All Outputs (17)

We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism (2025)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J., & O'Neill, M. (2025). We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism. Political Philosophy, 2(1), 204-237. https://doi.org/10.16995/pp.19050

What is the relationship between liberalism and socialism? Partisans of each political tradition often focus on the shortcomings of the other, with socialists charging liberals with defending merely formal ideas of freedom, which lead them to a naïve... Read More about We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism.

What makes communism possible? The self-realisation interpretation (2023)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2024). What makes communism possible? The self-realisation interpretation. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 23(3), 273-294. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594x231219764

In the Critique of Gotha Programme, Karl Marx famously argues that a communist society will be characterised by the principle, ‘From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs!’ I take up a question about this principle that was... Read More about What makes communism possible? The self-realisation interpretation.

"In and Through Their Association": Marx on Freedom and Communism (2023)
Book Chapter
Kandiyali, J., & Chitty, A. (2023). "In and Through Their Association": Marx on Freedom and Communism. In J. Saunders (Ed.), Freedom After Kant. Bloomsbury

Communism Shouldn't be Post-Work (2023)
Book Chapter
Kandiyali, J., & Gomberg, P. Communism Shouldn't be Post-Work. In D. Celentano, M. Cholbi, J. Deranty, & K. Schaff (Eds.), Debating a Post-Work Future: Perspectives from Philosophy and the Social Sciences. Routledge. Manuscript submitted for publication

Marx, Communism, and Basic Income (2022)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2022). Marx, Communism, and Basic Income. Social Theory and Practice, 48(4), 647-664. https://doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract202283169

Should Marxists support universal basic income (UBI), i.e., a regular cash income paid to all without a means test or work requirement? This paper considers one important argumentthatthey should, namely that UBI would be instrumentally effective in h... Read More about Marx, Communism, and Basic Income.

Sharing Burdensome Work (2022)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2023). Sharing Burdensome Work. Philosophical Quarterly, 73(1), 143-163. https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqac023

In this paper, I defend the proposal that certain forms of work—specifically forms that are socially necessary but involve the imposition of considerable burdens—be shared between citizens. I argue that sharing burdensome work would achieve several g... Read More about Sharing Burdensome Work.

Should Socialists be Republicans? (2022)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2024). Should Socialists be Republicans?. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 27(7), 1032-1049. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2070834

This paper presents a critique of left republican writings from a non-republican socialist standpoint. It examines three claims that have been advanced by left republican authors: that workers are dominated 1) by their lack of access to the means of... Read More about Should Socialists be Republicans?.

Is Marx's Thought on Freedom Contradictory? (2021)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2021). Is Marx's Thought on Freedom Contradictory?. Critical Review, 33(2), 171-183. https://doi.org/10.1080/08913811.2021.1984052

In The Longing for Total Revolution Bernard Yack argues that Marx’s thought is plagued by a recurring contradiction. On the one hand, Marx criticizes his idealist predecessors for failing to get beyond the dichotomy between human freedom and natural... Read More about Is Marx's Thought on Freedom Contradictory?.

The Importance of Others: Marx on Unalienated Production (2020)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2020). The Importance of Others: Marx on Unalienated Production. Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, 130(4), 555-587. https://doi.org/10.1086/708536

Marx’s vision of unalienated production is often thought to be subject to decisive objections. This article argues that these objections rely on a misinterpretation of Marx’s position. It provides a new interpretation of Marx’s vision of unalienated... Read More about The Importance of Others: Marx on Unalienated Production.

Historical Materialism: Marx (2019)
Book Chapter
Kandiyali, J. (2019). Historical Materialism: Marx. In J. Shand (Ed.), A Companion to Nineteenth-Century Philosophy (236-260). Wiley

This chapter discusses the philosophical side of Marx's thought as well as some of the major debates about it in the secondary literature. It is organized into three sections. The first examines Marx's early writings, focusing, in particular, on his... Read More about Historical Materialism: Marx.

Reassessing Marx's Social and Political Philosophy: Freedom, Recognition and Human Flourishing (2018)
Book
Kandiyali, J. (2018). Reassessing Marx's Social and Political Philosophy: Freedom, Recognition and Human Flourishing. Routledge

Western Europe (2018)
Book Chapter
Kandiyali, J. (2018). Western Europe. In J. Diamanti, A. Pendakis, & I. Szeman (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Marx. Bloomsbury

Marx and Schiller on Specialization and Self-Realization (2018)
Book Chapter
Kandiyali, J. (2018). Marx and Schiller on Specialization and Self-Realization. In J. Kandiyali (Ed.), Reassessing Marx's Social and Political Philosophy: Freedom, Recognition, and Human Flourishing. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315398068

Marx on the compatibility of freedom and necessity: A reply to David James (2017)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2017). Marx on the compatibility of freedom and necessity: A reply to David James. European Journal of Philosophy, 25(3), 833-839. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12289

In a recent paper, David James argues for a new understanding of the compatibility of freedom and necessity in Marx's idea of a communist society. According to James, such compatibility has less to do with anything distinctive about the nature of lab... Read More about Marx on the compatibility of freedom and necessity: A reply to David James.

Freedom and Necessity in Marx's Account of Communism (2014)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2014). Freedom and Necessity in Marx's Account of Communism. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2013.863753

Marxism and Liberalism: A New Synthesis (2013)
Journal Article
Kandiyali, J. (2013). Marxism and Liberalism: A New Synthesis. Res Publica, 19, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-013-9231-9

Class, Inequality, and the Media
Book Chapter
Kandiyali, J., & Kurtulmuş, F. Class, Inequality, and the Media. In C. Fox, & J. Saunders (Eds.), Routledge Handbook on Philosophy and the Media. Routledge