Marius Sebastian Ostrowski FRHistS, FRSA | |
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 Marius Ostrowski delivering a lecture at the Nicolaus Copernicus Academy conference 2024 | |
| Born | 12 December 1988 |
| Nationality | German, British |
| Occupation(s) | Academic and policy researcher |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Nower Lodge School Colet Court Eton College |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (B.A., M.Phil., D.Phil.) |
| Thesis | Twilight of the pollsters: A social theory of mass opinion in late modernity (2017) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Freeden |
| Other advisors | Cécile Fabre · Jeremy Waldron |
| Influences | Louis Althusser · Eduard Bernstein · Pierre Bourdieu · Judith Butler · Nancy Fraser · Michael Freeden · Martin Heidegger · Niklas Luhmann · Nicos Poulantzas · Arthur Schopenhauer · Ann Thomson · Ferdinand Tönnies · Ellen Meiksins Wood |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History · politics · sociology |
| Sub-discipline | History of ideas · ideology studies · social theory |
| Institutions | Magdalen College, Oxford All Souls College, Oxford European University Institute University of Nottingham |
Marius Sebastian Ostrowski FRHistS FRSA (German: [ˈmaːʁɪʊs zɛˈbastɪan ɔsˈtʁɔvskiː]; born 12 December 1988) is a German-British political and social theorist, historian of ideas, policy researcher, and composer. His research interests lie in the study of ideology and ideologies, focusing especially on how social contexts shape patterns of ordinary thinking and everyday behaviour. He also writes on the theory and history of social democracy, in particular its origins in interwar socialist reformist thought, and on progressive visions of European integration, including the prospects for a Europe-wide Universal Basic Income.