Sean Irving
@seanirving.bsky.social
Popular Power, Political Theory of the Firm, History of Political Economy https://essex.academia.edu/SeanIrving
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We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're excited to announce the call for papers for #MBS26, the next Modern British Studies conference, at Birmingham in June 2026. We'll be launching the #MBS Association at this event, to support further regular conferences in Modern British Studies.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/moder...
Thrilled to have another piece out on the history of economic republicanism! In the 19th century, republican ideas were mobilised to argue for popular economic self-government, ideas that still have much to offer in our own age of oligarchy.
read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
October 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thrilled to have another piece out on the history of economic republicanism! In the 19th century, republican ideas were mobilised to argue for popular economic self-government, ideas that still have much to offer in our own age of oligarchy.
read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...
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A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea
Date: 24 Oct • 15:00
Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
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Date: 24 Oct • 15:00
Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...
A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea
Georgios Varouxakis Symposium
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September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A symposium on Georgios Varouxakis, The West: A History of an Idea
Date: 24 Oct • 15:00
Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...
Date: 24 Oct • 15:00
Location: 327 Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-symposiu...
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How can social democrats offer an optimistic, futurist alternative to the dominant tech ideologies of 'Effective Altruism', 'Anglofuturism', and 'Accelerationism?
@demofuturist.bsky.social sets out the beginnings of an approach:
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@demofuturist.bsky.social sets out the beginnings of an approach:
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Towards a social democratic futurism
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
renewal.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
How can social democrats offer an optimistic, futurist alternative to the dominant tech ideologies of 'Effective Altruism', 'Anglofuturism', and 'Accelerationism?
@demofuturist.bsky.social sets out the beginnings of an approach:
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@demofuturist.bsky.social sets out the beginnings of an approach:
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NEW ISSUE: Renewal Vol. 33 No. 2
Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond
Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond
Volume 33, Issue 2
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
renewal.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
NEW ISSUE: Renewal Vol. 33 No. 2
Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond
Published amidst far-right mobilisation and a Reform surge, the new issue of Renewal (guest co-edited by @sachahilhorst.bsky.social) features activists, journalists, and academics analysing the radical right threat and debating how social democrats can respond
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Final reminder that Anneliese Dodds's lecture - on the Labour government, the challenges of new technology, and the need for a new, internationalist collectivism - is TONIGHT, and will be followed by a drinks reception.
Tickets are free, and we still have some left, so sign-up on Eventbrite below:
Tickets are free, and we still have some left, so sign-up on Eventbrite below:
Renewal is excited to announce Dr. Anneliese Dodds MP as the inaugural speaker for our new annual Rita Hinden Memorial Lecture.
The Lecture will be held on Tuesday 9th September at City St. George's University.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/renewal-pr...?
The Lecture will be held on Tuesday 9th September at City St. George's University.
Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/renewal-pr...?
September 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Final reminder that Anneliese Dodds's lecture - on the Labour government, the challenges of new technology, and the need for a new, internationalist collectivism - is TONIGHT, and will be followed by a drinks reception.
Tickets are free, and we still have some left, so sign-up on Eventbrite below:
Tickets are free, and we still have some left, so sign-up on Eventbrite below:
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Very much looking forward to this!
Book Launch: 'Neoliberalism and Race', by @lcornelissen.bsky.social
Tuesday 9th December 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person & online.
isrf.org/events/neoli...
Tuesday 9th December 2025, 6:00pm-7:30pm (GMT). In person & online.
isrf.org/events/neoli...
Neoliberalism and Race | 9th December 2025
An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lars Cornelissen, author of 'Neoliberalism and Race', co-hosted with the UCL Sarah Parker Remond Centre.
isrf.org
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Very much looking forward to this!
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I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Taking it home with you: work, free time, and domination: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: Vol 0, No 0
tinyurl.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I have a new paper out online in @crispp.bsky.social: I argue that a focus on domination can help us better understand a renewed politics of working time - a reduction in work, the right to disconnect, and challenging employer authority over free time.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost of my article. Reading your work really set me off down this path!
August 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social Many thanks for the repost of my article. Reading your work really set me off down this path!
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Beyond the theoretical binary of state and market. In this new article, I revisit the work of JF Bray. I'm proposing it points towards an economic republicanism that resists both Bosses and Bureaucrats. Popular economic self government, that's the thing
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Beyond the theoretical binary of state and market. In this new article, I revisit the work of JF Bray. I'm proposing it points towards an economic republicanism that resists both Bosses and Bureaucrats. Popular economic self government, that's the thing
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Beyond the theoretical binary of state and market. In this new article, I revisit the work of JF Bray. I'm proposing it points towards an economic republicanism that resists both Bosses and Bureaucrats. Popular economic self government, that's the thing
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
I wrote this piece in an attempt to get to grips with economic thinking inside the faction of the Labour Party know as Blue Labour. I hope it's of some interest.
"there is not much about Blue Labour’s economic programme that is genuinely populist, in the sense of putting power back into the hands of working-class citizens and communities"
@seanirving.bsky.social on the political economy of Blue Labour
@seanirving.bsky.social on the political economy of Blue Labour
Taking Back Control? The Political Economy of Blue Labour
Blue Labour has carved out a rare space for sustained intellectual work in a Labour Party often bereft of, or resistant to, new ideas. Whether or not one accepts its prescriptions, it remains among th...
renewal.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I wrote this piece in an attempt to get to grips with economic thinking inside the faction of the Labour Party know as Blue Labour. I hope it's of some interest.
I'm really looking forward to presenting this paper at the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's. Especially excited for the discussion, so if you're in London and are interested please come along, next Thursday 19th June, 6pm.
csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...
csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...
‘Republics in Miniature’: Hayek, Market Republicanism, and Worker Cooperatives - Centre for the Study of Governance & Society
This is an in-person only public event that is free of charge. To RSVP, please visit this link here.
csgs.kcl.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I'm really looking forward to presenting this paper at the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's. Especially excited for the discussion, so if you're in London and are interested please come along, next Thursday 19th June, 6pm.
csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...
csgs.kcl.ac.uk/event/republ...