Political Philosophy

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• 5/14/2023
  

  Political Pundits, Apply the "Resentment" Label with Caution

  by Robert A. Schneider

  As the brief respite between two Trump-Biden races reaches its end, "resentment" is once again the go-to political explanation. But too often the term is used to describe voters as irrational and unhinged while obscuring some real causes of moral aggrievement in contemporary society. 

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  3/7/2023
  

  Edmund Burke's Defense of Order Indulged Racism and Antisemitism

  by Aidan Beatty

  A critic argues that a founding document of modern conservatism was steeped in the author's belief that Jews were responsible for exporting French radicalism; while few right-wingers today seem to actually read Burke, some carry on this legacy.

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• 3/6/2022
  

  The Would-Be Czar's Dark Prophet

  by Ed Simon

  Vladimir Putin takes seriously the anti-liberal and neo-czarist philosophies of Aleksandr Dugin. Anyone who opposes his expansionist agenda must as well. 

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• SOURCE: The Baffler
  9/7/2021
  

  History Won't Judge: Joan C. Scott and Passing the Buck

  by Kirsten Weld

  Poor Clio, the muse of history, has been tasked with the passing of retrospective judgments that we in the here-and-now are unwilling to make. Unfortunately, that's not how history works. 

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• SOURCE: Aeon
  8/3/2021
  

  In Praise of Possibility

  by Michele Alacevich

  Albert O. Hirschman's approach to development economics stressed the need to understand "hidden rationalities" of developing societies and use them to create change.