New paper in @polphiljournal.bsky.social: "Ideal Theory as Fetishism." I argue that we should bring the materialist critique of idealism into methodological debates in political theory - and (as you may guess from the title) that ideal theory is a kind of fetishism in the Marxian sense.

was a real pleasure to be a part of this, very excited for the book! :)

Depression, Critique, and Critical Theory as Political Therapy Critical theorists, especially in the Frankfurt School tradition, claim that normative thought and critique arise from experiences of suffering and oppression. It seems intuitive that oppression some...

I have a new article on depression and critique out in Constellation - in case anyone needed more depression on their timelines! I discuss to what extent, and how, feelings of depression can be politicized and channeled into resistance.

The university just decided to cancel our event. Dark times for academic freedom and international law and a very dangerous precedent

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Yay, congrats!!

Now inviting submissions for the upcoming issue of the Oxford Political Review! The theme? Home — broadly construed 🏡

The Call for Applications to our annual Critical Theory Summer School just went online. This year, we'll discuss racial capitalism with Tommie Shelby, Inés Valdez, Robert Gooding-Williams and Manuela Bojadžijev, among others.

More info / application form:
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From critical theory to critical therapy: Towards a permanent psycho-political revolution between subjective and objective disalienation - Emily M Dyson, 2024 Critical theory has historically assumed an undialectical either/or between reformist therapy and revolutionary politics. Frantz Fanon’s dialectical, psycho-soc...

Incredible article by Emily Dyson on Fanon and anti-psychiatry, which fits quite well with my own arguments on the difference in Empire of Normality.
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Very happy to see my article on anger, critique, and resistance published in Hypatia. It argues for a less moralized understanding of anger highlighting that emancipatory anger is a political achievement.