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    Open Access book: Exploitation as Domination, by Nicholas Vrousalis

    November 26, 2022 by

    The exploitation of human by human is a globally pervasive phenomenon. Slavery, serfdom, and the patriarchy are part of its lineage. Guest and sex workers, commercial surrogacy, precarious labour contracts, sweatshops, and markets in blood, vaccines, or human organs are contemporary manifestations of exploitation under capitalism. What makes these exploitative transactions unjust? And is capitalism… Read more

  • 24/4/26 Justice and the State

    February 27, 2026 by

    Date: Friday, April 24 2026. Time: 10.00 am – 5.30 pm Location: Langeveld 1.16, Erasmus University Rotterdam (campus Woudestein) The event will explore work-in-progress on justice and the state. 10.00-10.40 Catarina Neves (Utrecht) Chair: TBC 10.50-11.30 Micha Gläser (Cologne) Chair: TBC 11.40 – 12.20 Katharina Bauer (EUR) Chair: TBC 12.20 – 14.00 Lunch 14.00 – 15.00 Claudio Lopez-Guerra (Richmond) Keynote on his… Read more

  • Open Access book: Kant on Citizenship and Poverty, by Nicholas Vrousalis

    February 23, 2026 by

    According to Kant, citizenship amounts to freedom (Freiheit), equality (Gleichheit), and civil self-sufficiency (Selbständigkeit). This Element provides a unifying interpretation of these three elements. Vrousalis argues that Kant affirms the idea of interdependent independence: in the just society, citizens have independent use of their interdependent rightful powers. Kant therefore thinks of the modern state as… Read more

  • 25-26/9/25 New Themes in Analytical Marxism

    February 5, 2025 by

    Date: September 25-26, 2025. Time: 10 am – 5.30 pm Location: Erasmus University College, PBL 19 The event is co-organized by Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Gabriel Wollner (University of Bremen) as part of the BreRoC (Bremen-Rotterdam) Colloquium. 25 September 10.00 – 11.00 Pascal Brixel (Northwestern) “Structural Unfreedom” Chair: Caleb Althorpe 11.15 – 12.15 Vivek Chibber… Read more

  • 9/5/25 Kant and Private Property

    November 3, 2024 by

    Date: May 9, 2025. Time: 9 am – 5 pm (US EST) Location: Polak building 3-20 The event is co-organized by Fiorella Tomassini (Groningen) and Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam). This workshop will explore recent scholarship on Kant’s theory of property, including his justification of property rights and its relationship to his theory of the state. 9.00 – 10.00… Read more

  • 2/2/24 The philosophy and politics of work

    January 31, 2024 by

    Date: 2 February, 2024. Time: 10 am – 5 pm (US EST) Location: Dennis Thompson Seminar Room, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University The event is organized by Nicholas Vrousalis (Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Nien-he Hsieh (Harvard Business School) and supported by the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard. This workshop will explore… Read more

  • 29/9/23 Democratisering van de economie

    August 29, 2023 by

    Wat kunnen de vakbond en filosofen van elkaar leren? Grip op Werk: De Vakbond, Economische Macht & Democratie op de Werkvloer 29/09/23 09:30 – 17:00 (including drinks) De Burcht, Henri Polaklaan 9, Amsterdam Invitation: Wie bepaalt voor wie de economie werkt, en waarom?  De FNV organiseert samen met het Inequality against Freedom-project (InAF) van de… Read more

  • 3-4/7/23 Kant and Marx: Revisiting the Intersection

    March 29, 2023 by

    Date: 3-4 July, 2023. Time: 9 am – 5 pm (CET) Location: Erasmus School of Philosophy Join us on the 3rd and 4th of July for a conference on Kant & Marx at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Co-organized by Fiorella Tomassini (Groningen) and Nicholas Vrousalis (EUR) and hosted by the Erasmus School of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam. This… Read more

  • 22-23/6/23 Spatial Justice Conference

    February 14, 2023 by

    Date: 22-23 June, 2023. Time: 9 am – 18.30 pm (CET) Location: Erasmus School of Philosophy, Polak building 1.20 Join us on the 22nd and 23rd of June for a conference on Spatial Justice at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The event is organized by Elisabetta Gobbo (EUR) and Niklas Dummer (TU Dortmund) and sponsored by the Erasmus School of Philosophy and… Read more

  • 4/3/23 Book Symposium on Exploitation as Domination

    February 9, 2023 by

    Date: March 4, 2023. Time: 10 am – 6 pm (CET) Location: Erasmus School of Philosophy, Polak building 1.17 Join us the 4th of March for a 1-day symposium in Erasmus University Rotterdam to discuss the new book of Nicholas Vrousalis Exploitation as Domination, with the help of an outstanding list of speakers. The event is sponsored by the Erasmus School… Read more

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