaccari.bsky.social · Jan 16

@jhideas.bsky.social www.jhiblog.org/2024/09/12/w...

What Direction for the History of Socialist Ideas? Reflections from the Socialist Ideas of Europe in the World Conference at LSE

by Edoardo Vaccari

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