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Samuel Moyn
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Samuel Aaron Moyn is the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, previously the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University, which he joined in July 2017. He was a professor of history at Columbia University for thirteen years and a professor of history and of law at Harvard University for three years. His research interests are in modern European intellectual history, with special interests in France and Germany, political and legal thought, historical and critical theory, and Jewish studies. .. more

Political science 50%
History 23%

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Primary all politicians over 80.
Primary every Democrat who won’t fight to abolish ICE.

Every one.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.

“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.

“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”

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Primary every Democrat who won’t fight to abolish ICE.

Every one.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.

“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.

“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org

“I hope your son gets his money’s worth at Yale - and don’t worry, he’ll come back to you eventually.”
-Industry, S04E03

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Interview about liberalism and gerontocracy www.brinkatyale.com/issue-fiftee...
Interview: Liberalism’s Past, Present, and Future — Brink
Samuel Moyn on Cold War liberalism, Hegel, and the power of the old.
www.brinkatyale.com

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NEW BOOK!

I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line

academic.oup.com/book/62279
Utopia
Abstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c
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Sure, but right now we are in a system in which the legislature defers to courts to bless a lot of defiance as legal, right?

A classic legalist position I don't share - it turns out that, with the current Supreme Court, another name for a lot of "simply illegal" stuff is "the law." No disagreement from me on danger though, then or now. Maybe the assumptions of legalism help practically, maybe not.

Or, “Roosevelt engaged in a long list of comparable executive overreach, but also relied on Congress for big policy innovation.” Hits different.

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"Historian Ben Jackson has observed that 'neoliberalism is an ideal subject for intellectual historians.' ... To this I would add that neoliberalism is likewise an ideal subject for ideology critique." Excellent. www.jhiblog.org/2026/02/02/s...
Stuart Hall, Ideology, and Neoliberalism’s Reactionary Drift
by Lars Cornelissen This essay is part of a JHI Blog forum, “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
www.jhiblog.org

Why the most illuminating historical analogy for Trump might be with… Franklin Roosevelt - my latest with @jacklgoldsmith www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | What a Comparison With Roosevelt Reveals About Trump
www.nytimes.com

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I found a historical analogy I like www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | What a Comparison With Roosevelt Reveals About Trump
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