Christoph Schuringa
@schuringa.bsky.social
I write about philosophy, e.g.:
Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (Verso, 2025)
Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (Verso, 2025)
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A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
Analytic philosophy is the dominant form of philosophy in the English-speaking world, and beyond, today. What explains its continuing success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can on...
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A Social History of Analytic Philosophy can now be pre-ordered direct from @versobooks.bsky.social
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A review of Christoph Schuringa's A Social History of Analytic Philosophy marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2251...
‘A Social History of Analytic Philosophy: How Politics Has Shaped an Apolitical Philosophy’ by Christoph Schuringa reviewed by Iñigo Baca Bordons
The success of Christoph Schuringa’s A Social History of Analytic Philosophy depends on whether its coordination of historical and philosophical material manages to be a non-reductionist ideological a...
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February 12, 2026 at 9:42 AM
A review of Christoph Schuringa's A Social History of Analytic Philosophy marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2251...
As Difficult As Rare
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My scribblings on Spinozist things. Click to read As Difficult As Rare, by Alexander Douglas, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
As Difficult As Rare
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@schuringa.bsky.social (finished in print)
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 AM
@schuringa.bsky.social (finished in print)
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Looking forward to welcoming Dr @schuringa.bsky.social from @northeasternu.bsky.social to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today. He’ll be speaking on What Is Wrong with Metaethics?
📍 Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building.
More on the series:
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📍 Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building.
More on the series:
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January 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Looking forward to welcoming Dr @schuringa.bsky.social from @northeasternu.bsky.social to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today. He’ll be speaking on What Is Wrong with Metaethics?
📍 Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building.
More on the series:
🔗 tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
📍 Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building.
More on the series:
🔗 tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
@aschipper.bsky.social entered the chat
January 16, 2026 at 11:19 PM
@aschipper.bsky.social entered the chat
Philosophers have made themselves unfit for human consumption
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Philosophers have made themselves unfit for human consumption
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In case anyone is in London and would like to come, I’ll be giving the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology on February 19th at 6pm.
Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education
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Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education
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January 8, 2026 at 11:14 AM
In case anyone is in London and would like to come, I’ll be giving the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology on February 19th at 6pm.
Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education
philevents.org/event/show/1...
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La filosofia analitica? Un antidoto alla post verità
Un libro Schuringa ha sollevato dubbi sulla validità di un approccio logico ai temi morali. Eppure chiarezza e rigore restano condizioni essenziali
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January 14, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Advanced trolleyology
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Advanced trolleyology
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New books today:
* Barbara Stiegler - Nietzsche et la vie
* Josephine Quinn - How the World Made the West
* Mario Desiati - Spatriati
New in print (already had ebooks):
* @reproutopia.bsky.social - Enemy Feminisms
* @schuringa.bsky.social - A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
* Barbara Stiegler - Nietzsche et la vie
* Josephine Quinn - How the World Made the West
* Mario Desiati - Spatriati
New in print (already had ebooks):
* @reproutopia.bsky.social - Enemy Feminisms
* @schuringa.bsky.social - A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
New books today:
* Barbara Stiegler - Nietzsche et la vie
* Josephine Quinn - How the World Made the West
* Mario Desiati - Spatriati
New in print (already had ebooks):
* @reproutopia.bsky.social - Enemy Feminisms
* @schuringa.bsky.social - A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
* Barbara Stiegler - Nietzsche et la vie
* Josephine Quinn - How the World Made the West
* Mario Desiati - Spatriati
New in print (already had ebooks):
* @reproutopia.bsky.social - Enemy Feminisms
* @schuringa.bsky.social - A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
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What an illuminating conversation on the Social History of Analytic Philosophy!
As a philosopher based in Florida, I especially appreciated the efforts of @acidhorizon.bsky.social and @schuringa.bsky.social to relate this history to our current political moment.
As a philosopher based in Florida, I especially appreciated the efforts of @acidhorizon.bsky.social and @schuringa.bsky.social to relate this history to our current political moment.
Very much enjoyed this episode of @acidhorizon.bsky.social with @schuringa.bsky.social on my drive today - highly recommended and now want to read his book on Marx open.spotify.com/episode/7qDC...
How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains
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January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
What an illuminating conversation on the Social History of Analytic Philosophy!
As a philosopher based in Florida, I especially appreciated the efforts of @acidhorizon.bsky.social and @schuringa.bsky.social to relate this history to our current political moment.
As a philosopher based in Florida, I especially appreciated the efforts of @acidhorizon.bsky.social and @schuringa.bsky.social to relate this history to our current political moment.
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Very much enjoyed this episode of @acidhorizon.bsky.social with @schuringa.bsky.social on my drive today - highly recommended and now want to read his book on Marx open.spotify.com/episode/7qDC...
How Did Analytic Philosophy Become the Ruling Class of Thought? Christoph Schuringa Explains
open.spotify.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Very much enjoyed this episode of @acidhorizon.bsky.social with @schuringa.bsky.social on my drive today - highly recommended and now want to read his book on Marx open.spotify.com/episode/7qDC...
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Is there anything else that's named after two people where they've gone with the second "the"
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Is there anything else that's named after two people where they've gone with the second "the"
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Google is dead
#RIPGoogle
#RIPGoogle
August 15, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Google is dead
#RIPGoogle
#RIPGoogle
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"It says here on page 62 that the task of Danish Marxism is to abolish itself", said Toad cheerfully.
"Lovely", Frog replied.
"Lovely", Frog replied.
December 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"It says here on page 62 that the task of Danish Marxism is to abolish itself", said Toad cheerfully.
"Lovely", Frog replied.
"Lovely", Frog replied.
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you'll be fine if you've read the origin story "Naming and Necessity"
Will I be able to follow 'Fast and Furious' if I haven't seen the earlier films ('Sense and Sensibility', 'Pride and Prejudice')?
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
you'll be fine if you've read the origin story "Naming and Necessity"
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Social media, eh? Actually from a pamphlet published in Berlin, in around 1828.
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Social media, eh? Actually from a pamphlet published in Berlin, in around 1828.
Very clear from @axdouglas.bsky.social
I have contributed to the debate!!
Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
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Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
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Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
Cold, limp, lifeless prose is not clear
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November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Very clear from @axdouglas.bsky.social
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Happy to be part of this workshop with Cristoph Schuringa next week at Hegels Archive :D
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Happy to be part of this workshop with Cristoph Schuringa next week at Hegels Archive :D
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A great recent article in @philosopher1923.bsky.social magazine by NU London's Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social, on the question 'Was Marx a Philosopher?'. Christoph is drawing on his recent book Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy:
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
Was Marx a Philosopher?
It is often thought that Marx, despite starting out as a philosopher, sought to break with philosophy in order to carry out his mature work. In this essay, Christoph Schuringa argues that Marx's overa...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
A great recent article in @philosopher1923.bsky.social magazine by NU London's Christoph Schuringa @schuringa.bsky.social, on the question 'Was Marx a Philosopher?'. Christoph is drawing on his recent book Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy:
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
Terry Eagleton speaking at HM now www.youtube.com/live/zaTIppu...
Marxism, Literature, and Political Commitment
YouTube video by Historical Materialism: Critical Marxist Theory
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November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Terry Eagleton speaking at HM now www.youtube.com/live/zaTIppu...
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"Was Marx a Philosopher"
Christoph Schuringa argues that Marx's overall project is concerned with raising philosophy itself to its highest power to actualize it, seeking to surpass predecessors including Hegel.
#Marx
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Christoph Schuringa argues that Marx's overall project is concerned with raising philosophy itself to its highest power to actualize it, seeking to surpass predecessors including Hegel.
#Marx
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
Was Marx a Philosopher?
It is often thought that Marx, despite starting out as a philosopher, sought to break with philosophy in order to carry out his mature work. In this essay, Christoph Schuringa argues that Marx's overa...
www.thephilosopher1923.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Was Marx a Philosopher"
Christoph Schuringa argues that Marx's overall project is concerned with raising philosophy itself to its highest power to actualize it, seeking to surpass predecessors including Hegel.
#Marx
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
Christoph Schuringa argues that Marx's overall project is concerned with raising philosophy itself to its highest power to actualize it, seeking to surpass predecessors including Hegel.
#Marx
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/was-mar...
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"The readiness with which analytic philosophy can be isolated from other kinds of philosophy stands in stark contrast to the difficulties analytic philosophers profess to find with specifying what it is..."
Very thoughtful and interesting discussion of my book by Hugh Foley – the kind of engagement an author wishes for open.substack.com/pub/hughfole...
A Personal History of Analytic Philosophy
On Christoph Schuringa's new history of an 'apolitical philosophy', and what counts as 'ideology critique'
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October 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The readiness with which analytic philosophy can be isolated from other kinds of philosophy stands in stark contrast to the difficulties analytic philosophers profess to find with specifying what it is..."
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I wrote something about analytic Philospphy, and Christoph Schuringa’s book for the Ideas Letter @stefanschubert.bsky.social @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/bloodl...
“Bloodless Pedantry” - The Ideas Letter
The academic study of philosophy tends to inspire contempt, from within and from without. Stephen Hawking’s pompous pronouncement in 2010 that “philosophy is dead” is just one version of a…
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October 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I wrote something about analytic Philospphy, and Christoph Schuringa’s book for the Ideas Letter @stefanschubert.bsky.social @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/bloodl...
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Another video from Amsterdam shows the massive crowd that gathered for Palestine.
Over 250,000 people wearing red flooded the streets of Amsterdam today in a massive demonstration for Palestine.
Over 250,000 people wearing red flooded the streets of Amsterdam today in a massive demonstration for Palestine.
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Another video from Amsterdam shows the massive crowd that gathered for Palestine.
Over 250,000 people wearing red flooded the streets of Amsterdam today in a massive demonstration for Palestine.
Over 250,000 people wearing red flooded the streets of Amsterdam today in a massive demonstration for Palestine.