Jonathan White
@jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social
Professor of Politics, LSE
https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/white-jonathan
https://www.lse.ac.uk/european-institute/people/white-jonathan
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Keynes famously said that in the long run we are all dead, but he may have been optimistic.
In my new book, I examine the new politics of emergency and defend the relation between democracy and the future, past & present. Out 1st Feb. 2024 with Profile Books
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In my new book, I examine the new politics of emergency and defend the relation between democracy and the future, past & present. Out 1st Feb. 2024 with Profile Books
profilebooks.com/work/in-the-...
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Merry Christmas from Rosa, @ppfideas.bsky.social team & me 😍! In the latest episode of the podcast, David & I discuss von Trotta's film "Rosa Luxemburg" & the life and politics of “the most brilliant intellect of all the scientific heirs of Marx and Engels Marx and Engels", as Franz Mehring put it.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today in our season of live recordings David and @leaypi.bsky.social. look at the biopic of a revolutionary: Margaretha von Trotta’s 'Rosa Luxemburg' (1986), which explores the deeply unstable relationship between the personal and the political.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today in our season of live recordings David and @leaypi.bsky.social. look at the biopic of a revolutionary: Margaretha von Trotta’s 'Rosa Luxemburg' (1986), which explores the deeply unstable relationship between the personal and the political.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Merry Christmas from Rosa, @ppfideas.bsky.social team & me 😍! In the latest episode of the podcast, David & I discuss von Trotta's film "Rosa Luxemburg" & the life and politics of “the most brilliant intellect of all the scientific heirs of Marx and Engels Marx and Engels", as Franz Mehring put it.
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Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Very nice to see 'In the Long Run' on this list ...
In this list, explore the very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine this year, selected by Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers: https://fam.ag/43ZrRHt
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Very nice to see 'In the Long Run' on this list ...
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One of my favourite things this year was recording this episode of BBC Radio 3 Private Passions with Michael Berkeley where we talked about my favourite music from Limoz Dizdari to Hans Eisler’s Solidaritätslied via Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and more. Out now
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Lea Ypi
Michael Berkeley's guest is the writer and professor of political theory at LSE, Lea Ypi.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of my favourite things this year was recording this episode of BBC Radio 3 Private Passions with Michael Berkeley where we talked about my favourite music from Limoz Dizdari to Hans Eisler’s Solidaritätslied via Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and more. Out now
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
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#ACFM examines the Future. @jemgilbert.bsky.social, Nadia Idle, and I ask, did young people always worry so much about their futures? Has the currency of emergency been devalued? Does conservatism have an idea of the future? With music from LTJ Bukem and FKA twigs.
novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...
novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...
What Happened to Our Dreams of the Future? | Novara Media
A weird-left explanation of how the future lost its shine, with ideas from Max Weber, Kate Raworth and Jonathan White.
novaramedia.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#ACFM examines the Future. @jemgilbert.bsky.social, Nadia Idle, and I ask, did young people always worry so much about their futures? Has the currency of emergency been devalued? Does conservatism have an idea of the future? With music from LTJ Bukem and FKA twigs.
novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...
novaramedia.com/2025/09/21/w...
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More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show
More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show
Tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in face of new Israeli offensive
More than a quarter of a million people have been displaced from Gaza City in the last month, new figures from the UN reveal, with tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in the face of a new Israeli offensive.
Multiple strikes by Israeli artillery, tanks and warplanes hit Gaza City again on Thursday, prompting what a UN official called “new waves of mass displacement” after about 60,000 fled the new assault in 72 hours earlier this week. Continue reading...
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September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show
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My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…
Lea Ypi: How to think about surveillance
A picture of her grandmother posted on social media sent the author to the archives of Albania’s former security services — and raised difficult questions about who watches us today
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September 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…
Lea's best book yet - and it's out today!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...
Indignity
When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told record...
www.penguin.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Lea's best book yet - and it's out today!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...
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Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left!
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall today.
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September 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left!
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
www.waterstones.com/events/lea-y...
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The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!
July 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!
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Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?
July 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?
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As Jonathan White argues, politics obsessed with numbers has shrunk our sense of the future. Art can spark collective imagination and a deeper purpose beyond economic metrics. Read my conversation with @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social here: www.culturepolicyroom.eu/insights/tod...
‘The shrinking political imagination is a threat to democracy’ — Culture Policy Room
As the European Union grapples with long-term budgets and shifting political priorities, I spoke with Jonathan White about how Europe, as a shared democratic project, can endure in an age when collect...
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July 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
As Jonathan White argues, politics obsessed with numbers has shrunk our sense of the future. Art can spark collective imagination and a deeper purpose beyond economic metrics. Read my conversation with @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social here: www.culturepolicyroom.eu/insights/tod...
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‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
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@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@wepsocial.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social
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How on earth can the UK sanction two Israeli ministers yet — at the very same time — continue supplying weapons to the very government they serve?
The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
How on earth can the UK sanction two Israeli ministers yet — at the very same time — continue supplying weapons to the very government they serve?
The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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It has been a while since I enjoyed a book in political theory this much. @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social's "In the Long Run" is beautifully written, insightful, and full of fresh thinking on political change, imagination, and ideology - all through the lens of the future. Go read it.
June 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It has been a while since I enjoyed a book in political theory this much. @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social's "In the Long Run" is beautifully written, insightful, and full of fresh thinking on political change, imagination, and ideology - all through the lens of the future. Go read it.
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My new article in Political Studies:
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My new article in Political Studies:
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Our attempt to make sense of Trump II, sans sane-washing.
Big thanks to @andrewelrod.bsky.social and Maya Adereth whose editing made the piece much, much better.
Big thanks to @andrewelrod.bsky.social and Maya Adereth whose editing made the piece much, much better.
This great piece from Benjamin Braun and Cedric Durand, on the factions competing over the White House through the mess of US decline, has given me some of the greatest clarity on what is going on right now. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ame...
America’s Braudelian Autumn | Benjamin Braun & Cédric Durand
Factions of capital in the second Trump administration
www.phenomenalworld.org
May 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our attempt to make sense of Trump II, sans sane-washing.
Big thanks to @andrewelrod.bsky.social and Maya Adereth whose editing made the piece much, much better.
Big thanks to @andrewelrod.bsky.social and Maya Adereth whose editing made the piece much, much better.
My new article in Political Studies:
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
My new article in Political Studies:
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
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This is such a great book. Highly recommended! 👏👏👏 @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is such a great book. Highly recommended! 👏👏👏 @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social
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Today, the Independent Alliance delivered media handbooks to mainstream press outlets, suggesting basic ways they could hold the Prime Minister to account over Gaza.
You can read the full handbook here: linktr.ee/jeremycorbyn
You can read the full handbook here: linktr.ee/jeremycorbyn
May 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Today, the Independent Alliance delivered media handbooks to mainstream press outlets, suggesting basic ways they could hold the Prime Minister to account over Gaza.
You can read the full handbook here: linktr.ee/jeremycorbyn
You can read the full handbook here: linktr.ee/jeremycorbyn
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Coming up at the Institute on Wednesday next week: @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social will give a lecture on “The Future as a Democratic Resource”.
@lse-ei.bsky.social
www.mpifg.de/events/40297...
@lse-ei.bsky.social
www.mpifg.de/events/40297...
April 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Coming up at the Institute on Wednesday next week: @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social will give a lecture on “The Future as a Democratic Resource”.
@lse-ei.bsky.social
www.mpifg.de/events/40297...
@lse-ei.bsky.social
www.mpifg.de/events/40297...
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‘The demand is that to be safe from persecution, you must pluck out your eyes. Instead of ejecting Gaza from domestic politics, Israel’s allies have brought the war home.’
This week’s column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week’s column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik
The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:30 AM
‘The demand is that to be safe from persecution, you must pluck out your eyes. Instead of ejecting Gaza from domestic politics, Israel’s allies have brought the war home.’
This week’s column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week’s column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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1) INDIGNITY has a cover! We are still on the theme of nature and freedom but this time with canaries - one of the one hundred that feature prominently in the book. Full info (about the book, not the canaries yet) in the link below 😜🌹🐥 www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...
Indignity
When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told record...
www.penguin.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
1) INDIGNITY has a cover! We are still on the theme of nature and freedom but this time with canaries - one of the one hundred that feature prominently in the book. Full info (about the book, not the canaries yet) in the link below 😜🌹🐥 www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...