Daniel James
@schlawinerkreis.bsky.social
19th-century German philosophy (mostly Hegel, with a dash of Marx) | Comparative philosophy of race | Africana philosophy | Philosophy of social science
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Hegel and Colonialism
Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Hegel and Colonialism
www.cambridge.org
1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system.
Thread below ⬇️
Thread below ⬇️
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Unser Vermächtnis
Von Jason Stanley
Was sollen wir tun? Eine Rede zum 9. November
FAZ, 11.11.25
Von Jason Stanley
Was sollen wir tun? Eine Rede zum 9. November
FAZ, 11.11.25
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Unser Vermächtnis
Von Jason Stanley
Was sollen wir tun? Eine Rede zum 9. November
FAZ, 11.11.25
Von Jason Stanley
Was sollen wir tun? Eine Rede zum 9. November
FAZ, 11.11.25
In case you’re interested and want to form your own view, I’ve uploaded an English (machine-based) translation of the speech Jason Stanley couldn’t finish in Frankfurt.
sharetext.io/7e16ad49
sharetext.io/7e16ad49
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In case you’re interested and want to form your own view, I’ve uploaded an English (machine-based) translation of the speech Jason Stanley couldn’t finish in Frankfurt.
sharetext.io/7e16ad49
sharetext.io/7e16ad49
1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
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Kommenden Montag probiere ich in der Ringvorlesung Kulturanalyse jetzt! (moderiert von @bildoperationen.bsky.social) aus, ob der histor. Blick nicht auf den Faschismus sondern auf das Nachdenken über den Faschismus hilfreich für die Gegenwartsanalyse ist – ich freue mich auf die Diskussionen.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Kommenden Montag probiere ich in der Ringvorlesung Kulturanalyse jetzt! (moderiert von @bildoperationen.bsky.social) aus, ob der histor. Blick nicht auf den Faschismus sondern auf das Nachdenken über den Faschismus hilfreich für die Gegenwartsanalyse ist – ich freue mich auf die Diskussionen.
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Neu: Der TAGEBUCH-Podcast — Zeit für Auseinandersetzung.
EP1: Wie wir (nicht) gegen Antisemitismus kämpfen sollten.
Host: Benjamin Opratko · Gast: Peter Ullrich.
Jetzt hören: tagebuch.at/podcast/
EP1: Wie wir (nicht) gegen Antisemitismus kämpfen sollten.
Host: Benjamin Opratko · Gast: Peter Ullrich.
Jetzt hören: tagebuch.at/podcast/
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Neu: Der TAGEBUCH-Podcast — Zeit für Auseinandersetzung.
EP1: Wie wir (nicht) gegen Antisemitismus kämpfen sollten.
Host: Benjamin Opratko · Gast: Peter Ullrich.
Jetzt hören: tagebuch.at/podcast/
EP1: Wie wir (nicht) gegen Antisemitismus kämpfen sollten.
Host: Benjamin Opratko · Gast: Peter Ullrich.
Jetzt hören: tagebuch.at/podcast/
"Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate dürfen kein strategischer Partner Europas sein, solange der Mord an Zehntausenden Menschen der Preis für das Blutgold aus dem Sudan ist, das von Abu Dhabi in großem Stil in die Schweiz geliefert wird."
Massaker an Zivilisten in Darfur: Europa trägt eine Mitschuld an den Kriegsverbrechen
Die von Abu Dhabi unterstützten RSF-Milizen schlachten nicht-arabische Menschen im sudanesischen Darfur ab. Europa schweigt währenddessen dazu.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate dürfen kein strategischer Partner Europas sein, solange der Mord an Zehntausenden Menschen der Preis für das Blutgold aus dem Sudan ist, das von Abu Dhabi in großem Stil in die Schweiz geliefert wird."
"Some of the soldiers interviewed [...] said they were influenced by the language of Israeli politicians and religious leaders suggesting that after the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, every Palestinian was a legitimate target."
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Some of the soldiers interviewed [...] said they were influenced by the language of Israeli politicians and religious leaders suggesting that after the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, every Palestinian was a legitimate target."
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Heute ist der 9. November, Tag der Pogromnacht 1938 und Auftakt für die Vernichtung der Europäischen Juden*Jüdinnen durch die Nazis. Ich möchte vorschlagen, die Aufmerksamkeit dieses Jahr besonders auf die aktuelle Instrumentalisierung und Entwertung politischer Erinnerungsgesten richten. 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Heute ist der 9. November, Tag der Pogromnacht 1938 und Auftakt für die Vernichtung der Europäischen Juden*Jüdinnen durch die Nazis. Ich möchte vorschlagen, die Aufmerksamkeit dieses Jahr besonders auf die aktuelle Instrumentalisierung und Entwertung politischer Erinnerungsgesten richten. 1/
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No one criticizes postcolonial studies like the people seen as its main proponents. (cf. also Spivak)
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
No one criticizes postcolonial studies like the people seen as its main proponents. (cf. also Spivak)
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A very readable piece about scholars and the press. I am still not sure whether I agree fully, but I certainly agree enough to have given up on some outlets.
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A very readable piece about scholars and the press. I am still not sure whether I agree fully, but I certainly agree enough to have given up on some outlets.
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Die CDU sorgte offenbar dafür, dass die Jury für den Berliner Aktionsfonds gg. Antisemitismus politisch auf Linie ist. CDU-MdA Goiny beschwerte sich etwa über Shai Hoffmann & Amir Theilhaber. Beide sind jüdisch und haben Erfahrung in der Antisem.-Prävention. 1/5
www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...
www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...
Vergabe-Affäre: Wie die CDU die Fachjury infrage stellte
Im Konflikt um die Vergabe von Geld für Antisemitismus-Projekte wurde die CDU-Fraktion zwischendurch auch mal sehr persönlich.
www.morgenpost.de
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Die CDU sorgte offenbar dafür, dass die Jury für den Berliner Aktionsfonds gg. Antisemitismus politisch auf Linie ist. CDU-MdA Goiny beschwerte sich etwa über Shai Hoffmann & Amir Theilhaber. Beide sind jüdisch und haben Erfahrung in der Antisem.-Prävention. 1/5
www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...
www.morgenpost.de/berlin/artic...
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Der größte Witz der großen NGO Empörung, in der sich Unionspolitiker und rechtsextreme Medien zur Jagd auf den ‚Deep State‘ linker NGOs machten, ist, dass es nicht die Finanzierung an sich war, sondern dass der Filz nur rechts & Mansour, Schröter, Rödder & co finanziell üppig ausstatten sollte.
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Der größte Witz der großen NGO Empörung, in der sich Unionspolitiker und rechtsextreme Medien zur Jagd auf den ‚Deep State‘ linker NGOs machten, ist, dass es nicht die Finanzierung an sich war, sondern dass der Filz nur rechts & Mansour, Schröter, Rödder & co finanziell üppig ausstatten sollte.
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Man muss sich wirklich mal klarmachen, wie die Rechte in Deutschland ihre Niederlage in den Erinnerungsdebatten der 1990er geschickt in einen Sieg verwandelte, mit Hilfe von Fördermitteln, Integration zivilgesellschaftlicher Initiativen in ein hegemoniales Projekt - erst Gelder, dann Kontrolle -
Der größte Witz der großen NGO Empörung, in der sich Unionspolitiker und rechtsextreme Medien zur Jagd auf den ‚Deep State‘ linker NGOs machten, ist, dass es nicht die Finanzierung an sich war, sondern dass der Filz nur rechts & Mansour, Schröter, Rödder & co finanziell üppig ausstatten sollte.
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Man muss sich wirklich mal klarmachen, wie die Rechte in Deutschland ihre Niederlage in den Erinnerungsdebatten der 1990er geschickt in einen Sieg verwandelte, mit Hilfe von Fördermitteln, Integration zivilgesellschaftlicher Initiativen in ein hegemoniales Projekt - erst Gelder, dann Kontrolle -
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Ist der Future Narrative Fund e.V. am Ende zu zukunftsorientiert? „Vergangene Projekte oder laufende Projekte dürfte der Verein aber auch nur schwerlich vorweisen können. Eine Abfrage ergibt, dass der Verein erst in der vergangenen Woche am 28. Oktober 2025 ins Vereinsregister eingetragen wurde.“
"Was wollten die Empfänger mit den teils sechsstelligen Summen überhaupt konkret machen? Mehrere können dazu auch auf Nachfrage keine konkreten Angaben machen."
tagesspiegel.de/berlin/phant...
tagesspiegel.de/berlin/phant...
Affäre um Fördermittel in Berlin: Wohin leiteten CDU-Politiker die Millionen zur Antisemitismusprävention?
Phantomprojekte, eine Immobilienfirma und Marlene Dietrich – die Hauptstadt-CDU steht wegen mutmaßlich illegal verteilter Fördermittel in der Kritik. Die bezuschussten Projekte werfen Fragen auf.
tagesspiegel.de
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ist der Future Narrative Fund e.V. am Ende zu zukunftsorientiert? „Vergangene Projekte oder laufende Projekte dürfte der Verein aber auch nur schwerlich vorweisen können. Eine Abfrage ergibt, dass der Verein erst in der vergangenen Woche am 28. Oktober 2025 ins Vereinsregister eingetragen wurde.“
The Christian scholar in question, Günther Jikeli, seems intent on making deutsche Staatsräson a global brand.
In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The Christian scholar in question, Günther Jikeli, seems intent on making deutsche Staatsräson a global brand.
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yes, Mamdani *is* radical on immigration by the standards of most major European politicians - name the major European politicians who advocate for immigrants, especially non-white ones, as human beings and not just mere economic units. It’s a short list and we all know it is.
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
yes, Mamdani *is* radical on immigration by the standards of most major European politicians - name the major European politicians who advocate for immigrants, especially non-white ones, as human beings and not just mere economic units. It’s a short list and we all know it is.
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New article, long in the making. On Alexander von Humboldt’s critique of natural-historical concepts of race and his diagnosis of a politics of racialised difference leveraged in the colonies. I try to say: there are good reasons to look beyond Kant!
doi.org/10.1177/0191...
doi.org/10.1177/0191...
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New article, long in the making. On Alexander von Humboldt’s critique of natural-historical concepts of race and his diagnosis of a politics of racialised difference leveraged in the colonies. I try to say: there are good reasons to look beyond Kant!
doi.org/10.1177/0191...
doi.org/10.1177/0191...
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Who could have predicted that mainstream media and politicians mainstreaming far-right talking points and symbols would embolden fascists (except all the research available on the matter)?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Flags and Christian nationalist slogans feature in soaring attacks on UK mosques
Between July and October, 25 buildings were targeted in 27 attacks, according to British Muslim Trust
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Who could have predicted that mainstream media and politicians mainstreaming far-right talking points and symbols would embolden fascists (except all the research available on the matter)?
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"
apnews.com/article/trum...
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The video of the online conversation "Living in Authoritarian Times" that we co-organized with the April Institute and Critup is now online: Rahul Bhatia, Volkan Çidam, Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, and Joseph Howley, moderated by Zeynep Gambetti.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
Living in Authoritarian Times: Everyday Struggles and Antifascist Tactics
YouTube video by April Institute
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The video of the online conversation "Living in Authoritarian Times" that we co-organized with the April Institute and Critup is now online: Rahul Bhatia, Volkan Çidam, Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, and Joseph Howley, moderated by Zeynep Gambetti.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1U...
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I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
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NEW: For decade or more, the the majority of U.S. political support for Israel has come from the right. Now there are serious signs that support may be crumbling.
full story
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
full story
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
Support for Israel among U.S. conservatives is starting to crack. Here's why
For a decade, political support for Israel has come from conservative Christians. But now isolationism and antisemitism are changing the tone.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW: For decade or more, the the majority of U.S. political support for Israel has come from the right. Now there are serious signs that support may be crumbling.
full story
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
full story
www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...
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A webinar on destalinization as decolonization: what does it mean to recognise the Soviet ‘Union’ and post-Soviet Russia as a colonial project and why is it essential to confront and overcome an ongoing imperial and not only an authoritarian legacy
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A webinar on destalinization as decolonization: what does it mean to recognise the Soviet ‘Union’ and post-Soviet Russia as a colonial project and why is it essential to confront and overcome an ongoing imperial and not only an authoritarian legacy
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc