r/PoliticalPhilosophy↗
Political Philosophy
A subreddit for the discussion of political philosophies and theories from the likes of Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, Hume, Kant, Burke, Thoreau, Nietzsche, Rawls, and Arendt. Or for just talking, seriously, about politics, i.e. respectable in-depth discussion, don't vote someone down simply because you disagree. Treat this subreddit as though the people that you are talking with are gathered in the same room with you.
38k subscribers129 posts / mo in Sep 2026111 authors / mosince 2008
r/PoliticalPhilosophy has 38k members (+16% over the last 12 months). It gets about 129 posts a month from 111 people. Top topics: Capitalism Debates, Philosophy Books and Leftist Political Podcasts.
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- Capitalism Debates0.8%
- Philosophy Books0.4%
- Leftist Political Podcasts0.4%
- Marxist Theory & Reading0.3%
- Philosophy Discussions0.3%
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- Substack
- Medium
- Doi
- Marxists Internet Archive
- Stanford University
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