enzo rossi
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Political theorist, University of Amsterdam | Co-editor, European Journal of Political Theory | Radical realist, ruthless cosmopolitan | http://enzorossi.net | “Man, the man is killing us man” -VJ Emmie
A thing I don’t love about the Left—l do this myself sometimes—is appealing to how we used to do things as an argument for what we should do now: “When we were strong we did stuff like this”. Nostalgia is borderline conservatism. It’s tempting, but no. The way forward is through.
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A thing I don’t love about the Left—l do this myself sometimes—is appealing to how we used to do things as an argument for what we should do now: “When we were strong we did stuff like this”. Nostalgia is borderline conservatism. It’s tempting, but no. The way forward is through.
Dutch cinema is not in great state but this is an excellent film: technically accomplished, a narration that makes the most of moving images as a medium. Keep an eye on this director.
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dutch cinema is not in great state but this is an excellent film: technically accomplished, a narration that makes the most of moving images as a medium. Keep an eye on this director.
Mokum tegen fascisme
October 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Mokum tegen fascisme
What’s most ridiculous about this whole “analytic philosophy is conservative” discourse is that it’s the identitarian continental/pomo stuff that has actually destroyed the Left. In fact the CIA actively promoted it. Go figure.
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
What’s most ridiculous about this whole “analytic philosophy is conservative” discourse is that it’s the identitarian continental/pomo stuff that has actually destroyed the Left. In fact the CIA actively promoted it. Go figure.
Didn't see this coming but I guess they have a point
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Didn't see this coming but I guess they have a point
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Today and tomorrow at the University of Amsterdam:
September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today and tomorrow at the University of Amsterdam:
I’ve not been corrupting the youth I swear
August 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I’ve not been corrupting the youth I swear
Look at Max Weber anticipating Hayek's argument in "The Use of Knowledge in Society" by some 30 years:
August 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Look at Max Weber anticipating Hayek's argument in "The Use of Knowledge in Society" by some 30 years:
Also, the corpse of JPP is still doing very well. The new OA journals like PP and F&E aren't listed yet, I don't think
August 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Also, the corpse of JPP is still doing very well. The new OA journals like PP and F&E aren't listed yet, I don't think
According to the just-released Google Scholar Metrics 2025, if you care about people citing your work, you could do worse than publishing in EJPT, fwiw:
August 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
According to the just-released Google Scholar Metrics 2025, if you care about people citing your work, you could do worse than publishing in EJPT, fwiw:
The two genders, moralism and realism:
June 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The two genders, moralism and realism:
Sadly I never met Helen in person while we overlapped in Amsterdam, but we had some good exchanges about the city and the sociology of academia. Her contribution to the latter is one of many aspects of her legacy I hope will endure. Prestige bias is real. It distorts academic life, badly.
June 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sadly I never met Helen in person while we overlapped in Amsterdam, but we had some good exchanges about the city and the sociology of academia. Her contribution to the latter is one of many aspects of her legacy I hope will endure. Prestige bias is real. It distorts academic life, badly.
This is the scariest thing in the Big Beautiful Bill [sic].
June 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
This is the scariest thing in the Big Beautiful Bill [sic].
Fun workshop on David Wiens' sharp forthcoming book at UvA Polisci today:
May 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Fun workshop on David Wiens' sharp forthcoming book at UvA Polisci today:
Provided we still want students to learn to use their brains, AI will not come for academic jobs, but create tons of new ones. (No that is not a prediction, alas)
May 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Provided we still want students to learn to use their brains, AI will not come for academic jobs, but create tons of new ones. (No that is not a prediction, alas)
Fancy US universities say that almost no students pay the sticker price. That’s just not true any more. If your state has a good flagship and your kids get in, great. Otherwise most people would be better off going to good European universities. 15k/yr here, good rankings etc.
May 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Fancy US universities say that almost no students pay the sticker price. That’s just not true any more. If your state has a good flagship and your kids get in, great. Otherwise most people would be better off going to good European universities. 15k/yr here, good rankings etc.
Instructive excerpt from the Atlantic Trump interview. For him something is true or real when enough people believe it and vice versa. It really is power all the way down. He’s an ultra-postmodern politician from the wettest dreams of the most abstruse French capital-T theorists.
May 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Instructive excerpt from the Atlantic Trump interview. For him something is true or real when enough people believe it and vice versa. It really is power all the way down. He’s an ultra-postmodern politician from the wettest dreams of the most abstruse French capital-T theorists.
I tell everyone not to bother with this racket, and yet
April 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I tell everyone not to bother with this racket, and yet
Dutch colleagues, please take note
April 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Dutch colleagues, please take note
New fash symbol just dropped
April 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New fash symbol just dropped
This is not a mystery. Despite pitiful results in terms of predictive power, econ remains hostile to unorthodox, big picture thinking. But people are desperate for it. So they sometimes end up listening to cranks. Open up the top-5 journals, then we’ll talk.
April 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is not a mystery. Despite pitiful results in terms of predictive power, econ remains hostile to unorthodox, big picture thinking. But people are desperate for it. So they sometimes end up listening to cranks. Open up the top-5 journals, then we’ll talk.
Columbia was given the choice between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour, and will have war.
April 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Columbia was given the choice between war and dishonour. They chose dishonour, and will have war.