A Pirate’s Life for Thee

I have a new piece out for Sublation about piracy and the professions. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/a-pirate-s-life-for-thee-piracy-in-state-capitalism

Two Ships Passing at High Noon: Alasdair MacIntyre & Raymond Geuss

I’ve written a new piece about two philosophers – Raymond Geuss and the late Alasdair MacIntyre – for the Marginalia Review of Books. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:
https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/two-ships-passing-at-high-noon-alasdair-macintyre-raymond-geuss

New Piece on the Declining University System for Cracks in Postmodernity

I’ve written a piece for Cracks in Postmodernity about the decline of the academy. It’s focused around the problem of bad lecturing. More fundamentally, it’s about the inability of the university system to legitimate itself to young people. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:

https://cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/professors-stop-blaming-your-students

Citizens and spinning wheels

I have a new piece out on Gandhi for Aeon. It’s free to read here:
https://aeon.co/essays/on-the-varna-system-gandhis-plan-to-empower-the-workers

The Varna System in Gandhi’s Theory of Civic Education

I’ve published a new academic article in Economic and Political Weekly on Gandhi’s attempt to recover the varna system so as to generate time for spiritual and civic activity and produce an Indian subject capable of self-rule, or “swaraj.” It’s available here: https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/20/special-articles/varna-system-gandhis-theory-civic-education.html