Oliver
@gradschooldropout.bsky.social
I like learning, especially about political science, ancient Greece, and cults. I mostly want to document what I read, as well as gain recommendations for more books & papers.
I started a challenge on Storygraph for the recommended reading booklist on the 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance website. They're all books on Native American politics, history, and issues.
Any of you on Storygraph?
Any of you on Storygraph?
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I started a challenge on Storygraph for the recommended reading booklist on the 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance website. They're all books on Native American politics, history, and issues.
Any of you on Storygraph?
Any of you on Storygraph?
Reposted by Oliver
The full write up is here:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The full write up is here:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo
open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...
I read "Power: a processual view" by Rein Raud (Aug 2025). I appreciate the parsimony of this view of power. It could be quite useful for qualitative research, but I'm still puzzling how one could quantify increases/decreases to possible futures or imagined futures, given their inherent fuzziness.
Power: a processual view
The article proposes a new way to define power and to evaluate it in ethical terms, based on a processual view instead of the habitual object-oriented one. It first presents an outline of process o...
doi.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I read "Power: a processual view" by Rein Raud (Aug 2025). I appreciate the parsimony of this view of power. It could be quite useful for qualitative research, but I'm still puzzling how one could quantify increases/decreases to possible futures or imagined futures, given their inherent fuzziness.