Ben Burgis

Ben Burgis is an American socialist political commentator, author and adjunct philosophy professor at Rutgers University. He has written articles for Jacobin , ^{[1] [2]} The Daily Beast ^{[3] [4]} and MSNBC. ^[5]

Ben Burgis explains socialism primarily based on the analytical Marxist tradition of G. A. Cohen, and focuses on reconstructing Cohen's moral and logical critique of capitalism in a modern way. ^{[6] [7]} He mainly uses the rigorous argumentation method of analytical philosophy to argue for the legitimacy of socialism and the problems of capitalism. ^{[8] [9] [2] [10]}

Books

• with Conrad Bongard Hamilton, Matthew McManus, and Marion Trejo Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson (Zero Books, 2020)
• Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left (Zero books, Collective Ink 2019) ^[11]
• Canceling Comedians While the World Burns: A Critique Of The Contemporary Left (Zero books, 2021)
• Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters (Zero books) ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

See also

• Analytical Marxism

References

1. Burgis, Ben. "PragerU's Moral Case for Capitalism Is Terrible". Jacobin. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
2. Burgis, Ben (18 May 2024). "We Can't Have a Fair Society Under Capitalism". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. Burgis, Ben (2023-11-30). "Henry Kissinger Was One of the 20th Century's Greatest Monsters". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
4. Burgis, Ben (2023-09-06). "Why Is Bill Maher Throwing His Own Writers Under the Bus?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
5. "Opinion | Obama still doesn't get why Trump won. That's the problem". MSNBC.com. 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
6. Burgis, Ben (10 April 2022). "If You Want to Understand Marxism, Read G. A. Cohen". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
7. Burgis, Ben (16 April 2022). "G. A. Cohen Showed Why We Should All Be Socialists". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
8. Burgis, Ben (11 June 2022). "Karl Marx Was Right: Workers Are Systematically Exploited Under Capitalism". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 7 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
9. Burgis, Ben (7 November 2023). "A Lack of Money Means a Lack of Freedom". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
10. Burgis, Ben (23 December 2024). "How Capitalism Undermines Freedom". Jacobin. Archived from the original on 3 April 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
11. "Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left. Book Review". 8 May 2019.
12. "Seeing Hitchens Clearly: A Review of Ben Burgis' Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters". 16 December 2021.
13. "Christopher Hitchens's legacy re-examined: Jamie Maxwell reviews Ben Burgis's new book". 17 January 2022.
14. Affairs, Current (13 October 2021). "Is Christopher Hitchens Still Worth Reading?". Current Affairs.
15. "'Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters' by Ben Burgis". 10 February 2022.

External links

• https://benburgis.substack.com/