Robert Jensen

Emeritus Professor, University of Texas at Austin. [email protected] / Bluesky: @robertjensen.bsky.social

[Robert Jensen @jensenrobertw]

My latest book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, will be published Sept. 1, 2026.
Info at https://t.co/DtxHnEMIbA
Pre-order hard copy at https://t.co/Kb9ktTqW63.
E-book coming soon.
Ideas for reviews or publicity? Email me at [email protected].

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from article based on This I Don’t Believe:
getting to “fewer and less” (fewer people consuming less energy) is hard because of “the temptations of dense energy,” which is why “the moral high ground is a dangerous place to stand, even when it’s warranted.” https://t.co/UxVv5JSwkF

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I’ve been following Bill Rees’ work for years. His endorsement of my new book means a lot to me.
"Robert Jensen’s book offers crystalline thinking and writing of almost brutal clarity."
William Rees, co-author of Our Ecological Footprint
https://t.co/DtxHnEMIbA

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For folks in Taos, I'm reading from my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, on Friday, Sept. 11, at 5:30 pm at SOMOS Bookshop. https://t.co/j2XdkWC8Pg

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“How does human nature play out in today’s social structures to produce domination/subordination dynamics in sex/gender, race, global affairs, economics, and the human exploitation of the larger living world?”
from “Domination/Subordination Dynamics" https://t.co/hvx6ITaieh

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My latest column at 3 Quarks Daily: “Domination/Subordination Dynamics: Five Foundational Books Challenging Illegitimate Authority”
https://t.co/OkekxW1lDZ

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“The multiple cascading ecological crises of our era are the consequences of the large population and modern ‘lifestyles’ made possible by coal, oil, and gas. We face problems that likely have no solutions.” https://t.co/UxVv5JSwkF

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My latest article, “Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases,” is adapted from my new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning. https://t.co/tkKrrf7Pjj

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Remembering how I used Wendell Berry’s writing in my classes:
“‘There are no unsacred places’: I’m glad Wendell Berry’s memory will trouble my thoughts” at ABC Religion & Ethics, https://t.co/4z2fyIKGFs

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I have a new book, This I Don’t Believe. I’m supposed to step up my “social media engagement,” posting about my life. My life isn’t very interesting but here goes: Today I’m making tomato sauce with tomatoes from our garden. https://t.co/DtxHnEMam2.

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from “My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’”:
“for those few years, I took Rand’s philosophy as unchallengeable truth, my first—but, sadly, not last—experience with dead dogma.” https://t.co/GLHHmRNloP

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from “My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’”: when I was young and alienated, “one aspect of Rand’s picture of the world that appealed to me: The protagonists in her novels were self-creations, not weighed down by family or culture.” https://t.co/51ltVt0leG

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“My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’” is an excerpt from my new book, This I Don’t Believe, coming in Sept. On ScheerPost: https://t.co/51ltVt0leG

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Tracy Higgins interviewed in Taos News about her Aug 19 talk on immigration law at the Taos library. https://t.co/yWl7hGFsCa

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Francesca Hong got hammered for her critique of Thanksgiving. Since I’m not running for political office, I don’t have to renounce my writing on the subject.
“Thanksgiving Anxieties, Political and Personal,” https://t.co/1gyGWQcjpM

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“I retired from the university at age 60, even though I still loved teaching, because I wanted to get out before I burned out.” from “Who Is ‘Authentically’ Working Class?”
https://t.co/RCoiRmw8WY

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“rich people often accuse poor people of being lazy, lecturing them about working harder to get out of poverty. But the desire to work hard at productive tasks is healthy, no matter what the economic system.” https://t.co/KSyqgbemE7

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“we all need opportunities to prove to ourselves that we are competent to run our own lives. One way I’ve done that is by taking work seriously, learning to do work well, and being proud of my work—all part of the core of a working-class identity”
https://t.co/2DuO3WgDzD

[3 Quarks Daily @3QD]

Who Is ‘Authentically’ Working Class? https://t.co/mj2WoxJ54W

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My conversation with Sharon Kyle from LA Progressive is online.
https://t.co/EexphVdPGf
Intellectual Diversity Begins with Challenging Our Own Dogmas ... on higher education, political neutrality, racial honesty—and why shared work may teach us more than another academic seminar

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Podcast: “The Brutal Truth About Pornography: A Radical Feminist Critique with Robert Jensen” https://t.co/EMfgntWQ7e