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Socialization in Theory and Practice
Socialization in theory and practice
Democratizing Access to Land and Energy
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Jacob Blumenfeld

Jacob Blumenfeld

Leading the sub-project on normative foundations of socialization

Jacob Blumenfeld teaches philosophy at Humboldt University Berlin, where he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Social Critique. There, he co-directs with Rabea Berfelde the research project Socialization in Theory and Practice: Democratizing Access to Land and Energy, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Previously, Jacob was an assistant professor of Practical Philosophy at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and a member of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre Structural Change of Property. He is the author of The Concept of Property in Kant, Fichte, and Hegel: Freedom, Right and Recognition (Routledge, 2024) and All Things Are Nothing to Me: The Unique Philosophy of Max Stirner (Zero, 2018). He is also co-editor of Umkämpftes Eigentum: Eine gesellschaftstheoretische Debatte (Suhrkamp, 2025). Jacob’s current research focuses on the normative foundations of property, democratic ecological planning, the subjective dimensions of climate change, the critical theory of Fichte, and the contemporary relevance of Günther Anders. He received his PhD from the New School for Social Research in New York.

Publications

Blumenfeld, Jacob. Umkämpftes Eigentum: Eine Gesellschaftstheoretische Debatte. Suhrkamp, 2025.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “The Concept of Property in Kant, Fichte, and Hegel.” Routledge, 2024.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. All Things Are Nothing to Me: The Unique Philosophy of Max Stirner.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “Klasse Als Moralische Verletzung.” Deutsche Zeitschrift Für Philosophie, vol. 73, no. 2, 2025, pp. 246–263.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “The Socialization Debate: Revolutionary Confusion after the German Revolution of 1918.” Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal, vol. 46, no. 1, 2025, pp. 93–122.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “Gegen Klimaethik.” Klimawandel Und Gesellschaftskritik, 2025, pp. 25–48.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “‘Fuera De Lo Común’. En Torno a La Vida y La Obra De Félix Weil. Entrevista a Hans-Peter Gruber.” Archivos De Historia Del Movimiento Obrero Y La Izquierda, vol. 26, 2025, pp. 103–125.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “Félix Weil En El Debate Sobre La Socialización Tras La Revolución De Noviembre En Alemania, 1918-1921.” Archivos De Historia Del Movimiento Obrero Y La Izquierda, vol. 26, 2025, pp. 15–36.
Blumenfeld, Jacob. “Ist Eigentum begründbar?” Politik & Ökonomie, 2024