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TPPI is now on Substack, where we post translations, essays, webinars, and podcasts. Help support our work by subscribing to our Telos Insights newsletter.

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The Substack of the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute. Translations, essays, webinars, and podcasts. Click to read Telos Insights, by Telos-Paul Piccone Institute, a Substack publication with hundreds of s...
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New in Telos Insights: Russell A. Berman on the erosion of core rights, such as the freedom of speech and opinion, as censorship and surveillance expand across public institutions and social media in Europe.

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The New Repression, Made in Europe
by Russell A. Berman
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December 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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New in Telos Insights: Lorenz Jäger on the expulsion of the Library of Conservatism (Bibliothek des Konservatismus) in Berlin from the Common Library Network.

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Too Conservative? Marginalizing the “Library of Conservatism” in Berlin
by Lorenz Jäger
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December 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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New in Telos Insights: Matthias Döpfner on how pacifism, once primarily a left-wing project, has been increasingly adopted by right‑wing and conservative forces in response to the war in Ukraine, turning "peace" into a form of acquiescence and submission.

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Pacifism Changes Sides
by Matthias Döpfner
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December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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New in Telos Insights: en arrêt! Berlin on our new era of “hyperpolitics,” characterized by institutionalized activism, fleeting outrage, and media spectacle.

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The Parties Are Over: On Hyperpolitics in Times of Institutionalized Activism against the Right
by en arrêt! Berlin
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December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Javier Burdman argues that Milei’s right-wing populism aims to remake Argentina’s culture and economy, but its success hinges on economic gains and ideological ambivalence.

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Milei’s Ambivalent Populism
by Javier Burdman
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November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Michael S. Kochin on how Fatah and Hamas center Palestinism on destroying Israel and killing Jews, but true peace needs a new Palestinian movement focused on state-building.

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The Essential Palestinian
by Michael S. Kochin
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October 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Franck Salameh on how the "Free Palestine" movement, consumed by moral exhibitionism, has given its followers the right to murder Jews.

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“Free Palestine”: Moral Exhibitionism and the Right to Kill Jews
by Franck Salameh
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October 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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NEW ISSUE: Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism. Read Adrian Pabst's introduction to the issue in our blog.

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Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism
In this issue of Telos, we explore the limitations of liberalism, the rise of antiliberal forces, and the emergence of postliberal alternatives.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/15 📢

The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today

The 2026 TPPI Conference in New York City invites proposals for papers focusing on Chinese nationalism.

Keynote Speaker: Wang Hui (汪晖)

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The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan
Call for Papers: The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today
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September 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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New in Telos Insights: Postliberal Ecology: A new program in our Beyond State and Market initiative, with Adrian Pabst

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Postliberal Ecology
A new program in our Beyond State and Market initiative
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September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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New from David A. Westbrook: Social Thought From the Ruins: Quixote's Dinner Party. Read about it at Telos Insights.

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David A. Westbrook’s “Social Thought from the Ruins: Quixote’s Dinner Party”
How do we start building anew?
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September 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Anthony Petros Spanakos on how shifting meanings of empire in early 20th-century Asia reveal weakened emperors, contested sovereignty, and redefined power.

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Impotent Emperor and Imperialism: Notes on the Concept of Empire from Joseon, Qing, and Manchukuo
by Anthony Petros Spanakos
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September 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Gabriele Segre on Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis: while Trump acts boldly, Europe clings to rules. To matter, Europe must revive politics as imagination.

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The Trump Effect and the EU: Can Europe Still Do Politics?
by Gabriele Segre
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August 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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New TPPI Podcast: Eric Hendriks speaks with sinologist and anthropologist Frank Pieke about the Chinese party-state (党国体制)

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The TPPI Podcast: China Keywords: The Party-State
Eric Hendriks talks with Frank Pieke
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August 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Verena Buser on anti-Israel activism among progressive Holocaust and genocide scholars

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Targeting History: Anti-Israel Activism among Progressive Holocaust and Genocide Scholars
by Verena Buser
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August 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Anna Sutter on Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s theologico-political conversion and the tensions between faith, politics, and tradition amid Europe's secular drift and America’s Evangelical revival.

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The Place of Christianity in the West: On Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Theologico-Political Conversion
by Anna Sutter
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July 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Are comparisons to the GDR or Nazi era extremist? Magnus Klaue argues that such critiques may aim to defend democracy, not undermine it.

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Why Comparisons with Dictatorship Are Now Considered Unconstitutional
by Magnus Klaue
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July 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Cary Nelson and Richard Ross on how anti-Zionist bias and procedural failures have compromised tenure decisions after October 7.

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An Anti-Zionist Tenure Travesty: The Case of Dr. Benjamin Bross
by Cary Nelson and Richard Ross
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June 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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New in Telos Insights: Against today's politics of fear, Jonathan Downing and Theo Hunt offer a more hopeful Christian vision of human flourishing, rooted in virtue, character, and community.

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“Do Not Be Afraid”: A New Vision for Christians Lamenting the Politics of Fear
by Jonathan Downing and Theo Hunt
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June 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢

The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today

The 2026 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Conference in New York City invites proposals for papers focusing on the multifaceted nature of Chinese nationalism.

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The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan
Call for Papers: The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today
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June 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Vojin Saša Vukadinović on how diversity discourse, with its decree to "be kind," ultimately masks coercion, erodes autonomy, and enforces control under the guise of self-determination.

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“Be Kind”: Self-Determination—A Decree for Rough Times
by Vojin Saša Vukadinović
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June 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Russell A. Berman critiques Germany’s recasting of May 8, 1945, as a day of "liberation," and examines the broader implications of redefining national memory today.

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Liberation, Victimhood, and Sovereignty: Notes on Knabe
by Russell A. Berman
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June 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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New in Telos Insights: Hubertus Knabe on how Germany's portrayal of itself as a victim in World War II commemorations distorts historical truth.

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How Perpetrators Turned into Victims
by Hubertus Knabe
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June 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Announcement: The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute offers grants of up to $3,000 for projects aligned with its mission, initiatives, and traditional interests. Details here:

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Call for Funding Proposals
The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute invites applications for a limited number of grants of up to $3,000 for projects that foster and disseminate ideas consistent with our organizational mission, our curr...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Announcement: The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute offers grants of up to $3,000 for projects aligned with its mission, initiatives, and traditional interests. Details here:

insights.telosinstitute.net/p/call-for-f...
Call for Funding Proposals
The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute invites applications for a limited number of grants of up to $3,000 for projects that foster and disseminate ideas consistent with our organizational mission, our curr...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM