New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Tom McDowell, 'Jeremy Bentham and the Neoclassical and Neoliberal Traditions: Architect or Adversary?'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My latest in @TheoryCulture argues that although Bentham is often seen as a forerunner of the neoliberal tradition, this overlooks how his mature theory of ‘psychological dynamics’ renders him its antithesis. @malrog.bsky.social, @timcauser.bsky.social, @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social

thinking about the some sheep/no sheep map again

Spent 50 minutes chatting with Martin Lukacs and @breachmedia.ca about the profound ideological influence Milton Friedman has had on Pierre Poilievre. Podcast episode is at the link attached: breachmedia.ca/the-radical-... #poilievre #cdnpoli

Featuring talks from @malrog.bsky.social, @carrideen.c18.masto.host.ap.brid.gy, Anne Brunon-Ernst, and Mark Knights, and a series of terrific looking panels, it promises to be an excellent couple of days

My newest scholarly article on Doug Ford, neoliberalism, (anti)majoritarianism, and the use of inherited institutional and constitutional frameworks to insulate austerity from critique. ojs.unbc.ca/index.php/cp... #dougford #ontario #onpoli #ontariopolitics #neoliberalism

Come check this panel out on Thursday from 2-4. www.yorku.ca/research/glr... @temcd.bsky.social @johncke.bsky.social

Check out my piece breaking down Pierre Poilievre's radical austerity politics and explicitly linking them to his professed intellectual hero, Milton Friedman. jacobin.com/2025/02/poil... #canpoli #canadianpolitics #poilievre #jacobin #cdnpoli

'The Last Words of Bentham', according to John Bowring: '". I entered his room—‘Do you know me?’ He smiled and said, ‘Bowring! Bowring! how have you sped?’ I told him of your acceptance and of my prospects. ‘Very good,’ he said, squeezing me by the hands...

Bernie Sanders on the Senate floor just now: The United States government cannot provide weapons to countries that violate internationally recognized human rights or block US humanitarian aid. That is not my opinion, that is what the law says.

UCL Press Play is delighted to announce the final episode of the podcast series The Greatest Good, which explores the lasting influence of the philosopher Jeremy Bentham, whose radical progressivism was the intellectual inspiration for UCL. Watch free: ow.ly/Tjxo50U4iho