Ben Burgis

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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]

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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]

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  1. ↑ Burgis, Ben. "PragerU's Moral Case for Capitalism Is Terrible". Jacobin. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  2. 1 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.
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