#American #pundits and #publicintellectuals are doing a good job at analyzing the collapse of #democracy and the rise of #fascist #authoritarianism in the #US. They’re just not doing very much to stop it …

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"Grounded #intellectualwork, when it happens, if it ever happens again,is #uncomfortable. It tells you things you don't want to hear, makes arguments that threaten positions you hold, points out problems you'd rather not see. The #publicintellectuals of the past…afflicted the comfortable and […]

Recording of 2025 UCL Europe Lecture now available Watch Michael Ignatieff's lecture 'Academic Freedom: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It’s Under Threat', and his conversation with Erin Delaney

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Excellent. Highly recommended.
#academicfreedom
#publicintellectuals

#PublicIntellectuals check out Michael Ignatief‘s talk on #AcademicFreedom @ucl.ac.uk on this contested role some academics choose to take up.

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Geuss’s “unpopularity” stems from his refusal to simplify. Ott notes his resistance to media spectacle and normative blueprints, making him a philosopher’s philosopher - challenging, not comforting.
#PublicIntellectuals #Philosophy #AntiHeroism

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Geuss’s “unpopularity” stems from his refusal to simplify. Ott notes his resistance to media spectacle and normative blueprints, making him a philosopher’s philosopher - challenging, not comforting.
#PublicIntellectuals #Philosophy #AntiHeroism

After a Hiatus, What’s New with Open Society Foundations’ Distinctive Fellowships? OSF's fellowship program is back, aiming to amplify and elevate voices from the Global South. The 2025-26 cohort includes 31 public intellectuals from seven cities.

Open Society Foundations selected 31 public intellectuals from seven cities across the Global South for a unique fellowship.

Constance Matthiessen(@cmatthiessen.bsky.social) reports: tinyurl.com/mt7f3y8f

#OpenSociety #Philanthropy #GlobalSouth #PublicIntellectuals #CulturalHubs #HumanRights #OSF

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Андрей Плахов в свои 74 года попробовал стать дугинистом: пишет о «торжестве бесполого кино», мешающего реализовываться прославленным и обвинённым в харассменте европейским режиссёрам. Но! г-н Плахов последовательно выступал против российско-украинской войны, и в 2014 году, и в 2022 году, так […]

#OTD #TDIH #June2, 1953: #HBD #CornelWest! #Philosophers #PublicIntellectuals #Activists #SocialCritics #Actors #Authors #Academics #AfricanAmericans #BlackAmericans #BlackPeople #Blacks #Geniuses
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Profiled in Lancet Psychiatry “one of the discipline’s foremost public intellectuals”

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Silenced Professoriate: Understanding Academic Freedom in the Modern University | Brock Education Journal

New peer-reviewed article published:
Silenced Professoriate: Understanding Academic Freedom in the Modern University

doi.org/10.26522/bro...
#HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #NewManagerialism #PublicIntellectuals

Judith Butler is so clear and succinct.
Why can't more #PublicIntellectuals be as effective? Why do they think they have to marshal loads of #facts and #statistics? That tendency is precisely why so many reject the #EliteExperts, because they hide their real views behind their numbers.

As I navigate the Bluesky learning curve, please hit me up if you're interested in #writing, #memoir, #anthropology #socialsciences, #altac, PhDs working outside of academia, #publicintellectuals, or tangentially related topics (or not, really). About me: