Maxim van Asseldonk 🟥
@maxim-v-asseldonk.bsky.social
Assistant professor in Philosophy of law at Radboud University Nijmegen. PhD in Political philosophy from University of Aberdeen.
Radical democracy, constitutional theory, human rights.
Radical democracy, constitutional theory, human rights.
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Very grateful to @maxim-v-asseldonk.bsky.social for organising this amazing workshop, which I had the pleasure of attending yesterday! A really wonderful day of talks and discussions.
Event announcement!
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
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September 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Very grateful to @maxim-v-asseldonk.bsky.social for organising this amazing workshop, which I had the pleasure of attending yesterday! A really wonderful day of talks and discussions.
Less than a week left to submit abstracts for this event!
Event announcement!
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Less than a week left to submit abstracts for this event!
Reminder! The deadline for abstract submissions for this wonderful event is less than 3 weeks away now!
Event announcement!
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Reminder! The deadline for abstract submissions for this wonderful event is less than 3 weeks away now!
Event announcement!
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
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April 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Event announcement!
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
On Sep. 12th, @mathijsvdsande.bsky.social and me are organising a workshop on 'Radical democracy & the Rechtsstaat' at RU Nijmegen.
We're thrilled to have found @illanwall.bsky.social and Manon Westphal prepared to offer keynotes.
CfA now live: philevents.org/event/show/1...
Vorige week sprak ik samen met Luuk de Boer bij Radboud Reflects over soevereinen: wie zijn ze, wat motiveert ze, en wat zegt het over een democratische rechtsstaat en de legitimiteit van macht dat de populariteit van dit gedachtegoed toeneemt?
Kijk het hier terug: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp9...
Kijk het hier terug: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp9...
Soevereinen: schijt aan de overheid | jurist Luuk de Boer en rechtsfilosoof Maxim van Asseldonk
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April 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Vorige week sprak ik samen met Luuk de Boer bij Radboud Reflects over soevereinen: wie zijn ze, wat motiveert ze, en wat zegt het over een democratische rechtsstaat en de legitimiteit van macht dat de populariteit van dit gedachtegoed toeneemt?
Kijk het hier terug: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp9...
Kijk het hier terug: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhp9...
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No ifs, no buts, no education cuts! WOinActie Nijmegen.
March 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
No ifs, no buts, no education cuts! WOinActie Nijmegen.
What happens if constitutions, as indispensable protections of democracy, themselves threaten to stifle democracy? In this new paper in @globcon.bsky.social I draw primarily on the work of Claude Lefort and Martin Loughlin to address that question.
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Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution | Global Constitutionalism | Cambridge Core
Claude Lefort in the age of the total constitution
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March 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
What happens if constitutions, as indispensable protections of democracy, themselves threaten to stifle democracy? In this new paper in @globcon.bsky.social I draw primarily on the work of Claude Lefort and Martin Loughlin to address that question.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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More publication news!
In this paper, @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social and me cross borders between geography and philosophy. We draw on Nancy and Esposito to give broader philosophical grounding to geographical concepts such as 'borderscapes'.
Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this paper, @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social and me cross borders between geography and philosophy. We draw on Nancy and Esposito to give broader philosophical grounding to geographical concepts such as 'borderscapes'.
Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We have never owned ‘Us’: A philosophical critique of nationalist b/ordering and othering ideologies - Maxim van Asseldonk, Henk van Houtum, 2025
The recent decades have witnessed a proliferation of theorising about borders. Having moved away from the positivist paradigm that views borders as static ‘line...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
More publication news!
In this paper, @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social and me cross borders between geography and philosophy. We draw on Nancy and Esposito to give broader philosophical grounding to geographical concepts such as 'borderscapes'.
Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this paper, @henkvanhoutum.bsky.social and me cross borders between geography and philosophy. We draw on Nancy and Esposito to give broader philosophical grounding to geographical concepts such as 'borderscapes'.
Available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New publication!
In this article, new in @krisisjournal.bsky.social I address the idea that 'the demos' does not exist as a distinct entity. To sustain its legitimising role in democratic theory, I propose viewing the demos as a prefigurative concept.
Read it here: doi.org/10.21827/kri...
In this article, new in @krisisjournal.bsky.social I address the idea that 'the demos' does not exist as a distinct entity. To sustain its legitimising role in democratic theory, I propose viewing the demos as a prefigurative concept.
Read it here: doi.org/10.21827/kri...
Democracy without Demos: A Prefigurative Approach to Democratic Peoplehood
| Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy
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February 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
New publication!
In this article, new in @krisisjournal.bsky.social I address the idea that 'the demos' does not exist as a distinct entity. To sustain its legitimising role in democratic theory, I propose viewing the demos as a prefigurative concept.
Read it here: doi.org/10.21827/kri...
In this article, new in @krisisjournal.bsky.social I address the idea that 'the demos' does not exist as a distinct entity. To sustain its legitimising role in democratic theory, I propose viewing the demos as a prefigurative concept.
Read it here: doi.org/10.21827/kri...
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STATEMENT WOinACTIE
De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/
De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/
December 11, 2024 at 9:58 PM
STATEMENT WOinACTIE
De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/
De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/