Civic Solitude

Book by @RobertTalisse || Now available from OUP || partisanship, polarization, political epistemology ||

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

I did my PhD in Political Phil at a place fixated on Mind & Language. I somehow assembled a trio of mentors- PLP Simpson, Steve Cahn, Virginia Held

They were philosophically at odds, but supportive of me. Without them I couldn't have finished. I'm really going to miss Virginia

[American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy]

The APA is saddened to note the passing of Professor Virginia Held (1929–2026). Held served as president of the @APAEastern in 2001–2002.

More: https://t.co/xNZA20OkFJ

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

"How can the democracy-promotion community help domestic political forces seeking to prevent would-be autocrats from winning office in the first place or, failing that, keep them from abusing their positions once in power?"

https://t.co/oJtgUI1PkA

[mc mario paiva @seokjinotwar]

Gladly picked it up! Loved CIVIC SOLITUDE back in 2024 @RobertTalisse

[Lars Erik Berntzen @BerntzenLE]

Does affective polarization itself actually threaten democracy?

Recent experiments from the US suggest maybe not. In our new @EJPRjournal paper, we revisit this question comparatively with a survey experiment in 9 democracies (18,000 respondents). https://t.co/A05UiqiKfk

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

For the last two decades, democracy has been in retreat. Autocracies now outnumber the world’s democracies, and countries that had made impressive democratic strides have been purposefully undoing those gains.

https://t.co/MJYvjKyKbW

[Journal of Democracy @JoDemocracy]

Today, the principal challenge to democracy is coming not from coups but from democratic erosion driven by elected leaders. What is behind this shift, and how can prodemocracy forces push back?

https://t.co/59rZjfAoWV

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Friendly reminder that roughly 49.8% of American voters need to ask themselves what their reaction would be if the things being said and done right now were coming from the people they hadn't voted for

[American Political Science Review @apsrjournal]

From our FirstView: Partisan Expressive Responding: Lessons from Two Decades of Research by MATTHEW H. GRAHAM https://t.co/Ea0gHucXnP

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

I'm teaching a grad seminar next spring on my longtime problematic faves, the pragmatists

Spending the final weeks of the course working through the book ms I'm writing with @MisakCheryl, which hopefully will be done by then. Maybe she'll be able to join for a few sessions...

[Vanderbilt Government Relations @Vanderbilt_GR]

In the latest episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt, about how democracy can endure amid political division. https://t.co/TaW2gRCLAS

[Deborah Kenny @DeborahKennyHVA]

New piece in @TIME.
There is a fundamental distinction between managing students and teaching students to manage themselves. The first instills obedience; the second, agency.

Read here: https://t.co/WGtvC7rdwo

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

My work is discussed in this article by @DeborahKennyHVA in the latest @TIME
https://t.co/sS281QgzKJ

[The Conversation U.S. @ConversationUS]

Trump isn't lying about grocery prices and tariffs — he's expressing contempt for the people who must live with the consequences, argues a political philosopher.
https://t.co/nFgxR8e1h7

[Lawrence Torcello @LTorcello]

If you need something to be hopeful about today--this is a good one.
https://t.co/Xxa4sBiWd5

[The Conversation U.S. @ConversationUS]

Trump isn't lying about grocery prices and tariffs — he's expressing contempt for the people who must live with the consequences, argues a political philosopher.
https://t.co/nFgxR8e1h7

[The Progress Network @progressntwrk]

🤬How can democratic societies endure—and even flourish—amid deep and persistent disagreement?

🤝TPN member @RobertTalisse sat down with provost @VanderbiltU @ccybeleraver to talk about how we communicate through political disagreement and make practical suggestions on how to reconnect our divided democracy.

https://t.co/LhjJplrfOM

[Lawrence Torcello @LTorcello]

Sometimes a falsehood is a lie. Other times it is a show of contempt, as @RobertTalisse explains:
https://t.co/XsN1AwEInC

[John D. Mariana @JohnDMariana1]

For an excellent discussion of what's happening, see this analysis by Robert B. Talisse:
https://t.co/4gaUTvbS5z

[Charlene Doe 🇺🇸 @charlendoe]

Interesting take.

As a philosopher, I’m convinced that Trump isn’t lying − he’s doing something worse https://t.co/j3nGrKjMsc