Julie Langer
@juliealanger.bsky.social
School of Public and Global Affairs @niumpa Interested in identity, democracy and the parts of world that make us truly alive. Views are mine
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Julie Langer
@juliealanger.bsky.social
· Feb 13
Bureaucracy and the Imaginal Realm: Max Weber, Rationality and the Substantive Basis of Public Administration
Abstract. Max Weber is an important figure in Public Administration. Nearly all foundational texts in the field include his theory of bureaucracy. Yet, alt
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A reminder that bureaucracy can uphold democracy—or be a tool for elite, authoritarian interests. Facts alone won’t stop this evolution. We must reclaim ethical values like care, integrity, and accountability before it's too late. Full thoughts below.
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Facts and formal rationality alone will not save democracy or address the climate crisis. Something more is needed alongside. Something that touches upon our deepest commitment to substantive, ethical values.
Science is necessary, but clearly not sufficient, for conveying the climate crisis
https://go.nature.com/3XjoJCU
https://go.nature.com/3XjoJCU
How scientists can drive climate action: celebrate nature and promote hope
Nature - After years of storytelling and running classes and festivals, I’ve seen first-hand how a love of nature makes people want to protect it.
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March 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Facts and formal rationality alone will not save democracy or address the climate crisis. Something more is needed alongside. Something that touches upon our deepest commitment to substantive, ethical values.
“The question is: how are freedom and democracy in the long run at all possible under the domination of highly developed capitalism? Freedom and democracy are only possible where the resolute will of a nation not allow itself to be ruled like sheep,” - Max Weber
March 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“The question is: how are freedom and democracy in the long run at all possible under the domination of highly developed capitalism? Freedom and democracy are only possible where the resolute will of a nation not allow itself to be ruled like sheep,” - Max Weber
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
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I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
February 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I will never forget the photo of Zelenskyy’s face after he saw Russia’s war crimes in Bucha in 2022. He seemed to age years in an afternoon. Watching him constantly cross the world asking for aid that should have been thrown at him is one of the deepest shames of our age.
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Cutting half of the agency staff will harm all Social Security beneficiaries, and it may be financially devastating for some, but it will be almost universally devastating for people with disabilities. The disability benefit system is already broken, these cuts will smash it to smithereens.
February 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Cutting half of the agency staff will harm all Social Security beneficiaries, and it may be financially devastating for some, but it will be almost universally devastating for people with disabilities. The disability benefit system is already broken, these cuts will smash it to smithereens.
A reminder that bureaucracy can uphold democracy—or be a tool for elite, authoritarian interests. Facts alone won’t stop this evolution. We must reclaim ethical values like care, integrity, and accountability before it's too late. Full thoughts below.
doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
Bureaucracy and the Imaginal Realm: Max Weber, Rationality and the Substantive Basis of Public Administration
Abstract. Max Weber is an important figure in Public Administration. Nearly all foundational texts in the field include his theory of bureaucracy. Yet, alt
doi.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A reminder that bureaucracy can uphold democracy—or be a tool for elite, authoritarian interests. Facts alone won’t stop this evolution. We must reclaim ethical values like care, integrity, and accountability before it's too late. Full thoughts below.
doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
doi.org/10.1093/ppmg...
Reposted by Julie Langer
1. What is Donald Trump doing to our state? I explain this in my new book (co-authored with Stephen Hanson). It's not what you think. A thread:
November 14, 2024 at 8:09 PM
1. What is Donald Trump doing to our state? I explain this in my new book (co-authored with Stephen Hanson). It's not what you think. A thread: