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Theory Birthmarks of the Old: Revisiting Karl Marx’s Critique of Liberalism and its Import Today Karl Marx is a difficult thinker to talk about with any impartiality. If Plato is…Matthew McManusSeptember 4, 2025
Illiberalism and Climate Change Climate Policymaking under Authoritarianism and Democracy: What Can Be Learned by Looking at Russia Climate change presents a profound political, social, and economic challenge to all states around the…Ellie MartusAugust 20, 2025
The Far-Right Across BordersTheory Not as Fringe as We’d Like to Think: Building Broad Resistance to Far-right Mobilization Using the label “far-right extremism” (or “extremism” more generally) in a Western context to describe…Mario PeuckerJuly 11, 2025
Frontiers of American ReactionTheory Socratizing Politics: A Review of Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates The fight between liberal and illiberal politics is in part about whether intellectuals are good…Jonathan MarksMay 20, 2025
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BlogsNeoliberalism and Illiberalism Political Institutions in Neoliberal Times: A Source of Far-Right Support? After the 2016 Brexit referendum, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson came to be seen as…Alberto PolimeniNovember 19, 2024
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