Paul Kelly
@pjthinker.bsky.social
Professor of Political Theory
Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics
Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics
Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social come on guys you missed a sale @politybooks.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
@foylesforbooks.bsky.social come on guys you missed a sale @politybooks.bsky.social
In case anyone is worried that I’m spending too much sabbatical on here I am also reading this wonderful ‘monster’. Kevin Schultz’s brilliant ‘Why Everyone hates White Liberals’ gives special pride of place to Buckley and to James Baldwin - Nicholas Boggs’ biography is next but in UK not til 2026
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In case anyone is worried that I’m spending too much sabbatical on here I am also reading this wonderful ‘monster’. Kevin Schultz’s brilliant ‘Why Everyone hates White Liberals’ gives special pride of place to Buckley and to James Baldwin - Nicholas Boggs’ biography is next but in UK not til 2026
Posting again for the benefit of new followers. Two weeks since publication and no less relevant to UK or US political discourse. @politybooks.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Posting again for the benefit of new followers. Two weeks since publication and no less relevant to UK or US political discourse. @politybooks.bsky.social
Sabbaticals are not just for Against Post-Liberalism Polity 2025 - they also for grand daughters. A few hours taken out of thinking about the so-called crisis of liberalism
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sabbaticals are not just for Against Post-Liberalism Polity 2025 - they also for grand daughters. A few hours taken out of thinking about the so-called crisis of liberalism
Cambridge MA doing it’s thing…
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Cambridge MA doing it’s thing…
Concord MA doing it’s thing…
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Concord MA doing it’s thing…
Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
October 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In light of the bye election outcome and the debate around the influence of Blue Labour on Starmer’s government my book takes a closer look at what’s behind the failed Blue Labour project and what might be the way forward.
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In light of the bye election outcome and the debate around the influence of Blue Labour on Starmer’s government my book takes a closer look at what’s behind the failed Blue Labour project and what might be the way forward.
Publication day. Subsequent posts will be substantive … might be of interest to @thespectator1828.bsky.social
@unherd.com
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@thetablet.bsky.social
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
@liberalcurrents.com
@waterstones.bsky.social (especially T Wells)
@biapt.bsky.social
@unherd.com
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@thetablet.bsky.social
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
@liberalcurrents.com
@waterstones.bsky.social (especially T Wells)
@biapt.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Publication day. Subsequent posts will be substantive … might be of interest to @thespectator1828.bsky.social
@unherd.com
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@thetablet.bsky.social
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
@liberalcurrents.com
@waterstones.bsky.social (especially T Wells)
@biapt.bsky.social
@unherd.com
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
@thetablet.bsky.social
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
@liberalcurrents.com
@waterstones.bsky.social (especially T Wells)
@biapt.bsky.social
Two rather different titles from same family! My work will be done when both are in Waterstones in Tunbridge Wells @waterstones.bsky.social - to be fair Anne’s book is already in Waterstones Covent Garden @politybooks.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two rather different titles from same family! My work will be done when both are in Waterstones in Tunbridge Wells @waterstones.bsky.social - to be fair Anne’s book is already in Waterstones Covent Garden @politybooks.bsky.social
At 15316 downloads - @lsepress.bsky.social just in case you thought it was only about post-liberalism @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - tentatively working on a companion Justice, Order and the Common Good …
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At 15316 downloads - @lsepress.bsky.social just in case you thought it was only about post-liberalism @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - tentatively working on a companion Justice, Order and the Common Good …
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Two more days until publication @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - picture of new book with an older one - a radical liberal egalitarian theory that is far from the caricature of the post-liberal target…
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Two more days until publication @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - picture of new book with an older one - a radical liberal egalitarian theory that is far from the caricature of the post-liberal target…
Ed does not do social media but this is a brilliant book and deserves to be widely read. One of the most sophisticated Liberal Realists - always interesting, perceptive and provocative. @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - of LSE once upon a time …
October 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ed does not do social media but this is a brilliant book and deserves to be widely read. One of the most sophisticated Liberal Realists - always interesting, perceptive and provocative. @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - of LSE once upon a time …
Three days until publication on 24th October - might be of interest to @iandunt.bsky.social and to @sohrabahmari.bsky.social for different reasons. @politybooks.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Three days until publication on 24th October - might be of interest to @iandunt.bsky.social and to @sohrabahmari.bsky.social for different reasons. @politybooks.bsky.social
Only four days to go - Oct 24th publication day @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Only four days to go - Oct 24th publication day @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Countdown to publication day on Friday 24th …
October 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Countdown to publication day on Friday 24th …
As today was a Liberalism day @lsegovernment.bsky.social it worth posting this as a reminder that the argument is never finished…
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
As today was a Liberalism day @lsegovernment.bsky.social it worth posting this as a reminder that the argument is never finished…
Enough self congratulation now move on to the next book (actually 2) whilst sabbatical is still young… @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Enough self congratulation now move on to the next book (actually 2) whilst sabbatical is still young… @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
Twenty years separates these books (12 years as HoD and PVC) both are very different but the need to defend a humane liberal egalitarianism and challenge it’s critics is a urgent as ever @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social - thanks Jon Cruddas and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Twenty years separates these books (12 years as HoD and PVC) both are very different but the need to defend a humane liberal egalitarianism and challenge it’s critics is a urgent as ever @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social - thanks Jon Cruddas and @samuelmoyn.bsky.social
Look what arrived @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Look what arrived @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
Another great work from Tokarczuk - place, memory, time, identity, love and mortality, rain and mushrooms- pretty much everything …
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Another great work from Tokarczuk - place, memory, time, identity, love and mortality, rain and mushrooms- pretty much everything …
Me and me at Anne’s exhibition- final day great fun…
October 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Me and me at Anne’s exhibition- final day great fun…