@dsj2110.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Wesleyan University
Interview series for The Nation
Essays and reviews editor at
Modern Intellectual History
Interview series for The Nation
Essays and reviews editor at
Modern Intellectual History
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Extraction by Thea Riofrancos is really good—and beautifully written.
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Extraction by Thea Riofrancos is really good—and beautifully written.
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
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This is fucking interesting
www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is fucking interesting
www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
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"What kind of people do we have to become in order to achieve peaceful cities, societies, and states?"
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins revisits William James's prescription for national conscription www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins revisits William James's prescription for national conscription www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"What kind of people do we have to become in order to achieve peaceful cities, societies, and states?"
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins revisits William James's prescription for national conscription www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins revisits William James's prescription for national conscription www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
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"a compulsory..conscription program in which the children of both the rich &poor would spend part of their youth serving the community—would be a thoroughly democratic way to address inequality & rechannel the energies that feed the war machine" Ihttps://www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription-peace
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"a compulsory..conscription program in which the children of both the rich &poor would spend part of their youth serving the community—would be a thoroughly democratic way to address inequality & rechannel the energies that feed the war machine" Ihttps://www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription-peace
I wrote a piece for Commonweal Mag on William James’s ‘moral equivalent of war’ a hundred years later. www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
Conscription for Peace
What peaceful equivalent of war could generate the same sense of urgency and solidarity? William James had an answer.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wrote a piece for Commonweal Mag on William James’s ‘moral equivalent of war’ a hundred years later. www.commonwealmagazine.org/conscription...
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@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social has a new review article, "Field Work," in Modern Intellectual History. Just finished this morning over some coffee. An insightful piece that examines one work I'm intimately familiar with one that I'd never read before.
Field Work | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Field Work
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@ekphrastictactic.bsky.social has a new review article, "Field Work," in Modern Intellectual History. Just finished this morning over some coffee. An insightful piece that examines one work I'm intimately familiar with one that I'd never read before.
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Discussing these two essential monographs
November 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Discussing these two essential monographs
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www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Economic democracy is required for true democracy to exist, is perhaps the most interesting concept discussed in the fairly short interview.
Economic democracy is required for true democracy to exist, is perhaps the most interesting concept discussed in the fairly short interview.
Is It Too Late to Remake American Democracy?
A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Economic democracy is required for true democracy to exist, is perhaps the most interesting concept discussed in the fairly short interview.
Economic democracy is required for true democracy to exist, is perhaps the most interesting concept discussed in the fairly short interview.
My latest interview for The Nation is with Osita Nwanevu and concerns why the US has never been a democracy and what it must do economically and politically to become one: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Is It Too Late to Remake American Democracy?
A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My latest interview for The Nation is with Osita Nwanevu and concerns why the US has never been a democracy and what it must do economically and politically to become one: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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My brand new article on the idea of the West and the European project in Modern Intellectual History
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Bear in the Room and the Civilizing Process | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
The Bear in the Room and the Civilizing Process
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
My brand new article on the idea of the West and the European project in Modern Intellectual History
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Timothy Scott Johnson reviews for Modern Intellectual History:
1. Amín Pérez’s “Bourdieu & Sayad against Empire”
and
2. George Steinmetz’s “The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire”:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
1. Amín Pérez’s “Bourdieu & Sayad against Empire”
and
2. George Steinmetz’s “The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire”:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Field Work | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Field Work
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Timothy Scott Johnson reviews for Modern Intellectual History:
1. Amín Pérez’s “Bourdieu & Sayad against Empire”
and
2. George Steinmetz’s “The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire”:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
1. Amín Pérez’s “Bourdieu & Sayad against Empire”
and
2. George Steinmetz’s “The Colonial Origins of Modern Social Thought: French Sociology and the Overseas Empire”:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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"Everything that happens in our society—war, conquest, science, consumption, love, and child-rearing—are marked by the fact that they happen in capitalist time".
Good interview w/ Thomas Meaney:
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Good interview w/ Thomas Meaney:
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Future of Magazines… and the World
A conversation with Thomas Meaney, the editor of Granta, about literature and the left.
www.thenation.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Everything that happens in our society—war, conquest, science, consumption, love, and child-rearing—are marked by the fact that they happen in capitalist time".
Good interview w/ Thomas Meaney:
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
Good interview w/ Thomas Meaney:
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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"What were the Abraham Accords if not partly a way for Israeli and Arab elites to agree to share in their need for (and immiseration of) migrant labor from South Asia in a more rationalized fashion."
@thenation.com with @grantamag.bsky.social's Thomas Meaney
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
@thenation.com with @grantamag.bsky.social's Thomas Meaney
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Future of Magazines… and the World
A conversation with Thomas Meaney, the editor of Granta, about literature and the left.
www.thenation.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"What were the Abraham Accords if not partly a way for Israeli and Arab elites to agree to share in their need for (and immiseration of) migrant labor from South Asia in a more rationalized fashion."
@thenation.com with @grantamag.bsky.social's Thomas Meaney
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
@thenation.com with @grantamag.bsky.social's Thomas Meaney
www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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www.thenation.com/article/cult...? Thx DS for discovering this gem
The Future of Magazines… and the World
A conversation with Thomas Meaney, the editor of Granta, about literature and the left.
www.thenation.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
www.thenation.com/article/cult...? Thx DS for discovering this gem
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This one is truly amazing www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Future of Magazines… and the World
A conversation with Thomas Meaney, the editor of Granta, about literature and the left.
www.thenation.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This one is truly amazing www.thenation.com/article/cult...
My latest interview for The Nation is with Tom Meaney, editor of Granta: “I am a fortunate son of the American empire, born during Reagan’s Second Cold War in the garrison state of South Korea. The dictator Chun Doo-hwan—“our son of a bitch”—lived down the street.”: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Future of Magazines… and the World
A conversation with the Thomas Meaney, the editor of Granta, about literature and the left.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My latest interview for The Nation is with Tom Meaney, editor of Granta: “I am a fortunate son of the American empire, born during Reagan’s Second Cold War in the garrison state of South Korea. The dictator Chun Doo-hwan—“our son of a bitch”—lived down the street.”: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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I wrote an essay for @mihjournal.bsky.social on two very different books on planetary politics, each enlightening in their own way. Both contribute substantially to the discussion within the planetary turn. The piece can be found here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Governing the Miracle | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Governing the Miracle
www.cambridge.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I wrote an essay for @mihjournal.bsky.social on two very different books on planetary politics, each enlightening in their own way. Both contribute substantially to the discussion within the planetary turn. The piece can be found here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It was a pleasure to interview Thea Riofrancos for The Nation about her important and very well written new book: “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism”: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Problem of Green Capitalism
A conversation with Thea Riofrancos about her new book Extraction and the hidden cost and obscured history of the capitalist push to monetize the energy transition.
www.thenation.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It was a pleasure to interview Thea Riofrancos for The Nation about her important and very well written new book: “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism”: www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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‼️ EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism will be out in the UK with Icon Books on 25 September ‼️
September 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
‼️ EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism will be out in the UK with Icon Books on 25 September ‼️
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We are on the verge of a new Cold War, defined not by an ideological contest over the proper relationship between politics and the economy, but over the metabolic basis of modernity. Call it the Green Entente vs. the Axis of Petrostates. My latest: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
The Coming Ecological Cold War
Decarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution.
foreignpolicy.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We are on the verge of a new Cold War, defined not by an ideological contest over the proper relationship between politics and the economy, but over the metabolic basis of modernity. Call it the Green Entente vs. the Axis of Petrostates. My latest: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...
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Stefan Link asks "does economic nationalism have a philosophy"; summarizes two recent histories of economic nationalist thought; juxtaposes thinkers from the US, Germany, India, and China; and argues that the dots do connect into a "tradition" worth thinking about
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does Economic Nationalism Have a Philosophy? | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Does Economic Nationalism Have a Philosophy?
www.cambridge.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Stefan Link asks "does economic nationalism have a philosophy"; summarizes two recent histories of economic nationalist thought; juxtaposes thinkers from the US, Germany, India, and China; and argues that the dots do connect into a "tradition" worth thinking about
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Must read Modern Intellectual History review by Stefan Link of:
1. Eric Helleiner’s ‘The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History”
2. Marvin Suesse’s “The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism, 1776–Present”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
1. Eric Helleiner’s ‘The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History”
2. Marvin Suesse’s “The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism, 1776–Present”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does Economic Nationalism Have a Philosophy? | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
Does Economic Nationalism Have a Philosophy?
www.cambridge.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Must read Modern Intellectual History review by Stefan Link of:
1. Eric Helleiner’s ‘The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History”
2. Marvin Suesse’s “The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism, 1776–Present”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
1. Eric Helleiner’s ‘The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History”
2. Marvin Suesse’s “The Nationalist Dilemma: A Global History of Economic Nationalism, 1776–Present”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My colleague Ulrich Plass has written a nuanced review of the new Princeton edition of Marx’s “Capital: Vol 1”—translated by Paul Reitter. Very well worth reading: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
More Marx, Less Marxism? Reconsidering Capital, Volume 1, Retranslated by Paul Reitter | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core
More Marx, Less Marxism? Reconsidering Capital, Volume 1, Retranslated by Paul Reitter
www.cambridge.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My colleague Ulrich Plass has written a nuanced review of the new Princeton edition of Marx’s “Capital: Vol 1”—translated by Paul Reitter. Very well worth reading: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Brandon Terry's long-awaited book on the tragic vision of the civil rights movement has a website, cover, and blurbs. Out in October!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope — Harvard University Press
A landmark reinterpretation of the civil rights movement that challenges reductive heroic narratives of the 1950s and 1960s and invigorates new debates and possibilities for the future of the struggle...
www.hup.harvard.edu
July 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Brandon Terry's long-awaited book on the tragic vision of the civil rights movement has a website, cover, and blurbs. Out in October!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...