Tyler Chamberlain
@tylerchamberlain.bsky.social
Political Theorist - PhD from @carletonu.bsky.social.
Most recent project: Reading George Grant in the 21st Century (2024).
Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts Foundations, Trinity Western University.
Most recent project: Reading George Grant in the 21st Century (2024).
Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts Foundations, Trinity Western University.
Congratulations @mariners.com! For the first time ever, my two favourite teams will play for a chance to go to the World Series.
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Congratulations @mariners.com! For the first time ever, my two favourite teams will play for a chance to go to the World Series.
New publication day!
What would happen if we paid more attention to how Francis Bacon used biblical themes to build up his scientific and technological project?
I was lucky enough to contribute a chapter to this great collections of essays: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
What would happen if we paid more attention to how Francis Bacon used biblical themes to build up his scientific and technological project?
I was lucky enough to contribute a chapter to this great collections of essays: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New publication day!
What would happen if we paid more attention to how Francis Bacon used biblical themes to build up his scientific and technological project?
I was lucky enough to contribute a chapter to this great collections of essays: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
What would happen if we paid more attention to how Francis Bacon used biblical themes to build up his scientific and technological project?
I was lucky enough to contribute a chapter to this great collections of essays: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Two passages written by people who witnessed the rise of European fascism. I wish they didn't fill me with apprehension in 2025.
September 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two passages written by people who witnessed the rise of European fascism. I wish they didn't fill me with apprehension in 2025.
One of my favourite things about academia is being given free books to review.
July 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
One of my favourite things about academia is being given free books to review.
As an academic, I need to remind myself that I do this all for my kids.
By which I mean that they take my rough drafts and use them as scrap paper for their art...
By which I mean that they take my rough drafts and use them as scrap paper for their art...
May 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
As an academic, I need to remind myself that I do this all for my kids.
By which I mean that they take my rough drafts and use them as scrap paper for their art...
By which I mean that they take my rough drafts and use them as scrap paper for their art...
George Grant wrote this in 1988. The particular circumstances have changed, but I'd argue the majority of Canadians feel the same way today.
February 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
George Grant wrote this in 1988. The particular circumstances have changed, but I'd argue the majority of Canadians feel the same way today.
And here’s a bonus Bonhoeffer meme (there really are memes about everything):
February 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And here’s a bonus Bonhoeffer meme (there really are memes about everything):
Dietrich Bonhoeffer. German pastor and theologian during Weimer and Nazi Germany who resisted the Lutheran church's embrace of Nazism and was eventually executed for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Hitler.
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Dietrich Bonhoeffer. German pastor and theologian during Weimer and Nazi Germany who resisted the Lutheran church's embrace of Nazism and was eventually executed for his involvement in a plot to assassinate Hitler.
Our family's shared spotify account has become an endless battle between the teenager's pop music and my punk/pop-punk bands. It all comes to a beautiful coalescence when it recommends Avril Lavigne and makes us both happy.
February 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our family's shared spotify account has become an endless battle between the teenager's pop music and my punk/pop-punk bands. It all comes to a beautiful coalescence when it recommends Avril Lavigne and makes us both happy.
I’ve found a new favourite endnote, from Terry Eagleton’s Reason, Faith, and Revolution. Tenure’s not important. I will have arrived as an academic only when I can get away with inserting dad jokes just for the hell of it.
January 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I’ve found a new favourite endnote, from Terry Eagleton’s Reason, Faith, and Revolution. Tenure’s not important. I will have arrived as an academic only when I can get away with inserting dad jokes just for the hell of it.
Ringing in the new year with Montaigne, whose thoughts on the arbitrariness of human customs perfectly encapsulates the way in which we celebrate the crossing of a made-up temporal threshold into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Ringing in the new year with Montaigne, whose thoughts on the arbitrariness of human customs perfectly encapsulates the way in which we celebrate the crossing of a made-up temporal threshold into 2025.
December 30th vibes - candy, mead, and political theory.
December 31, 2024 at 5:25 PM
December 30th vibes - candy, mead, and political theory.
As I expected might happen, it gets Descartes completely wrong.
December 24, 2024 at 4:53 AM
As I expected might happen, it gets Descartes completely wrong.
Some parents are mad about LGBTQ+ books in public libraries. I’m still angry about this enlightenment propaganda they’re feeding our children. Where is “Faith with Soren Kierkegaard?”
December 23, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Some parents are mad about LGBTQ+ books in public libraries. I’m still angry about this enlightenment propaganda they’re feeding our children. Where is “Faith with Soren Kierkegaard?”
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#bookchallenge
Day 20
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Day 20
December 22, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 20
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Day 20
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 19
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Day 19
December 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 19
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Day 19
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 18
Given this week's #cdnpoli fun, here's today's offering:
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Day 18
Given this week's #cdnpoli fun, here's today's offering:
December 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Day 18
Given this week's #cdnpoli fun, here's today's offering:
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Day 18
Given this week's #cdnpoli fun, here's today's offering:
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Day 17
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Day 17
December 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Day 17
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Day 17
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
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Day 16
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Day 16
December 17, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 16
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Day 16
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 15
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Day 15
December 17, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 15
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Day 15
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 14
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Day 14
December 16, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 14
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Day 14
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 13
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Day 13
December 15, 2024 at 5:10 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 13
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Day 13
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 12
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Day 12
December 13, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 12
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Day 12
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 11
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Day 11
December 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Day 11
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Day 11