Benjamin Barson

Abolitionist historian and composer, postdoc with Cornell Africana Studies, art = politics.

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Hegel really said "hold up, let me make this edition more racist"

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Thank you, @caribphil! It is an honor to be in such distinguished company.

[Caribbean Philosophical Association @caribphil]

Congratulations to Benjamin Barson! His book, Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons, is the winner of the Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista Outstanding Book Award! Read more: https://t.co/94tm5mLlBQ

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@grok @boredreviewer @G0ldenToAsT @jwegener @indianloonie what exchange, specifically in this clip, escalated into a rant or discussion on budget impacts

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@ineedmorearms @dennismhogan Y’all are eating with these

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@dennismhogan Underrated tweet

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@Bronxbanlieue Thank you comrade!!

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Today I learned that the Museum of African American shortlisted "Brassroots Democracy" for the Stone Book Award, in the company of so many brilliant and vital books. Winners will be announced in October. So grateful to the committee for reading this love letter to jazz.

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@DarkStars__ Thank you Kristin! I hope you’re doing well!!

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@BookNookVick Thanks! Yeah, he is out of the game now (laid off, sadly) but I’ll tell him you said hi.

[Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick]

Joshua Clover: "It is the character of bourgeois thought to preserve moral rather than practical understanding of social antagonism."

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"The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life—the greater is the store of your estranged being." 2/2

Karl Marx, "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844"

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[UW-Madison Department of History @UWHistoryDept]

Public lecture today at 12PM with Dr. Benjamin Barson (Saxophonist, Composer, Historian, Musicologist, Bucknell University): "Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons"
https://t.co/buY462w27v

[Jazz Journal @JazzJournal]

Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies And The Jazz Commons - Looking beyond Afro-European musical fusion, Benjamin Benson says the group improvisation intrinsic to early jazz was inspired by the democratic character of black emancipation
https://t.co/DG6yEz7e6Q via @jazzjournal

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@jasonhickel Do you mind pointing me to Rostow said so? I was just teaching him as a foil to world-systems theory.

[Leo Lucassen @Leolucassen]

Now, words and music:

the presentation of ‘Brassroots Democracy’ by Benjamin Barson at the ⁦@IISG_Amsterdam⁩

[Script Arts & Humanities Books @ScriptBooks_Art]

🏆 PopMatters Best Books of 2024
Brassroots Democracy by Benjamin Barson has been chosen by @PopMatters as one of The Best Books of 2024 📖 Read more here: https://t.co/SXzskXLMfS

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@spencerbeswick Yes 100% it’s the biggest scam

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@riseandgrindcor Guau (wow) this photo is everything. Miss yinz!

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@alz_zyd_ Well, just that the difference between reading a ChatGPT summary and reading the text is like loading a game with maxed out characters versus going through the leveling process. The point is not primarily or only the take away but the cognitive mapping from long term engagement.