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Matt Handelman

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Two days before the end of Trump's first term, the White House released the 1776 Report, which blamed the Frankfurt School for the breakdown of the "American way of life." Our article of the week traces the long history of Frankfurt School conspiracy theories. By Matthew Handelman buff.ly/NEKmBsW

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Matt Handelman @mhandelman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Delighted to share my article on the Frankfurt School in conspiracy theories. Conspiratorial thinking about critical theory employs what I call "contemporary mimesis" both to imitate critical theory and blame it for the decline of the West. Out now in New German Critique. doi.org/10.1215/0094...

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The Mirror of Critical Theory: The Frankfurt School in Conspiracy Theories | New German Critique | Duke University Press

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Matt Handelman @mhandelman.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Digital Theory, out today! @leifw.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social

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Matt Handelman @mhandelman.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I wrote about Grok’s recent and very predictable meltdown for @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/07/grok...

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Grok’s Antisemitic Meltdown Was Entirely Predictable

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, started spewing antisemitic conspiracy theories this week. It’s not the first time something like this has happened — and a reminder that LLMs aren’t truth-telling machin...

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