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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.

@drdjbyrd.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press; Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory; Cigars, mate! www.dustinjbyrd.org www.ekpyrosispress.com www.criticalsocialtheory.com

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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This book will soon be published by Ekpyrosis Press. www.ekpyrosispress.com #philosophy #religion #enlightenment #liberalism #Europe #Islam #sociology #freedom #subjectivity #justice
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The latest book by Reza Davari Ardakani will soon by available from Ekpyrosis Press. www.ekpyrosispress.com #Philosophy #Iran #Islamic #Sociology
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Word! #Trump #Obama #politics #GOP #education #USA #Iran #hormuz #JFK
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Advanced copies of Seyed Javad Miri’s latest book, “The Ramadan War,” are now available via Lulu. #Iran #War #Iranwar #Trump #IRGC #Hormuz #Hormuzstrait #Yemen #MAGA #Hegseth www.lulu.com/shop/seyed-j...
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The Ramadan War
The Ramadan War: From Territorial Security to Planetary Resistance by Seyed Javad Miri offers a comprehensive sociological and theoretical re-examination of Iran's geopolitical, historical, and civili...
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Word! #Trump #MAGA #politics #Iran #Iranwar #GOP #economy #whitehouse #ballroom #USA #DonaldTrump
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The recent releases by Ekpyrosis Press. www.ekpyrosispress.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My article on biophilic and necrophilic charisma was just published by the Political Theology Network. #Trump #politics #theology #philosophy #sociology #psychoanalysis #academia politicaltheology.com/biophilic-an...
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Biophilic and Necrophilic Charisma | Political Theology Network
To gain power, some leaders buttress their narratives with their institutional credentials, while others rely on intangible but often more powerful authority: the authority of charisma.
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Here is a great review of a book I contributed a chapter to regarding the “Russkii Mir” ideology, which animates Putin’s Kremlin. #Ukraine #Russia #war #Kyiv #Christianity #religion #Putin #donbas #Crimea #Russianwar #Moscow #ROC dustinjbyrd.org/2026/07/31/r...
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Review: “The Many Faces of Christianism: The ‘Russian World’ in Europe”
On July 31st, 2026, an excellent review was published by Church Times regarding the book, The Many Faces of Christianism: The ‘Russian World’ in Europe. This exceptional and most timely…
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 29/07/2026
Rand Paul spent the weekend leaking a private diary. Today he burned a Senate hearing trying to trap the man who wrote it. Fauci called the obsession exactly what it is. Unhinged. Then he pled the Fifth and left crazy Rand with nothing on the record to twist. Manhunt: zero. Fauci: one.🔥
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So that’s my problem! #psychoanalysis #Freud #America #USA #Trump #psychology #philosophy #Lacan #ErichFromm www.dustinjbyrd.org
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority. - Arthur Schopenhauer
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
What I’ve learned from my study of Theodor W. Adorno! www.dustinjbyrd.org
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Here is my presentation at the 2nd Annual Institute for Critical Social Theory conference, which took place in Istanbul from July 8-10th. It is about Habermas and the metaphysics of Islamophobia. #Islam #Islamophobia #USA #Europe #religion #immigration youtu.be/PW0e6RHx2qE?...
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The Inherent Alien in the Post-Secular Society - Making Metaphysics out of Islamophobia
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
No worries, Uncle Sigi, I already wrote the book that figures him out! #Freud #Trump #psychoanalysis #DJT #Narcissism #philosoohy #sociology #politics #USA www.dustinjbyrd.org
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
#Trump #DozzyDon #JFK www.dustinjbyrd.org
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/06/2026
Well that was quick
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
They had to hide behind a tarp in shame as they removed the mark of the beast from the John F. Kennedy Center.
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Last week, I presented my work on political #psychoanalysis at the 16th Annual Sakharov conference in #Vilnius, Lithuania. I presented on Donald Trump’s psychological authoritarianism. It was a tremendous event. #Trump #MAGA #authoritarianism #politics #philosophy dustinjbyrd.org/2026/05/26/t...
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“The Rise of Authoritarianism” – Sakharov Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania
I had the great opportunity to participate in the Sixteenth International Sakharov Conference in Vilnius Lithuania, on May 21-22. Organized by Robert van Voren, this conference brought together act…
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
My latest teaching in Italy, wherein we traveled to Venice, Florence, Assisi, and Rome. We studied some of the most colorful heroes and villains of Medieval and Renaissance history: dustinjbyrd.org/2026/05/12/t...
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The University of Olivet in Italy 2026
From April 27th to May 10th, I led a group of students and friends on a journey to Italy to study Medieval and Renaissance Christianity. We began our trip in Venice, where we studied Venetian merca…
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This book I edited with the Iranian sociologist, Seyed Javad Miri, has been selling like wildfire lately. I assume people are interested in a non-clerical form of Iranian resistance to imperial aggression. #Iran #IranWar #Islam #Israel #War #imperialism #Trump #Shi’a #Khamenei #IRGC #Shariati #USA
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us in Istanbul this summer! www.criticalsocialtheory.com #philosophy #sociology #history #psychoanalysis #psychology #politicalscience #internationalrelations #criticaltheory #FrankfurtSchool
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us in Istanbul this summer! www.criticalsocialtheory.com #philosophy #sociology #history #psychoanalysis #psychology #politicalscience #internationalrelations #criticaltheory #FrankfurtSchool
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Below are some of the latest books by Seyed Javad Miri, an Iranian sociologist who is currently under bombardment in Tehran. He is an amazingly insightful writer and analyst, so grab a copy of one of these books soon. #sociology #Tehran #Iran #War #revolution #philosophy www.ekpyrosispress.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Below are some of the latest books by Seyed Javad Miri, an Iranian sociologist who is currently under bombardment in Tehran. He is an amazingly insightful writer and analyst, so grab a copy of one of these books soon. #sociology #Tehran #Iran #War #revolution #philosophy www.ekpyrosispress.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Join us in Istanbul this July 8-10 for the 2nd annual Institute for Critical Social Theory conference at Marmara University. For the full Call for Papers, see the ICST website: www.criticalsocialtheory.com #philosophy #sociology #psychoanalysis #history #MENA #academia #conference #Islamicstudies
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Join us in Istanbul this July 8-10 for the 2nd annual Institute for Critical Social Theory conference at Marmara University. For the full Call for Papers, see the ICST website: www.criticalsocialtheory.com #philosophy #sociology #psychoanalysis #history #MENA #academia #conference #Islamicstudies
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
#philosophy
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
For the philosophers, sociologists, psychoanalysts, critical theorists, religious studies scholars, cultural anthropologists, historians, etc., come join us in Istanbul this coming July for the Institute for Critical Social Theory’s 2nd annual conference. www.criticalsocialtheory.com #academicsky
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Trying to maintain one’s spirit within the wreckage of this world! #sufism #Islam #mevlevi #Tehran #Iran #war #Trump #religion #philosophy www.dustinjbyrd.org
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Another genius work by the Iranian sociologist Seyed Javad Miri, who is currently sheltering under the threat of Israeli and American bombs in Tehran. If you haven’t read Miri, you should. He’s amazing. #Iran #Tehran #sociology #philosophy #nationalism #Persian #politics #war www.ekpyrosispress.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I love the floating fish bones smoking a cigar! Psychoanalysis is already strange, but when its imagery is filtered through AI, it gets “surreal.” 🤷🏼‍♂️ #psychoanalysis #psychology #philosophy #freud #AI #surrealism #cigar #psychotherapy #plaguedoctor #bubonicplague #blackdeath www.dustinjbyrd.org
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Come discuss the problems of the 21st century with us in Istanbul this summer at the 2nd annual Institute for Critical Social Theory conference, taking place at Marmara University, July 8-10. #philosophy #sociology #psychology #psychoanalysis #politicalscience #politics www.criticalsocialtheory.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Come discuss the problems of the 21st century with us in Istanbul this summer at the 2nd annual Institute for Critical Social Theory conference, taking place at Marmara University, July 8-10. #philosophy #sociology #psychology #psychoanalysis #politicalscience #politics www.criticalsocialtheory.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What they should be saying but never will! #Iran #Israel #USA #Trump #MAGA #military #Bombing #war #qatar #Bahrain #UAE #Kuwait #F15 #Tehran #Jerusalem
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
#Iran #Israel #Trump #Netanyahu #Tehran #Jerusalem #Epstein #Epsteinfiles #USA
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“By their fruits you shall know them.” Behold, the fruits of the MAGA-Zionist Axis: dead children, again.
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Justin Caouette, Ph.D. @justincaouette.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
To be fair, implying that Trump would know to put a comma thereto change the meaning is giving him far too much credit. #iran #war #iranwar #israeliranwar #philsky #maga #hypocrisy #trump
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
On this day, 22 February 1943, three German White Rose activists, students Christoph Probst, Hans and Sophie Scholl, were executed by guillotine for urging the overthrow of the Nazi government. #fascism #nazism #Trump #WhiteRose #Freedom #Germany #philosophy #psychology #psychoanalysis #USA
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
#psychoanalysis #narcissism #Freud #psychology #philosophy #Trump #USA
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#philosophy Philosophers, come join us in Istanbul this summer!
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
#philosophy Philosophers, come join us in Istanbul this summer!
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Freud as a psychoanalytic plague doctor: #psychoanalysis #psychology #philosophy #sociology #plague #plaguedoctor #freud
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We live in a time of mass mediocrity and the lionization of the Letzter Mensch - a condition required for the smooth reproduction of the all-consuming society. Yet it leave souls soulless, minds mindless, and talent unarticulated. Thus, we grasp for that which will give us meaning as a commodity.
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Institute for Critical Social Theory’s Call for Paper for their 2nd annual conference is now available. This year we will meet in Istanbul! #philosophy #sociology #psychology #psychoanalysis #university #politics #istanbul #theory See the full call for papers here: www.criticalsocialtheory.com
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
The Institute for Critical Social Theory’s Call for Paper for their 2nd annual conference is now available. This year we will meet in Istanbul! #philosophy #sociology #psychology #psychoanalysis #university #politics #istanbul #theory See the full call for papers here: www.criticalsocialtheory.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
NEW: President Donald Trump suggested he would issue an executive order attempting to impose a nationwide photo ID requirement for voting, a requirement to show proof of citizenship for registration, and a ban on mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future," wrote Trump, who is not a lawyer.
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
What the rest of us are seeing:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein BALINT: Weak sauce BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution-- BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D. @drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I recently was on the radio to discuss my book, “The Dark Charisma of Donald Trump: Political Psychology and the MAGA Movement.” Check it out! #Trump #MAGA #ICE #USA #philosophy #psychology #psychoanalysis #sociology #Epstein #Epsteinfiles #GOP #politics www.990wbob.com/past-casts/t...
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The Compass: The Psychology of MAGA
The Compass #34 01/28/25 -  Our special guest tonight on The Compass (1/28/26, 9:00-10:00 PM EST) is Dr. Dustin J. Byrd, author of The Dark Charisma of Donald J. Trump: Political Psychology and the...
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