Tim Christiaens
@timchristiaens.bsky.social
Political philosopher working on critical theory, the digitalization of work, platform capitalism, and workplace democracy. Assistant Professor of economic ethics at Tilburg University.
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An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought
Over the past three decades, Italian thought has emerged as a major field within continental philosophy. But what are the latest developments since Italian theo…
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🚨 for everyone interested in the state of Italian political thought today, you can now pre-order our book An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought. Coming soon in early 2026. And it’s even for a reasonable price!
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Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just finished Kevin Anderson’s new book on colonialism, gender, and non-Western postcapitalism from @versobooks.bsky.social. It’s great! I used to do book summaries on Twitter, but Bluesky doesn’t seem to encourage that stuff. Would there be interest in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the book?
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“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reading on Robert Michels’ critique of popular democracy and its roots in French syndicalism. Quite a fascinating yet alarming world with socialists supporting Mussolini, anarchists championing Malthusianism, and trade-unionists calling for eugenics to enhance the class warfare potential of workers.
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Reading on Robert Michels’ critique of popular democracy and its roots in French syndicalism. Quite a fascinating yet alarming world with socialists supporting Mussolini, anarchists championing Malthusianism, and trade-unionists calling for eugenics to enhance the class warfare potential of workers.
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I know several of the wonderful people who have contributed/edited this forthcoming beast. Promises to be fantastic. #MetalSky #MetalStudies #PhilSky #FeministStudies 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I know several of the wonderful people who have contributed/edited this forthcoming beast. Promises to be fantastic. #MetalSky #MetalStudies #PhilSky #FeministStudies 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
Altijd leuk om bekende namen tegen te komen in de boekenwinkel in Utrecht. Hier het nieuwe boek van @simontruwant.bsky.social .
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Altijd leuk om bekende namen tegen te komen in de boekenwinkel in Utrecht. Hier het nieuwe boek van @simontruwant.bsky.social .
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It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
Reading about the history of business ethics lately and its political meaning is quite clear: urging business school students to act responsibly once they become managers so that the business community can avoid government regulation and socialist revolution.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reading about the history of business ethics lately and its political meaning is quite clear: urging business school students to act responsibly once they become managers so that the business community can avoid government regulation and socialist revolution.
“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Alexander Clapp · Pig Butchering: Scam Gangs
If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“If it were a national economy, cybercrime would be the third largest in the world, behind only the United States and China and growing by 15 per cent a year. By 2027 scams are expected to cost the world $27 trillion a year.”
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Just heard that Paolo Virno had died. So sad, his Grammar of the Multitude was formative for me. One if not the best philosopher among the workerist Marxists.
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È morto Paolo Virno, filosofo militante e tra i leader di Potere Operaio. Aveva 73 anni
Addio al docente di Filosofia del linguaggio, semiotica ed etica presso l'università di Roma Tre
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November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Just heard that Paolo Virno had died. So sad, his Grammar of the Multitude was formative for me. One if not the best philosopher among the workerist Marxists.
www.repubblica.it/politica/202...
www.repubblica.it/politica/202...
What is it with experimental philosophy and the desire for dirty hands? I demand a psychoanalysis of experimental philosophy now. Or at the very least some hand soap.
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is it with experimental philosophy and the desire for dirty hands? I demand a psychoanalysis of experimental philosophy now. Or at the very least some hand soap.
You feel entering the domain of academic schizophrenia when you’re supervising student theses on holidays in social theory, Lefebvre on alienation, psychoanalysis in Guattari, and the business ethics of climate change, while working on your own paper on community-building among platform workers.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
You feel entering the domain of academic schizophrenia when you’re supervising student theses on holidays in social theory, Lefebvre on alienation, psychoanalysis in Guattari, and the business ethics of climate change, while working on your own paper on community-building among platform workers.
The insidious danger of managerial jargon: repackaging horrible decisions in buzzer-heavy fluff so that nobody notices just how damaging their decisions are.
Coming to a university near you:
"By aligning our employing entity structure, we're taking another important step towards fully integrating into the broader business, which will enable us to leverage greater synergies and opportunities across the organisation."
"By aligning our employing entity structure, we're taking another important step towards fully integrating into the broader business, which will enable us to leverage greater synergies and opportunities across the organisation."
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The insidious danger of managerial jargon: repackaging horrible decisions in buzzer-heavy fluff so that nobody notices just how damaging their decisions are.
Teaching today about Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society and the dangers of securitization and the state of emergency.
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Teaching today about Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society and the dangers of securitization and the state of emergency.
Waiting for the rain to stop with Yukio Mishima’s Life for Sale. And yes, the contents are as disturbing as the cover art.
November 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Waiting for the rain to stop with Yukio Mishima’s Life for Sale. And yes, the contents are as disturbing as the cover art.
The university is not a skills machine and neither should politicians think of themselves of oiling the gears of economic performance. Politics is not just about adapting populations to fit labour market demands.
This is a pretty significant and welcome move by the EU. Starmer and his education team are going the other way - a total disaster for research/knowledge and democracy.
Universities will not become ‘skills machines’, EU warned share.google/DhbpW02PWdLA...
Universities will not become ‘skills machines’, EU warned share.google/DhbpW02PWdLA...
Universities will not become ‘skills machines’, EU warned
Leading European institutions warn of ‘risk of instrumentalisation’ and say they should be allowed to determine their own role in bloc’s agenda
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October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The university is not a skills machine and neither should politicians think of themselves of oiling the gears of economic performance. Politics is not just about adapting populations to fit labour market demands.
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'My name is Fozziemandias, king of kings; Look on my wocka wockas, ye Mighty, and despair!'
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
'My name is Fozziemandias, king of kings; Look on my wocka wockas, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Reading Sally Haslanger’s introduction to Resisting Reality, a book on ideology critique, race, and gender. I wonder whether Quine would have been happy with being the main source of inspiration for left-wing academia.
October 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Reading Sally Haslanger’s introduction to Resisting Reality, a book on ideology critique, race, and gender. I wonder whether Quine would have been happy with being the main source of inspiration for left-wing academia.
Here @graceblakeley.substack.com carefully laying out how the UK state operates as a parasitic network where private companies leech on to the state apparatus to channel taxpayer money into their own businesses.
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Democracy for Sale
A new report from the Autonomy Institute lays bare how Britain’s political and economic elites are entangled.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Here @graceblakeley.substack.com carefully laying out how the UK state operates as a parasitic network where private companies leech on to the state apparatus to channel taxpayer money into their own businesses.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/democracy-...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/democracy-...
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If you were to walk into a bookstore and see the title “Hell is other cameras”. Would you pick up the book? What would be your thoughts about its contents?
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If you were to walk into a bookstore and see the title “Hell is other cameras”. Would you pick up the book? What would be your thoughts about its contents?
Teaching the cybersecurity students today about Ulrich Beck and the politics of risk with social media content moderation as our case study. How are risks framed? Whose risks are worth consideration? How are risks shifted from one group of stakeholders to another?
October 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Teaching the cybersecurity students today about Ulrich Beck and the politics of risk with social media content moderation as our case study. How are risks framed? Whose risks are worth consideration? How are risks shifted from one group of stakeholders to another?
Nicolas Cage teamed up with the monk from the Da Vinci Code. That's the only explanation that makes any remote sense.
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Nicolas Cage teamed up with the monk from the Da Vinci Code. That's the only explanation that makes any remote sense.
If you were to walk into a bookstore and see the title “Hell is other cameras”. Would you pick up the book? What would be your thoughts about its contents?
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If you were to walk into a bookstore and see the title “Hell is other cameras”. Would you pick up the book? What would be your thoughts about its contents?
Researching Christopher Lasch. What impresses me today more than the contents, however, is his stylistic ability to connect widely different phenomena without sounding unhinged. If I talk about Freud, disaster movies, workplace culture and mass media on a single page, people would be concerned.
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Researching Christopher Lasch. What impresses me today more than the contents, however, is his stylistic ability to connect widely different phenomena without sounding unhinged. If I talk about Freud, disaster movies, workplace culture and mass media on a single page, people would be concerned.