James Jardine
@james-jardine.bsky.social
Philosopher, dormant socialist, a 'unity of multifarious motivations based upon multifarious presuppositions'
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James Jardine
@james-jardine.bsky.social
· May 16
The Empathetic Emotions in the History of Philosophy
Abstract. This volume is concerned with theories of emotions that can be described as empathetic ones, either because they presuppose the human capacity fo
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So excited to see this volume now out: an exceptional group of philosophers scrutinising a wide array of historical figures on the empathetic emotions, very adeptly edited by Keith Ansell-Pearson & David James. My chapter looks at Husserl and Stein's work on empathy(1/3)
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Rule of thumb. If someone says:
"Look, that's just the way things are"
Chances are they are benefitting from an injustice they don't want to talk about.
"Look, that's just the way things are"
Chances are they are benefitting from an injustice they don't want to talk about.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Rule of thumb. If someone says:
"Look, that's just the way things are"
Chances are they are benefitting from an injustice they don't want to talk about.
"Look, that's just the way things are"
Chances are they are benefitting from an injustice they don't want to talk about.
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Team Mamdani’s strategy over antisemitism was smart, sensitive and effective. It was grounded in universalism and a shared humanity. It worked. And it could work elsewhere too.
rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Team Mamdani’s strategy over antisemitism was smart, sensitive and effective. It was grounded in universalism and a shared humanity. It worked. And it could work elsewhere too.
rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
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November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Our Solidarity Guard was in the Bedouin-Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar to do protective presence for residents facing settler harassment. All of us need to refuse this reality, fight to end the occupation, and demand an alternative of real safety and independence for all on this land.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our Solidarity Guard was in the Bedouin-Palestinian village of Khan al Ahmar to do protective presence for residents facing settler harassment. All of us need to refuse this reality, fight to end the occupation, and demand an alternative of real safety and independence for all on this land.
It should go without saying, but... it's really not good for the public institutions of another country to be acting as if they are the colonial possessions of the far right, petty, tyrannical US executive.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It should go without saying, but... it's really not good for the public institutions of another country to be acting as if they are the colonial possessions of the far right, petty, tyrannical US executive.
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“There are moments to celebrate and there are moments to not be complacent. Sometimes, it is both. Eight years of work have at last rid the country of the benefit limit. And yet the backlash it provokes shows starkly how progress is an uphill battle.”
My col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow | Frances Ryan
The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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November 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“There are moments to celebrate and there are moments to not be complacent. Sometimes, it is both. Eight years of work have at last rid the country of the benefit limit. And yet the backlash it provokes shows starkly how progress is an uphill battle.”
My col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’
The long read: The leftist party exploded out of Spain’s anti-austerity protests in 2011 and upended Spain’s entrenched two-party system. I was instantly captivated – and for the next decade, I worked...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Inside the rise and fall of Podemos: ‘We believed we had a stake in the future’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Rachel Reeves has done technocracy so badly it will be used as a case study in how not to manage uncertainty. Yes, forecast long-term consequences of choices. But don't set crude "iron rules" that make govt spending absurdly sensitive to small fluctuations in those long-term forecasts.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rachel Reeves has done technocracy so badly it will be used as a case study in how not to manage uncertainty. Yes, forecast long-term consequences of choices. But don't set crude "iron rules" that make govt spending absurdly sensitive to small fluctuations in those long-term forecasts.
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the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
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This will de facto break down along racialised lines as much as class lines. And let's not pretend that isn't largely the point, whatever ministers tell the country, and indeed themselves.
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This will de facto break down along racialised lines as much as class lines. And let's not pretend that isn't largely the point, whatever ministers tell the country, and indeed themselves.
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A few days ago Starmer & Mahmoud were trying to justify their fascistic refugee policy with reference to Denmark's Social Democratic Party.
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A few days ago Starmer & Mahmoud were trying to justify their fascistic refugee policy with reference to Denmark's Social Democratic Party.
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
As UK Labour drag themselves unimaginably far into the gutter by apeing the very worst aspects of Danish politics, I'm feeling all the more enthused to cast my vote for Enhedslisten (Red-Green Alliance) in the elections in Denmark today
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As UK Labour drag themselves unimaginably far into the gutter by apeing the very worst aspects of Danish politics, I'm feeling all the more enthused to cast my vote for Enhedslisten (Red-Green Alliance) in the elections in Denmark today
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The UK outright engaged in stationary banditry, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, all in order to appease the most petty xenophobe bigots on earth. And I feel sure it won't even work on the Home Secretary's terms, ultimately all this will strengthen not weaken Reform.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The UK outright engaged in stationary banditry, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, all in order to appease the most petty xenophobe bigots on earth. And I feel sure it won't even work on the Home Secretary's terms, ultimately all this will strengthen not weaken Reform.
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An absolute 🤯 at every level
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
An absolute 🤯 at every level
"Palestinians live with two omnipresent forms of violence: Israeli violence directly inflicted upon our bodies, land and society, and western violence, where only our erasure prompts the world to notice us and see our humanity – but only barely." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe
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October 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"Palestinians live with two omnipresent forms of violence: Israeli violence directly inflicted upon our bodies, land and society, and western violence, where only our erasure prompts the world to notice us and see our humanity – but only barely." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Developing story, but my current view (subject to change as we learn more): 🧵Trump wanted Hamas to accept his proposal, but Israel wanted them to reject it. Israel pushed for conditions that would make a Hamas rejection more likely. But that gambit has failed.
www.axios.com/2025/10/03/h...
www.axios.com/2025/10/03/h...
Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas responds to peace plan
Hamas' response is, essentially, "yes, but."
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October 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Developing story, but my current view (subject to change as we learn more): 🧵Trump wanted Hamas to accept his proposal, but Israel wanted them to reject it. Israel pushed for conditions that would make a Hamas rejection more likely. But that gambit has failed.
www.axios.com/2025/10/03/h...
www.axios.com/2025/10/03/h...
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“We knew the Irish would stand with us,” - Max Levitas (102)
www.irishtimes.com/culture/heri... #CableStreet
www.irishtimes.com/culture/heri... #CableStreet
October 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“We knew the Irish would stand with us,” - Max Levitas (102)
www.irishtimes.com/culture/heri... #CableStreet
www.irishtimes.com/culture/heri... #CableStreet
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Happy Cable Street Day to all who celebrate. Comes earlier every year these days doesn't it
Cable Street battle, Jewish London East End #OnThisDay 4 Oct 1936 with banner explicitly adapting antifascist slogan of defence of Madrid "NO PASARÁN." They shall not pass. Remember Olympia refers to 1934 British Union of Fascists meeting where they set on antifascist protesters
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Happy Cable Street Day to all who celebrate. Comes earlier every year these days doesn't it
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What was as striking (pardon the pun) as the strike itself was how enthusiastic and chill all the inconvenienced people seemed to be. I got where I needed to go about five hours later than scheduled. Everyone I spoke to along the way said the delays were worth it.
Hi from northern Italy where all the trains are canceled or very delayed. Free Palestine!
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
What was as striking (pardon the pun) as the strike itself was how enthusiastic and chill all the inconvenienced people seemed to be. I got where I needed to go about five hours later than scheduled. Everyone I spoke to along the way said the delays were worth it.
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With a new-found emphasis on melody to the fore, the Slovenian trio triumphantly capture the sense of music evolving even as it’s played
Širom’s In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is tQ's Album of the Week
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Širom’s In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is tQ's Album of the Week
buff.ly/XJ6CQ4E
October 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
With a new-found emphasis on melody to the fore, the Slovenian trio triumphantly capture the sense of music evolving even as it’s played
Širom’s In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is tQ's Album of the Week
buff.ly/XJ6CQ4E
Širom’s In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper is tQ's Album of the Week
buff.ly/XJ6CQ4E
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Written ten years ago by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, and is now sadly useful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If British Jews are attacked, respect our dignity – and keep your agendas to yourself | Keith Kahn-Harris
I dread the cacophony from right and left on how we should react to antisemitism. What’s important is supporting our survival as a community in the UK
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October 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Written ten years ago by @keithkahnharris.bsky.social, and is now sadly useful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...