liberalism's philosophical fraying - a commentary

John Gray explains why modern liberal ideas are losing their meaning. Learn how unclear words affect political debate and why this matters for society today.

#liberalism, #johngray, #politics2026, #politicaltheory, #clearthinking

https://newsletter.tf/john-gray-liberal-ideas-failing-2026/

John Gray argues that liberal ideas are 50% less clear than they were in the past. This makes it harder for people to agree on important social rules.

#liberalism, #johngray, #politics2026, #politicaltheory, #clearthinking
https://newsletter.tf/john-gray-liberal-ideas-failing-2026/

"What’s the point of being #queer if your dream is to #reproduce #institutions and #models that harm us?"

A wonderful read with many insights.

📍 https://substack.com/home/post/p-184879362

#politicaltheory #queertheory #democracy

#books of interest

Queer Political Economy

Calls for "international political #economy and #queer #theory to combine their contributions through development of the field of queer political economy."

Smith NJ. Capitalism’s Sexual History. Oxford University Press: New York, 2020;
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197530276.003.0001

#queerpoliticaleconomy #politicaltheory #queertheory #politicaleconomy

Au début du mois de mai, un essai de moi est paru dans la nouvelle edition du dimanche de Le Grand Continent. Cet essai, tiré en partie d’un livre à paraître prochainement chez Routledge, porte sur Alexandre Kojève comme penseur de l’intégration Européenne. M’appuyant sur ses écrits politico-philosophiques, pour certains publiés, pour d’autres encore inédits, je montre que Kojève a formulé une ‘philosophie de l'Europe’ qui, lue dans le contexte politique actuel, apparaît plus pertinente que jamais.

Je remercie Le Grand Continent pour l'excellente traduction de mon texte de l'anglais vers le français.

https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/dimanches/kojeve-le-pere-fondateur-cache-de-leurope/

#Kojeve #legrandcontinent #europe #european #europeanunion #philosophy #history #histodons #politicaltheory

Political theory isn’t just abstract—it helps explain today’s global challenges.
I wrote a new post on why it still matters for understanding democracy, power, and international order.
Which political idea best explains the world right now?
#PoliticalTheory #GlobalPolitics

https://responsiblepublicaffairs.com/samuel-huntington-vs-francis-fukuyama-ukraine-russia-war-analysis-and-u-s-iran-tensions/

#AmericanPrestige welcomes #TheaRiofrancos for a great interview about her book #Extraction: The Frontiers of #GreenCapitalism

https://americanprestigepod.com/episodes/7058544218
#energyTransition #greenwashing #environment #lithium #lithiumMining #extractivism #geoeconomy #politicalTheory #degrowth #ecosocialism #ecomarxism #books @bookstodon

[T]he modern conflation of elections with #democracy contributes not only to #plutocracy but also to the drift toward authoritarianism. The danger lies not simply in the plutocratic proclivities of electoral processes or the occasional production of dangerous leaders,but in the way that their misidentification as the embodiment of popular sovereignty enables potential demagogues—often themselves plutocrats—to claim that they uniquely represent the authentic “will of the people.” This grants them an unfounded right to rule that becomes difficult to challenge and undermines popular government itself. Once elections are taken as the democratic tool par excellence, a leader can invoke electoral victory to justify any course of action by insisting: “The people have spoken!”

– Natasha Piano interviewed by Matias X. Gonzalez for Democracy and Government under Elitism: An Interview with Natasha Piano https://www.jhiblog.org/2026/05/13/democracy-and-government-under-elitism-an-interview-with-natasha-piano/

#election #electoralism #fascism #politics #PoliticalTheory

Which Karl?

#PoliticalTheory #PoliticalEconomy