Political philosopher at Durham Uni, living in Whitley Bay. Writes about Marx, work, and economic justice. Villa fanhttps://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.social/post/3mlqlzmpeyk2hI have just got the physical copies of my book. It’s a nice feeling, but I must admit to being a bit taken aback but its slimness. ‘it’s a short book not only in pages’ as Rawls might have put it.13 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:itykt2it54zhunjmvdnq33no/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqlzmpeyk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.social/post/3ml4lnf5xws25It's Karl Marx's Birthday today (He'd be 208). And by a happy coincidence, it's also the publication day of my book, Flourishing Together Karl Marx's Vision of the Good Society. academic.oup.com/book/62523 https://academic.oup.com/book/6252305 May 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:itykt2it54zhunjmvdnq33no/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4lnf5xws25https://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.social/post/3miy3rapyhk2mJust published! My book, Flourishing Together: Karl Marx’s Vision of the Good Society, is now available via Oxford Academic Online: academic.oup.com/book/62523 In a happy coincidence the print version is due out on Marx’s birthday, May 5th. https://academic.oup.com/book/6252308 Apr 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:itykt2it54zhunjmvdnq33no/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy3rapyhk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.social/post/3m2z6z2zdcs2yI wrote something for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social on Marx on self-realisation in work, and how the prevailing interpretation - put forward by G.A.Cohen - gets Marx wrong. https://jacobin.com/2025/10/marx-theory-philosophy-cohen-flourishing-labor12 Oct 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:itykt2it54zhunjmvdnq33no/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2z6z2zdcs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.social/post/3lpfg7iurc225It was an absolute pleasure working with @martinoneill.bsky.social on this paper on liberalism and socialism/Rawls and Marx, and I’m delighted to see it in print in @polphiljournal.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:itykt2it54zhunjmvdnq33no/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpfg7iurc225https://bsky.app/profile/jkandiyali.bsky.social/post/3la6zlmoin22o‘A common theme throughout Bob’s career was…a great energy and infectious enthusiasm: for philosophy, but also for the practice of doing philosophy with others and for building productive yet friendly and collegial communities.’ That was Bob. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/kantian-review/article/robert-stern-19622024/B88216E46F66CD62EBD147B8C875FA1A?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark05 Nov 2024 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:itykt2it54zhunjmvdnq33no/app.bsky.feed.post/3la6zlmoin22o