Jonathan White

The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...

What Happened to Our Dreams of the Future? | Novara Media A weird-left explanation of how the future lost its shine, with ideas from Max Weber, Kate Raworth and Jonathan White.

#ACFM examines the Future. @jemgilbert.bsky.social, Nadia Idle, and I ask, did young people always worry so much about their futures? Has the currency of emergency been devalued? Does conservatism have an idea of the future? With music from LTJ Bukem and FKA twigs.
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More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show Tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in face of new Israeli offensive More than a quarter of a million people have been displaced from Gaza City in the last month, new figures from the UN reveal, with tens of thousands more forced to flee makeshift homes and shelters daily in the face of a new Israeli offensive. Multiple strikes by Israeli artillery, tanks and warplanes hit Gaza City again on Thursday, prompting what a UN official called “new waves of mass displacement” after about 60,000 fled the new assault in 72 hours earlier this week. Continue reading...

More than a quarter of a million people displaced from Gaza City in past month, UN figures show

Lea Ypi: How to think about surveillance A picture of her grandmother posted on social media sent the author to the archives of Albania’s former security services — and raised difficult questions about who watches us today

My weekend essay for @financialtimes.com on grandmothers from lost worlds, dignity and surveillance (then and now)…

Indignity When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told record...

Lea's best book yet - and it's out today!
www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...

Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Lea Ypi: In conversation with Hannah Dawson at Hoxton Hall today.

Dear friends, INDIGNITY is coming out tomorrow and I will be discussing it with the brilliant Hannah Dawson. If you know anyone who wants to celebrate with us, hear the discussion & maybe a bit of reading, feel free to spread the word - still some tickets left!

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The content of my thoughts is now an object in the world!!! Thank you, thank you to everyone who supported the research or supported the writing or supported me & the research & the writing - I am so grateful and happy and can’t wait to celebrate with you all when it’s released on 4th September 😍😍🐥!

Absolutely dystopian juxtaposition from the Guardian front page. Difficult to understand how anyone of decency and conscience can defend this government at this point. Just sheer moral degeneracy to arm a state that does this and arrest people for objecting. Wtf are we doing as a country?

‘The shrinking political imagination is a threat to democracy’ — Culture Policy Room As the European Union grapples with long-term budgets and shifting political priorities, I spoke with Jonathan White about how Europe, as a shared democratic project, can endure in an age when collect...

As Jonathan White argues, politics obsessed with numbers has shrunk our sense of the future. Art can spark collective imagination and a deeper purpose beyond economic metrics. Read my conversation with @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social here: www.culturepolicyroom.eu/insights/tod...

‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
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‘The Crisis of Long-Termism: Time and Independence in the European Union’ – my new article with Antoine Vauchez
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How on earth can the UK sanction two Israeli ministers yet — at the very same time — continue supplying weapons to the very government they serve?

The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

It has been a while since I enjoyed a book in political theory this much. @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social's "In the Long Run" is beautifully written, insightful, and full of fresh thinking on political change, imagination, and ideology - all through the lens of the future. Go read it.

My new article in Political Studies:
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
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Our attempt to make sense of Trump II, sans sane-washing.

Big thanks to @andrewelrod.bsky.social and Maya Adereth whose editing made the piece much, much better.

My new article in Political Studies:
‘Transition: Revisiting a Troubled Concept in the Age of Climate Change’
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@polstudies.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

This is such a great book. Highly recommended! 👏👏👏 @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social

Today, the Independent Alliance delivered media handbooks to mainstream press outlets, suggesting basic ways they could hold the Prime Minister to account over Gaza.

You can read the full handbook here: linktr.ee/jeremycorbyn

May 7, 16:30

Coming up at the Institute on Wednesday next week: @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social will give a lecture on “The Future as a Democratic Resource”.

@lse-ei.bsky.social

www.mpifg.de/events/40297...

The rise of WhatsApp government How the text message is transforming our democracies.

Here's an open-access short version: www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-...

Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

‘The demand is that to be safe from persecution, you must pluck out your eyes. Instead of ejecting Gaza from domestic politics, Israel’s allies have brought the war home.’

This week’s column

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Indignity When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told record...

1) INDIGNITY has a cover! We are still on the theme of nature and freedom but this time with canaries - one of the one hundred that feature prominently in the book. Full info (about the book, not the canaries yet) in the link below 😜🌹🐥 www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930...

The pitfalls of instant messaging as a tool of government ...

The pitfalls of instant messaging as a tool of government ...

New publication - 'The Future as a Democratic Resource', online now at Perspectives on Politics
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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This paper made a lot of things click for me. Ambitious visions of the future are essential for the left: they “put the present in critical perspective, aid in the formation of a collective agent, and consolidate commitment in adversity.” Anyone trying to think constructively about politics, read!

New publication - 'The Future as a Democratic Resource', online now at Perspectives on Politics
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social

4 years, 5 countries, 6 languages, 8 archives,thousands of pages later, bound proofs of INDIGNITY have landed on my (or, rather, Beatrice Webb’s) desk at LSE! Publishing @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social in the UK in Sept +🇦🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇸🇸🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰🇳🇱🇮🇹🇸🇮🇧🇷 + more. So excited (and terrified) to share with you all ❤️🧿!

YouTube video by Novara Media Individualism Stole Your Future. Here’s How | Aaron Bastani meets Jonathan White

Great Novara interview with @jonathanpjwhite.bsky.social with interesting reflection re. how we might be moving beyond Fisher's 'capitalist realism' cycle (for worse or better):

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Utterly shocking letter to Columbia, both for its content and the unvarnished authoritarian aggression. Clearly the Trump admin is firmly committed to the goal of destroying elite US academia. Even if competitive elections take place in 2028: Four years are plenty of time to achieve that goal. 1/3