I did an interview with Sam Kahn for The Republic of Letters.
Topics include: how I became a liberal, why you probably are too, what liberalism really is, and how to work Rawls into everyday conversation without sounding like a tool.
republicofletters.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
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Inspired by John Dunnβs essay of the same name, Iβve written a review essay on three recent books, on βthe future of liberalismβ
1. Liberalism Against Itself @samuelmoyn.bsky.social
2. Liberalism as a Way of Life @lefebvrealex.bsky.social
3. Regenerative Politics
doi.org/10.1080/0955...
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Good Liberals, Bad Cave: A Review of Liberalism as a Way of Life illiberalism.org |
Laura K. Field reviews Alexandre Lefebvre's Liberalism as a Way of Life and discusses meaning-making and pluralism under liberalism.
New piece! Laura K. Field reviews Alexandre Lefebvre's Liberalism as a Way of Life and discusses meaning-making and pluralism under liberalism. Check it out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social @lefebvrealex.bsky.social
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Thrilled to see my book out today in Spanish translation!
Huge thanks to @edicionesdeusto.bsky.social and @princetonupress.bsky.social.
Β‘Hola Liberalismo como forma de vida!
www.planetadelibros.com/libro-libera...
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Bookcases
Alexandre Lefebvreβs book on Bergson, Human Rights as a Way of Life.
Doing trim on a bookcase Iβm installing in the basement and keep getting distracted by some of the books. This one is by far my favorite one about Henri Bergson. #PhilSky @lefebvrealex.bsky.social
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Thanks Mark! It's not my most successful book (kinda niche, on Bergson) but maybe my favorite!
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Planetary Eclipse | NOEMA
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown scores Trumpβs assault on climate policies.
βOf all the damage Team Trump may be wreaking, the assault on climate policies is the most existential. And the threat extends far beyond the borders of America to those who have no vote in the matter.β
βNathan Gardels
#trump #climate #climatecrisis
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. @gabegottlieb.bsky.social
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Self-Conscious Liberalism
BENJAMIN BALL | Freedom, generosity, all of these core tenets of liberalism are already embedded in what it means to do democracy well...
Excellent review of my Liberalism as a Way of Life by Benjamin Ball for Marginalia Review of Books.
Ball says I'm too hard on democracy (I'm sure he's right) and wonders, with Dewey and others, what "democracy as a way of life" looks like.
www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/self-co...
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Politics As Soulcraft | NOEMA
The central political question of our time is who gets to define βthe good life.β
Read Nathan Gardelsβ extended commentary on my recent βStatecraft as Soulcraftβ article for @noemamag.com.
We explore how todayβs authoritarians link their legitimacy, stability, and popularity to promoting specific visions of the good life.
Politics As Soulcraft www.noemamag.com/politics-as-...
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Some news: from July 2025, Iβll be Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Usyd.
The usual joke here is to say βcondolencesβ. Not in this case. I so admire and like our stellar crew of philosophers. Looking forward!
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From Statecraft To Soulcraft | NOEMA
How the worldβs illiberal powers like Russia and China rule through their visions of the good life.
An insightful take from my undergrad advisor @lefebvrealex.bsky.social! A must read for those that are concerned with liberalism's failures and possibilities, and curious about the values and ideals that inspire alternative visions of the good life. www.noemamag.com/from-statecr...
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From Statecraft To Soulcraft | NOEMA
How the worldβs illiberal powers like Russia and China rule through their visions of the good life.
βThe major illiberal regimes worldwide today are ready & willing to use the soft & hard powers of the state to realize their visions of the good life. They are in the business of crafting souls, or soulcraft.β
β @lefebvrealex.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Been self-positing since the '70s. All opinions belong to my 'I think.'
Memphis native working in Philosophy of Race, Political Phil, & Henri Bergson. PhD from Villanova. Teaching Applied Ethics, Phil of Law, & Phil of Tech. Director of Free School in Ocean County NJ. Longing for a TT job. (Carpenter, Hiker, Musician)
Longform journalism exploring fresh ideas. Pitch us: edit@noemamag.com
Literature in Translation, Poetry, Photography, Kayaking, Forest Meandering, Adventures with Charlie.
Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada
Intellectual & political historian writing on political economy, professions, technology, and hackers in the modern US | Examining the ideologies in/of Silicon Valley | Friend, Neighbor, Cat Dad & Baltimorean
Prof of Enviro Politics, Director Sydney Environment Institute, Univ of Sydney. Environmental, climate, multispecies, and ecological justice; just adaptation and resilience. Views expressed here are my own.
Historian, researcher, and co-editor of @renewaljournal.bsky.social
2nd year Philosophy DPhil @ox.ac.uk | Researching Spinoza, Bayle and the French Enlightenment | also French and Italian Marxism (Weil, Althusser, Deleuze and Operaismo) | Ultraleftist Metalhead | 26 | he/him
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UK Correspondent at The Business Post | Irish in London, via Tyrone
My take: Using Berger & Luckmann we can helpfully synthesize poli sci results on affect polarization + partisan media/internet/social-media.
also, i tend to talk too much re folks like Voegelin & Ricoeur
or, notes to self from another planet
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Queen Mary University of London. Book: Getting Over New Labour.
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Leader of Eastleigh Town Council Labour group.
Working in NHS data analytics and commissioning. Trade union rep and Lab Link Officer with Hampshire Unison.
Politics, economics, gaming, and history fan.
News from the LSE political theory group https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/research/research-groups/political-theory
An account for experimental philosophy - an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of philosophy and psychology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_philosophy#:~:text=Experimental%20philosophy%20is%20an%20emerging,inform%20research%20on%20phi
Political Theorist. University of Virginia.
Mexicana de acΓ‘ de este lado, como dice el corrido.
Political theorist and philosopher, public policy strategist, former diplomat. Teaching at the University of Sydney.
Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at Bristol
Working on citizenship and immigration, women in the history of philosophy, and the political theory of Judith Shklar
Co-editor of The Philosopher Queens (2020)
