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Benjamin Studebaker

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Political Theorist from the University of Cambridge. New Open Access Article: doi.org/10.1177/13684310251393914 Edinburgh UP Book: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-l…

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Julian Nicolai Hofmann @juliannhofmann.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
👀it's alive »Postliberalismus? Eine transatlantische Debatte« @samuelmoyn.bsky.social @adedijn.bsky.social @bmstudebaker.bsky.social @cdaase.bsky.social @tbiebricher.bsky.social @adrianpabst.bsky.social @elifoezmen.bsky.social @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social @suhrkamp.de ...& many more!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 31/07/2026
#OpenAccess from @democratictheory.bsky.social - The Last Argument for Democracy: The Unsettling Reliance of Embedded Democracies on Comparisons with Authoritarian Specter Regimes - cup.org/3Tvo7uW - @bmstudebaker.bsky.social #FirstView
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Julian Nicolai Hofmann @juliannhofmann.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
👀 Das Inhaltsverzeichnis & eine Leseprobe sind nun online:
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Julian Nicolai Hofmann @juliannhofmann.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Huhu, der 2. Lauf ist da! »Postliberalismus? Eine transatlantische Debatte« erscheint am 20. August bei @suhrkamp.de Mit Beiträgen von: @elifoezmen.bsky.social @samuelmoyn.bsky.social @bmstudebaker.bsky.social @cdaase.bsky.social @tbiebricher.bsky.social … and many more…
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Zentrum für Ökonomische und Soziologische Studien @zoessuhh.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Recommended reading! "Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off" by @bmstudebaker.bsky.social and Dirk Jörke. Open access. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off - Dirk Jörke, Benjamin Studebaker, 2025
Democratic theorists often argue that democracy is in crisis, but nonetheless maintain democracy can be revived. In contrast, this paper argues that modernisati...
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Democracy is being hollowed out by the very processes of modernization once thought to sustain it. Our article of the week argues that epochal shifts like hyper-individualism have eroded the conditions for democratic self-rule. By Dirk Jörke & @bmstudebaker.bsky.social buff.ly/uNfqXUb
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Benjamin Studebaker @bmstudebaker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Very pleased to announce that Dirk Jörke and I have published a new article in the European Journal of Social Theory! It's open access, so you can read & download it for free.
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New issue of The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social @bmstudebaker.bsky.social
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Fredbo @fredbo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This discussion between @varnvlog.bsky.social and @bmstudebaker.bsky.social is worth a listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
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Unraveling Legitimacy: Political Narratives and Ideological Shifts with Benjamin Studebaker
Podcast Episode · Varn Vlog · 02/10/2025 · 2h 15m
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Benjamin Studebaker @bmstudebaker.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I'll be in Darmstadt for the next 6 weeks! If you're around and want to get a coffee, reach out
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John Jencks @sanecinema.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Finally got round to read it, it’s good, you should read it too.
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Benjamin Studebaker @bmstudebaker.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
My new book with Edinburgh University Press is out! How do legitimacy and ideology interface in old, embedded democracies where alternative political systems are unthinkable and pluralism runs deep? edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-legitim...
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Benjamin Studebaker @bmstudebaker.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
I have a new piece out for Aeon on Gandhi, adapting for a wider audience the article I published earlier this year in Economic & Political Weekly: aeon.co/essays/on-th...
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On the varna system, Gandhi’s plan to empower the workers | Aeon Essays
For Indians to be truly free, Gandhi argued they must take up traditional crafts. Was it a quixotic hope or inspired solution?
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Benjamin Studebaker @bmstudebaker.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
I'm really excited to be part of this event next week in Geisa:
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Benjamin Studebaker @bmstudebaker.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
Please enjoy this photo of my tortoise taking a pleasant nap
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Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · 24/02/2024
Terribly interesting paralells here with the collapse of Young Hegelianism after 1843 in this piece from @bmstudebaker.bsky.social.
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The Millennial Left as a Moment in Internet History
There have been many interesting books and articles recently about the demise of the millennial left. Here are just a few. I like this material--I think we could do with some more reflection about eve...
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