Bruno Leipold
@brunoleipold.com
Political theorist @lsepoltheory.bsky.social. Author of Citizen Marx. www.brunoleipold.com
Pinned
Reviewed in today's @faznet.bsky.social which (somewhat oddly) for a bourgeois paper comes to the defence of petty bourgeois proper
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February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Reviewed in today's @faznet.bsky.social which (somewhat oddly) for a bourgeois paper comes to the defence of petty bourgeois proper
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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@brunoleipold.com's book was an interesting intellectual history of how Marx developed his ideas in dialogue with republicanism. Particularly lucid analysis of the connection between domination and exploitation in chapter 5.
February 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
@brunoleipold.com's book was an interesting intellectual history of how Marx developed his ideas in dialogue with republicanism. Particularly lucid analysis of the connection between domination and exploitation in chapter 5.
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Now reading, featuring @brunoleipold.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Now reading, featuring @brunoleipold.com
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Classic dominant-class move to treat class and other identity categories as little knobs you can switch off and on without changing any other variables and then cry about the one or two knobs that aren’t positioned in your favor
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Classic dominant-class move to treat class and other identity categories as little knobs you can switch off and on without changing any other variables and then cry about the one or two knobs that aren’t positioned in your favor
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This post on "dual class origins" of Labour MPs is interesting cos it highlights that many in the UK have a notion of class wherein one can "inherits" one's class, so if one had working class parents one is therefore still working class even if one is presently, say, an Oxford educated barrister!
New post:
"Identity Crisis"
Labour keeps trying to appeal to a lost white working class vote + alienating middle-class grads / ethnic minority voters that are a much bigger part of their coalition.
Why? And how can they rebuild their coalition more effectively?
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
"Identity Crisis"
Labour keeps trying to appeal to a lost white working class vote + alienating middle-class grads / ethnic minority voters that are a much bigger part of their coalition.
Why? And how can they rebuild their coalition more effectively?
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
Identity Crisis
How Labour can rebuild their voter coalition
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This post on "dual class origins" of Labour MPs is interesting cos it highlights that many in the UK have a notion of class wherein one can "inherits" one's class, so if one had working class parents one is therefore still working class even if one is presently, say, an Oxford educated barrister!
The British self-understanding of class is wild
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
February 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The British self-understanding of class is wild
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just finished @brunoleipold.com’s Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought - easily one of the best books I’ve read in recent years.
Well-researched but also super timely and generative (see: No Kings). Read it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Well-researched but also super timely and generative (see: No Kings). Read it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Citizen Marx
The first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of Marx’s relationship to republicanism, arguing that it is essential to understanding his thought
press.princeton.edu
February 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Just finished @brunoleipold.com’s Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought - easily one of the best books I’ve read in recent years.
Well-researched but also super timely and generative (see: No Kings). Read it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Well-researched but also super timely and generative (see: No Kings). Read it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Just finished first door knocking for the Greens. Honestly most hopeful I’ve felt about politics in a while. Felt good to not just sit watching the world burn (as I’ve been feeling the last months) and instead try to do doing something with others (even if very small)
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Just finished first door knocking for the Greens. Honestly most hopeful I’ve felt about politics in a while. Felt good to not just sit watching the world burn (as I’ve been feeling the last months) and instead try to do doing something with others (even if very small)
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📣 Call for Abstracts!
Excited to be among the organisers of the 12th annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (28-29th May)!
Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/ccfeNR21Pn3Y...
Please share among colleagues and fellow PhD Students!
Excited to be among the organisers of the 12th annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (28-29th May)!
Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/ccfeNR21Pn3Y...
Please share among colleagues and fellow PhD Students!
January 26, 2026 at 10:43 AM
📣 Call for Abstracts!
Excited to be among the organisers of the 12th annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (28-29th May)!
Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/ccfeNR21Pn3Y...
Please share among colleagues and fellow PhD Students!
Excited to be among the organisers of the 12th annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (28-29th May)!
Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/ccfeNR21Pn3Y...
Please share among colleagues and fellow PhD Students!
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Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Gabriel Zucman on the shocking concentration of extreme wealth in the United States….
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
gzucman.substack.com?r=nle0&utm_c...
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Fantastic @biapt.bsky.social conference in beautiful Edinburgh with five great keynotes, some snow, and three LSE colleagues. @brunoleipold.com @kspiekermann.bsky.social and Leigh Jenco.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Fantastic @biapt.bsky.social conference in beautiful Edinburgh with five great keynotes, some snow, and three LSE colleagues. @brunoleipold.com @kspiekermann.bsky.social and Leigh Jenco.
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My new book now out on line with OUP Academic - hard copies available from 22January Defending the Political Constitution url: academic.oup.com/book/61802
January 10, 2026 at 10:04 AM
My new book now out on line with OUP Academic - hard copies available from 22January Defending the Political Constitution url: academic.oup.com/book/61802
An incredibly generous and extensive review by @louismosar.bsky.social setting out how Citizen Marx fits within the broader "radical turn" in republicanism academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
Radicalizing Republican Language: Citizen Marx and the Radical Republican Turn
Abstract. Bruno Leipold's Citizen Marx will likely become a canonical text, both within the field of republican political theory and historiography and wit
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January 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
An incredibly generous and extensive review by @louismosar.bsky.social setting out how Citizen Marx fits within the broader "radical turn" in republicanism academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
Talked to Pierre-Etienne Vandamme for
@revuepolitique.bsky.social about republicanism, Marx and his time in Belgium www.revuepolitique.be/entretien-po...
@revuepolitique.bsky.social about republicanism, Marx and his time in Belgium www.revuepolitique.be/entretien-po...
Entretien. Portrait de Karl Marx en démocrate convaincu - Politique
Le républicanisme n’est peut-être pas encore un thème important dans les discussions publiques, mais il l’est certainement dans les débats académiques
www.revuepolitique.be
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Talked to Pierre-Etienne Vandamme for
@revuepolitique.bsky.social about republicanism, Marx and his time in Belgium www.revuepolitique.be/entretien-po...
@revuepolitique.bsky.social about republicanism, Marx and his time in Belgium www.revuepolitique.be/entretien-po...
Wonder why it is that political theorists tend to read out their papers while philosophers do handouts and political scientists do slides
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wonder why it is that political theorists tend to read out their papers while philosophers do handouts and political scientists do slides
Recording available here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Recording available here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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It’s simple: the US has waged a decades-long economic war on the Venezuelan people since Hugo Chávez nationalised the oil, because Venezuela insists its natural resources belong to its people, not Chevron.
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s simple: the US has waged a decades-long economic war on the Venezuelan people since Hugo Chávez nationalised the oil, because Venezuela insists its natural resources belong to its people, not Chevron.
If you’re by a radio today I’ll be talking about Marx with Naomi Alderman at 13:45 on
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM
If you’re by a radio today I’ll be talking about Marx with Naomi Alderman at 13:45 on
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
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funding lotteries have been waiting for this moment
This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 AM
funding lotteries have been waiting for this moment
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Fellow academics, don't forget to report your side-hustles to the proper authorities
Totally random fact I learned today: the IRS asks you to report income from bribes, drug dealing and theft
December 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Fellow academics, don't forget to report your side-hustles to the proper authorities
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does this mean you have to report if you a CIA operative working to kill the rev? asking for a friend
Totally random fact I learned today: the IRS asks you to report income from bribes, drug dealing and theft
December 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
does this mean you have to report if you a CIA operative working to kill the rev? asking for a friend
Totally random fact I learned today: the IRS asks you to report income from bribes, drug dealing and theft
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Totally random fact I learned today: the IRS asks you to report income from bribes, drug dealing and theft
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The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025 - LSE Review of Books
We count down the top 12 most popular posts (ten book reviews, one book extract and one bookshop guide) we published on LSE Review of Books in 2025.
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December 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The 12 most popular posts on LSE Review of Books in 2025 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...