Ata Devrim
@mrdudeoo.bsky.social
Marxist / History of Economic Thought / Philosophy & Sociology
Extensively studied Marx, Parsons (PhD Thesis), Habermas, Freud, Plato, Weber, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Böhm-Bawerk & Durkheim in the past.
Currently studying Hegel, Adam Smith, Keynes
Extensively studied Marx, Parsons (PhD Thesis), Habermas, Freud, Plato, Weber, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Böhm-Bawerk & Durkheim in the past.
Currently studying Hegel, Adam Smith, Keynes
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Ata Devrim
@mrdudeoo.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I created a starter pack for History of Economic Thought. I want to expand it. If you want to be added to the list, just reply the post! go.bsky.app/5DJkRQU
@saga1894.bsky.social Hello Sascha! Hope your PhD thesis is going well. Lately on twitter, I got in touch with Ian Wright who also has been working on the transformation problem. To my understanding, he developed a "dynamic" approach. Here are some of his works: ianwrightsite.wordpress.com
𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗠
Adventures in Marxist Theory
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November 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@saga1894.bsky.social Hello Sascha! Hope your PhD thesis is going well. Lately on twitter, I got in touch with Ian Wright who also has been working on the transformation problem. To my understanding, he developed a "dynamic" approach. Here are some of his works: ianwrightsite.wordpress.com
As a Marxist, I get the same thing over and over: "Marx is an old thinker from the late 1800s, world has changed." Well, wish everything could change, such as the same criticism which is "Marx is an old thinker from the late 1800s, etc. etc."
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As a Marxist, I get the same thing over and over: "Marx is an old thinker from the late 1800s, world has changed." Well, wish everything could change, such as the same criticism which is "Marx is an old thinker from the late 1800s, etc. etc."
There are many answers to the question, "What is philosophy?" Reading Hegel, one might say that Hegel's answer would be: "To see the world in a completely different and previously undiscovered light." Thus, the question can be transformed into the question, "What is the purpose of philosophy?"
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There are many answers to the question, "What is philosophy?" Reading Hegel, one might say that Hegel's answer would be: "To see the world in a completely different and previously undiscovered light." Thus, the question can be transformed into the question, "What is the purpose of philosophy?"
Hegel's analysis of means in the Science of Logic demands that we see the world as a "becoming." This Heraclitean philosophy was inherited by Marx, who showed us that capital as a "becoming" takes various forms: money, commodities, etc.
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hegel's analysis of means in the Science of Logic demands that we see the world as a "becoming." This Heraclitean philosophy was inherited by Marx, who showed us that capital as a "becoming" takes various forms: money, commodities, etc.
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The more I read Schelling, the more I feel sympathy for him. Reasons for that will unfold themselves in time but right now it's not clear even to myself.
December 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM
The more I read Schelling, the more I feel sympathy for him. Reasons for that will unfold themselves in time but right now it's not clear even to myself.
My review for Schopenhauer's "World as Will and Representation" published today.
September 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My review for Schopenhauer's "World as Will and Representation" published today.
RIP Jonathan Lear. Back in the 2000s, I reviewed his book "Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life".
September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
RIP Jonathan Lear. Back in the 2000s, I reviewed his book "Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life".
My current aim is to integrate the sections on Spirit in the 'Phenomenology' with the 'System of Ethical Life' and the other Jena Discourses (1805-6).
I've been making rather slow progress lately. Over the summer, I wrote a section of about 20 pages that illuminated Hegel's theoretical relationship with Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My current aim is to integrate the sections on Spirit in the 'Phenomenology' with the 'System of Ethical Life' and the other Jena Discourses (1805-6).
I've been making rather slow progress lately. Over the summer, I wrote a section of about 20 pages that illuminated Hegel's theoretical relationship with Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.
September 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I've been making rather slow progress lately. Over the summer, I wrote a section of about 20 pages that illuminated Hegel's theoretical relationship with Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.
Hegel had not yet explained what he meant by "situation." Parsons adopted the term from William Isaac Thomas and Florian Znaniecki, but he completely changed its meaning. I will not discuss these in the "Hegel" book, as I do not want to confuse readers unfamiliar with sociology.
At this stage of reading Hegel, I do surprisingly see the basic elements of modern sociology in 'Phenomenology', what Talcott Parsons called "frame of reference": Situation, end, means.
September 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hegel had not yet explained what he meant by "situation." Parsons adopted the term from William Isaac Thomas and Florian Znaniecki, but he completely changed its meaning. I will not discuss these in the "Hegel" book, as I do not want to confuse readers unfamiliar with sociology.
At this stage of reading Hegel, I do surprisingly see the basic elements of modern sociology in 'Phenomenology', what Talcott Parsons called "frame of reference": Situation, end, means.
September 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
At this stage of reading Hegel, I do surprisingly see the basic elements of modern sociology in 'Phenomenology', what Talcott Parsons called "frame of reference": Situation, end, means.
Happy birthday to the great thinker, sociologist and economist, Karl Marx!
May 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy birthday to the great thinker, sociologist and economist, Karl Marx!
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“Piero and Me.” I’ve published some personal reflections on Piero Sraffa in the latest @newleftreview.bsky.social
newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...
newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...
David Harvey, On Sraffa’s Trail, NLR 152, March–April 2025
David Harvey recalls a lifetime of encounters, actual and intellectual, with the enigmatic Piero Sraffa. Interlocutor of Wittgenstein, Keynes and Robinson; devastating critic of neoclassical economics...
newleftreview.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“Piero and Me.” I’ve published some personal reflections on Piero Sraffa in the latest @newleftreview.bsky.social
newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...
newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...
Hegel's tutor G. C. Storr observed Kant's impact on religion. This impact was internalized by Hegel since for him, the true root of faith lies in rational and moral acceptance and not in the fear of hell.
Reading Hegel's texts on Christianity recently. He never pays attention to the miracles of Jesus or he mentions them on purpose because what Hegel believes is the end of Jesus was to build a religion which is rationally grounded. This interpretation owes a lot to Kant's writings on religion.
March 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hegel's tutor G. C. Storr observed Kant's impact on religion. This impact was internalized by Hegel since for him, the true root of faith lies in rational and moral acceptance and not in the fear of hell.
Based on what Antonio Negri says, the disobedience to authority is not only a right, but it's a natural and healthy act.
March 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Based on what Antonio Negri says, the disobedience to authority is not only a right, but it's a natural and healthy act.
Reading Hegel's texts on Christianity recently. He never pays attention to the miracles of Jesus or he mentions them on purpose because what Hegel believes is the end of Jesus was to build a religion which is rationally grounded. This interpretation owes a lot to Kant's writings on religion.
March 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Reading Hegel's texts on Christianity recently. He never pays attention to the miracles of Jesus or he mentions them on purpose because what Hegel believes is the end of Jesus was to build a religion which is rationally grounded. This interpretation owes a lot to Kant's writings on religion.
Recently reading Hegel's early writings. Like Lukács, I do hesitate to categorize them as "theological" because they are more about the theologians' effect on people's belief than the core structure of the religion itself. Also the undeniable impact of Kant can be clearly observed.
March 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Recently reading Hegel's early writings. Like Lukács, I do hesitate to categorize them as "theological" because they are more about the theologians' effect on people's belief than the core structure of the religion itself. Also the undeniable impact of Kant can be clearly observed.
Lately I've been busy with "phenomenology" again but a different one other than Hegel's. This time reading Schutz's sociology based mostly on Weber and on Husserl. Been working on an article about Schutz for a philosophy journal. When finished, will return to working on my Hegel book.
January 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lately I've been busy with "phenomenology" again but a different one other than Hegel's. This time reading Schutz's sociology based mostly on Weber and on Husserl. Been working on an article about Schutz for a philosophy journal. When finished, will return to working on my Hegel book.
Lately over 200 new followers. Everyone is welcomed but selective follow-back became problematic for me. If being mutuals is desired please introduce yourselves.
January 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Lately over 200 new followers. Everyone is welcomed but selective follow-back became problematic for me. If being mutuals is desired please introduce yourselves.
I have a song from the 90s for Elon Musk: "I'm so excited and I just can't hide it"
a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world .
ALT: a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world .
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January 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I have a song from the 90s for Elon Musk: "I'm so excited and I just can't hide it"
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@saga1894.bsky.social Hello Sascha! You chose a very interesting topic to work on. For your thesis, I presume? I've published an essay on the matter back in 2011 but in Turkish. If you say you can use Google translator, I may send it to you.
January 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@saga1894.bsky.social Hello Sascha! You chose a very interesting topic to work on. For your thesis, I presume? I've published an essay on the matter back in 2011 but in Turkish. If you say you can use Google translator, I may send it to you.