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(Nicholas) N Vrousalis

Profile

I am an Associate Professor in Practical Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Before coming to Rotterdam, I taught political philosophy at Cambridge, Leiden, and KU Leuven.

My work revolves around distributive ethics, democratic theory, the history of political thought (especially Kant, Hegel and Marx), and Marxism. Broadly construed, these are also my areas of supervision of graduate students.

• All publications (98)

  • Article (28)

    • Scholarly Publication (19)

      • N. Vrousalis (2020). Socialism Unrevised: A Reply to Roemer on Marx, Exploitation, Solidarity, Worker Control. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 49. doi: 10.1111/papa.12183
      • N. Vrousalis (2020). Public ownership, worker control, and the labour epistocracy problem. Review of Social Economy, 78. doi: 10.1080/00346764.2020.1840615 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2020). The Capitalist Cage: Structural Domination and Collective Agency in the Market. Journal of Applied Philosophy. doi: 10.1111/japp.12414
      • N. Vrousalis (2019). How exploiters dominate. Review of Social Economy. doi: 10.1080/00346764.2019.1618483 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis & B. Ferguson (2019). Exploitation and the social economy. Review of Social Economy, 77, 91-93. doi: 10.1080/00346764.2019.1630947 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2019). Erfurt plus Councils: The Distinctive Relevance of the German Revolution of 1918-19. Socialist History, 55, 27-46. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2019). Workplace Democracy implies Economic Democracy. Journal of Social Philosophy, 50, 259-279. doi: 10.1111/josp.12275 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2018). Capital without Wage-Labour: Marx’s Modes of Subsumption Revisited. Economics and Philosophy, 34, 411-438. doi: 10.1017/S0266267117000293 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2018). Exploitation: A Primer. Philosophy compass. doi: 10.1111/phc3.12486 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2016). Exploitation as Domination: A response to Arneson. Southern Journal of Philosophy, 54, 527-538. doi: 10.1111/sjp.12199 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2014). Gosseries on Intergenerational Savings. Diacritica, 16, 301-306. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2014). G.A. Cohen on Exploitation. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 13, 151-164. doi: 10.1177/1470594X14528651 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2013). Smuggled into Existence: Nonconsequentialism, Procreation, and Wrongful Disability. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2013). Exploitation, Vulnerability, and Social Domination. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 41, 131-157. doi: 10.1111/papa.12013 [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2012). Jazz Bands, Camping Trips, and Decommodification: G.A. Cohen on Community. Socialist Studies : Journal of the Society for Socialist Studies. doi: 10.18740/S4MG6J [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2011). Responsibilities to Posterity. Theoretical and applied ethics, 1, 48-50. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2011). Libertarian Socialism: A Better Reconciliation between Equality and Self-Ownership. Social Theory and Practice, 37, 211-230. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2010). Against the Will Theory of Rights. Res Publica : A journal of Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy, 16, 415-423. doi: 10.1007%2Fs11158-010-9134-y [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2010). G.A. Cohen's vision of socialism. The Journal of Ethics. doi: 10.1007%2Fs10892-010-9084-9 [go to publisher's site]

    • Semiscientific Publication (9)

      • N. Vrousalis (2020). Social democracy needs democratic socialism. Open Democracy.
      • N. Vrousalis (2019). Dutch universities at the crossroads. Open Democracy. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis & E. Rossi (2019). Why we strike. Open Democracy. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis, R. Celikates, E. Rossi & J. Hartle (2015). Why we occupy. Open Democracy. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2015). What is the New University? Roar Magazine, Magazine.
      • N. Vrousalis (2015). Greece's Brest-Litovsk. Open Democracy. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2015). First we take Amsterdam. Open Democracy. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2015). Syriza crash-lands against the euro. Open Democracy. [go to publisher's site]
      • N. Vrousalis (2013). The Closure of ERT is a Litmus Test for the Greek Left. Red Pepper. [go to publisher's site]

  • Book / Monograph / Book editorial (1)

    • N. Vrousalis (2015). The Political Philosophy of G. A. Cohen. (Bloomsbury Research in Political Philosophy). London: Bloomsbury [go to publisher's site]

  • Part of book - Chapter (8)

    • N. Vrousalis (2019). Revolutionary Principles and Strategy in the November Revolution: The Case of the USPD. In J Muldoon (Ed.), The German Revolution and Political Theory (pp. 27-46). London: Palgrave [go to publisher's site]
    • N. Vrousalis (2018). Council Democracy and the Socialization Dilemma. In J Muldoon (Ed.), Council Democracy: Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics (Routledge Advances in Democratic Theory) (pp. 89-107). London: Routledge [go to publisher's site]
    • N. Vrousalis (2018). L’exploitation de l’homme par l’homme. In Dictionnaire des sciences humaines. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France [go to publisher's site]
    • N. Vrousalis (2018). Le Marxisme analytique. In P. Savidan (Ed.), Dictionnaire des inégalités et de la justice sociale. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France [go to publisher's site]
    • N. Vrousalis (2016). Analytical Marxism. In W.R. Thompson (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press [go to publisher's site] doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.199
    • N. Vrousalis (2016). Integenerational Justice: A Primer. In A. Gosseries (Ed.), Institutions for Future Generations (pp. 49-64). Oxford: Oxford University Press [go to publisher's site]
    • N. Vrousalis & P. Parijs (2015). Analytical Marxism. In J.D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioural Sciences (pp. 665-667). London: Elsevier [go to publisher's site]
    • N. Vrousalis (2011). Lamentation in the Face of Historical Necessity. In Arguing about Justice: Essays for Phillippe Van Parijs (pp. 367-376). Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses Universitaires de Louvain [go to publisher's site]

  • Book editorship (1)

    • N. Vrousalis (Ed.). (2010). G.A. Cohen, Why not socialism? Athens, Greece: Ekkremes

  • Book review (6)

    • N. Vrousalis (2020). Review of Ernesto Screpanti’s Labour and Value: Rethinking Marx’s Theory of Exploitation. [Bespreking van het boek Labour and Value: Rethinking Marx’s Theory of Exploitation.]. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE). doi: 10.23941/ejpe.v13i1.472
    • N. Vrousalis (2018). Revolution, State, Workers’ Control: Besancenot, Miéville, and Medhurst on October. [Bespreking van de boeken No Less than Mystic & October & Que faire de 1917?]. . doi: 10.1177%2F0309816818770096
    • N. Vrousalis (2018). Review of Sensat, The Logic of Estrangement. [Bespreking van het boek The Logic of Estrangement: Reason in an Unreasonable Form]. Economics and Philosophy, 34, 282-289. doi: 10.1017/S0266267118000123
    • N. Vrousalis (2018). Republic of Equals. [Bespreking van het boek Republic of Equals]. The Philosophical Review, 282-289. doi: 10.1215/00318108-4230107
    • N. Vrousalis (2017). Freedom and Republicanism in Roberts’ Marx’s Inferno. [Bespreking van het boek Marx's Inferno]. Capital and Class, 41, 378-383.
    • N. Vrousalis (2015). Piketty’s Grandchildren. [Bespreking van het boek Capital in the 21st century]. Capital and Class, 39, 155-160. doi: 10.1177/0309816814564973

  • Article in volume (1)

    • N. Vrousalis (2019). A 35-hour working week for the EU? In M. Meyer (Ed.), Twelve Stars: Philosophers Chart a Course for Europe (pp. 41-49). Berlin: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung

  • Lecture (52)

    • Scholarly Publication (46)

      • N. Vrousalis (2019, juni 12). Exploitation as Domination. European University Institute, Florence, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2019, april 25). Exploitation and Economic Inequality. University of Edinburgh, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2019, oktober 20). What is Structural Domination? London School of Economics, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2018, mei 5). How exploiters dominate. University of Copenhagen, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2018, mei 30). Principles and Strategy in the November Revolution (Germany 1918). Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin & Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2018, mei 5). Exploitation and the Market. Aarhus University, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2018, mei 19). How exploiters dominate. University of Massachussets, Amherst, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2018, juni 16). Capital without Wage-Labour. The New School, New York City, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2018, juni 15). Ideology and the Productive Forces. Goethe University Frankfurt, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, september 1). Reclaiming Domination. American Political Science Association General Conference, San Francisco, Workshop.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, juni 21). Domination and Inequality. University of Glasgow, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, november 25). Workplace Democracy Revisited. World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research Conference, Utrecht, Workshop.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, november 5). Republicanism and Wage-Slavery. Charles University, Prague, Workshop.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, oktober 5). Reclaiming Domination. Lund University, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, september 30). Workplace Democracy Revisited. ECPR General Conference, Oslo, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, december 15). Solidarity and Economic Inequality. Humboldt University Berlin, Workshop.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, juli 9). Republicanism and Wage-Slavery. University of York, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, juni 16). Exploitation and Inequality. University College Maastricht, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, mei 30). Ideology and Inequality. Université Paris-Sorbonne, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, maart 2). Council Communism and the Socialization Dilemma. Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, maart 28). Reclaiming Domination. KU Leuven, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, februari 5). Freedom from Exploitation. Central European University, Budapest, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2016, september 29). How exploiters dominate. Humboldt University Berlin, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2016, mei 17). Capitalist Exploitation Revisited. Eastern Economic Association Conference, Washington DC, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2016, juni 12). How exploiters dominate. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2016, maart 5). Exploitation as Domination. University of San Diego, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2015, oktober 10). Exploitation as Domination. Center for Human Values, Princeton University, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2014, maart 17). Against Neorepublican Domination. University of Amsterdam, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2014, februari 6). Domination and Inequality. University of Bristol, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2013, december 28). G.A. Cohen's political philosophy. American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2013, mei 12). Exploitation and Inequality. University of Cambridge, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2013, juni 25). Exploitation and Inequality. Leiden University, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2013, september 9). Exploitation and Inequality. University of Essex, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2012, mei 5). Exploitation and Vulnerability. University of Geneva, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2012, maart 2). Exploitation and Inequality. University of Bristol, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2012, mei 25). Ethics and Vulnerability. London School of Economics, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, mei 24). Inequality and Future Generations. UC Louvain, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, juni 25). Posterity's Rights. University of Antwerp, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, september 25). Exploitation and Inequality. Mancept Workshops, University of Manchester, Workshop.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, maart 14). Posterity's Right. Bilkent University, Ankara, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, juni 4). Justice and Inequality. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, juni 15). Inequality and Future Generations. Joint Sessions of the Aristotelian Society, Sussex University, Workshop.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, juni 20). John O'Neill on Future Generations. KU Leuven, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, september 5). Freedom and Inequality. Faculty of Laws, University College London, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, maart 2). G.A Cohen on Exploitation. Goethe University Frankfurt, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2011, maart 5). Methodological Individualism in Economics. University of Bayreuth, Invited lecture.

    • Semiscientific Publication (5)

      • N. Vrousalis (2017, december 9). Exploitation and World Poverty. InScience Festival, Nijmegen, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2017, mei 2). Erik Wright on Real Utopias. Goethe University Frankfurt, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2015, februari 18). Prospects for a European Spring. Spui 25, Amsterdam, Invited lecture.
      • N. Vrousalis (2015, april 16). Greece and the Eurozone. Amsterdam Scheepvaartmuseum, Invited lecture, De Toemkomst van de Eurozone.
      • N. Vrousalis (2014, januari 15). Theories of Exploitation. Forum for European Philosophy, London School of Economics, Invited lecture.

    • Professional Publication (1)

      • N. Vrousalis (2018, april 15). Inequality and the Eurozone. University of Groningen, Invited lecture.

  • Doctoral thesis (1)

    • N. Vrousalis. Equality, Ownership, and Time: On the Content and Structure of Intergenerational Justice. University of Oxford Prom./coprom.: G.A. Cohen.

• Teaching (3)

  Year

  2020

  Tutor Students Nicholas Vrousalis

  Title

  Tutor Students Nicholas Vrousalis

  Year

  2020

  Capitalism and Freedom

  Title

  Capitalism and Freedom

  Year

  2020

• Editorial positions (1)

  Review of Social Economy

  Role

  Associate Editor

  Start date approval

  Sep/2017

• Present position

  University

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  School

  Erasmus School of Philosophy

  Department

  ESPhil

  Country

  The Netherlands

  Telephone

  0104089702