David Livingstone Smith

Donate to Support James Draper's New Beginning, organized by David Livingstone Smith Fifteen years ago, I received a letter from prisoner named James Draper,… David Livingstone Smith needs your support for Support James Draper's New Beginning

Friends, please consider contributing to my fundraiser for my amazing student James Draper, who will soon be released from prison after more than 40 years. Every dollar will ease this man's transition. No amount is to small. www.gofundme.com/f/jyc3b/cl/o...

Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Marks 90 Years of Truth-Telling Through Literature with a Citywide Celebration, Free and Open to the Public The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA), the only national juried prize for literature that addresses racism and diversity, proudly marks its 90th anniversary with a citywide celebration September 19–20...

Ohio peeps: This is gonna be an AMAZING weekend. I'm super looking forward to my fireside chat with George Makari: "Humanity on the Line: Resisting Dehumanization, Erasure, and Atrocity Amidst Divides."

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The Nazis had a word “Gleichschaltung”— “bringing into alignment.” A pastor who lived during the Hitler years described it vividly. “One would be pushed further, step by step, until he had crossed over the line, without noticing that his spine was being bent millimeter by millimeter.”

Donate to Support James Draper's New Beginning, organized by David Livingstone Smith Fifteen years ago, I received a letter from prisoner named James Draper,… David Livingstone Smith needs your support for Support James Draper's New Beginning

Please, please share. Every dollar makes a difference. www.gofundme.com/f/jyc3b/cl/o...

Sacred leaders and true believers: devotion and the politics of helplessness Sacred leaders are leaders of political movements whose followers, their “true believers,” treat them as messianic or God-like figures. Sigmund Freud’s analysis of the psychological dynamics of rel...

On Hitler, Trump, Freud, and political religion. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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My Life So Far An Essay by James Draper

James Draper now has nearly $1500 waiting for him when he is released from prison. If you've not considered contributing to his GoFundMe, please do.

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My Life So Far An Essay by James Draper

From being a high-school graduate who was barely able to read, James became a dedicated student of philosophy and science.

James will soon be released after more than 40 years in prison. Please contribute to the fund for his new beginning.
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Save the Date for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 90th Anniversary Weekend Mark your calendars for a distinguished weekend of literature and camaraderie in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. This two-day festival-style celebration will fea...

Ohio peeps, I'll be joining fellow Anisfield-Wolf award winners for this awesome event in Cleveland. www.anisfield-wolf.org/2025/06/save...

My Life So Far An Essay by James Draper

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"Most of all, I just want to get out of prison. I do not want to die in this place."

Donate to Support James Draper's New Beginning, organized by David Livingstone Smith Fifteen years ago, I received a letter from prisoner named James Draper,… David Livingstone Smith needs your support for Support James Draper's New Beginning

If you can spare a few bucks, please consider this very worthy cause.

gofund.me/1a87b52e

Those considering contributing to my gofundme for James Draper, but would first like to know more about him, can read his autobiographical essay on the website that I created for him around ten years ago.
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Thank you!

Donate to Support James Draper's New Beginning, organized by David Livingstone Smith Fifteen years ago, I received a letter from prisoner named James Draper,… David Livingstone Smith needs your support for Support James Draper's New Beginning

For the past 15 years I have been a long-distance tutor for James Draper, who has been incarcerated for 40 years. Your support will mean a lot to him, both materially and emotionally. NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL.

Thank you!
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Jason Stanley, Timothy Snyder, Marci Shore, Johann Chapoutot, for starters.

Evolutionary psychology is a failure with Subrena Smith Join philosopher of biology Subrena Smith in this exclusive studio interview as she argues that evolutionary psychology, the explanatory framework for understanding human behaviour from an evolutionar...

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Evolutionary psychology is a failure with Subrena Smith Join philosopher of biology Subrena Smith in this exclusive studio interview as she argues that evolutionary psychology, the explanatory framework for understanding human behaviour from an evolutionar...

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In the Americas and Western Europe, the paradigmatic form of racism is anti-Black racism. In central and eastern Europe, the paradigmatic form of racism is antisemitism. Magda Teter argues that they have a common root.

The philosophy of dehumanisation with David Livingstone Smith In this exclusive interview, philosopher David Livingstone Smith explores the history, nature, and evolution of dehumanisation. As what is 'acceptable' in society changes, so do the tactics of…

A discussion of the evolution of dehumanisation, monsters and race. | iai.tv/video/the-ph...

Join philosopher @davidlsmith.bsky.social‬ as he presents us with a candid but unique outlook on this topic, exploring symbols of hate to having hope without optimism.

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ICE has graduated from being the new SA to being the new SS.

Having spent a good deal of time as a psychotherapist/psychotherapy trainer in the UK, I came to realize that the various psychotherapy "schools" oftent functioned as cults led by a charismatic leader. This is particularly the case in the humanistic/existential/ integrative sphere.

"These Inner-City Rats...." Rats, Race, and Republican Rhetoric

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Solidarity!

Ep. 57- Magnus Hirschfeld, the trans community, and the Nazis with Brandy Schillace Podcast Episode · The Holocaust History Podcast · 06/23/2025 · 1h 20m

Really fascinating episode! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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50% OFF On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It An award-winning author and philosopher, Smith takes an unflinching look at the mechanisms of the mind that encourage us to see someone as less than human. There is something peculiar and horrifying i...

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Monstrous Males Race, Gender, and Dehumanization

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