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Niklas Plaetzer
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Political theorist. PhD, Sciences Po Paris, 2025. PhD candidate at the University of Chicago. https://niklasplaetzer.com/
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Niklas Plaetzer @nplaetzer.bsky.social · Nov 11
I am very happy to share that my article on the institutional thought of Brazilian abolitionist Luiz Gama (1830-1882) is now out in Contemporary Political Theory: "Insurgent legality: Luiz Gama’s plebeian republicanism between law and prefiguration" #OpenAccess
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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iansociologo.bsky.social
This guy was just confirmed to be US ambassador to South Africa
chrismurphyct.bsky.social Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Oct 24
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.

When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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picharbonnier.bsky.social
China and Trump's USA are more alike than you think : both are trying to harness the authority of engineers to restrain democracy.

In this essay, I analyze this movement and suggest paths for an efficient democracy.

legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...
La nouvelle technocratie : 2025, année du néo-saint-simonisme | Le Grand Continent
Trois livres qui ont a priori assez peu en commun auront marqué l’année 2025. Ils partagent un spectre : la figure de Saint-Simon. Pour Pierre Charbonnier, « le néo-saint-simonisme est une vague idé...
legrandcontinent.eu
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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dvpw.bsky.social
Neu im #DVPWblog: Julian Michel @julianpolsci.bsky.social, diesjähriger DVPW-Dissertationspreisträger, zeigt mit Daten aus 84 Demokratien (1990–2021): Oppositionsgeführte Städte & Regionen können democratic backsliding wirksam bremsen.

👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/democra...

#PoWi #Demokratie #Exekutive
Ein Blatt Papier ist in eine Schreibmaschine eingespannt. Unten rechts das Logo der DVPW. Auf dem Papier steht in Maschinenschrift: Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft. DVPW-Blog. 18. Dezember 2025. Democratic Backsliding in Zeiten von Multi-Level Governance: Oppositions-kontrollierte subnationale Regierungen helfen bei der Verteidigung der nationalen Demokratie. Julian Michel.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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cominsitu.bsky.social
sehr schöne ausführliche Rezension zu unserem @suhrkamp.de Band Umkämpftes Eigentum in der neuen Ausgabe von @ethikgesellschaft.bsky.social

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December 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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philipphoelzing.bsky.social
Adom Getachew über Black Internationalism
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
Episode 7: Black Internationalism
With Adom Getachew
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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philipphoelzing.bsky.social
www.ifs.uni-frankfurt.de/eventleser/e...
December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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rheinze.myatproto.social
Gilroy und Trouillot sind jetzt erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung erschienen, und ich finde es interessant, wie hier mal wieder „postkoloniale Theorie“ verhandelt wird. Der „Zionismus“, von dem Gilroy spricht, ist jedenfalls ein christlicher. Btw auch Eric Williams wurde gerade erstmals übersetzt.
Zwei postkoloniale Klassiker in deutscher Übersetzung
Zwei Klassiker der postkolonialen Theorie sind erst jetzt ins Deutsche übersetzt worden. Sie können auch gegen den aktuellen postkolonialen Mainstream gelesen werden.
www.faz.net
December 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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mathildelarrere.bsky.social
Intéressant tableau d un déboulonnage iconoclaste du 16e sc
Iconoclasm in a Church Dirck van Delen (1604-1671) oil on panel, 1630 A man on a ladder has placed a noose around the neck of a statue of a saint, while below three men stand ready to topple it from its socle. At the right a statue has been brutally hacked in half. In August 1566 fanatic Protestants destroyed altarpieces, statues and sacred vessels used for the Catholic Mass in countless churches throughout the Netherlands. It was a black day in Dutch history, and one rarely depicted in art.
December 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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maxpichl.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Kämpfe ums Recht.

Mit Frist zum 9. Februar können Exposés für eine Prokla-Ausgabe eingereicht werden @prokla.bsky.social

www.prokla.de/index.php/PR...
Call for Papers für PROKLA 224 (Heft 3, September 2026): Kämpfe ums Recht | PROKLA. Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft
www.prokla.de
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
nplaetzer.bsky.social
I am happy to share that I'll be defending my French PhD thesis, entitled "L'institution insurgeante : Démocratie radicale et formes politiques" @cevipof.bsky.social this Friday, Dec. 12, 2.30-5.30pm. Let me know in case you'd like to attend in person or Zoom in!
www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-recher...
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
I keep returning to Astra Taylor's construction (the title of her fantastic book) "Democracy may not exist, but we'll miss it when it's gone." It's really the perfect way of explaining liberalism's false but necessary promises
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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sfhs.bsky.social
Recent PhDs, graduate students (and their supervisors): the Society for French Historical Studies will be awarding a number of grants. The deadline for these is January 1, 2026! Make sure to apply if you are eligible: www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/awards-new-o...
Awards for New/ Ongoing Research — SFHS
www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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jlfeldman.bsky.social
asad haider
bentarnoff.com Ben Tarnoff @bentarnoff.com · 13d
I've been rereading some of his old Viewpoint pieces and I think this is my favorite, written after the airport protests in 2017
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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abesilbe.bsky.social
I'm hoping against hope that the news of the passing of Asad Haider is not true. He was among the most young gifted political theorists on the left today and his voice will be greatly missed.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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kmunro-econ.bsky.social
We did wind up recording this event, and you can watch it here: youtu.be/9QnHoi3GwLA
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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unsocialtheory.bsky.social
"We must not forget either than scientific men are but ordinary men, and that the majority of them belong to the leisured class...most of them are even in the pay of the State. it is therefore quite evident that Anarchy does not come from Universities."
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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mounirzahran.bsky.social
CfP: Ich organisiere am Theoriekongress Passau (Okt 2026) ein Panel zu Demokratie nach der offenen Zukunft. Was passiert, wenn der Zukunftshorizont als Legitimationsquelle wegfällt? Einreichungen aus Politischer Theorie, Rechts- & Wirtschaftswissenschaft willkommen: www.uni-passau.de/backsliding-...
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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ardor.bsky.social
„In der Vergangenheit wäre man für den Ausreisewunsch verhaftet worden. Aber nun, da niemand mehr die Ausreise verhinderte, waren wir auf der anderen Seite der Grenze nicht mehr willkommen. Das Einzige, was sich verändert hatte, war die Farbe der Polizeiuniformen.“
Jahreshighlight für Herz & Kopf
Cover des Buches. Eine leere rote Coca-Cola Dose dient einer Rose als Vase.
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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ulky.bsky.social
Hannah Arendt prägte die Totalitarismus-Debatte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Formel von der „Banalität des Bösen" bleibt heute hochaktuell. www.fr.de/kultur/gesel...
50. Todestag von Hannah Arendt: Wege zur Freiheit
Hannah Arendt prägte die Totalitarismus-Debatte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Formel von der „Banalität des Bösen" bleibt heute hochaktuell.
www.fr.de
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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hsozkult.bsky.social
Ank: Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-159031

Berlin, 12.12.2025, Hannah Arendt Forschungsstelle Berlin – Kritische Gesamtausgabe, Freie Universität Berlin „Das Urteilen bei Hannah Arendt.“ Diskussionsveranstaltung an der FU Berlin
www.hsozkult.de
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social
#CfP:
Papers for the 2nd #TheoryCongress ‘Backsliding, Resilience, Renewal? Democracy in Eras of Transformation’ can be submitted until 15 December.

Panels will be held in either German or English.

👇Below the link to the call. There you will also find the link to the overview of the panels.👇
Call for Papers - University of Passau
Applications are possible from 26 November 2025
www.uni-passau.de
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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camilavergara.bsky.social
CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30

www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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robin-c.bsky.social
Excited that my paper ‘Staatsräson as State Racism’ is part of this forthc. issue on ‘German Memory Politics at a Crossroads’
thanks to @joncatlin.bsky.social for including me along fantastic colleagues @danielloick.bsky.social, @vethompson.bsky.social & others!
ngc.arts.cornell.edu/forthcoming....
New German Critique: Forthcoming Issues
Widely considered the top journal in its field, New German Critique is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first-century German studies.
ngc.arts.cornell.edu
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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hsozkult.bsky.social
CFP: Truth and Un-Truth in the History of Political Thought

https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-158929

Naples, 05.10.2026-07.10.2026, European Society for the History of Political Thought & University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.03.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM