@dsj2110.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Wesleyan University
Interview series for The Nation
Essays and reviews editor at
Modern Intellectual History
Interview series for The Nation
Essays and reviews editor at
Modern Intellectual History
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My first interview for The Nation this year is with Kwame Anthony Appiah and concerns his new book on the religious origins of sociology titled: “Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science”: thenation.com/article/cult...
How Was Sociology Invented?
A conversation with Kwame Anthony Appiah about the religious origins of social theory and his recent book Captive Gods.
thenation.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
My first interview for The Nation this year is with Kwame Anthony Appiah and concerns his new book on the religious origins of sociology titled: “Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science”: thenation.com/article/cult...
My first interview for The Nation this year is with Kwame Anthony Appiah and concerns his new book on the religious origins of sociology titled: “Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science”: thenation.com/article/cult...
How Was Sociology Invented?
A conversation with Kwame Anthony Appiah about the religious origins of social theory and his recent book Captive Gods.
thenation.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 PM
My first interview for The Nation this year is with Kwame Anthony Appiah and concerns his new book on the religious origins of sociology titled: “Captive Gods: Religion and the Rise of Social Science”: thenation.com/article/cult...
A forthcoming edited collection from Princeton University Press: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Jewish Anti-Zionism
A collection of texts illustrating the complex reasons why Jews have contested or rejected the Zionist ideal over more than a century
press.princeton.edu
January 28, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A forthcoming edited collection from Princeton University Press: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Call for Applications for the Moynihan Public Scholars Fellowship based out of City College in NYC. Highly recommend applying: moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu/programs/pub...
Public Scholars Fellowship | The Moynihan Center
Cultivating bold ideas. Forging the next generation of public-service leaders.
moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu
January 28, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Call for Applications for the Moynihan Public Scholars Fellowship based out of City College in NYC. Highly recommend applying: moynihancenter.ccny.cuny.edu/programs/pub...
Excellent LRB review of two new books on the life and thought of Alexandre Kojève : “Kojève ‘adored’ international negotiations, but did not take them too seriously: for him they were essentially a ‘superior game’, which he played ‘like the devil in holy water’.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Rée · We are all layabouts now: Kojève v. Hegel
Alexandre Kojève described his book on Hegel as ‘very bad’, and he had a point. His take on the Phenomenology of...
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January 28, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Excellent LRB review of two new books on the life and thought of Alexandre Kojève : “Kojève ‘adored’ international negotiations, but did not take them too seriously: for him they were essentially a ‘superior game’, which he played ‘like the devil in holy water’.” www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
On Justine Lacroix: "Popular sovereignty and the rule of law are inseparable: the idea that there could be “illiberal democracies” is groundless and plays into the hands of populists.": booksandideas.net/A-Return-to-...
A Return to Liberal Democracy
About: Justine Lacroix, Les valeurs de l'Europe. Un enjeu démocratique, Collège de France éditions
booksandideas.net
January 26, 2026 at 11:01 PM
On Justine Lacroix: "Popular sovereignty and the rule of law are inseparable: the idea that there could be “illiberal democracies” is groundless and plays into the hands of populists.": booksandideas.net/A-Return-to-...
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The intellectual historian Camilla Boisen has written an extensive review article of my and Lauren Benton‘s books on war and genocide, bringing different fields into conversation. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The intellectual historian Camilla Boisen has written an extensive review article of my and Lauren Benton‘s books on war and genocide, bringing different fields into conversation. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The latest episode of the podcast I cohost with Nick Tabor is now available. We interviewed Molly Worthen, a leading historian of American religion, about her new book: Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump": www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/amer...
American Charisms
In the second episode of 'Of This World,' a special podcast series co-hosted by 'Commonweal,' contributors Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Nick Tabor speak with Molly Worthen, author of 'Spellbound.'
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January 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The latest episode of the podcast I cohost with Nick Tabor is now available. We interviewed Molly Worthen, a leading historian of American religion, about her new book: Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History from the Puritans to Donald Trump": www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/amer...
Thanks to Nathan Guez—a very sharp student at Sciences Po—for interviewing me: paulloussot4.wixsite.com/le-monde-d/p...
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Cold War liberalism: an attempt to reconcile the liberal project with the traumas of the 20th century.
Par Nathan GuezDaniel Jenkins is a professor at Westlane University specializing in intellectual history. Influenced by Samuel Moyn, his work focuses on the concept of Cold War liberalism—an intellect...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Thanks to Nathan Guez—a very sharp student at Sciences Po—for interviewing me: paulloussot4.wixsite.com/le-monde-d/p...
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The Donroe Doctrine: Extortion, Extraction, Exploitation (and Extradition, if needed).
The Trump doctrine exposes the US as a mafia state | Jan-Werner Müller
The Venezuela incursion is in line with this logic, made even plainer as the US eyes Greenland
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The Donroe Doctrine: Extortion, Extraction, Exploitation (and Extradition, if needed).
Thrilled to have Alden Young join Modern Intellectual History as an editor: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Editorial board
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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January 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Thrilled to have Alden Young join Modern Intellectual History as an editor: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Wen Stephenson, Thea Riofrancos, and Andreas Malm discuss the "deadly silence and denial" creating a veil around the climate crisis.
https://bit.ly/4seE6dE
https://bit.ly/4seE6dE
What Justice on a Burning Planet?
Andreas Malm and Thea Riofrancos joined The Nation’s Wen Stephenson in an urgent conversation about the left and the climate emergency.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Wen Stephenson, Thea Riofrancos, and Andreas Malm discuss the "deadly silence and denial" creating a veil around the climate crisis.
https://bit.ly/4seE6dE
https://bit.ly/4seE6dE
Yes, we do paired reviews. My address is www.wesleyan.edu/about/direct...
Would love to hear about what you have in mind
Would love to hear about what you have in mind
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www.wesleyan.edu
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yes, we do paired reviews. My address is www.wesleyan.edu/about/direct...
Would love to hear about what you have in mind
Would love to hear about what you have in mind
Hope to commission about a dozen reviews/essays for Modern Intellectual History in 2026–especially interested in new books/essay ideas focusing on Asia, Africa and South America but open to all ideas. Do reach out if you have one: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Book reviews
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hope to commission about a dozen reviews/essays for Modern Intellectual History in 2026–especially interested in new books/essay ideas focusing on Asia, Africa and South America but open to all ideas. Do reach out if you have one: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My last Nation interview for this year is with Alyssa Battistoni and concerns her important new book, “Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature”: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Capitalism’s Toxic Nature
A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about the essential and contradictory nature of capitalism to the environment and her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.
www.thenation.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My last Nation interview for this year is with Alyssa Battistoni and concerns her important new book, “Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature”: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Here's the table of contents of The Story of Capital:
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Here's the table of contents of The Story of Capital:
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"You can't own part of the moon, but you can own the stuff that the moon contains." — Wesleyan University's @mjrubenstein.bsky.social joins @marketplace.org to discuss who has a right to the moon economy #space
Who has a right to the moon economy? Whoever gets there first.
“You can't own part of the moon, but you can own the stuff that the moon contains,” said professor Mary-Jane Rubenstein.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"You can't own part of the moon, but you can own the stuff that the moon contains." — Wesleyan University's @mjrubenstein.bsky.social joins @marketplace.org to discuss who has a right to the moon economy #space
Thank you for following my work so closely.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you for following my work so closely.
holler: read the first graphs of the william james piece, lol.
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
holler: read the first graphs of the william james piece, lol.
hi joe. that piece is clearly inspired by the previous one on William James, the great democratic pragmatist. www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
hi joe. that piece is clearly inspired by the previous one on William James, the great democratic pragmatist. www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
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Issue 47.22 is now online, featuring:
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the green energy transition and North-East England
Clare Bucknell on Robert Frost
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on American post-liberalism
and Maureen N. McLane on Claire-Louise Bennett’s new novel.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the green energy transition and North-East England
Clare Bucknell on Robert Frost
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on American post-liberalism
and Maureen N. McLane on Claire-Louise Bennett’s new novel.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Issue 47.22 is now online, featuring:
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the green energy transition and North-East England
Clare Bucknell on Robert Frost
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on American post-liberalism
and Maureen N. McLane on Claire-Louise Bennett’s new novel.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the green energy transition and North-East England
Clare Bucknell on Robert Frost
@jwmueller-pu.bsky.social on American post-liberalism
and Maureen N. McLane on Claire-Louise Bennett’s new novel.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
New piece by me which makes the case for a domestic version of the Fulbright program: www.commonwealmagazine.org/fulbright-sc...
Exposure Therapy
What could bridge the gap between the culture of elite higher education and red America? One possibility involves extending the logic of the Fulbright program.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New piece by me which makes the case for a domestic version of the Fulbright program: www.commonwealmagazine.org/fulbright-sc...
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Extraction by Thea Riofrancos is really good—and beautifully written.
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Extraction by Thea Riofrancos is really good—and beautifully written.
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social