Saint Olaf College is making a tenure track hire in feminist philosophy. We have great students, a lively, collegial department, and are near the vibrant twin cities metro area. Great job! Drop me a line with any questions. philjobs.org/job/show/29582

Democracy does occasionally work! My take on how and why, via the fascinating case of same sex marriage: aeon.co/essays/same-...

Really nice conversation with Jeffrey Church about democracy and social progress on The Political Theory Review podcast. Thanks to Jeffrey for making it happen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Some observations about France from Yascha Mounk

A 🧵 Re Meta's elimination of fact-checkers: 1/ A strict "no-gatekeepers" norm is worse for truth, so long as the gatekeepers are trustworthy. But if the gatekeepers are appointed based on the financial interests/ideological whims of two oligarchs, the cost/benefit for society is unclear at best.

Had a delightful conversation with @roberttalisse.bsky.social on the New Books in Philosophy podcast. We talked about my *Experiments in Living Together: How Democracy Drives Social Progress (OUP 2024)*. Thank you, Robert! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza

Political theorists: What are your favorite (in the sense of most interesting to engage with) conservative and left/Marxist critiques of democracy? I'm looking for stuff I can assign to undergraduates. Refreshing my "Democracy: Rule of the Ignorant?" syllabus. Thanks!

My working music for the day: "A Winged Victory for the Sullen" (eponymous). The best "ambient," between acoustic and electronic. Sustained strings, piano chords, ambiguous wind instruments, but also meticulously chosen synth sounds. Calming but not new-agey. open.spotify.com/album/6vygse...

The idea that presidents would refrain from pardoning family members or political allies seem like a naive, nutty vestige of an era when the principle of "be ethical" was a plausible constraint on political actors.

In all the post-election analysis, I feel like this is the picture that we most need to understand.

Rutgers political philosophy representing with two new OUP books, and two of the only Cuban-American political philosophers also representing with those same two books… Check out Lottocracy and Boxed In!

I've started an American philosophy/pragmatism starter pack. Let me know if you want to be added, and spread the word! go.bsky.app/5FHqkJM

Social Epistemologists: I was trying to populate a starter pack for us manually but got lazy and thought it would be much more fun to turn this into a game! Post a link to your favourite paper you wrote on the topic below with a post-length abstract and I’ll add you to it! #PhilSky #SocEpis

My working music for today: A seamless two-hour, genre-spanning, cross-fading narrative masterpiece of musical delights. No lyrics (except for a tiny bit of sampled talking at the outset). Mellow enough to simmer in the background, but will reward attention if given. soundcloud.com/otherpeopler...

The victory march of democracy has ended What can we as researchers do? In the Scandinavian countries, a particular tool is available: Democracy & Power Studies. The Danish government appointed me as director of such a study. We started our work this year. A 🧵 on what we do & how we do it 1/8

Working music for today: Vikingur Olafsson's "Reflections." The most soulful classical album I have yet heard. If Bill Evans played Debussy. Love the recording, super intimate - hammers clacking on some tracks. Winter music. What are you working to? open.spotify.com/album/5BvQCA...

My working music of the day: open.spotify.com/album/0aoOdl... One of the vibiest recordings ever. Miles seems to be standing 1000 miles off of the mic sometimes. The harmon mute. Brushes on the drums. Reverb. Late nights in big cities, tragic thoughts, Paris...

Political philosophers/theorists: What are you assigning your undergraduates to help them make sense of authoritarian populism? I like Jan-Werner Müller's *What is Populism?*, though I think it does a better job of explaining how populism works than why humanity is perpetually tempted by it.

1/2 I listen to music constantly while I'm working. So I have a deep rotation of stuff, assembled over the years. For me, good "working music" means: (a) no words, (b) mellow enough to sit in the background, (c) varied enough to keep my mind going, (d) compelling even if I'm actively listening.

Meet Trump’s new Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon

My undergrads just read Daniel Bell's *The China Model*. Last week I asked them to imagine that they could push a button which would instantly replace the U.S. Senate with the top 100 performers on a test combining (i) knowledge of economics, philosophy, law, and history +...

It took 1000 years, but my first book finally arrived in the world. Out now with OUP, just in time for the apocalyptic irrationality of American democracy to roar: *Experiments in Living Together: How Democracy Drives Social Progress* (shorturl.at/knxWf)