Matt McManus
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Spelman College. Author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and other books.
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Matt McManus
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
· Mar 21
The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism
McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills.
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Check out my latest book "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" at the link below.
www.routledge.com/The-Politica...
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Really interesting. Shows how central epistemology is to Marcuse's position, which I agree is underappreciated.
December 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Really interesting. Shows how central epistemology is to Marcuse's position, which I agree is underappreciated.
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$300 until we notch up another percentage point towards our goal
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. Hope everyone's having a wonderful holiday. Another $2500 will notch us up to 32% of our goal; please consider helping us get there today gofund.me/323129c72
December 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
$300 until we notch up another percentage point towards our goal
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“Marxism is generally considered anti-religious. The philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, on the other hand, sees overlaps: Christianity and Marxism have repeatedly awakened in humanity a radical sense of hope for a more just world.”
Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
Radikales Christentum und Marxismus haben das gleiche Ziel: eine bessere Welt
Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
jacobin.de
December 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“Marxism is generally considered anti-religious. The philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, on the other hand, sees overlaps: Christianity and Marxism have repeatedly awakened in humanity a radical sense of hope for a more just world.”
My piece on Alasdair MacIntyre for Jacobin
Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
Radikales Christentum und Marxismus haben das gleiche Ziel: eine bessere Welt
Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
jacobin.de
December 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My piece on Alasdair MacIntyre for Jacobin
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Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
Radikales Christentum und Marxismus haben das gleiche Ziel: eine bessere Welt
Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
jacobin.de
December 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Der Marxismus gilt gemeinhin als antireligiös. Der Philosoph Alasdair MacIntyre sieht hingegen Überschneidungen: Christentum und Marxismus haben in der Menschheit immer wieder ein radikales Gefühl der Hoffnung auf eine gerechtere Welt geweckt.
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Thrilled to see @quinnslobodian.com's Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right longlisted for the @bookcritics.bsky.social Award for Criticism!
Check out his book and how neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War: hubs.ly/Q03YLsVS0
Check out his book and how neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War: hubs.ly/Q03YLsVS0
December 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thrilled to see @quinnslobodian.com's Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right longlisted for the @bookcritics.bsky.social Award for Criticism!
Check out his book and how neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War: hubs.ly/Q03YLsVS0
Check out his book and how neoliberals turned to nature to defend inequality after the end of the Cold War: hubs.ly/Q03YLsVS0
Merry Christmas to ya'll
December 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Merry Christmas to ya'll
My wife and in laws know me well
December 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My wife and in laws know me well
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Yeah, I mean where else could you look around right now and see evil, corruption, and incompetence all rolled into one?
The level of willful naivete it takes to not realize these qualities dont just go together. Theyre practically pre-recs for each other
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Yeah, I mean where else could you look around right now and see evil, corruption, and incompetence all rolled into one?
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"cartoonishly evil, completely corrupt, and a bumbling incompetent" describes like half of MAGA.
The level of willful naivete it takes to not realize these qualities dont just go together. Theyre practically pre-recs for each other
December 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"cartoonishly evil, completely corrupt, and a bumbling incompetent" describes like half of MAGA.
The world will have to get over its shock that the person who coined the term "Intellectual Dark Web" and admired its deep thinkers its a corrupt and not especially competent person...
December 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The world will have to get over its shock that the person who coined the term "Intellectual Dark Web" and admired its deep thinkers its a corrupt and not especially competent person...
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The level of willful naivete it takes to not realize these qualities dont just go together. Theyre practically pre-recs for each other
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
😝
The level of willful naivete it takes to not realize these qualities dont just go together. Theyre practically pre-recs for each other
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The level of willful naivete it takes to not realize these qualities dont just go together. Theyre practically pre-recs for each other
Good piece on the Bari Weiss/60 minutes fiasco by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
I've posted the full video and an analysis of Bari Weiss's memo.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
60 Minutes's 'Inside CECOT'
The Full Video and Bari Weiss's 'Memo'
www.unpopularfront.news
December 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good piece on the Bari Weiss/60 minutes fiasco by @lioneltrolling.bsky.social
Reposted by Matt McManus
I've posted the full video and an analysis of Bari Weiss's memo.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
60 Minutes's 'Inside CECOT'
The Full Video and Bari Weiss's 'Memo'
www.unpopularfront.news
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I've posted the full video and an analysis of Bari Weiss's memo.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
Good primer on "Furious Minds" by @lkatfield.bsky.social
New piece! Laura K. Field provides an overview of her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, touching on the key themes, figures, and her approach. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social
An Introductory Overview of Furious Minds illiberalism.org |
Laura K. Field provides an overview of her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right.
www.illiberalism.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Good primer on "Furious Minds" by @lkatfield.bsky.social
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New piece! Laura K. Field provides an overview of her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, touching on the key themes, figures, and her approach. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social
An Introductory Overview of Furious Minds illiberalism.org |
Laura K. Field provides an overview of her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right.
www.illiberalism.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New piece! Laura K. Field provides an overview of her book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, touching on the key themes, figures, and her approach. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social @lkatfield.bsky.social
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America narrowly missed another major news network falling into Trump's personal patronage system. We need to fund independent media. Our funding goal is ambitious for a publication our size, but a rounding error compared corporations and men like Ellison. Help us meet it gofund.me/31dac76b6
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
America narrowly missed another major news network falling into Trump's personal patronage system. We need to fund independent media. Our funding goal is ambitious for a publication our size, but a rounding error compared corporations and men like Ellison. Help us meet it gofund.me/31dac76b6
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If you read @lkatfield.bsky.social book you'll see the paws of many of the characters in the book on the National Security Strategy. Strongest Anton (Claremont/NatCon synthesis) but also Hazony, Miller types & even less known ones like Reno, Krein
The anti-Europe bit might be their anti-Locke kink
The anti-Europe bit might be their anti-Locke kink
Good @mattpolprof.bsky.social review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's great new book on the intellectual roots of MAGA, with a focus on the sheer opportunism of MAGA intellectuals who opportunistically glommed on to Trump:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
Big Ideas, No Scruples
To understand this troubling moment in American democracy, look at the history and making of the New Right.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If you read @lkatfield.bsky.social book you'll see the paws of many of the characters in the book on the National Security Strategy. Strongest Anton (Claremont/NatCon synthesis) but also Hazony, Miller types & even less known ones like Reno, Krein
The anti-Europe bit might be their anti-Locke kink
The anti-Europe bit might be their anti-Locke kink
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I'm with people like @mattpolprof.bsky.social in thinking that the most plausible versions of liberalism and socialism are converging theoretically anyway.
December 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I'm with people like @mattpolprof.bsky.social in thinking that the most plausible versions of liberalism and socialism are converging theoretically anyway.
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It was Adam Smith in Theory of Moral Sentiments who insisted that reverence for the rich was one of the greater perverters of our moral sentiments and who called for ameliorative programs for the poor and efforts at combating monopolies.
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
Bernie Sanders Wants to Counter MAGA's Gains With the Working Class by Challenging the Oligarchy
He wants his party to offer a bold social democratic alternative to the neoliberal consensus just as Trump has done on the right
www.theunpopulist.net
December 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It was Adam Smith in Theory of Moral Sentiments who insisted that reverence for the rich was one of the greater perverters of our moral sentiments and who called for ameliorative programs for the poor and efforts at combating monopolies.
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
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Curtis Yarvin is the Garth Marenghi of Carl Schmitts.
Good @mattpolprof.bsky.social review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's great new book on the intellectual roots of MAGA, with a focus on the sheer opportunism of MAGA intellectuals who opportunistically glommed on to Trump:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/big-ideas-no...
Big Ideas, No Scruples
To understand this troubling moment in American democracy, look at the history and making of the New Right.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Curtis Yarvin is the Garth Marenghi of Carl Schmitts.