Joseph J. Kaminski

Professor, Dept. of Pol. Sci. and IR, International University of Sarajevo and
Research Associate & Mentorship Program Coordinator at The Ummatics Institute.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

I'm really excited to announce that my article, "Looking East: Perfectionism, Public Reason Confucianism, and the Construction of Islamicate Public Reason" is now available in "Just Accepted" view in The Journal of Politics. https://t.co/wvcPRgXzXO

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

I know people are stupid and all, but if anyone actually took the time to read the lyrics all the way through, the message is pretty much the opposite of what most people who are just hearing this song for 1st time think it is. Anyways, I'll be rooting for Bosnia this World Cup.

[Dubioza kolektiv @dubiozakolektiv]

I am from Bosnia - The Misunderstood World Cup Song
by @ivdragicevic

https://t.co/rNikxuUSTa

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@PLoobuyck @SohrabAhmari @unherd @arash_tehran I enjoy your work. I really liked your co-authored work w/ Stefan Rummens comparing Habermas & Rawls. You very clearly explain how Habermas totally misunderstands Rawls's notion of the public political sphere. I just wonder how Hamermas's peer reviewers never caught this first?

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@PLoobuyck @SohrabAhmari @unherd @arash_tehran Rawlsian PL & public reason only works if citizens of a given society embrace a political conception of justice. I argue that its possible to establish fair terms of cooperation under a perfectionist framework without forcing agreement on ultimate truths: https://t.co/wvcPRgXzXO

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

For the last 3 weeks I had the privilege of hosting Samy Ayoub & 12 of his BA students from UT-Austin at IUS. They completed a Maymester course on Ottoman History in the Balkans. In addition to classes & staying our dorms, they also went to Mostar, Travnik, Jajce & Srebrenica.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@arash_tehran You might actually have a point here. My wife is the only person I know, like ever, who doesn't really like tacos.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@ThatchEffendi Floating signifiers don't define themselves...

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

To be even more blunt: If you don't have an answer to this question, you're just going to end up replicating the very worst tendencies of universalist liberalism, while simultaneously making toxic the indigenous discourse that you actually seek to promote.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

The abstract sounds really interesting. It seems to resonate with my enduring critique of "The Decolonization Industry" that can be summarized in 3 words: Decolonize to what?--If you don't have something coherent in response to this simple question, you're going to end up w/ bad.

[Gorkem Altinors @gorkemaltinors.bsky.social @gorkemaltinors]

New co-authored article out in International Political Sociology: "The Uses and Abuses of the Anti-Colonial in Global Reactionary Politics".

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

There's no accommodation w/ these people, you have to ignore them or openly challenged them. The clock is ticking on this awful project anyways, after Nov., regular conservatives won't have to worry about placating these imbeciles anymore. Hopefully their mvmt. figures this out

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

Whenever genuinely decent, pre-MAGA conservatives like Kevin or @IsmailRoyer try to respectfully engage with MAGAs, they get bullied worse than "the leftists." This is because MAGA is a cult; there is no room for dissent. People like Prof. Vallier are seen as weak & worse... 1/2

[Kevin Vallier @kvallier]

@christopherrufo I've been studying polarization for over a decade. I've spent time with the literature and researchers. I don't know how your tactics will heal us. You sow so much distrust in the left that, in my view, you're part of the problem. https://t.co/gNQqhCXOoy

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

than the openly anti-MAGA dissident who atleast, in their view, stand for something. For MAGAs like Rufo, Ismail and Kevin's positions reek of compromise and accommodation which is completely anathema to MAGAs core value system, which also, unsurprisingly, characterizes cults.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@CrescentIntern1 To be honest, its really too early to tell who is 'winning' in any kind of concrete terms. I would agree that Iran, after starting off very poorly, managed to regroup better than I expected as I originally made my post on March 18. I still think their losses are far worse though

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

The fact that neither Iran nor Hezbollah have yet to neutralize a single high-value Israeli target while Israel continues to, on a daily basis, systematically eliminate both aforementioned parties' highest figures tells you who really is winning this war, tout court.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@CrescentIntern1 Yea, you can turn that logic right back on your own claim; wars are not some computer game where victory is determined solely by "political objectives" while the rest of the population suffer immensely.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

Yea, advocating for "a whole civilization" dying in one night is we what we in Political Science call a textbook example advocating for genocide.

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

“A whole civilization will die tonight”. Possibly the most evil and sinister thing he’s ever said

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@websterkaroon But Bosnia did 🇧🇦!!!! I wild partying here in Sarajevo!

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

I just couldn't imagine being so absolutely clueless about a topic and commenting on it like some kind of authority.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@arash_tehran I'm willing to venture that those numbers will be dropping significantly over the next 3 years.

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@DrJayRichards @Heritage What are you guys looking for; just run-of-the-mill neocon Islamophobes or messianic Christian Zionists?

[Joseph J. Kaminski @profjkaminski]

@drvukovich @SelimKoru Bingo