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Careerism: Prolegomena to a Political Theory8 comments

Corey Robin wrote 13 hours ago: Someone recently tweeted this article on Hannah Arendt that I wrote in the London Review of Books ma … more →

Tags: Careerism, Eichmann in Jerusalem, Hannah Arendt

Latour's Tour of Dublin 2012

maestrojon wrote 1 day ago: Bruno Latour is a troll.  A very interesting, witty and often brilliant troll, I grant you but a tro … more →

Tags: social theory, Power, Sociology, Philosophy, climate change, Video Lectures, Latour, 2012, ant

The Origins of Totalitarianism

wellredjews wrote 1 day ago: Last week saw the second meeting of the wellredjews reading group, discussing Shlomo Sand’s … more →

Tags: Meeting Details, Anti-Semitism, Hannah Arendt, Imperialism, Nazism, Stalinism, Totalitarianism

Less than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism

rikowski wrote 2 days ago: Hegel LESS THAN NOTHING: HEGEL AND THE SHADOW OF DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM NEW TITLE: LESS THAN NOTHIN … more →

Tags: Books, communism, historical materialism, London Political Meetings, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist Theory, Philosophy, Dialectical Materialism

The Obama Doctrine and 21st Century American Foreign Policy

Aleph Journal wrote 2 days ago: View this document on Scribd The Obama Doctrine and 21st Century American Foreign Policy By: Madhu N … more →

Tags: 2012, Global studies, Political Science, Spring 2012

Are You a "Socialist" Conservative?

Phil wrote 2 days ago: A Must-Read Letter from the Cincinnati Tea Party Leader.  Not all Tea Parties are the same.  We must … more →

Tags: Philosophy, liberty

Things I Did and Didn't Know About Marilyn Monroe and Leon Trotsky8 comments

Corey Robin wrote 4 days ago: I’ve long known Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism when she married Arthur Miller. What nice … more →

Tags: The Left

Capital as power

sanjayperera wrote 4 days ago: Thus, the birth of philosophy is not just coincident, but equisignificant with the birth of democrac … more →

Tags: Anti-Capitalism, dual power, capitalist life crisis, capitalism, neoliberalism, capitalist, delusion of economists, Neoclassical Economics, War

Straight white men have lost power - rightly so2 comments

Deborah wrote 4 days ago: “Straight white men have lost power – rightly so” That’s the subbing on a co … more →

Tags: Diversity, Feminism, media, Politics of Presence

My New essay on Theology and Literature: When Jacques Roumain Does Political Theology

celucienljoseph wrote 1 week ago: I just finished with a new essay on Jacques Roumain and his novel, Masters of the Dew ( Gouverneurs  … more →

Tags: Literature, Theology, Liberature Theology, Constructive Theologies, Haiti, Humanity, Jesus Christ, Liberation Theology, political theology

It's Great To Be British Again2 comments

Chay Bryn Jones wrote 1 week ago: Elizabeth II is the soul of our nation. Aside from her unflinching service to her country and her pe … more →

Tags: British politics, Britain, democracy, England, Patriotism, Jubilee!, The Queen

Why Chickens Do...

Aspirant wrote 1 week ago: Why Chickens Don’t Exist in Political Theory In 1978 Robert Jervis wrote an article entitled Coopera … more →

Tags: mearsheimer, Jervis, Realism, Politics

No More Political Fu*kery. We just want justice and bread. 2 comments

Laura&Moe wrote 1 week ago: These days if a person says they would like to see the eradication of poverty, they are quite likely … more →

Tags: curriculum, Human Rights, poverty, communism

Power and Resistance - Studies in Political Thought Annual Conference 2012

rikowski wrote 1 week ago: Crisis POWER AND RESISTANCE – STUDIES IN POLITICAL THOUGHT ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2012 Studies in Social … more →

Tags: Conferences, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist Theory, Philosophy, Politics, Alberto Toscano, john holloway, political studies

Insurgent democracy

sanjayperera wrote 1 week ago: by John Schwarzmantel This article has three aims: in the first place it seeks to offer some reflect … more →

Tags: Democratic Practices, Marxism, Evolution, rethinking revolution, Revolutionary Practices, occupy movement, Social Justice, protest movement, Protests

AuH20

Phil wrote 1 week ago: I am proud that the Republican Party has always stood for individual rights and liberties. The posit … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Privacy, liberty

Polling Day: Doors Open, Minds Closed

Chay Bryn Jones wrote 1 week ago: It stinks. It is stagnant. It is unappealing and it is most definitely populated by a number of unsa … more →

Tags: British politics, Britain, Voting, democracy

The Locus of Sovereignty2 comments

genealogyofconsent wrote 1 week ago: What legitimizes sovereign power in modern liberal democracies? Perhaps one of the most worrying iss … more →

Tags: Michel Foucault, democracy, Democratic Theory, Liberalism, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, Liberalism, Democracy 2, Politics

The Long Duree of the Far Right

rikowski wrote 2 weeks ago:   Aesthetics THE LONG DURÉE OF THE FAR RIGHT The Longue Durée of the Far Right: Ideology, Organ … more →

Tags: Academic Stuff, Call for Papers, Conferences, Politics, durée, Far right, Fascism, Geography, Ideology


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