People

Jacob Keesing Ostfeld

AFFILIATION
Political Theory Network
College
St Hugh's College
Course
MPhil Political Theory

I am interested in why social class matters for political theory. What different classes exist, what relations exist between them, and why might it matter? I am currently writing a thesis entitled "Do Laboring Classes Exploit Each Other?," which seeks to elaborate potentially exploitative and dominating relations among workers. Prior to studying at Oxford, I received my BA from Harvard University in Government in 2023.

Research Interests

  • Marx and Marxism
  • socialist feminism
  • the political thought of the Frankfurt School (particularly Walter Benjamin, and Ernst Bloch)
  • normative political economy

 

Languages

  • English (native, fluent), German (intermediate), French (intermediate), Arabic (basic)