Hi, I am Adrian.
I am a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science. I have submitted my Doctorate in Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, fully funded by a DPIR Scholarship. And I am member of The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple as I read Law at the Birkbeck School of Law, University of London.
During my time at Oxford, I was Junior Dean at New College and a Stipendiary Lecturer at St. John's College, as well as a Graduate Tutor for Ethics, Marxism, Feminist Theory, and Theory of Politics at Exeter College, Pembroke College, and New College.
My research addresses questions of legitimacy, legality, coercion, and authority in a realist framework. I take seriously the epistemic dimensions of social life, be it in politics or the law.
I currently work on a critique of the politisation of epistemology and explore the value of akrasia (sustaining belief in something that one has strong evidence against or knows to be false) for addressing issues of responsibility and blameworthiness in in the theory of tort and criminal law.
Besides my academic work, I am active in the protection of Palestinian rights. I have been involved with the United Nations, Division of Palestinian Rights and the Al-Haq (الحق) Center for Applied International Law in Ramallah, Palestine. For the year 23-24, I am an Associate Fellow at the Balfour Peace Advocacy Project in London, working on the international legal recognition of the Palestinian people.
My public writing has been published in The Point, Aeon, Psychology Today, Mondoweiss, Times Higher Education, and the Oxford Review of Books, among other outlets. My op-ed column at Psychology Today has so far attracted a readership of 20k readers.
Education
[Present] DPhil Politics University of Oxford [Present] Law (GDL) Birkbeck School of Law, University of London [2020] MSc Political Science University of Amsterdam [2018] MLitt Philosophy (Logic) University of St Andrews [2017] B.A. Philosophy University of Tübingen |
Fellowships, Visiting Research, Membership
[2023-2024] Balfour Peace Advocacy Programme Associate Fellow: London, UK [2023] The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple Academic Member: London, UK [2023] Al-Haq (الحق) Center for Applied International Law International Law Programme: Ramallah, Palestine [2021-2022] United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Political Affairs Intern: New York & Geneva [2019] Kyoto University (京都大学) Visiting Researcher, Centre for Applied Ethics |
Research
[1] Realism and Metanormativity
In Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 2023, online first --> click here to read
[2] On Being a Realist About Migration
In Res Publica, Vol. 29: 129 - 140, 2023 --> click to read
[3] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Political Normativity [with Enzo Rossi]
In Political Studies Review, 2022, online first --> click to read
[4] Moral and Political Foundations
In Moral Philosophy & Politics, online first --> click to read
[5] Whatever It Is We Owe to Animals, It's Not to Eat Them
In Journal of Animal Ethics, Vol. 12(2): 123-127, 2022 --> click to read
[6] Within the Shell of the Old: On Critical Theory and Prefigurative Politics
In Philosophy & Public Issues, Vol. 11, Special Issues: Capitalism and Critical Theory, 2021 --> click to read
[7] Immediate Negation
In History and Philosophy of Logic, Vol. 42(4): 398-410, 2021 --> click to read
[8] Contradiction and Recursion in Buddhist Philosophy
In Morisato, T., Pacsa, R. (eds.). Asian Philosophical Texts, Vol. 1(1): 133-163, 2019 --> click to read
[9] Recapture, Transparency, Negation, and a Logic for the Catuskoti
In Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 10(1): 56-81, 2019 --> click to read
[1] Realism and Metanormativity
In Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, 2023, online first --> click here to read
[2] On Being a Realist About Migration
In Res Publica, Vol. 29: 129 - 140, 2023 --> click to read
[3] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Political Normativity [with Enzo Rossi]
In Political Studies Review, 2022, online first --> click to read
[4] Moral and Political Foundations
In Moral Philosophy & Politics, online first --> click to read
[5] Whatever It Is We Owe to Animals, It's Not to Eat Them
In Journal of Animal Ethics, Vol. 12(2): 123-127, 2022 --> click to read
[6] Within the Shell of the Old: On Critical Theory and Prefigurative Politics
In Philosophy & Public Issues, Vol. 11, Special Issues: Capitalism and Critical Theory, 2021 --> click to read
[7] Immediate Negation
In History and Philosophy of Logic, Vol. 42(4): 398-410, 2021 --> click to read
[8] Contradiction and Recursion in Buddhist Philosophy
In Morisato, T., Pacsa, R. (eds.). Asian Philosophical Texts, Vol. 1(1): 133-163, 2019 --> click to read
[9] Recapture, Transparency, Negation, and a Logic for the Catuskoti
In Comparative Philosophy, Vol. 10(1): 56-81, 2019 --> click to read
Legal Commentary & Policy Papers
[1]Complicity in a (Plausible) Genocide? On UNRWA, Holodomor and the ICJ on Gaza.
In Opinio Juris, 20 Feburary 2024 --> click to read
[2] Legal Activism or Ex-Post Justice? (On the ICC's response to Humanitarian Emergency)
In N.Y.U. Review of International Law & Politics, October 2023 --> click to read
In OxPol, 29. October 2023 --> click to read (reprint)
[3] Aufstehen, Hinsetzen: Why the European Left Needs to Rethink Its Pragmatism
In IPPR Progressive Review, Vol. 26(1): 255-261, 2019 --> click to read
[1]Complicity in a (Plausible) Genocide? On UNRWA, Holodomor and the ICJ on Gaza.
In Opinio Juris, 20 Feburary 2024 --> click to read
[2] Legal Activism or Ex-Post Justice? (On the ICC's response to Humanitarian Emergency)
In N.Y.U. Review of International Law & Politics, October 2023 --> click to read
In OxPol, 29. October 2023 --> click to read (reprint)
[3] Aufstehen, Hinsetzen: Why the European Left Needs to Rethink Its Pragmatism
In IPPR Progressive Review, Vol. 26(1): 255-261, 2019 --> click to read
Reviews
[1] Review of The Plague
In The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, forthcoming
[2] Review of The Poverty of Ethics
In Journal of Social and Political Philosophy, Vol.3, 2023, --> click to read
[3] Review of Against Political Equality: The Confucian Case
In Journal of Moral Philosophy, Vol. 31(2): 179-182, 2021 ---> click to read
[4] Review of Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, April 2021 ---> click to read
[5] Review of Changing the Subject
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, March 2021 ---> click to read
[6] Review of Rosa Luxemburg
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, July 2020 ---> click to read
[7] Review of Prefigurative Politics
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, March 2020 ---> click to read
[8] Review of Marx and Marxism
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, April 2019 ---> click to read
[1] Review of The Plague
In The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, forthcoming
[2] Review of The Poverty of Ethics
In Journal of Social and Political Philosophy, Vol.3, 2023, --> click to read
[3] Review of Against Political Equality: The Confucian Case
In Journal of Moral Philosophy, Vol. 31(2): 179-182, 2021 ---> click to read
[4] Review of Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, April 2021 ---> click to read
[5] Review of Changing the Subject
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, March 2021 ---> click to read
[6] Review of Rosa Luxemburg
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, July 2020 ---> click to read
[7] Review of Prefigurative Politics
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, March 2020 ---> click to read
[8] Review of Marx and Marxism
In Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, April 2019 ---> click to read
Public Writing and Media
[1] Why Do Academics Feel the Need to Speak Out About Political Crisis?
In Times Higher Education, 15. December 2023 ---> click to read
[2] Algeria and Palestine: Parallels and Differences
In Oxford Political Review, December 2023 ---> click to read
[3] What's in a Ceasefire? [with Enzo Rossi and Lillian Robb]
In The Markaz Review, November 2023 --> click to read
[4] Humanitarian Pauses are Not Enough [with Enzo Rossi and Lillian Robb]
In Mondoweiss, November 2023 --> click to read
[5] Are We All Guilty at Heart?
In Psychology Today, 4. October 2023 --> click to read
[6] The Artist at the Fragile Estate
In Psychology Today, 14. August 2023 --> click to read
[7] A Vision for Political Psychoanalysis
In Psychology Today, 10. August 2023 --> click to read
[8] How I Became a Terrorist
In Mondoweiss, 28. July 2023 --> click to read
[9] PTSD and the Concept of Human Maliciousness
In Psychology Today, 12. July 2023 --> click to read
[10] Socialist Soul
In Subsequence Magazine, August 2023 --> click to read
[11] The Radical Design of Willy Fleckhaus
In Subsequence Magazine, July 2023 --> click to read
[12] Why Israeli officials are suddenly labelling settler pogroms 'terrorist'
In Mondoweiss, 28. June 2023 --> click to read
[13] How Socialist Thinkers Thought about Psychotherapy
In Psychology Today, 27. June 2023 --> click to read
[14] Cotton: Labour, Land, and Body
In Subsequence Magazine, December 2022 --> click to read
[15] Freud and Rilke on Loss and Getting Over
In Psychology Today, 03. December 2022 --> click to read
[16] Dyslexia: The Anti-Authoritarian Disease
In Psychology Today, 5. October 2022 ––> click to read
[17] Descending that Hill
In ?WHY|BORDERS, Berlin & Leipzig, October 2022 --> click to read
[18] East End Sign Writers
In Subsequence Magazine, August 2022 (online) --> click to read
[18] Stamps of the British Empire
In Subsequence Magazine, June 2022 (online) --> click to read
[20] Penguins, Donkeys, and Modernism
In Subsequence Magazine, Issue No. 5, 2022 --> click to read
[21] Rebel, Rebel
In Oxford Review of Books, Spring 2022 --> click to read (online or offline)
[22] No, We Don't Owe It to The Animals to Eat Them
In Practical Ethics: Ethics in the News, 25. January, 2022 --> click to read
[23] Revising the Manifesto: The French Dispatch and May '68
In The Point, 10. November, 2021 --> click to read
[24] How Berliners are Fighting the Housing Crisis
In The European Consortium For Political Research, 06. October 2021 --> click to read
[25] Freedom, Dissent, and the UK's Protest Crackdown Bill
Interview on This is Hell! Radio, 19. April 2021 --> click to listen
[26] What Good is a Right to Toothless Protest?
In Reflections on a Revolution, 9. April 2021 --> click to read
[27] Reform und Revolution [Translation of Lea Ypi's 'From Reform to Revolution']
In Jacobin Deutschland, 05. März 2021 --> click to read
[28] Neue Perspektiven für Progressive Politik
Interview @ Bund Sozialdemokratischer AkademikerInnen, Vienna --> click here to watch
[29] Stadt der Entfremdung/City of Estrangement
In sub/urban, Vol. 8(3), 2020 --> click to read
[30] Is There a Right to Exclude Migrants in a Post-Colonial World?
In Oxford Political Review, 26. November 2020 --> click to read
[31] Get off my Island! Or: Why There is No Right to Exclude Migrants
In Young Fabian Society, 19. November 2020 --> click to read
[32] When Shopping is Liberty, Looting is Liberation
In Young Fabian Society, 28. August 2020 --> click to read
[33] Globalized Authoritarianism
In E-Internation Relations, 3. April 2020. --> click to read
[34] Marxism and Buddhism
In Aeon, online and audio podcast, July 2019 --> click to read
In Internazionale, No. 1326 ––> click to read the Italian translation
[1] Why Do Academics Feel the Need to Speak Out About Political Crisis?
In Times Higher Education, 15. December 2023 ---> click to read
[2] Algeria and Palestine: Parallels and Differences
In Oxford Political Review, December 2023 ---> click to read
[3] What's in a Ceasefire? [with Enzo Rossi and Lillian Robb]
In The Markaz Review, November 2023 --> click to read
[4] Humanitarian Pauses are Not Enough [with Enzo Rossi and Lillian Robb]
In Mondoweiss, November 2023 --> click to read
[5] Are We All Guilty at Heart?
In Psychology Today, 4. October 2023 --> click to read
[6] The Artist at the Fragile Estate
In Psychology Today, 14. August 2023 --> click to read
[7] A Vision for Political Psychoanalysis
In Psychology Today, 10. August 2023 --> click to read
[8] How I Became a Terrorist
In Mondoweiss, 28. July 2023 --> click to read
[9] PTSD and the Concept of Human Maliciousness
In Psychology Today, 12. July 2023 --> click to read
[10] Socialist Soul
In Subsequence Magazine, August 2023 --> click to read
[11] The Radical Design of Willy Fleckhaus
In Subsequence Magazine, July 2023 --> click to read
[12] Why Israeli officials are suddenly labelling settler pogroms 'terrorist'
In Mondoweiss, 28. June 2023 --> click to read
[13] How Socialist Thinkers Thought about Psychotherapy
In Psychology Today, 27. June 2023 --> click to read
[14] Cotton: Labour, Land, and Body
In Subsequence Magazine, December 2022 --> click to read
[15] Freud and Rilke on Loss and Getting Over
In Psychology Today, 03. December 2022 --> click to read
[16] Dyslexia: The Anti-Authoritarian Disease
In Psychology Today, 5. October 2022 ––> click to read
[17] Descending that Hill
In ?WHY|BORDERS, Berlin & Leipzig, October 2022 --> click to read
[18] East End Sign Writers
In Subsequence Magazine, August 2022 (online) --> click to read
[18] Stamps of the British Empire
In Subsequence Magazine, June 2022 (online) --> click to read
[20] Penguins, Donkeys, and Modernism
In Subsequence Magazine, Issue No. 5, 2022 --> click to read
[21] Rebel, Rebel
In Oxford Review of Books, Spring 2022 --> click to read (online or offline)
[22] No, We Don't Owe It to The Animals to Eat Them
In Practical Ethics: Ethics in the News, 25. January, 2022 --> click to read
[23] Revising the Manifesto: The French Dispatch and May '68
In The Point, 10. November, 2021 --> click to read
[24] How Berliners are Fighting the Housing Crisis
In The European Consortium For Political Research, 06. October 2021 --> click to read
[25] Freedom, Dissent, and the UK's Protest Crackdown Bill
Interview on This is Hell! Radio, 19. April 2021 --> click to listen
[26] What Good is a Right to Toothless Protest?
In Reflections on a Revolution, 9. April 2021 --> click to read
[27] Reform und Revolution [Translation of Lea Ypi's 'From Reform to Revolution']
In Jacobin Deutschland, 05. März 2021 --> click to read
[28] Neue Perspektiven für Progressive Politik
Interview @ Bund Sozialdemokratischer AkademikerInnen, Vienna --> click here to watch
[29] Stadt der Entfremdung/City of Estrangement
In sub/urban, Vol. 8(3), 2020 --> click to read
[30] Is There a Right to Exclude Migrants in a Post-Colonial World?
In Oxford Political Review, 26. November 2020 --> click to read
[31] Get off my Island! Or: Why There is No Right to Exclude Migrants
In Young Fabian Society, 19. November 2020 --> click to read
[32] When Shopping is Liberty, Looting is Liberation
In Young Fabian Society, 28. August 2020 --> click to read
[33] Globalized Authoritarianism
In E-Internation Relations, 3. April 2020. --> click to read
[34] Marxism and Buddhism
In Aeon, online and audio podcast, July 2019 --> click to read
In Internazionale, No. 1326 ––> click to read the Italian translation
Teaching
[1] Psychoanalytic Political Theory (Undergraduate Course) --> click to see the syllabus
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[2] Political Theory: East and West (Undergraduate Course) --> click to see the syllabus
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[3] Theories of Abolition (Undergraduate Thesis Project)
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[4] Introduction to Political Theory (Undergraduate Course)
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[5] Feminist Political Theory (Undergraduate Course) --> click to see the syllabus
Duke Summer Programme @ New College, University of Oxford, 2023
[6] Theory of Politics (Prelims)
St John's College, University of Oxford (Trinity 2022) --> click to see the syllabus
New College, University of Oxford (Hilary 2022)
Merton College, University of Oxford (Michaelmas 2022)
[7] Ethics (Tutorials)
New College, University of Oxford (Michaelmas & Hilary 21/22) --> click to see the syllabus
[8] Marx & Marxism (Tutorials)
Pembroke College, University of Oxford (Michaelmas 2021) --> click here to see the syllabus
Exeter College, University of Oxford (Trinity 2021) --> click to see the syllabus
[9] Alternative Political Economy (Undergraduate Seminar)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Winter 2023)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Winter 2022)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Winter 2021)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2021) --> click to see the syllabus
[10] Educational Justice in Theory to Practice (Undergraduate Seminar)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2023)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2022)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2021)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2020) --> click to see the syllabus
[11] Introduction to Mathematical Logic (Tutorials)
Department of Philosophy @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2017)
[1] Psychoanalytic Political Theory (Undergraduate Course) --> click to see the syllabus
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[2] Political Theory: East and West (Undergraduate Course) --> click to see the syllabus
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[3] Theories of Abolition (Undergraduate Thesis Project)
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[4] Introduction to Political Theory (Undergraduate Course)
University of Amsterdam, Department of Political Science
[5] Feminist Political Theory (Undergraduate Course) --> click to see the syllabus
Duke Summer Programme @ New College, University of Oxford, 2023
[6] Theory of Politics (Prelims)
St John's College, University of Oxford (Trinity 2022) --> click to see the syllabus
New College, University of Oxford (Hilary 2022)
Merton College, University of Oxford (Michaelmas 2022)
[7] Ethics (Tutorials)
New College, University of Oxford (Michaelmas & Hilary 21/22) --> click to see the syllabus
[8] Marx & Marxism (Tutorials)
Pembroke College, University of Oxford (Michaelmas 2021) --> click here to see the syllabus
Exeter College, University of Oxford (Trinity 2021) --> click to see the syllabus
[9] Alternative Political Economy (Undergraduate Seminar)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Winter 2023)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Winter 2022)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Winter 2021)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2021) --> click to see the syllabus
[10] Educational Justice in Theory to Practice (Undergraduate Seminar)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2023)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2022)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2021)
Ethics, Politics & Society @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2020) --> click to see the syllabus
[11] Introduction to Mathematical Logic (Tutorials)
Department of Philosophy @ University of Tübingen (Summer 2017)