Luke Sandle
@lukesandle.bsky.social
Democratic theory, psychoanalysis. Teach political theory in the prairies.
Listened to Coldplay’s Parachutes today and there simply isn’t a better example of a band setting fire to so much promise. Nice review here: www.stereogum.com/2090039/cold...
Coldplay's Debut Album 'Parachutes' Came Out 20 Years Ago Today
Raise your hand if you remember when Coldplay were the new Travis. Before the U2-for-millennials arena rock, the Grey’s Anatomy tearjerker power ballads, the old-timey military fatigues, the full-fled...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Listened to Coldplay’s Parachutes today and there simply isn’t a better example of a band setting fire to so much promise. Nice review here: www.stereogum.com/2090039/cold...
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honestly whether any given event does or doesn’t produce, signal, or clinch and American years of lead will only ever be visible in retrospect
September 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
honestly whether any given event does or doesn’t produce, signal, or clinch and American years of lead will only ever be visible in retrospect
Enjoyable Zizek quip: “if you can imagine being my patient you must really be mad”
April 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Enjoyable Zizek quip: “if you can imagine being my patient you must really be mad”
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you don't need to be jacques lacan to see how desperately transmuting material loss into symbolic gain is really just slapping a fancy new signifier atop a yawning black hole but hey it doesn't hurt
April 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
you don't need to be jacques lacan to see how desperately transmuting material loss into symbolic gain is really just slapping a fancy new signifier atop a yawning black hole but hey it doesn't hurt
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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There is an irony in leftists complaining about the fall of neoliberal globalization. But none of us wanted it replaced with autarkic mercantalism and ethno-nationalist authoritarianism.
April 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There is an irony in leftists complaining about the fall of neoliberal globalization. But none of us wanted it replaced with autarkic mercantalism and ethno-nationalist authoritarianism.
What’s a piece of academic work you come back to, over and over? This from Bonnie Honig is one such piece for me www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Between Decision and Deliberation: Political Paradox in Democratic Theory | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Between Decision and Deliberation: Political Paradox in Democratic Theory - Volume 101 Issue 1
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February 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What’s a piece of academic work you come back to, over and over? This from Bonnie Honig is one such piece for me www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump Can Be Stopped
Other countries managed to fend off autocracy. By borrowing from their playbook, America can too.
substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...
It may be time to crack this one:
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
It may be time to crack this one:
When you haven’t read the literature
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
When you haven’t read the literature
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Fantastic piece by T.J. Clark in the LRB—a sharp dive into how Trump both creates and embodies the spectacle - www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark · A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle
Trump has annihilated the idea of charisma. The new leader is not above us. He’s on the screen in our hands. We...
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January 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Fantastic piece by T.J. Clark in the LRB—a sharp dive into how Trump both creates and embodies the spectacle - www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
We’ve all been there
CNN saying it may have been more of a heat of the moment Sieg Heil than an actual Sieg Heil
January 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
We’ve all been there
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I keep coming back to 1876 as the analogy: not the end of competitive elections or the establishment of a nationwide one-party state, but a catastrophic blow to constitutional government from which it took 90 years to sort of recover.
But the North was able to avert its eyes from the consequences, 1
But the North was able to avert its eyes from the consequences, 1
November 9, 2024 at 1:10 PM
I keep coming back to 1876 as the analogy: not the end of competitive elections or the establishment of a nationwide one-party state, but a catastrophic blow to constitutional government from which it took 90 years to sort of recover.
But the North was able to avert its eyes from the consequences, 1
But the North was able to avert its eyes from the consequences, 1
Sad news about Jerome Kohn, who did so much to bring Arendt more fully into view. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...
Jerome Kohn, Keeper of Hannah Arendt’s Flame, Dies at 93
He devoted his career to guarding the legacy of the philosopher known for her writings on totalitarianism and “the banality of evil.”
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Sad news about Jerome Kohn, who did so much to bring Arendt more fully into view. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/b...
I am begging all mix pack constructors to stop including a fruit beer.
December 3, 2024 at 1:58 AM
I am begging all mix pack constructors to stop including a fruit beer.
An absolute banger.
November 28, 2024 at 3:16 AM
An absolute banger.
I can’t decide whether the festivities in Rousseau’s republic would provide the “sweet sentiments of my happiness” or remind of the worst of my school field trips.
November 20, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I can’t decide whether the festivities in Rousseau’s republic would provide the “sweet sentiments of my happiness” or remind of the worst of my school field trips.
We’re working on distinguishing the dream’s latent and manifest content.
November 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
We’re working on distinguishing the dream’s latent and manifest content.
Stangeth makes a pretty compelling case that Eichmann’s “banality” was itself an over dramatization.
November 16, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Stangeth makes a pretty compelling case that Eichmann’s “banality” was itself an over dramatization.
Nostalgia for the days when Agamben had his critical bite.
November 14, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Nostalgia for the days when Agamben had his critical bite.
Never has a thinker so obscure been rendered so clear.
November 13, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Never has a thinker so obscure been rendered so clear.
This has a nice account of Rousseau’s rationale for censorship. Reveals his tendencies towards reaction - defend societal “moeurs” - and the liberal constitutionalist - protect society’s fundamental laws/principles. Not sure how that squares with his commitment to popular sovereignty.
November 12, 2024 at 4:43 AM
This has a nice account of Rousseau’s rationale for censorship. Reveals his tendencies towards reaction - defend societal “moeurs” - and the liberal constitutionalist - protect society’s fundamental laws/principles. Not sure how that squares with his commitment to popular sovereignty.
Unclear what the accepted genre of Bluesky posting is: I’ll start with things I’m reading.
November 11, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Unclear what the accepted genre of Bluesky posting is: I’ll start with things I’m reading.