Dan Davison
tragicutopian.bsky.social
Dan Davison
@tragicutopian.bsky.social
Independent scholar and writer. Research interests include speculative fiction, social theory, and the contemporary far right.
New article with Filipe Carreira da Silva in @bjsociology.bsky.social on how black anticolonial thinkers in 1930s-60s Paris advocated a more robust conception of common humanity to base a universal humanism that opposed oppression without resort to particularism!

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The Outsider Within. Anticolonial Critiques of Humanity and the Cosmopolitan Vision
This article re-examines the anticolonial critique of the concept of ‘humanity’. It uses the example of Leopold Senghor to show the extent to which this critique is shaped by their sociological margi....
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January 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reposted by Dan Davison
Donald Trump’s election campaign seemed more fuelled by conspiracy theories and moral panics than ever

There are no easy solutions to the rampant conspiracy theories in today's politics, write Dan
Davison and Sacha Marten

https://buff.ly/3DvfPew
December 28, 2024 at 2:03 PM
We cover what Hofstadter gets right and wrong, and what politics would make conspiracy theories less attractive.
December 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM
To mark 60 years of Richard Hofstadter’s ‘The Paranoid Style in American Politics’, Sacha Marten and I are in @bigissue.com discussing conspiracy theories in US politics!

www.bigissue.com/opinion/cons...
Conspiracy theories fuelled Trump's campaign. It's a historic tactic
There are no easy solutions to the rampant conspiracy theories in today's politics, write Dan Davison and Sacha Marten.
www.bigissue.com
December 28, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Good to see you online again, Sean!
December 21, 2024 at 2:15 PM