CURRICULUM VITAE Professor Sean Sayers

PERSONAL DETAILS

Full Name Sean Philip Sayers

Date of Birth 27th November, 1942

Nationality British

Current positions Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Kent

Associate Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics and

International Relations, Canterbury Christ Church University

Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Peking University

Address 66 Havelock Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1NP, UK

Email s.p.sayers@kent.ac.uk

Web site www.seansayers.com

AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Marx; Hegel; moral and social philosophy; epistemology and metaphysics; history of modern

philosophy

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

1986 PhD (Kent) (Examiners: Prof. Roy Edgley, University of Sussex; Prof.

A.R. Manser, University of Southampton)

1969 MA (cantab)

1968-9 Associate student, Tavistock Clinic, London, NW3 (Oxfprd DPhil

supervisor John Heaton)

1966 BA (cantab) in Moral Sciences: Class 2.1/1

1966-9 Postgraduate studies, University College, Oxford (studying for BPhil,

DPhil, supervisors B.A. Farrell, Dr John Heaton)

1962-6 Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Natural Sciences, Moral Sciences)

1955-62 William Ellis School, Highgate, London NW5

1949-55 St Mary’s Town & Country School, London NW3

EMPLOYMENT

2016- Associate Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics and

International Relations, Canterbury Christ Church University

2016- Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Peking University

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2014 (Autumn) Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, Beijing

2014-17 Senior Research Fellow (Political and Social Thought), Centre for

Critical Thought, University of Kent

2011 (Autumn) Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Huazhong University of Science and

Technology, Wuhan

2009- Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Kent

2008 (Summer) Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Fudan University,

Shanghai

2007 (Fall) Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Mount Holyoke College, Mass.

2005 (Summer) Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Bogazici University, Istanbul

2004 (Fall) Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Mount Holyoke College, Mass.

2002-9 Professor of Philosophy, University of Kent

1993-2002 Reader in Philosophy, University of Kent

1991 British Council Visiting Scholar, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese

Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing (April-May)

1989-93 Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Kent

1985 Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia

1973-4, 1979-80 Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder

1969-89 Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Kent

1967-8 Supervisor, Moral Sciences Faculty, Cambridge University

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2007 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant (Jilin)

2006 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant (Adelaide)

2006 Conference grant, Flinders University

2004 Lipman-Miliband Trust, grant for Marx and Philosophy Society

2000 Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association

(Marxist sociology section) for Marxism and Human Nature

1994 Utrecht University, travel and conference grant

1992 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant (Ischia)

1991 British Council Travel Award (Hong Kong, China)

1990 Colyer-Fergusson Award (Germany, Czechoslovakia)

1988 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant (Paris)

1979-80 Fullbright Scholarship (USA)

1966-9 State Studentship

1965-6 Foundation Scholarship and College Prize, Trinity Hall

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1963-4 Exhibition in Moral Sciences and College Prize, Trinity Hall

1962-6 State Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

1. Books

Marxism, Religion and Ideology: Themes from David McLellan, edited with David Bates,

Iain MacKensie, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2015 (ISBN 9781138850613 hb,

9780815370390 pb)

Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke and

New York, 2011. (ISBN 9781137379856 hb; 2013 pb: 9780230276543) Shortlisted for

the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Prize 2012.

Plato's Republic: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1999 (ISBN 0

7486 1188 6)

o Korean translation Johann Kim, Seo-Kwang-Sa Publishers, Seoul (2008) (with a

Preface for the Korean edition). (ISBN 978 89 306 0625 7)

o Greek translation by Christos Kefalis. Topos Editions, Athens, 2015 (With a

Preface for the Greek edition). (ISBN 9789604991297)

Marxism and Human Nature. London and New York: Routledge, 1998 (ISBN 0 415

19147 5); paperback edition 2007 (ISBN 0 415 44902 2). Distinguished Book Award,

American Sociological Association, Marxist sociology section, 2000.

o Turkish translation Şükrü Aşpagut, Yordam Kitap, Istanbul (2009) (with a Preface for

the Turkish edition) (ISBN 9789944122474)

o Chinese translation Feng Yanli, Oriental Press, Beijing, 2008 (with a Preface for the

Chinese edition) (ISBN 978-7-5060-2490-7)

Socialism and Democracy, edited with David McLellan. London: Macmillan, 1991

(ISBN 0 333 53555 3 hb, 0333 53556 1 pb)

o Japanese translation Masatoshi Yoshida, Tokyo: Bunrikaku Publishers, 1996 (ISBN 4

89259 260 9)

Socialism, Feminism and Philosophy: A Radical Philosophy Reader, edited with Peter

Osborne. London and New York: Routledge, 1990 (ISBN 0 415 05627 6 hb, 0 415 05628

4 pb)

Socialism and Morality, edited with David McLellan. London: Macmillan, 1990 (ISBN 0

333 48326 X hb, 0 333 49665 5 pb)

Reality and Reason. Dialectic and the Theory of Knowledge. Oxford and New York:

Basil Blackwell, 1985 (ISBN 0 631 14022 0 hb, 0 631 14274 6 pb)

o Korean translation Sang-Heon Ahn, Chungbuk: Chungbuk National University, 1998

Hegel, Marx and Dialectic: A Debate (with Richard Norman). Brighton: The Harvester

Press, and Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1980 (ISBN 0 85527 856 0 hb, 0

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85527 448 4 pb); Aldershot and Brookfield VT: Gregg Revivals, 1994 (ISBN 0 7512

0219 3)

o Korean translation Sang-Heon Ahn, 1990

2. Editing

Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, Founder and Editor (2010- ) (ISSN 2042-2016)

Radical Philosophy, Co-founder of and member of editorial board (1972-2001)

o Book Reviews Editor, Radical Philosophy (1993-8)

o Issue editor, Radical Philosophy 1-5, 47

3. Articles

`Reflections on the Centenary of the Russian Revolution’, International Critical

Thought, 2018: 1-9 (ISSN 2159-8282)

`The Idea of Communism’, in Jan Kandiyali ed., Reassessing Marx’s Social and

Political Philosophy: Freedom, Recognition and Human Flourishing, Routledge,

Abingdon and New York, 2018: 261-271

`Introduzione’, In Antonio Senta, Luigi Galleani, Nova Delphi, Roma, 2018

`The Idea of Communism’ (Chinese trans. Qu Xuan) Xin Hua Wen Zhai [Xinhua

Digest], No. 638, 2018 (2), pp.141-144. (ISSN 1001-6651)

`The Idea of Communism’ (Chinese trans. Qu Xuan), Marxism and Reality, No. 150,

vol. 2017 (5): pp. 73-78. (ISSN 1004-5961)

`The Idea of Communism’ (Russian trans. Petr Kondrashov), Scientific Yearbook of

the Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of

Sciences, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017: pp. 7-20

'Alienation.' In Routledge Handbook of Marxian Economics. Eds. David M. Brennan,

David Kristjanson-Gural and Catherine P. Mulder. New York: Routledge, 2017. Pp.

135-43 (ISBN 9781138774933)

`Immaterial labor and the information economy: reply [to Kaan Kangal]’, Science &

Society, vol. 81 no. 1 (January 2017), pp. 133-6 (ISSN: 0036-8237)

'Alienation as a Critical Concept.' Proceedings of the First World Congress of

Marxism, Volume 2. Beijing, 2016. Pp. 824-55. ISBN 9787010167053

`Marx as an ethical thinker’, Marxism and reality [CCTB Beijing], Chinese

translation Huang Dongbo, vol. 2016 no. 4: pp. 77-85. (ISSN 1004-5961)

`Luigi Galleani: “The most dangerous anarchist in America”’, trans. From Italian of

A. Soto by Pietro Casati: Theory without Borders

(https://theorywithoutborders.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/luigi-galleani-the-most-

dangerous-anarchist-in-america/)

`Luigi Galleani: “L’anarchico più pericoloso d’America”’, trans. A. Soto [Antonio

Senta], Umanità Nova, 2 June 2016

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(http://www.umanitanova.org/2016/06/02/galleani/) [English text:

https://www.academia.edu/26538755/Luigi_Galleani_The_most_dangerous_anarchist

_in_America_]

`MacIntyre and Modernity', Chinese translation Qu Xuan, in The Review of Practical

Philosophy, no. 2, ed. Xu Changfu, Sun Yat-sen University Press, Guangzhou, China

(2015), pp. 148-167 (ISBN 9787306055873)

`Marx, Hegel, and the historical method’, Chinese translation Cheng Yao, Philosophy

2014, Beijing: People’s Publishing House, 2015.

`Introduction’ [with David Bates and Iain MacKenzie], in David Bates, Iain

MacKenzie and Sean Sayers (eds), Marxism, Religion and Ideology: Themes from

David McLellan, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2015, pp. 1-11 (ISBN

9781138850613)

`The Concept of Alienation and the Development of Marx’s Thought’, in David

Bates, Iain MacKenzie and Sean Sayers (eds), Marxism, Religion and Ideology:

Themes from David McLellan, Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2015, pp. 46-58

(ISBN 9781138850613; paperback 2017, 9780815370390)

`Private Property and Communism’, Chinese translation Liu Yusen and Meng

Gaofeng, in Marxism and Reality [CCTB Beijing] vol. 2015 no. 4, pp. 61-69 (ISSN

1004-5961)

`Marx as a critic of liberalism’, in Michael J. Thompson (ed.), Constructing Marxist

Ethics: Critique, Normativity, Praxis. E.J. Brill, Leiden and Boston MA, 2015, pp.

144-164. (ISBN 9789004254145); Haymarket, Chicago, 2016, pp. 144-64. (ISBN

9781608466412) [reprint of Brill, 2015]

Chinese translation Zhang Na, in Philosophical Trends [CASS Beijing] vol. 2015 no.

3, pp. 31-41 (ISSN 1002-8862)`Marxism and the Doctrine of Internal Relations’,

Capital & Class, vol. 39 no. 1 (2015), pp. 25-31

`Marx on Property, Needs and Labor in Communist Society’, in Shannon Brincat ed.,

Communism in the 21st Century, Volume I: The Father of Communism:

Rediscovering Marx's Ideas, Praeger, Santa Barbara CA, 2014 (ISBN:

9781440801266), pp. 9-39

Marco Piasentier and Andrea Soardo, `Alienazione e natura umana: in dialogo con

Sean Sayers’, Knots, MicroMega, La Reppublica, (Italian translation by Marco

Piasentier) (March 2014) (Original English version: `Marxism, Alienation, and

Human Nature. A dialogue with Sean Sayers’)

`Dialectic(s).’ In Gregory Claeys ed., Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought,

volume 4, 219-20. CQ Press, Washington DC, 2013. (ISBN 9781452234168)

`Marxismos kai Ithiki’ [Marxism and Morality], Marxistiki Skepsi (Marxist Thought),

vol. 6, pp. 244-252), Greek translation Christos Kefalis, [Σον Σέγιερς, Μαρξισμός και

Ηθική, Μαρξιστική Σκέψη, τόμος 6, σελ. 244-252]

`Marx’, in Tom Angier ed., Ethics: The Key Thinkers, Bloombury, London and New

York, 2012, pp. 175-196 (ISBN 9781441149398)

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`Marx and alienation’, The Montréal Review, January 2012

`Alienation as a Critical Concept', International Critical Thought, vol. 1 no. 3

(September 2011), pp. 287-304 (ISSN 2159-8282 print, 2159-8312 online)

`MacIntyre and Modernity', in Paul Blackledge and Kelvin Knight eds., Virtue and

Politics: Alasdair MacIntyre’s Revolutionary Aristotelianism (University of Notre

Dame Press, Notre Dame IN, 2011), pp. 79-96 (ISBN 9780268022259)

`Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism’, Marxistiki Skepsi [Marxist thought], Greek

translation by Manos Skoufoglou, January 2011, pp. 167-173

`Marxism and Actually Existing Socialism’ , Greek translation by Christos Kefalis, in

Christos Kefalis ed.,October and our Age, Topos editions, Athens 2010, pp. 576-590

(ISBN 978-9606863851).

`Religion and Politics in the Modern World', in Interpretations of Marxism: Chinese

and Western, Chinese translation Tan Qunyu, Social Sciences Academic Press

(China), Beijing, 2010, pp. 209-229 (ISBN 978-7-5097-1345-7)

`Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism’, Turkish translation Emrah Özdemir, Politika

Dergisi (Politics Magazine), No. 23, June 2010, pp. 16-20 (additional link)

`Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism’, Chinese trans. Meng Gaofeng, Philosophical

Trends (CASS, Beijing), vol 2009 no. 5 (May 2009), pp. 19-21 (ISSN 1002-8862)

`Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism’, MRZine 20th March 2009

`Labour in Modern Industrial Society’, in Andrew Chitty and Martin McIvor eds,

Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, pp.

143-158 (ISBN 978-0-230-22237-3)

`Marxist Philosophy in Britain: An Overview', Modern Philosophy (Guangzhou),

(Chinese translation Gao Baoli), vol. 2008, no. 2 (February 2008), pp. 52-57 (ISSN

1000-7660)

`Creative Activity and Alienation in Hegel and Marx', Chinese translation Li Yi-tian,

Marxism and Reality (Journal of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau,

Beijing), vol. 2008, no. 2 (February 2008), pp. 37-44 (ISSN 1004-5961)

`Religion and Politics in the Modern World', Refereed Proceedings of the Symposium

on Marxist Philosophy: Chinese and Western Perspectives, Department of Philosophy

and Centre for Applied Philosophy, Flinders University, Adelaide (July 2007), pp. 38-

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`Marxism and Morality', Chinese translation Lai He and Fusheng Liu, Philosophical

Researches [Beijing], vol. 2007 no. 9 (September 2007), pp. 8-12 (ISSN 1000-0216)

`The Concept of Labour: Marx and his Critics', Science & Society, Vol. 71, No. 4

(October 2007), pp. 431-454 (ISSN: 0036-8237)

`Karl Marx and his Doctrine', Spartacus, Greek translation, Christos Kefalis,

Spartacus, no. 90 (June 2007), pp. 72-4 (ISSN 1106 790). [Translation of `Marx', in

Nöel Parker and Stuart Sim (eds), The A-Z Guide to Modern Social and Political

Theorists (1997)]

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`Marxism and Morality', Proceedings of International Conference on Philosophy:

Fundamental Theory and Contemporary Problems', Jilin University, Changchun (July

2007), pp. 41-47

`Marxism and Morality', Chinese translation Qu Hongmei, Proceedings of

International Conference on Philosophy: Fundamental Theory and Contemporary

Problems', Jilin University, Changchun (July 2007), pp. 48-53

`Dialectic and Social Criticism', Greek translation, Christos Kefalis, Spartacus, no. 89

(May 2007), pp. 86-90 (ISSN 1106 790)

`Philosophy and Ideology: Marxism and the Role of Religion in Contemporary

Politics', Marxism, Intellectuals and Politics, ed. David Bates, Palgrave Macmillan,

Basingstoke and New York, 2007, pp. 152-168 (ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-4998-1)

`Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel', Science & Society, vol 71 no. 1 (January

2007), pp. 84-102 (ISSN: 0036-8237)

`Religion and Politics in the Modern World', Modern Philosophy (Guangzhou),

(Chinese translation Tan Qunyu), vol. 4 (November 2006), pp. 1-11 (ISSN 1000-

7660)

`Freedom and the "Realm of Necessity''', The New Hegelians: Politics and Philosophy

in the Hegelian School, ed. Douglas Moggach, Cambridge University Press,

Cambridge and New York, 2006, pp. 261-74 (ISBN: 0-521-85497-0)

`The "Uplifting Influence" of Work and Industry: The Philosophical Background to

The Step Of Steel', in Serge Prokofiev, Le Pas d'Acier 1925, DVD set, IDM Ltd and

AHRC, 2006 (distributed by http://dancebooks.co.uk)

`Alienation', `Contradiction', `Dialectical materialism', `Engels', `Historical

materialism', `Ideology', `Lenin', `Marx', `Marxism', ` The Edinburgh Dictionary of

Continental Philosophy, ed. John Protevi, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh,

2005 (The Dictionary of Continental Philosophy, Yale University Press, New Haven

CT, 2006), pp. 22, 107, 149-50, 170-1, 286-7, 302, 359-60, 379-88 (ISBN: 0-7486-

1716-7)

`Why Work? Marxism and Human Nature', Science & Society, vol. 69 no. 4 (2005),

pp. 606-16 (ISSN: 0036-8237)

`Analytical Marxism and Morality', in Kai Nielsen and Robert Ware (eds), Analyzing

Marxism: New Essays on Analytical Marxism (1989)

Chinese translation by Lu Kejian, Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2002, pp. 66-85

(ISBN: 7-300-04283-X)

`Creative Activity and Alienation in Hegel and Marx', Historical Materialism, vol. 11

no. 1 (2003), pp. 107-128 (ISBN 90-04-12501-9)

`Freedom and the "Realm of Necessity''', Proceedings of the ISSEI VIII International

Conference (Aberystwyth, July 2002), (ed.) Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe, CD ROM (file:

506sayers.rtf), ISSEI, 2003 (ISBN 0-9544363-0-X)

`The Importance of Hegel for Marx: Reply to Zarembka’, Historical Materialism, no.

8 (Summer 2001), pp. 367-372 (ISBN 90-04-12501-9)

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`The Prospects for Socialism in the Twenty-first Century’ (Chinese translation Dr

Wei Xiaoping), in Gu Jiaqin (ed.), Socialism and the Twenty-first Century, Central

Party Translation Bureau Publishing House, Beijing, 2000, pp. 71-8 (ISBN 7-80109-

384-4)

(abridged version, Chinese translation Dr Wei Xiaoping), Guowai Lilun Dongtai

(Current Trends in Theory), no. 287, January 2000, pp. 10-12

`Identity and Community', Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. XXX, no. 1 (Spring

1999), pp. 147-60 (ISSN: 0047-2786)

`Is the truth out there?' (Interview with Richard Rorty), Times Higher Education

Supplement, no.1283, 6 June 1997, p. 18

`Progress and Social Criticism', The European Legacy: Towards New Paradigms, vol

2. no. 3 (May 1997), pp. 544-9 (ISSN: 1084-8770)

`Marx', in Nöel Parker and Stuart Sim (eds), The A-Z Guide to Modern Social and

Political Theorists (Hemel Hempstead: Prentice-Hall/Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1997),

pp. 241-5 (ISBN 0-13-524885-X)

`Who are my Peers? The Research Assessment Exercise in Philosophy’, Radical

Philosophy 83 (May/June 1997), pp. 2-5 (ISSN 0300-211X)

`Marxismus. Ein Überblick’, [Marxism: An Overview] (German translation Dieter

Lohaus) Marxisticsche Blätter, Heft 2-97 (March/April 1997), pp. 54-8 (ISSN 0542-

7770)

`Assessment Reassessed’, Times Higher Education Supplement, no.1269, 28 February

1997, p. 17

`Engels and Materialism', in Christopher J. Arthur (ed.), Engels Today: a Centenary

Appreciation, (London: Macmillan, 1996), pp. 153-172 (ISBN 0-333-63324-5 hb, 0-

333-66531-7 pb); and New York: St Martin's Press, 1996 (ISBN 0-312-16013-5 hb)

`Communitarianism and Moral Realism', in Jan Bransen and Marc Slors (eds), The

Problematic Reality of Values (Van Gorcum: Assen, 1996), pp. 121-136 (ISBN 90-

232-3169-4)

`Dialectic and Social Criticism', Annalen der Internationalen Gesellschaft für

Dialektische Philosophie - Societas Hegeliana, Band IX (1996), pp. 241-5 (ISBN 3-

89144-220-3)

`The Value of Community', Radical Philosophy 69 (Jan/Feb 1995), pp. 2-4

`Philosophy and the Information Superhighway', Radical Philosophy 67 (Summer

1994), p. 63

`La philosophie et l'autoroute électronique', Horizons philosophiques, vol 6 no. 2

(Spring 1996), pp. 43-47 (trans Josette Lanteigne) (ISSN 1181-9227)

`Moral Values and Progress', New Left Review 204 (March-April 1994), pp. 67-85

`Once More on Relative Truth: A Reply to Skillen', Radical Philosophy 64 (Summer

1993), pp.35-8

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`Economic Ethics' (Czeck translation R. Bureš), Etika (Brno) vol. 4 no. 1 (1992), pp.

60-8

`The Human Impact of the Market,' in P. Heelas and P. Morris (eds), The Values of

the Enterprise Culture: The Moral Debate, (Routledge: London, 1992). pp. 120-38

`Psychoanalysis and Human Rationality,' Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 22 no. 2

(Fall 1991), pp. 60-70

`Epistemology and Relativism,' Annalen der Internationalen Gesellschaft für

Dialektische Philosophie - Societas Hegeliana, Band VII (1990), pp. 164-8

`Radical Philosophy,' (Chinese translation Zhang Dun Min) Zhexue Dongtai

(Philosophical Information, CASS, Beijing), 11 (1991), pp. 35-7

`F.H. Bradley and the Concept of Relative Truth,' Radical Philosophy 59 (Autumn

1991), pp. 15-20

`Gorz on Work and Liberation,' Radical Philosophy 58 (Summer 1991), pp. 16-19

`Introduction', D. McLellan and S. Sayers (eds), Socialism and Democracy (London:

Macmillan, 1991), pp. 1-5

`Contradiction and Dialectic,' Science & Society, vol. 55 no. 1 (Spring 1991), pp. 84-

91

`Marxism and the Dialectical Method: A Critique of G.A. Cohen' (1984), reprinted in

S. Sayers and P. Osborne (eds), Socialism, Feminism and Philosophy: A Radical

Philosophy Reader (London: Routledge, 1990), pp. 140-68

`Marxism and Actually Existing Socialism,' in D. McLellan and S. Sayers (eds),

Socialism and Morality (London: Macmillan, 1990), pp. 42-64

`Analytical Marxism and Morality,' in Kai Nielsen and Robert Ware (eds), Analyzing

Marxism: New Essays on Analytical Marxism, Canadian Journal of Philosophy,

Supplementary Volume 15 (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1989), pp. 81-104

(Japanese translation, H. Kishimoto), The Bulletin of Nihon Fukushi University, No.

81-2 (April 1990), pp. 127-57

`Images of the French Revolution' Radical Philosophy 53 (Autumn 1989), pp. 50-1

`Knowledge as a Social Phenomenon,' Radical Philosophy 52 (Summer 1989), pp.

34-7

`Thinking the Unthinkable,' (with Ted Benton) The Times Higher Education

Supplement, no.857 (7 April, 1989), p. 17

`Work, Leisure and Human Needs,' in C.J. Barrett and T. Winnifrith (eds), The

Philosophy of Leisure (London: Macmillan, 1989), pp. 34-53

`The Need to Work: A Perspective from Philosophy,' in R.E. Pahl (ed.), On Work

(Oxford: Blackwell, 1988), pp. 722-41

`The Need to Work: A Reply to Mr Higgins,' in Radical Philosophy 47 (Autumn

1987), p. 48

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`Editorial,' Radical Philosophy 47 (Autumn 1987), p. 1

`The Actual and the Rational,' in David Lamb (ed.), Hegel and Modern Philosophy

(London: Croom Helm, 1987), pp. 143-60

`The Need to Work,' Radical Philosophy 46 (Summer 1987), pp. 17-26

`Work, Leisure and Human Needs,' Thesis Eleven 14 (1986), pp. 79-96

`Mental Illness as a Moral Concept' in R. Edgley and R. Osborne (eds), The Radical

Philosophy Reader (London: Verso, 1985), pp. 217-33

`Higher and Lower Pleasures,' in B. Lang, W. Sacksteder & G. Stahl (eds), The

Philosopher in the Community (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America,

1984), pp. 112-129

`Marxism and the Dialectical Method: A Critique of G.A. Cohen,' Radical Philosophy

36 (Spring, 1984), pp. 4-13

`Materialism, Realism and the Reflection Theory,' Radical Philosophy 33 (spring,

1983), pp. 16-26

`On the Centenary of Marx's Death,' Labour Herald vol.2 no.27 (March, 1983), pp.

12-13

`Mao and the Cultural Revolution: What Went Wrong?' China Now 100

(January-February, 1982), pp. 10-11

`Contradiction and Dialectic in the Development of Science,' Science and Society,

vol.45 no.4 (Winter, 1981), pp. 409-436

`Computer Threat?' China Policy Study Group Broadsheet, vol.18 no.11 (November,

1981), pp. 3-4

`Forces of Production and Relations of Production in Socialist Society,' Radical

Philosophy 24 (Spring, 1980), pp. 19-26

`The Cultural Revolution: Towards a Reassessment,' China Policy Study Group

Broadsheet, vol.16 no.8 (August, 1979), pp. 1-3

`Productive Forces and Relations of Production,' China Policy Study Group

Broadsheet, vol.14 no.7 (July, 1977), pp. 1-4

`On the Marxist Dialectic,' Radical Philosophy 14 (Summer, 1976), pp. 9-19

`Ordinary Language Philosophy and Radical Philosophy,' Radical Philosophy 8

(Summer, 1974), pp. 36-8

`Radical Philosophy in Britain and in the United States,' Radical Philosophers

Newsjournal 2 (March, 1974), pp. 35-40

`Mental Illness as a Moral Concept,' reprinted in Inscape: Journal of the British

Association of Art Therapists 9 (Winter, 1974), pp. 1-13

`Mental Illness as a Moral Concept,' Radical Philosophy 5 (Summer, 1973), pp. 3-8

`Towards a Radical Philosophy,' Cambridge Review, vol. 94 no.2209 (October, 1972),

pp. 11-16

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`Hinton's Reaction: A Reply,' (with Tony Skillen) Radical Philosophy 2 (Summer

1972), pp. 24-5

`Examinations and Academic Illiteracy,' Radical Philosophy 1 (January 1972), pp.

14-15

4. Reviews

Xu Changfu, Marxism, China and Globalization, Science and Society, vol. 82 no. 2

(April 2018), pp. 310-312

Nathan Coombs, History and Event: From Marxism to Contemporary French Theory.

Science and Society, vol. 81 no. 2 (April 2017), p. 313-316

Rahel Jaeggi, Alienation. Philosophical Review vol. 125 no. 2 (April 2016), pp. 290-2

G. A. Cohen, Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy. Science and

Society, vol. 79 no. 4 (October 2015), pp. 633-5

Stephen Eric Bronner, Modernism at the Barricades: Aesthetics, Politics, Utopia. H-

Socialisms, H-Net Reviews. January, 2015.

Justin P. Holt, Karl Marx’s Philosophy of Nature, Action and Society: A New

Analysis, in Science & Society, vol. 77 no. 4 (October 2013), pp. 584-587 (ISSN

0036-8237)

István Mészáros, Social Structure and Forms of Consciousness, Volume II: The

Dialectic of Structure and History, in Science & Society, vol. 77, no. 3 (July 2013),

pp. 428–41 (ISSN 0036-8237)

Paul Blackledge, Marxism and Ethics: Freedom, Desire, and Revolution, in

International Socialism: A Quarterly Journal of Socialist Theory, no. 136 (October

2012), pp. 218-221 (ISSN: online 1754-4653 / Print 0020-8736)

David Spencer, The Political Economy of Work, in Science & Society, vol. 75, no. 2

(April 2011), pp. 269-72 (ISSN 0036-8237)

Axel Honneth, Reification: A New Look at an Old Idea, in Mind vol.118, no. 470

(April 2009), pp. 476-79 (ISSN: online 1460-2113 / print 0026-4423).

David Leopold, The Young Karl Marx and Douglas Moggach, The Philosophy and

Politics of Bruno Bauer, in Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, nos. 57/58

(2008), pp.173-80 (ISSN 0263-5232)

John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy, in Radical Philosophy

148 (March-April 2008), pp. 49-50 (ISSN 0300-211X)

Alasdair MacIntyre, The Tasks of Philosophy, Selected Essays Volume 1, and Ethics

and Politics, Selected Essays Volume 2, in Radical Philosophy 143 (May/June 2007),

pp. 56-58 (ISSN 0300 211X)

Jacques Rancière, The Politics of Aesthetics, Culture Machine (October 2005)

Iseult Honohan, Civic Republicanism, in Philosophical Books, vol. 45 no.3 (July

2004), pp. 269-71 (ISSN 0031-8051)

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Paul O'Grady, Relativism, in International Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 44 no. 1

(March 2004), pp. 123-24 (ISSN 0019-0365)

Adriaan T. Peperzak, Modern Freedom: Hegel's Legal, Moral, and Political

Philosophy, Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain, No. 49/50 (2004), pp. 158-

163 (ISSN 0263 5232)

Hilary Putnam, The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays, in

Radical Philosophy 122 (November/December 2003), pp. 52-3 (ISSN 0300-211X)

Tony Burns and Ian Fraser (eds), The Hegel-Marx Connection, in Studies in Marxism,

vol 8 (2001), pp. 163-166 (ISSN: 1358-6823)

John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy, in Radical Philosophy 110

(November-December 2001), pp. 48-9 (ISSN 0300-211X)

Onora O'Neill, Bounds of Justice, FIRST ReVIEW, theglobalsite,

(http://www.theglobalsite.ac.uk/review/111sayers.htm, September 2001)

G.A. Cohen, If You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich?, in Radical

Philosophy 104 (November/December 2000), pp. 39-41 (ISSN 0300-211X)

Alasdair MacIntyre, Dependent Rational Animals and Stuart Hampshire, Justice is

Conflict, in Radical Philosophy 102 (July/August 2000), pp.47-9 (ISSN 0300 211X)

James D. White, Karl Marx and the Intellectual Origins of Dialectical Materialism, in

Historical Materialism no. 5 (Winter 1999), pp. 359-66 (ISBN 0 9532171 4 0)

Ian Hunt, Analytical and Dialectical Marxism, in Bulletin of the Hegel Society of

Great Britain, nos. 39/40 (1999), pp. 133-8 (ISSN 0263 5232)

George Sher, Beyond Neutrality: Perfectionism and Politics, in Philosophical Books,

vol. 40 no. 2 (April 1999), pp. 133-5 (ISSN: 0031-8051)

Theodore M. Porter, Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and

Public Life, in The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, vol. 2 no. 7

(November 1997), pp.1263-4 (ISSN: 1084-8770)

G.W.F. Hegel, Lectures on Natural Right and Political Science, in Radical Philosophy

84 (July/August 1997), pp.51-2 (ISSN 0300-211X)

Kevin Anderson, Lenin, Hegel, and Western Marxism: A Critical Study, in Bulletin of

the Hegel Society of Great Britain, no. 34 (Autumn/Winter 1996), pp.72-6 (ISSN

0263 5232)

John E. Roemer, A Future for Socialism, in Philosophical Books, vol. 36 no. 3 (July

1995), pp. 209-11

Daniel Bell, Communitarianism and its Critics, in The Times Higher Education

Supplement, no. 1109 (4 February 1994), pp. 22-3

George G. Brenkert, Political Freedom, in Philosophical Books, vol. 34 no. 1 (January

1993), pp. 51-3

Allen W. Wood, Hegel's Ethical Thought, in Radical Philosophy 61 (Summer 1992),

pp. 61-2

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Robert Meister, Political Identity: Thinking Through Marx, in Philosophical Books,

vol. 33 no. 2 (April 1992), pp. 74-6

N.E. Bowie (ed.), Equal Opportunity, in Philosophical Books, Vol. 31 No. 3 (July

1990), pp. 176-7

R. Szporluk, Communism and Nationalism: Karl Marx Versus Friederich List, in

History of European Ideas, vol. 12 no. 4 (1990), pp. 552-4

K.M. Brien, Marx, Reason and the Art of Freedom, in Science and Society, vol. 54 no.

2 (Summer 1990), pp. 235-8

W. Stafford, Socialism, Radicalism and Nostalgia: Social Criticism in Britain

1775-1830, in History of European Ideas, vol.10 no.1 (1989), pp. 119-21

E. Timms and P. Collier (eds), Visions and Blueprints, in History of European Ideas,

vol.10 no.5 (1989), pp. 624-5

D. Braybrooke, Meeting Needs, in Philosophical Books, vol.30 no.3 (July 1989), pp.

179-80

G. Thomson, Needs, in Philosophical Books, vol.29 no.4 (October 1988), pp. 229-31

Gollobin, Dialectical Materialism, in Science and Society, vol.52 no.3 (Fall 1988), pp.

347-50

G.W.F. Hegel, Philosophical Propaedeutic, in Radical Philosophy 45 (Spring 1987),

pp. 45-6

N. Jacobson, Pride and Solace, in Radical Philosophy 45 (Spring 1987), pp. 46-7

S. Lukes, Marxism and Morality, in Radical Philosophy 44 (Autumn 1986), pp. 32-3

G.W.F. Hegel, Introduction to the Lectures on the Philosophy of History, in

Philosophical Books, vol. 27 no.3 (July, 1986), pp. 146-8

M. Tiles, Bachelard: Science and Objectivity, in Philosophical Books, vol.27 no.1

(January, 1986), pp. 41-3

J.M. Masson, The assault on Truth and J. Malcolm, In the Freud Archives, in

Explorations in Knowledge, vol.3 no.2 (1986), pp. 71-7

E.R. Valentine, Conceptual Issues in Psychology, in Explorations in Knowledge, vol.2

no.2 (1985), pp. 61-2

J. Malcolm, Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession, in Explorations in

Knowledge, vol.1 no.1 (1984), pp. 251-5

R. Scruton, From Descartes to Wittgenstein, in Explorations in Knowledge, vol.2 no.1

(1984), pp. 71-2

T.S. Szasz, Ideology and Insanity, in The Human Context, vol. 7 no.2 (Summer,

1975), pp. 356-9

K.T.Fann, The Making of the Human Being in the People's Republic of China, in

Radical Philosophy 10 (Spring, 1975), pp. 32-4

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P. Nizan, The Watchdogs: Philosophers and the Established Order, in Radical

Philosophy 4 (Spring, 1973), pp. 38-40

Mao Tse-tung, A Critique of Soviet Economics, in China Policy Study Group

Broadsheet, vol.15 no.6 (June, 1978), pp. 3-4

5. Short Reviews

Louis Althusser, Philosophy of the Encounter: Later Writings, 1978-1987, in Political

Studies Review, vol 5 no. 2 (May 2007), p. 248 (ISSN printed 1478-9299; online

1478-9302)

Edwin A. Roberts, The Anglo-Marxists: A Study in Ideology and Culture, in The

European Legacy, vol. 5 no. 4 (2000), pp. 603-4 (ISSN: 1084-8770)

Ian Fraser, Hegel and Marx: The Concept of Need, in Political Studies, vol. 48 no. 1

(March 2000), p. 146 (ISSN 0032-3217)

John Rosenthal, The Myth of Dialectics: Reinterpreting the Marx-Hegel Relation, in

Political Studies, (1999), p. 809

Sara F. Luther, John J. Neumaier, and Howard L. Parsons eds, Diverse Perspectives

on Marxist Philosophy: East and West, in Canadian Slavonic Papers, vol. 37, nos.

1-2 (Mar-Jun 1995), pp. 279-80 (CN ISSN 0008-5006)

Moishe Postone, Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's

Critical Theory, in Political Studies, vol. 43 no. 2 (June 1995), pp. 403-4

C.J. Arthur (ed.), Marx's Capital: a Student Edition, in Political Studies, vol. 41 no. 2

(June 1993), p. 361

David Bakhurst, Consciousness and Revolution in Soviet Philosophy, in Canadian

Slavonic Papers, vol. 34 nos. 1-2 (1993), pp. 176-7 (CN ISSN 0008-5006)

R.B. Pippin, Hegel's Idealism, in Radical Philosophy 54 (Spring 1990), p. 52

M. Cooley, Architect or Bee? The Human Price of Technology, in Radical

Philosophy 50 (Autumn 1988), p. 54

R. Schmitt, Introduction to Marx and Engels: A Critical Reconstruction, in Radical

Philosophy 50 (Autumn 1988), p. 53

G.W.F. Hegel, The Jena System 1804-5: Logic and Metaphysics, in Radical

Philosophy 48 (Spring 1988), p. 54

J. Elster, An Introduction to Karl Marx and J. Elster (ed.), Karl Marx: A Reader, in

Radical Philosophy 46 (Summer 1987), pp. 40-1

W.A Suchting, Marx and Philosophy: Three Studies, in British Book News

(September, 1986), p. 525

J. Llewelyn, Derrida on the Threshold of Sense, in British Book News (July, 1986), p.

393

J. Foster, A.J. Ayer, in British Book News (March, 1986), p. 149

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B. Richards (ed.), Capitalism and Infancy, in Radical Philosophy 41 (Autumn, 1985),

p. 36

K. Marx and F. Engels, Letters on `Capital', in Radical Philosophy 38 (Summer,

1985), p. 38

S. Mitchell and M. Rosen (eds), The Need for Interpretation, in Radical Philosophy

38 (Summer, 1985), p. 38

N. Blake and K. Pole (eds), Objections to Nuclear Defence, in Labour Herald, vol.4

no.10 (November, 1984), p. 14

W. Hudson, The Marxist Philosophy of E. Bloch, in Radical Philosophy 36 (Spring,

1984), p. 39

G. Orwell, The Penguin Complete Longer Non-fiction of George Orwell, in Labour

Herald, vol.3 no.26 (March, 1984), p. 14

H. Williams, Kant's Political Philosophy, in British Book News (January, 1984), p. 19

N. Blake and K. Pole (eds), Dangers of Deterrence, in Labour Herald, vol.3 no.14

(December, 1983), p. 14

B. Magee, The Philosophy of Schopenhauer, in British Book News (December, 1983),

p. 737

R. Hall and R. Woolhouse, 80 Years of Locke Scholarship, in British Book News

(October, 1983), p. 604

J. Larrain, Marxism and Ideology, in British Book News (September, 1983), pp. 547-8

T.E. Burke, The Philosophy of Popper, in British Book News (September, 1983), p.

543

T. Carver, Marx's Social Theory, in British Book News (March, 1983), p. 156

M. Hollis and S. Lukes (eds), Rationality and Relativism, in British Book News

(February, 1983), p. 78

J. Trusted, Introduction to the Philosophy of Knowledge, in British Book News (July,

1982), p. 404

K. Soper, On Human Needs, in British Book News (March, 1982), pp. 156-7

D. McLellan (ed.), Karl Marx: Interviews and Recollections, in British Book News

(January, 1982), p. 26

G. Grass, The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising, in Gambit, vol.3 no.11 (1968), pp.

132-4

Other Media

TV dialogue with presenter and Alexander Buzgalin, Dean of philosophy Moscow

State University, Michael Savvas, Lutz Brangsch, Sean Sayers Channel 5 Kultura,

Russia Central TV (30 May 2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptZsUOOLKus

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TV Dialogue with You Ri on Karl Marx’s 200th Anniversary with Samir Amin, Sean

Sayers, David Kotz, Li Jian, CGTN (May 2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdRmohluF8&feature=youtu.be

CCTV13 programme on Marx’s 200th Anniversary (May 2018) (link)

Marx on Property. Interview by Marcus Brigstock, `Safe as Houses', episode 2, BBC

Radio 4, 11 February 2006

7. Interviews

Sean Sayers and Li Yang, `Socialism, Social justice and Historical Materialism,

Interview with Sean Sayers’, Studies on Marxist Theory, 2018.1, vol. 4 no. 1, pp. 4-11

(ISSN 2096-1138)

Sean Sayers and Liang Shuang, `With Dialectics of History Marxism Can Be Better

Understood: an Interview with Prof. Sean Sayers, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

at Kent University’, Studies in Marxism [CASS, Beijing], 2016 vol. 11, pp. 20-25

Sean Sayers and Fang Jue, `Alienation, Class and “This Crisis”: A Dialogue with

Sean Sayers’, Philosophical Analysis [Shanghai], vol. 7 no. 5 (2016), pp. 159-167

(ISSN 2095-0047)

Sean Sayers and Zang Fengyu, `Historicism and the Modernity of Marx’s Political

Philosophy: A Dialogue with Sean Sayers’, Foreign Theoretical Trends, vol. 2015 no.

1 (January 2015), pp. 2-10 (ISSN 1674-1277)

Sean Sayers and Pan Huixiang, `Alienation, Human Nature and the New World View:

An interview with Prof. Sean Sayers’, Philosophical Trends [Institute of Philosophy,

CASS, Beijing], vol. 2014 no. 5 (May 2014), pp. 78-84 (ISSN 1002-8862)

Sean Sayers and Lin Jinping, `Contemporary Marxist Study: From Theory to Reality:

an interview with Sean Sayers’, Marxism and Reality (Beijing), vol. 122 (January

2013), pp. 93-101

Sean Sayers and Chen Haijuan, ‘On the Revival of Marxism: An Interview with Sean

Sayers’, in Social Sciences Weekly, Shanghai (Chinese translation Chen Xudong),

19th June, 2008 (newspaper number CN31-0034)

Radical Philosophy www site (http://www.radicalphilosophy.com), 1995-2001

Department of Philosophy www site (http://www.ukc.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/), 1996-9

UNPUBLISHED

FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

1. Books

Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes. Chinese translation Cheng Yao

(with Meng Gaofeng), Renmin University Press, Beijing

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Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes. German translation Andreas

Főrster, LAIKA-Verlag, Hamburg. (ISBN 9783944233567)

Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes. Turkish translation, Publisher:

Ginko Kitap

Plato’s Republic: An Introduction. Chinese translation Zhou Hongyin

2. Articles

`On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary’ [Greek translation]

`Reflections on the Centenary of the Russian Revolution’, International Critical

Thought

`Identity and Community’, Chinese trans. Yi Jiale

`Alienation’, Bloomsbury Handbook to Literary and Cultural Theory, ed. Jeffrey R.

Di Leo, pp. 365-366

`Marx and Teleology’, Science & Society

`Marx and modern China’, Proceedings of the International Symposium on China’s

path towards poverty eradication and comprehensive well-off society, Peking

University October 2016

`Alienation as historical concept’ [abridged version], Russian translation. Scientific

Yearbook of the Institute of Philosophy and Law [The Institute of Philosophy and

Law of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg]

`Private Property and Communism’, Marxism and Reality

`Private Property and Communism’, trans. Meng Gaofeng [being arranged by Pan

Huixiang]

`Marx, Hegel and the Historical Approach’, trans Cheng Yao

`Teleology and Meaning in History’, trans Cheng Yao

`Marx’s concept of communism’, trans. Pan Huixiang

`Dialectical materialism’ in Terry Ball ed., Cambridge Dictionary of Political

Thought, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

`Marxism and the Dialectical Method: A Critique of G.A. Cohen', Chinese translation

Li Yitian, Studies on Core Socialist Values (Tsinghua University, Beijing)

`Marxist Philosophy in Britain: An Overview', Chinese translation Feng Yanli,

Journal of Institute of Marxism, CASS, Beijing

`The Republic (Plato)', Encyclopedia of Literature and Philosophy, ed. M. Keith

Booker, Greenwood Press, Westport CT

`Dialectic in Western Marxism' (in Chinese), Appendix in Peng Yen-Han, Dialectics

Beijing University Press, Beijing (1992)

`Rethinking Marxism After 1989', Journal of the Institute of Philosophy, Beijing

(1991)

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`The Future of Marxism in the Post Communist World', ARKA (1990)

`Alienation and Economic Development,' The Ethical Record (1989)

3. Review Articles

4. Reviews

Xu Changfu, Marxism, China and Globalization, Science and Society

F. Sitton, Marx's Theory of the Transcendence of the State: A Reconstruction, in

Political Studies (1990)

5. Other media

Fang Jue, `Interview with Sean Sayers’, Journal of Philosophical Analysis of the

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

TEACHING (incomplete list)

University of Kent

All levels, including Graduate and Continuing Education

Supervision of Research Students (to completion)

2009-14 Matthew Whittingham, PhD (awarded 2014)

2008-13 David Marjoribanks, MPhil/PhD (upgraded 2009, awarded 2013)

2005-10 Kathy Butterworth, MPhil/PhD (upgraded 2008, awarded 2010)

2005-9 Uli Muhe, MPhil/PhD (upgraded 2007, awarded 2009)

2001-4 Joel Rickard, MA (by research, awarded 2004: "Hegel's concept of history")

1999-2003 Yildiz Silier, MPhil/PhD, PhD awarded 2003 ("Negative and Positive

Conceptions of Freedom")

1996-2003 Mitsugu Kurata, PhD awarded 2003 ("The Concept of Dialectic")

1995-2001 Peter Cheyne, MPhil awarded 2002 ("Instincts and Human Nature")

1987-1996 Derek Mitchell, PhD ("Existential Theories of the Self”, awarded May 1997)

1983-5 Simon Williams, MA ("Kant’s Epistemology”, awarded 1985)

1976-1982 Demetrius Teigas, PhD ("Habermas and Gadamer”, transferred to John

Bousfield 1982, awarded 1991)

University of Colorado (1973-4, 1979-80)

All levels inc continuing education (Denver)

University of Sydney (1985)

Mount Holyoke College (2004, 2007)

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UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

1. Service on numerous university committees, including:

2008-9 Chief Examiner, Philosophy

2006-7 RAE coordinator, Philosophy

2005-7 Chief Examiner, Philosophy

2003-5 Director of Research, SECL

2002-5 SECL Research and Postgraduate Committee (Chair 2003-5)

2002-5 Philosophy Library representative

1991-2011 Director of Graduate Studies, Philosophy

1997-2007 Director of Research, Philosophy

1995-99 Chair, Faculty Computing Committee

1993-5 ex officio member, Humanities Faculty Board

1990-99 University Computer Executive Committee

1989-99 University Computer Committee

1989-99 Humanities Faculty Equipment Committee

1989-99 Chair, Humanities Faculty Computer Policy Committee

1989 Chair, Humanities Faculty Equipment Working Party

1987-90 Information Technology Faculty Board (Humanities Faculty representative)

1986-90 Senate Standing Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science

1984-95 University Computer Users' Committee

1984-6 Chair, Humanities Faculty Computer Users' Committee

1984-6 Chair, Philosophy Board of Studies

1982-3 Secretary, Philosophy Board of Studies

1976-7 Chair, ASTMS academic and postgraduate group

1974-6, 81-3, 89-91 University Senate

1972-9 Humanities Faculty Bookshop Liason Committee

1972-9, 82-3 Humanities Faculty Library Committee

1972-4, 84-6, 87-92 Elected member, Humanities Faculty Board

2. Internal examining

At all levels, including J. Rickard PhD in Philosophy, C. Tangchoaren PhD in Politics

2000; A. Edgley PhD in Politics, 2000; P. Johnson, PhD in Philosophy 1987; R.

Kelly, PhD in Philosophy 1992, R. Ganiari, PhD in Politics 1996.

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3. Staff Appraiser

2003-5 Edward Harcourt, Robin Taylor, Leon Schlamm

2005-6 Robin Taylor, Leon Schlamm, Simon Kirchin, Tom Behan

2006-7 Simon Kirchin, Robin Taylor, Leon Schlamm, Tom Behan, Jon Williamson,

Osman Durrani

2008-9 Leon Schlamm, Jon Williamson

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1. Editorial Work

Founder and editor of Marx and Philosophy Review of Books (February 2010- )

I played a leading and central role in founding, organizing, editing and producing the journal

Radical Philosophy, and in running the associated Radical Philosophy movement. In

connection with these activities, I have done extensive editorial and administrative work, and

I have given numerous papers and talks (see below).

I have been invited to act as an editorial reader/advisor for many publishers and scholarly

journals.

Editorial boards:

Scientific Committee, Nova Delphi Libri, Rome (2018-)

Editorial Board, Palgrave Communications (2013-5)

Editorial Board, International Critical Thought (2010- )

Editorial Board, Contemporary Aristotelian Studies (2010- )

Editorial Advisory Board, Current Research in Western Marxism book series, Renmin

Publishing House, Beijing (2006- )

Consulting Editor, Episteme (2002- )

Editorial Advisory Board, SECL book series, Cambridge Scholars Press (2006-8)

Editorial Board, New Critical Thinking in Philosophy series, Ashgate Publishers (1999-2006)

Editorial Advisory Board, Cultural Logic: an electronic journal of Marxist theory and

practice (http://www.brigadoon.com/~clogic; ISSN 1097-3057) (1997- )

Advisory Editorial Board, Historical Materialism (1997- )

Editorial advisory panel for R. Scruton, A Dictionary of Political Thought (London:

Macmillan and Pan Books, 1st edn 1982, 2nd revised edn 1996)

2. Seminars

Marxism Reading Group, University of Kent (2017- with Stephen Perkins)

Philosophy Reading Group, University of Kent (1999- )

Marx and Philosophy Society, Work in Progress Seminars (June 2008, February 2009,

August 2009)

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Aesthetics reading group (Nehamas), Mount Holyoke College (2007)

Lentils seminars, Canterbury (1999- with David McLellan)

3. External Examining

2004-7 External Examiner, BA in Philosophy, University of Essex

2002 External Subject Expert, Periodic Programme Review, BA in Philosophy and

History of Ideas, University of Wales Cardiff

1997-2001 BA in Philosophy and History of Ideas, University of Wales Cardiff

1987-92 MA in Social and Political Thought, University of Sussex

1987-8 MA in Philosophy, University of Sussex.

External examiner for theses and dissertations at Cambridge University PhD (2015),

Macquarrie University PhD (2015), Essex University PhD (2014), Arhus University (PhD

2011), Lancaster University (PhD 2007), Kings College, London (MPhil 2004, PhD 2013),

Manchester University (MA 1983), Sussex University (D.Phil 1983, 1986, 1988), Essex

University (PhD 1986), University of Adelaide (PhD 1990), University College London (PhD

1993, MPhil 2000), University of Wales, Cardiff (PhD 1995, 1996, 1999), Brighton

University (PhD 1995), Nottingham Trent University (PhD 2000).

4. Membership of Outside Bodies

2018- World Association of Marxism, member of General Assembly

2018- Academic and strategic consultative committee, College of Xi Jinping

Socialist Thought of New Era, Peking University

2010- Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics & Politics, London

Metropolitan University, member

1994- Philosophy Summer School in China (ex Sino-British Summer School in

Philosophy), Committee of Management

1987-94 Sino-British Summer School in Philosophy, Committee of Management

1987-8 Standing Conference for the Arts and Social Sciences in Universities

(SCASSU), member of Steering Committee

1988-2000 Internationale Gesellschaft für dialektische Philosophie

2000- Internationale Gessellschaft Hegel-Marx für dialektische Denken

1976- Hegel Society of Great Britain

2003 Programme organiser, Hegel Society of Great Britain annual conference

"Hegel and Social Theory"

2004- Marx and Philosophy Society, co-founder and organising committee

2005 Programme organiser, Marx and Philosophy Society, inaugural conference,

seminar series.

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5. Consultancy

2015- Member, Research Project on Contemporary Capitalism, Institute of Marxism,

CASS, Beijing.

2015, 2016 Assessor of research funding application: Swiss National Science Foundation

2013-14 Assessor of Research Funding Application for the Social Sciences and

Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

2012 Reviewer of research funding applications and Panel Member, Romanian

National Research Council, Bucharest, September-October 2012

2012 Report on Bulletin of Hegel Society of Great Britain for Cambridge University

Press

2006-11 Member, AHRC Peer Review College (subjects: Political Philosophy, History

of Philosophy: Hegel, Marx, Marxism)

2006 External assessor for fellowship nomination, Academy of Social Sciences in

Australia

2000 Expert referee for the Leverhulme Trust (2000).

6. Visiting Researchers

Mr Wei Yuan, School of Marxism, Peking University (2018-19) [CCCU]

Prof Xue Ting, Shaanxi Normal College, Xian (2018-19) [CCCU]

Mr Yi Jiale, School of Marxism, Peking University (2017-18) [CCCU]

Prof Mo Fan, School of Marxism, Yangzhou University (2017-18) [CCCU]

Prof Huang Qihong, Dept of Philosophy, Southwest University, Chongching (2017)

Prof Jiang Zhihong, Dept of Philosophy, Southwest University, Chongching (2016-17)

Dr Fengdan Li, School of Marxism, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang (2015-16)

Dr Chen Huiping, School of Marxism, CASS, Beijing, China (2014-15)

Miss Qu Xuan, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

(2014-6)

Dr Pan Huixiang, School of Marxism Studies, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou,

China (2013-14)

Mr Huang Dongbo, Department of Philosophy, Beijing University, Beijing, China (2013-14)

Professor Xu Changfu, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou,

China (2013)

Bao Huajie, Department of Philosophy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,

Wuhan (2012)

Nathalia Botura de Paula Ferreira, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho",

UNESP, Brazil (2011)

Professor Lin Jinping, South China Normal University, Guangzhou (2010-11)

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Ms Ju Yiya, South West University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing (2010)

Professor Chen Zhong, Soochow University, Suzhou (2009)

Professor Liu Lupeng, Shandong University, Jinan, China (2009)

Ms Gao Baoli, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (2008-9)

Professor Johann Kim, Chonbuk National University, South Korea (2007-8)

PAPERS AND TALKS

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, School of Marxism, Peking University,

Beijing (October 2018)

Marx’s concept of progress, Department of Philosophy, Renmin University, Beijing

(October 2018)

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, Department of Philosophy, Beijing Normal

University (October 2018)

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, Conference on Marx’s 200th Anniversary,

Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University (October 2018)

Marx’s concept of progress, Department of Philosophy, Wuhan University (October

2018)

Marx’s concept of progress, Department of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai

(October 2018)

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, Marx-XXI International Forum, Moscow

State University (May 2018)

Roundtable on `What is living and what is dead in Marxism’, Marx-XXI International

Forum, Moscow State University (May 2018)

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen

University, Guangzhou (May 2018)

Interview about my life and work with Ling Feixia, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-

sen University, Guangzhou (May 2018)

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, Central Translation Bureau, Beijing (May

2018)

On Karl Marx’s Two-hundredth Anniversary, Second World Congress on Marxism,

Peking University (May 2018)

Work and Human Nature in Hegel and Marx, Symposium on Work, Ethics, and

Democracy, Political Theory Research Group, Queen’s University, Belfast (December

2017)

Luigi Galleani: `The most dangerous anarchist in America’, Historical Association,

Canterbury (December 2017)

Marx on Justice, Legal Theory Seminar, Glasgow University (November 2017)

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Reflections on the Centenary of the Russian Revolution, Workshop on October 1917 and

After: Reflections on the Russian Revolution, Canterbury Christ Church University,

Canterbury (November 2017)

Reflections on the Centenary of the Russian Revolution, Lentils Seminar, Canterbury

(November 2017)

Marx and Teleology: does history have an end? China Central Translation Bureau,

Beijing (October 2017)

Marx and Teleology: does history have an end? School of Marxism, Peking University,

Beijing (October 2017)

Reflections on the Centenary of the Russian Revolution, School of Marxism, Peking

University, Beijing (October 2017)

Reflections on the Centenary of the Russian Revolution, International Symposium on the

History, Reality and Future of Socialism, Peking University, Beijing (October 2017)

Marx and Teleology: Does history have a goal? Marxism 2017, London (July 2017)

Luigi Galleani: `The most dangerous anarchist in America’, Rutherford College

Grassroots / Former Staff Association Lecture, University of Kent (March 2017)

Key issues in current British politics: seminar with delegation from CASS, Business

School, Westminster University London (December 2016)

Prospects for Marxism in the Twenty-first Century, Forum on Marxism in the Twenty-

first Century, Institute of Marxist Philosophy and Chinese Modernization, Sun Yat-sen

University, Guangzhou (October 2016)

The concept of progress, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou

(October 2016)

The concept of progress, School of Marxism, Capital Normal University, Beijing

(October 2016)

The Idea of Communism, Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, Beijing (October

2016)

Marx and modern China, International Symposium on China’s path towards poverty

eradication and comprehensive well-off society, Peking University, Beijing (October

2016)

Four lectures on Marx’s Theory of History (Marx, Hegel and the philosophy of history;

Marx’s materialism; The concept of progress; The idea of communism), School of

Marxism, Peking University, Beijing (October 2016)

Why work? Marxism and Human Nature, Herne Bay Philosophy Discussion Group (July

2016)

Marx and Progress, Marxism 2016, London (July 2016)

“L'anarchico più pericoloso d'America”. Una storia di Luigi Galleani, trans. Antonio

Senta, Modo Infoshop, via Mascarella 24b, Bologna (April 2016)

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Marxism in China: a Western Perspective, Forum and Book Launch: China Insight Series,

London Book Fair (April 2016)

Luigi Galleani, my grandfather: “The most dangerous anarchist in America”. Friends of

Italian at Kent, University of Kent (January 2016)

The Idea of Communism, Marx Research Seminar, Lincoln University (December 2015)

The Concept of Alienation and the Development of Marx’s Thought, Marxism, Religion

and Ideology: Themes from David McLellan, Book Launch, University of Kent

(November 2015)

Alienation as an Economic Concept (short version), 12th Annual Historical Materialism

Conference, SOAS, London (November 2015)

Alienation as an Economic Concept (short version), School of Marxism, Renmin

University, Beijing (October 2015)

Alienation as an Economic Concept, School of Marxism, Peking University, Beijing

(October 2015)

Alienation as an Economic Concept, School of Marxism, Beijing Normal University,

Beijing (October 2015)

Alienation as a Critical Concept, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University,

Guangzhou (October 2015)

Alienation as an Economic Concept (short version), International Conference on “Marx

and Engels and Contemporary Socialism: the 120th Anniversary of the Death of Friedrich

Engels”, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing (October 2015)

Why Work? Graduate Seminar, Philosophy Department, Peking University (October

2015)

Alienation as a Critical Concept, 1st World Congress of Marxism, Peking University,

Beijing (October 2015)

The Idea of Communism, Marxism Festival 2015, London (July 2015)

General election post-mortem, Lentils Seminar, Canterbury (May 2015)

Luigi Galleani, Circolo Anarchico Berneri, Bologna (with Antonio Senta, May 2015)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Philosophy Society, Durham University (January 2015)

Alienation as a Historical Concept, China University of Law and Politics, Beijing

(October 2014)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Beijing Union University, Beijing (October 2014)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Philosophy Department, Peking University, Beijing

(October 2014)

Private Property and Communism, Central China Translation Bureau, Beijing (October

2014)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Institute of Marxism, CASS, Beijing (October 2014)

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Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Institute of Philosophy, CASS, Beijing (October 2014)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Philosophy Department, Beijing Normal University,

Beijing (October 2014)

Marx, Hegel and History (6 lectures), Department of Philosophy, Renmin University,

Beijing (October 2014)

History and Teleology in Marx and Hegel, Marx and Philosophy Society work in progress

seminar, London (August 2014)

The Concept of Alienation in Marx, Marxism Festival, London (July 2014)

History and Teleology in Marx and Hegel, Centre for Critical Thought seminar,

University of Kent (March 2014)

The Idea of Communism, Library Lecture, St Edmond’s School, Canterbury (January

2014)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Philosophy Department, Dundee University (October

2013)

Marxism and Ethics: a debate with Paul Blackledge, Marxism Festival, London (video)

(July 2013)

Marx as a Critic of Liberalism, Marx and Philosophy Society 10th Annual Conference,

Institute of Education, London (June 2013)

Symposium on Paul Blackledge, Marxism and Ethics, Historical Materialism, 9th Annual

Conference, SOAS, University of London (November 2012)

Alienation as a Critical Concept, Historical Materialism, 9th Annual Conference, SOAS,

University of London (November 2012)

Symposium on Marx and Alienation: Reply to my critics, MANCEPT Workshops in

Political Theory 2012, Manchester University (September 2012)

Marx and Alienation: Book Launch, University of Kent (May 2012)

Marx’s concept of alienation in the light of Hegel’s philosophy, Historical Materialism

Annual Conference, York University, Toronto (May 2012)

Response to papers: Symposium on Marxism and the Doctrine of Internal Relations, York

University, Toronto (May 2012)

Marxism and the Doctrine of Internal Relations, Symposium on Marxism and the

Doctrine of Internal Relations, York University, Toronto (May 2012)

Ethics as Immanent Critique in Marx, Philosophy Work in Progress Seminar, University

of Kent (March 2012)

Marx and Alienation, Marx and Philosophy Society book seminar, London (February

2012)

Marx and Ethics, Social and Political Thought seminar series, University of Sussex

(February 2012)

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Marx and Alienation, Political and Social Thought Beacon Lecture, University of Kent,

Canterbury (January 2012)

Marx’s Concept of Communism, Department of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of

Economics and Law, Wuhan (October 2011)

Marx and Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and

Law, Wuhan (October 2011)

Marx’s Concept of Communism, Roundtable on Communism, University of Kent (May

2011)

Community and the Cash Nexus, AHRC Workshop on Freedom and Community in

Hegel and Marx, Sussex University (April 2011)

Community and the Cash Nexus, Left Forum, Pace University, New York (March 2011)

Marx’s Idea of Communism, Social and Political Thought seminar, University of Kent

(November 2010)

Marx’s Idea of Communism, Philosophy Seminar, Middlesex University (November

2010)

Private Property and Communism, Work in Progress Seminar, Marx and Philosophy

Society, London (September 2010)

MacIntyre, Modernity and the REF, Philosophy of Education Research Seminar, Institute

of Education, University of London (June 2010)

Luigi Galleani: “the most dangerous anarchist in America”, Vermont Historical Society

Annual Lecture, Barre VT (April 2010)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Stoa Philosophy Club, Faversham (April 2010)

Why Work? Marx and Human Nature, Annual Marx Memorial Lecture, Marx Memorial

Library, London (March 2010)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Political Theory Society, Nottingham Trent

University (February 2010)

The Division of Labour and its Overcoming, Research Seminar, Philosophy Department,

University of Kent (February 2010)

The Division of Labour and its Overcoming, Work in Progress Seminar, Marx and

Philosophy Society, London (August 2009)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, SECL Research Seminar, University of Kent (May

2009)

Marxism and Aesthetics: William Morris, Philosophy Society, University of Kent (March

2009)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Socialist Student Society, University of Kent

(February 2009)

Marxism and Aesthetics, SECL Postgraduate Lecture Series, University of Kent

(February 2009)

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Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Lentils Seminar, Canterbury (January 2009)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, International Conference on `The Critique of

Capitalism in the Era of Globalization’, Department of Philosophy, Soochow University,

Suzhou (January 2009) keynote speaker

Why Work? Marxism and Human Nature, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen

University, Guangzhou (January 2009)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Department of Philosophy, South China Normal

University, Guangzhou (January 2009)

Marxism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Historical Materialism Annual Conference, SOAS,

London (November 2008)

Alienation as a Critical Concept, Manchester Workshops in Political Theory, Manchester

Metropolitan University (September 2008)

Alienation as a Critical Concept, Work in Progress Seminar, Marx and Philosophy

Society, London (August 2008)

Division of Labour and its Overcoming, Central Compilation and Translation Bureau,

Beijing (May 2008)

Division of Labour and its Overcoming, Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of

Social Sciences, Beijing (May 2008)

Marx's Concept of Alienation in the 1844 Manuscripts, Conference on Western Marxism

and Contemporary China, Department of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai (May

2008)

The Division of Labour and its Overcoming, Distinguished Visiting Lecture, School of

Political Science and Public Management, SW University, Chongqing (May 2008)

Marx's Concept of Alienation in the 1844 Manuscripts, Department of Governance and

International Relations, London Metropolitan University (April 2008)

MacIntyre and Modernity, Centre for Reasoning Research Seminar, University of Kent

(March 2008)

Marx's Critique of Capitalism, Research Seminar, Law Department, Birkbeck College,

London University (March 2008)

Is Marx Still Relevant in the Twenty-first Century? Socialist Students Society,

Canterbury (February 2008)

Is Marx Still Relevant in the Twenty-first Century? Lentils Seminar, Canterbury

(February 2008)

The Fall of Man? Hegel on Man's Relation to Nature, Forum for European Philosophy,

Institut Français, London (January 2008)

Ethics and the Modern World: A Critique of Alasdair MacIntyre, Philosophy Department,

Mount Holyoke College (October 2007)

Marx's Critique of Capitalism, Marxist Theory Colloquium, NYU, New York (September

2007)

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Marxism And Morality, International Conference on `Philosophy: its basic theory and

contemporary problems', Center for Fundamentals of Philosophy, Jilin University,

Changchun, July 2007 (keynote speaker)

Marxism And Morality, Institute of Marxism, CASS, Beijing, July 2007

Marxism And Morality, Institute of Philosophy, CASS, Beijing, July 2007

Marxism And Morality, Central Compilation and Translation Bureau, Beijing, July 2007

MacIntyre and Modernity, `Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism'

Conference, London Metropolitan University, July 2007 (keynote speaker)

Labour in Post-industrial Society, Historical Materialism Annual Conference, London,

December 2006

Recent Developments in Marxist Philosophy, Centre for Contemporary Marxism Abroad,

School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, November 2006

Labour in Modern Industrial Society, `Studies of Modern Capitalism' International

Conference, Center for Studies of Marxist Social Theory, Nanjing University, Changshu,

November 2006

Religion and Politics in the Modern World, Political Science Faculty, Southwest

University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, September 2006

Recent Developments in Marxist Philosophy, Political Science Faculty, Southwest

University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, September 2006

Religion and Politics in the Modern World, Philosophy Department, Jiaotong University,

Beijing, September 2006

Recent Developments in Marxist Philosophy, Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of

Social Sciences, Beijing, September 2006

Religion and Politics in the Modern World, Australian Society for Continental Philosophy

Conference 2006, Deakin University, Geelong, July 2006

Religion and Politics in the Modern World (Keynote address), Symposium on Marxist

Philosophy: Chinese and Western Perspectives, Flinders University, Adelaide, July 2006

The Concept of Labour: Marx and his Critics, Philosophy Work in Progress Seminar,

University of Kent, January 2006

Marx’s Concept of Labour, Historical Materialism Annual Conference, London,

November 2005

Marx’s Concept of Labour, Philosophy Department, Bogazici University, Istanbul, July

2005

Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel, Hegel-Marx Seminar, LSE, London, June

2005

Marx’s Concept of Labour, Marx and Philosophy Society Seminar, LSE, London, May

2005

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Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel, Philosophy Society, University of Wales,

Lampeter, March 2005

Why Work? Marxism and Human Nature, `Work and Idleness', Conference of Forum for

European Philosophy, LSE, London, March 2005

Why Work? Marxism and Human Nature, Critical Social Theory Colloquium, Mount

Holyoke College, S Hadley MA, November 2004

Ideology and the Role of Religion in the Modern World, Political Science Department

Seminar Series, University of Toronto, November 2004

Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel, Philosophy Department Seminar, University

of Toronto, November 2004

Ideology and the Role of Religion in the Modern World, Radical Philosophy Association

National Conference, Howard University, Washington DC, November 2004

Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel, Political Theory Seminar Series, Political

Science Department, NYU, New York, October 2004

Ideology and the Role of Religion in the Modern World, Philosophy Department

Colloquium, Mount Holyoke College, S Hadley MA, October 2004

Humanities and the Function of the University, Literature and Humanities Colloquium,

School of English, University of Kent, June 2004

Why Work? Marxism and Human Nature, Research Seminar, Working Lives Research

Institute, London Metropolitan University, May 2004

Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel, Philosophy Work in Progress Seminar,

University of Kent, May 2004

Individual and Society in Marx and Hegel, Philosophy Research Seminar Series,

Lancaster University, April 2004

Marxism and Religious Fundamentalism, `Lentils' Seminar, Canterbury, January 2004

Why Work? Marx and Human Nature, Professorial Inaugural Lecture, University of Kent,

January 2004

Why Work? BBC Radio Kent Interview, January 2004

The Concept of Alienation: Hegelian Themes in Modern Social Thought, Philosophy

Work in Progress Seminar, University of Kent, November 2003

The Concept of Alienation: Hegelian Themes in Modern Social Thought, Hegel Society

of Great Britain annual conference, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, September 2003

Ideology and the Role of Intellectual Criticism (keynote address), conference on

`Marxism, Intellectuals and Politics', Canterbury Christchurch University College, April

2003

Marxism and Religion, Cambridge University Humanist Association, Queen's College,

Cambridge, November 2002

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Freedom and the `Realm of Necessity', `European Culture in a Changing World', ISSEI

VIII International Conference, Aberystwyth, July 2002

Hegel and Marx on Creative Activity and Alienation, Philosophy Society, University of

Kent, February 2002

Hegel and Marx on Work and Alienation, Social and Political Thought Seminar,

University of Sussex, January, 2002

Hegel and Marx on Work and Alienation, Philosophy Society, Brighton University, May

2001

Author meets critics (re Marxism and Human Nature), Annual Conference, American

Sociological Association, Washington DC, August 2000

The Concept of Authenticity, V.J. Magill Memorial Lecture, Department of Philosophy,

San Francisco State University, USA, April 2000

Marxism and Human Nature, Philosophy Department Seminar, San Francisco State

University, USA, April 2000

The Concept of Authenticity, Philosophy Society, University of Reading, November 1999

The Prospects for Socialism in the Twenty-first Century, Lentils Seminar, Canterbury,

October 1999

The Concept of Authenticity, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, March 1999

Plato on the Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry, Philosophy Research Seminar,

University of Kent, December 1998

The Concept of Authenticity, Philosophy Society, Brighton University, November 1998

The Need to Work, Philosophy Society Symposium, University of Kent, March 1998

Is there a Fallacy in Plato's Republic?, Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Kent,

February 1998

Identity and Community, Royal Institute of Philosophy, Cardiff Branch, February 1997

Emergent Materialism, Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Kent, December

1996

Making Room for the Mental, University of Wales Staff-student Colloquium, Gregynog,

November 1996

Making Room for the Mental, Philosophy Staff-Graduate Seminar, Keele University,

January 1996

Identity and Community, Human Sciences Seminar, Manchester Metropolitan University,

November 1995

The Concept of Community, Conference on The Future of Socialism, Department of

Politics, Sheffield University, September 1995

Identity and Community, University Seminar in the Human Sciences, George Washington

University, Washington DC, September 1995

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Materialism, Philosophy Research Seminar, University of Kent, June 1995

Identity and Community, Social and Political Thought Seminar, University of Sussex,

March 1995

Identity and Community, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, February 1995

Identity and Community, Philosophy Society, Wolverhampton University, February 1995

Communitarianism and Moral Realism, International Seminar on The Problematic Reality

of Values, Utrecht University, December 1994

Progress and Social Criticism, Fourth Conference of the International Society for the

Study of European Ideas (ISSEI), Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz, Austria, August 1994

The Self and Community, Philosophy Society, University of Leeds, May 1994

The Value of Community, Philosophy Society, University of Warwick, May 1994

What is True and What is False in Communitarianism, Philosophy-Politics Graduate

Seminar, University of Kent, April 1994

What is True and What is False in Communitarianism, Philosophy Research Seminar,

University of Kent, March 1994

Moral Values and Progress, Philosophy Society, University of Southampton, February

1994

Moral Values and Progress, Philosophy-Politics Graduate Seminar, University of Kent,

April 1993

Moral Values and Progress, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, February 1993

Psychoanalysis and Human Rationality, Social and Political Thought Seminar, University

of Sussex, May 1992

Dialectic and Social Criticism, Internationale Gesellschaft für dialektische Philosophie -

Societas Hegeliana, Conference, Ischia, May 1992

The Future of Marxism, Political Studies Association Conference, Manchester

University, September 1991

The Current Situation in China, Soviet and Eastern European Studies Seminar, University

of Kent, June 1991

The Rethinking of Marxism After 1989, Society for the Study of the Dialectics of Nature,

Beijing, May 1991

The Rethinking of Marxism After 1989, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of

Social Sciences, Beijing, May 1991

The Rethinking of Marxism After 1989, Department of Philosophy, Beijing University,

Beijing, May 1991

Knowledge as a Social Phenomenon, Institute of Philosophy, Sichuan Academy of Social

Sciences, Chengdu, May 1991

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Recent Debates in Western Marxism, Department of Philosophy, Sichuan University,

Chengdu, May 1991

Recent Debates in Western Marxism, Department of Philosophy, People's University of

China, Beijing, May 1991

Recent Debates in Western Marxism, Institute of Philosophy, Shaanxi Academy of Social

Sciences, Xi'an, April 1991

The Development of Radical Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of

Social Sciences, Beijing, April 1991

Psychoanalysis and Human Rationality, Department of Comparative Literary Studies,

Hong Kong University, April 1991

The Human Impact of the Market, Department of Philosophy, School of Economics,

Prague, March 1991

The Human Impact of the Market, Philosophy Faculty, Charles University, Prague,

March 1991

Bradley and the Concept of Relative Truth, Philosophy Department, Fr. Schiller

University, Jena, March 1991

Bradley and the Concept of Relative Truth, Alexander Society, Manchester University,

March 1991

Bradley and the Concept of Relative Truth, Philosophy Society, Southampton University,

January 1991

Marxism and the Future of Socialism, Hegel Study Group, London, April 1990

The Human Impact of the Market, Philosophy Society, Anglia Higher Education College,

March 1990

Marxism and Method, Critical Legal Studies-Haldane Society Joint Conference,

University of Kent, September 1989

The Human Impact of the Market, Conference on The Values of the Enterprise Culture,

Lancaster University, September 1989

Alienation and Economic Development, South Place Ethical Society, London, March

1989

Bradley and the Concept of Relative Truth, Oxford University, February 1989

On the Centenary of Engels' Ludwig Feuerbach, Marxist Philosophy Group, London,

December 1988

Alienation and Progress in the Thought of Marx, Sociology Staff-Graduate Seminar,

University of Kent, November 1988

Marxism and Morality, Marx Discussion Group, University of Kent, November 1988

Epistemology and Relativism, Internationale Gesellschaft für dialektische Philosophie -

Societas Hegeliana, Conference, Paris, May 1988

Attitudes to Work, Darwin Seminar, University of Kent, March 1988

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Marxism and Actually Existing Socialism, Social and Political Thought Seminar,

University of Sussex, March 1988

Marxism and Actually Existing Socialism,Philosophy Graduate Seminar, University of

Kent, February 1988

Attitudes to Work, Marx Discussion Group, University of Kent, November 1987

Work and Human Nature, Symposium on Work, Sociology Staff-Graduate Seminar,

University of Kent, February 1987

The Need to Work, Philosophy Society, Cambridge College of Art and Technology,

January 1987

Work, Leisure and Human Needs, "Philosophies of Leisure" Conference, Warwick

University, December 1986

Work and Human Nature, Radical Philosopher Conference, London, November 1986

The Need to Work, Department of Anthropology Seminar, SOAS, University of London,

November 1986

Work and Human Nature, "Ethics and Employment" Colloquium, Leeds, November 1986

Work, Leisure and Human Needs, Philosophy Department, University of Western

Australia, Perth, November 1985

Truth and Progress, Philosophy Department, University of Western Australia, Perth,

November 1985

Theory and Practice in Epistemology, History and Philosophy of Science Seminar,

University of Western Australia, Perth, November 1985

The Need to Work, School of Industrial Administration, Griffiths University, Brisbane,

November 1985

The Need to Work, Philosophy Department, University of Western Australia, Perth,

November 1985

The Need to Work, Political thought seminar, NSW Institute of Technology, Sydney,

October 1985

The Need to Work, Philosophy Department, Flinders University, Adelaide, October 1985

Truth and Progress, Philosophy Department, Flinders University, Adelaide, October 1985

Truth and Progress, Philosophy Department, Australian National University, Canberra,

September 1985

Theory and Practice in Epistemology, Department of Traditional and Modern Philosophy,

Sydney University, September 1985

The Need to Work, Department of General Philosophy, Sydney University, July 1985

The Need to Work, Philosophy Society, Southampton University, March 1985

The Need to Work, Graduate Seminar, University of Kent, February 1985

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Freud and the Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, October

1984

The Actual and the Rational, Political Studies Association, Annual Conference,

Southampton, April 1984

The Actual and the Rational, Philosophy Weekend school, London, April 1984

Being, Nothing and Becoming, Hegel Seminar, University of Kent, January 1984

Marxism and Human Nature, Socialist Society Lecture Series, London, December 1983

Higher and Lower Pleasures, Alexander Society, Manchester University, November 1983

Relativism, Progress and Truth, Symposium, London, July 1983

The Revival of Hegel and Marx, Day School, University of Kent, November 1982

Marxism and Linguistic Philosophy, Hegel Seminar, London, November 1982

Higher and Lower Pleasures, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, October 1982

Materialism, Realism and the Reflection Theory, Radical Philosophy Day School,

London, June 1982

Psychiatry and Society, Day Conference, ICA, London, July 1981

Contradiction and Dialectic in the Development of Science, Philosophy Society,

University of Kent, October 1980

Contradiction and Dialectic in the Development of Science, "Dialectics and Nature"

seminar, New York, August 1980

Contradiction and Dialectic in the Development of Science, History and Philosophy of

Science Seminar Series, University of Colorado, March 1980

On the Materialist Dialectic, Philosophy Colloquium, University of Colorado, March

1980

Forces of Production and Relations of Production, Radical Philosophy Group, North

London Polytechnic, March 1979

The Cultural Revolution: Towards a Re-assessment, China Workshop, Sheffield

University, March 1979

Forces of Production and Relations of Production, Humanities Faculty Lecture, Thames

Polytechnic, February 1979

Dialectic and the Unity of Opposites, Radical Philosophy Conference, London, February

1979

Can there be Contradictions in Things?, Philosophy Society, Nottingham University,

November 1978

Forces of Production and Relations of Production, Philosophy Society, University of

Kent, November 1977

Dialectic and the Law of Contradiction, Communist University of London, July 1977

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On the Materialist Dialectic, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, March 1976

On the Materialist Dialectic, Radical Philosophy Conference, Oxford, January 1976

Szasz on Mental Illness, Radical Philosophy Conference, Oxford, January 1976

China Today, Overseas Students Association, University of Kent, November 1975

Philosophy in Modern China, Philosophy Society, Kings College, London, March 1975

Philosophy in Modern China, Philosophy Society, University of Kent, January 1975

China Today, Sociology Society, University of Kent, November 1974

Radical Philosophy (broadcast discussion), Nightline, Australian Broadcasting

Corporation, October 1974

Radical Philosophy in the United States and in Britain, Philosophy Colloquium,

University of Colorado, November 1973

Mental Illness as a Moral Concept, Philosophy Colloquium, University of Colorado,

Boulder, November 1973

Towards a Radical Philosophy, Alexander Society, Manchester University, May 1973

Towards a Radical Philosophy, Radical Philosophy Group, University of Kent, October

1972

Mental Illness as a Moral Concept, Radical Philosophy Group, Oxford University, May

1972

Mental Illness as a Moral Concept, Radical Philosophy Group, London, May 1972

Mental Illness as a Moral Concept, Philosophy Society, Leeds University, April 1972

Mental Illness as a Moral Concept, Philosophy Society, University of East Anglia, March

1972

Mental Illness as a Moral Concept, Radical Philosophy Conference, Cambridge

University, March 1972

Prof. Mundle's critique of linguistic philosophy, Philosophy Society, University College,

London, January 1972

Prof. Mundle's critique of linguistic philosophy, Philosophy Society, University of Kent,

November 1971

Lukács on Art and Objective Truth, Aesthetics Seminar, University of Kent, April 1971

Is Psychology Relevant to Philosophy?, Staff-Graduate Seminar, University of Kent, June

1970

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