Edoardo Vaccari
@edoardovaccari.bsky.social
Historian of political ideas working @lsehistory
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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.
theconversation.com
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...
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How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time?
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
October 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time?
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
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How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time?
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social
How the meaning of revolution has changed over time - LSE Review of Books
The Revolution to Come by Dan Edelstein is a sweeping intellectual history of “revolution,” tracing how it evolved from ancient Greece to Leninist Russia.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time?
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social
This was a fun one to read and review!
How has the meaning of #revolution changed over time?
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein @princetonupress.bsky.social.
#Review by @edoardovaccari.bsky.social @lsehy.bsky.social
How the meaning of revolution has changed over time - LSE Review of Books
The Revolution to Come by Dan Edelstein is a sweeping intellectual history of “revolution,” tracing how it evolved from ancient Greece to Leninist Russia.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This was a fun one to read and review!
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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
'Working across philosophy, evolutionary biology, public policy, and politics, Invisible Rivals is unlike any other book I’ve read.’ - Devi Sridhar
June 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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
'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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Our next panel is architecture and the state with papers from Thomas Griffiths (KCL), Bene Colenbrander (EUI) and Eli Frankel (Chicago).
June 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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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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...
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...
June 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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...
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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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.
renewal.org.uk/blog/renewal...
Here, Renewal editors past and present reflect on the meaning of social democracy, and what it means to be a social democrat.
renewal.org.uk/blog/renewal...
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...
renewal.org.uk
May 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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.
renewal.org.uk/blog/renewal...
Here, Renewal editors past and present reflect on the meaning of social democracy, and what it means to be a social democrat.
renewal.org.uk/blog/renewal...
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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.
tcnv.link
April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As European nations discuss closer defence collaboration, a document proposing a federal Europe has become the subject of heated arguments.
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.
theconversation.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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...
Su Pandora Rivista trovate la mia recensione dell’ultimo libro di Mark Lilla: uno sguardo critico su storia, politica e idee.
www.pandorarivista.it/articoli/ign...
www.pandorarivista.it/articoli/ign...
“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.
www.pandorarivista.it
March 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Su Pandora Rivista trovate la mia recensione dell’ultimo libro di Mark Lilla: uno sguardo critico su storia, politica e idee.
www.pandorarivista.it/articoli/ign...
www.pandorarivista.it/articoli/ign...
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On the committee for this conference - should be a great two days of discussions!
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
February 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
On the committee for this conference - should be a great two days of discussions!
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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)
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jwDkEB
"Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964," Modern Intellectual History (2025)
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jwDkEB
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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January 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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)
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jwDkEB
"Murray Bookchin and the Postwar Environmental Moment: The Early Bookchin and the Politicization of Ecology, 1948–1964," Modern Intellectual History (2025)
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
bit.ly/4jwDkEB
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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
January 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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...
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...
@ihr.bsky.social
We're thrilled to welcome Chris Cooper-Davies (Oxford) as our speaker.
Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/moham...
@ihr.bsky.social
Mohamad Jawad Chirri, the Lebanese Diaspora in North America, and the Politics of Global Shi’ism Before 1979
www.history.ac.uk
January 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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...
@ihr.bsky.social
We're thrilled to welcome Chris Cooper-Davies (Oxford) as our speaker.
Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/events/moham...
@ihr.bsky.social
@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.
www.thenation.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
@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...
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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.
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
In brief: managerialism was introduced to Britain in the 1960-70s through the CPRS and PAR, not the 1980s.
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
January 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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.
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
In brief: managerialism was introduced to Britain in the 1960-70s through the CPRS and PAR, not the 1980s.
doi.org/10.1057/s412...
