Political Theorist (PhD via University of Cambridge)
Author of Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies & The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way is Shut
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"Studebaker ignites a necessary conversation about the intertwined nature of legitimacy and ideology. For those concerned with the future of embedded liberal democracies, this timely and insightful book serves as a warning against complacency." - @enzoreds
Coming with @EdinburghUP in November! Democracy as a hydra in a tar pit
Burdened by an excess of narratives, it is weighed down by the very means of its survival
Brand new! Check out our latest discussion with Benjamin Studebaker about intelligence, artificial intelligence, Aristotle, Plato, Nick Land, the orthogonality thesis, capitalism, means and ends, master and slave, etc. Link in comments.
As of today, you can get my 2nd book in paperback for under $25 (under £20). I consider it to be the best thing I've ever made. Its performance in the market will affect my ability to publish affordable books that are intellectually rigorous.
As of today, you can get my 2nd book in paperback for under $25 (under £20). I consider it to be the best thing I've ever made. Its performance in the market will affect my ability to publish affordable books that are intellectually rigorous.
@finishline646 The Chronic came out in paperback in 2023, but it was only sold in paperback at a reasonable price for about a year or so. It's available in many university libraries, but there are no plans for a new paperback edition at this time
In this very special episode, Nance and I are joined by the one and only Benjamin Studebaker for a discussion of his book ‘The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: The Way Is Shut’! We consider this text to be a classic in political theory. Link in comments.
There is no longer any force in UK electoral politics that even feigns interest in socialism
This does not produce clarity about the limits of parliamentary politics or call social movements back into existence
Rather, it results in the enshittified slopulism of the Greens
Very pleased to have contributed my piece on political theory birds to Cadell's anthology. The owl of minerva, the Gallic rooster, and, of course, my vulture! But in this piece, I come up with even more birds--the eagle, the hawk, the turkey, even the turkey vulture! It was fun
One of the great things about books is that you can read people who wouldn't speak to you or give you the time of day
Most of the people in your social circles are happy to take you as you are
But the people you read might help you become a better person
A continuous need to introduce more abstractions, without stopping for even a moment to conceptualize those that have already been introduced
Populism at the level of language, an endless string of floating signifiers, flung out on the assumption that the reader will not think
@John__Whittle Depending on when we would do this (and on the conditions prevailing at that time) we might pick different numbers. It'll take a while to create the conditions necessary to make an SFR, during which I anticipate some rise in the global tertiary ed %
@John__Whittle It goes both ways - lower income regions would have a stronger presence in the chamber of labor, at least initially. The bicameral system protects both sides