Christoph Schuringa
Philosopher & Writer
I am a philosopher and writer living in London, and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University London.
I have recently published two books: A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (Verso, 2025) and Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2025).
Books
Journal articles and book chapters
- 'Gattungswesen and Universality: Feuerbach, Marx and German Idealism', in L. Corti and J.-G. Schülein (eds.), Life, Organisms, and Human Nature (Springer, 2023)
- 'Freedom and Hegel's Theory of the State', in J. Saunders (ed.), Freedom After Kant (Bloomsbury, 2023)
- 'Thought and Reality in Marx's Early Writings on Ancient Philosophy', European Journal of Philosophy 30 (2022): 1518–32
- 'Hegel on Spirited Animals', Philosophy 97 (2022): 485–508
- 'Second Nature, Phronēsis, and Ethical Outlooks', International Journal of Philosophical Studies 30 (2022): 1–18
- 'Marx's Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right', Crisis and Critique 8/2 (2021): 346–67
- 'Critical History and Genealogy', in A. K. Jensen and C. Santini (eds.), Nietzsche on Memory and History (de Gruyter, 2021)
- 'Democracy and the Virus', The Philosophers' Magazine, August 2020
- (ed. with Brian Ball), The Act and Object of Judgment (Routledge, 2019)
- 'Nature, Spirit and Second Nature: Hegel and McDowell', Revista Eletrônica Estudos Hegelianos (2018): 75–99
- 'Animal Laborans: Arendt and Weil on Marx', International Yearbook of Hermeneutics 17 (2018): 141–55
- 'La philosophie historique et la réévaluation des valeurs', in B. Binoche and A. Sorosina (eds.), Les Historicités de Nietzsche (Publications de la Sorbonne, 2016)
- 'Nietzsche's Genealogical Histories and His Project of Revaluation', History of Philosophy Quarterly 31 (2014): 249–69
- 'Nietzsche and the Unfolding of Mind', Nietzscheforschung 20 (2013): 279–87
- (with Ken Gemes), 'Nietzsche', in T. Angier (ed.), Ethics: The Key Thinkers (Bloomsbury, 2012)
- 'Nietzsche on History as Science', in H. Heit, G. Abel and M. Brusotti (eds.), Nietzsches Wissenschaftsphilosophie (de Gruyter, 2012)
Book Reviews
- Peter Dews, Schelling's Late Philosophy in Confrontation with Hegel, New Left Review 143 (Sep/Oct 2023): 159–67
- Karen Ng, Hegel's Concept of Life, Philosophy 96 (2021): 683–86
- Terry Pinkard, Does History Make Sense?, European Journal of Philosophy 26 (2018)
- Paolo Stellino, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky, Journal of Nietzsche Studies 48 (2017)
- Marcus Andreas Born, Nihilistisches Geschichtsdenken, Journal of Nietzsche Studies 44 (2013)
- Hans Gerald Hödl, Der letzte Jünger des Philosophen Dionysos, Modern Language Review 107 (2012)
- Robin Small, Time and Becoming in Nietzsche's Thought, Philosophy 86 (2011)
Selected Talks
- Oct 2026The Unity of Science in Red Vienna. Conference "The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism", Vienna
- 11 Jun 2026Public lecture, Philosophische Gesellschaft Zürich
- 9–10 Jun 2026Masterclass on A Social History of Analytic Philosophy. University of Zurich
- Jun 2026The Actualization of Philosophy and Critical Theory. University of Valencia
- 1 May 2026Hegelian Endings. Workshop "The Political Dimension in Hegel's Aesthetics", School of Advanced Study, University of London
- 18 Mar 2026Workshop on Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy, PKEP, University of Warwick
- 28 Jan 2026What's Wrong with Metaethics? Trinity College Dublin
- 5 Dec 2025Clarity and Rigour: The Case of Analytic Philosophy. CHPSAA, Université Paris Cité
- 25–26 Nov 2025Lecture and Workshop: Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy. Ruhr-Universität Bochum
- 9 Nov 2025Panel on A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (with Søren Mau, Julia Ng and Panagiotis Sotiris), Historical Materialism conference, London
- 8 Nov 2025Panel on Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy (with Bernardo Bárzana, Jacob Blumenfeld, Svenja Bromberg, Roberto Mozzachiodi and Andrés Saenz de Sicilia), Historical Materialism conference, London
- 24 Oct 2025A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (with response by James Connelly). Université catholique de Louvain
- 15 Oct 2025A Social History of Analytic Philosophy (discussion with Will Large). Gloucestershire Philosophical Society
- 25 Sep 2025We Need to Talk About … Analytic Philosophy. Universität Zürich (online)
- 19 Jul 2025The Work of Philosophy. Universität Leipzig
- 27 Jun 2025Responses to Greg Restall and Jade Fletcher. Symposium on A Social History of Analytic Philosophy, University of St Andrews
- 7 Jun 2025The Work of Philosophy. Universität Basel
- 7 Mar 2025Negation in Dialectic. University of Sussex
- 10 Dec 2024Attempt at a Collaboration: the Frankfurt School and the Vienna Circle. 'Politics and Values in Logical Empiricism', Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
- 6 Sep 2024Negation. Hegel Society of Great Britain conference, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- 8 Aug 2024Roundtable on the social history of analytic philosophy. World Congress of Philosophy, Rome
- 26 Apr 2024Workshop on Karl Marx and the Actualization of Philosophy. Universität Leipzig
- 23 Feb 2024Can There Be a Social History of Modal Logic? San José State University (online)
- 24 Jan 2024Approaching the Social History of Analytic Philosophy. Università di Torino
- 24 Nov 2023Anthropology and the Critique of Idealism in Feuerbach and Marx. Universität Heidelberg
- 28 Jun 2023Hegel, Marx, and the Actualization of Philosophy. 'Futures of Marx' conference, Universität Potsdam (Video)
- 28 Apr 2023Canonization and Its Discontents. 'Questioning "Western Philosophy"' conference, University of Oxford
Media
Radio
- The Philosopher's Zone: Philosophy's problem with its history — ABC Radio National, Australia (June 2025)
- Free Thinking: Amia Srinivasan and philosophical genealogy — with Amia Srinivasan and Catarina Dutilh Novaes, BBC Radio 3 (June 2022)
- The Philosopher's Zone: The death of analytic philosophy? — ABC Radio National, Australia (June 2021)
- Free Thinking: Hegel's Philosophy of Right — with Alison Stone, Gary Browning and Seán Williams, BBC Radio 3 (December 2020)
Podcasts
- On analytic philosophy — Acid Horizon (July 2025)
- On analytic philosophy — Emancipations with Daniel Tutt (June 2025)
- On Marx — Hegel and Marx, discussion with Joe Saunders (November 2021)
Television
- Discussing Marx on Sky News (July 2019)