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Publisher of the quarterly journal Telos as well as books about philosophy, politics, critical theory, culture, and the arts. www.telospress.com

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Telos Press @telospress.com · 25/08/2026
The Telos Press Podcast is back! In today's episode, Telos editor David Pan talks with Alvise Capria about the reception of Carl Schmitt in contemporary Chinese political thought. www.telospress.com/the-telos-pr...
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The Telos Press Podcast: Alvise Capria on Carl Schmitt in Contemporary Chinese Political Thought
David Pan talks with Alvise Capria about his article "Sous l’œil des Chinois: The Reception of Carl Schmitt in Contemporary Chinese Political Thought," from Telos 215 (Summer 2026).
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 17/07/2026
NEW ISSUE: In Telos 215 (Summer 2026): China and Sovereignty, we examine how Chinese engagement with Western thinkers has shaped competing visions of sovereignty and world order. Read David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-215-su...
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Telos 215 (Summer 2026): China and Sovereignty
Telos 215 examines how China has engaged with Western thinkers to develop its own basis for sovereignty and its vision for world order.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 14/07/2026
REGISTER TODAY! "The Specter of Sovereignty: Populism, Antisemitism, and the New Class," a two-day conference on July 30–31, 2026, in Potsdam, Germany. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-specte...
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The Specter of Sovereignty: Populism, Antisemitism, and the New Class
A two-day conference exploring challenges to national sovereignty, expert rule, and the resurgence of antisemitism in the West.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 30/04/2026
Tim Rosenberger reflects on last weekend's attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and how secular ethics, lacking Christianity's prohibition on sacrifice, produces individuals who reason their way to political violence. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/caiaphas-a...
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Caiaphas at the Hilton: The Friendly Federal Assassin and the Return of Human Sacrifice
by Tim Rosenberger
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 29/04/2026
New in Telos Insights: Tony Spanakos on the foreign policy of the second Trump administration and the new era of great power relations. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/trumps-new...
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Trump’s New Great Power Relations?
by Tony Spanakos
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 15/04/2026
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Register today for a panel discussion at the Univ. of California, Irvine, on the nature of the regime in China, the threat to Taiwan, and what the US should do to face this threat. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/china-taiw...
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China, Taiwan, and the U.S.: Decisions Today That Will Shape the World of Tomorrow
A Panel Discussion at University of California, Irvine. Register today!
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 03/04/2026
NEW ISSUE: In Telos 214, we trace how China’s intellectual and theological traditions are being reinterpreted to address questions of authority, legitimacy, and global order. Read Eric Hendriks and David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog: www.telospress.com/telos-214-sp...
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Telos 214 (Spring 2026): China Keywords II
Telos 214 traces how China’s intellectual and theological traditions are being reinterpreted to address questions of authority, legitimacy, and global order.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 16/03/2026
New in Telos Insights: Russell Berman on Telos's long intellectual engagement with Jürgen Habermas, from debates over the public sphere and differing political contexts to a later convergence on religion. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/jurgen-hab...
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Jürgen Habermas, Telos, and the Paths of Critical Theory
by Russell A. Berman
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 30/12/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 213 (Winter 2025): China Keywords I. Read Eric Hendriks and David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-213-wi...
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Telos 213 (Winter 2025): China Keywords I
Telos 213 addresses specific keywords central to contemporary Chinese political thought that can serve as critical vehicles for politico-social reflection.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 08/12/2025
New in Telos Insights: en arrêt! Berlin on our new era of “hyperpolitics,” characterized by institutionalized activism, fleeting outrage, and media spectacle. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-partie...
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The Parties Are Over: On Hyperpolitics in Times of Institutionalized Activism against the Right
by en arrêt! Berlin
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 01/12/2025
NEW from Telos Press: Anthony J. Tamburri's Knowledge, What Is It Good For? provides a detailed and systematic examination of Italian/American leadership today. Order your copy today at our website and save 20% with coupon code BOOKS20. www.telospress.com/now-availabl...
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Now Available from Telos Press: Anthony Julian Tamburri's Knowledge, What Is It Good For?
Anthony Julian Tamburri’s Knowledge, What Is It Good For? provides a detailed and systematic examination of Italian/American leadership today.
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 26/11/2025
In today’s episode of the Telos Press Podcast, Adrian Pabst talks with Michael Lind and John Milbank about postliberalism, the topic of the current issue of Telos. www.telospress.com/the-telos-pr...
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The Telos Press Podcast: Debating Postliberalism with Adrian Pabst, Michael Lind, and John Milbank
In today’s episode of the Telos Press Podcast, Adrian Pabst talks with Michael Lind and John Milbank about postliberalism.
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 03/10/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism. Read Adrian Pabst's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-212-fa...
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Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism
In this issue of Telos, we explore the limitations of liberalism, the rise of antiliberal forces, and the emergence of postliberal alternatives.
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 03/10/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism. Read Adrian Pabst's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-212-fa...
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Telos 212 (Fall 2025): Debating Postliberalism
In this issue of Telos, we explore the limitations of liberalism, the rise of antiliberal forces, and the emergence of postliberal alternatives.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 24/09/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 10/15 📢 The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today The 2026 TPPI Conference in New York City invites proposals for papers focusing on Chinese nationalism. Keynote Speaker: Wang Hui (汪晖) www.telosinstitute.net/conference20...
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The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan
Call for Papers: The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 17/09/2025
New in Telos Insights: Postliberal Ecology: A new program in our Beyond State and Market initiative, with Adrian Pabst insights.telosinstitute.net/p/postlibera...
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Postliberal Ecology
A new program in our Beyond State and Market initiative
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 15/09/2025
New in Telos Insights: Anthony Petros Spanakos on how shifting meanings of empire in early 20th-century Asia reveal weakened emperors, contested sovereignty, and redefined power. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/impotent-e...
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Impotent Emperor and Imperialism: Notes on the Concept of Empire from Joseon, Qing, and Manchukuo
by Anthony Petros Spanakos
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 16/08/2025
From the fall of the Soviet Union to the war in Ukraine: read the history in Timothy W. Luke’s Shards and Specters of the New World Order, now available at our website. www.telospress.com/store/Shards...
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Shards and Specters of the New World Order: Casting Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies as Critique (paperback) - Telos Press Store - Telos Press
In this wide-ranging and incisive new volume, Timothy W. Luke traces the trajectory of Soviet and post-Soviet geopolitics, from the ideological dynamics of revolutionary Russia through the Cold War an...
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 03/07/2025
New in Telos Insights: Are comparisons to the GDR or Nazi era extremist? Magnus Klaue argues that such critiques may aim to defend democracy, not undermine it. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/why-compar...
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Why Comparisons with Dictatorship Are Now Considered Unconstitutional
by Magnus Klaue
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 30/06/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 211 (Summer 2025): Dispatches from the Culture Wars. Read David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-211-su...
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Telos 211 (Summer 2025): Dispatches from the Culture Wars
In Telos 211, we consider how today’s culture wars over universities will shape our global future.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 25/06/2025
New in Telos Insights: Against today's politics of fear, Jonathan Downing and Theo Hunt offer a more hopeful Christian vision of human flourishing, rooted in virtue, character, and community. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/do-not-be-...
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“Do Not Be Afraid”: A New Vision for Christians Lamenting the Politics of Fear
by Jonathan Downing and Theo Hunt
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 19/06/2025
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢 The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today The 2026 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Conference in New York City invites proposals for papers focusing on the multifaceted nature of Chinese nationalism. www.telosinstitute.net/conference20...
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The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan
Call for Papers: The 2026 Telos Conference: The Chinese New Leviathan: Cultural Subjectivity and Statecraft Today
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 20/05/2025
With Donald Trump’s second term now underway, it's the perfect time to pick up your copy of Timothy W. Luke's The Travails of Trumpification, from Telos Press Publishing. Save 25% on the paperback edition at our online store with the coupon code TRAVAILS25. www.telospress.com/the-travails...
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The Travails of Trumpification Revisited
With Donald Trump’s second presidential term now underway, it is the perfect time to pick up your copy of Timothy W. Luke’s The Travails of Trumpification.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 24/04/2025
New in Telos Insights: Sijia Yao on China's campaign for cultural soft power through the Chinese film industry insights.telosinstitute.net/p/global-imp...
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Global Impact: The Case of Film
by Sijia Yao
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 23/04/2025
New in Telos Insights: Peter William Wang on Confucianism, Legalism, and Orthodox Legal Thought in China insights.telosinstitute.net/p/legal-cult...
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Legal Culture as a Constraint on Democratic Development
by Peter William Wang
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 24/03/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 210 (Spring 2025): Rethinking State Power. Read David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-210-sp...
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 17/04/2025
New in Telos Insights: Mario Möller on the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), Germany's recently founded left-wing populist party insights.telosinstitute.net/p/resentful-...
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Resentful Nostalgia against the West: The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
by Mario Möller
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 02/04/2025
New in Telos Insights: Matthew W. Finkin on how recent statements by the AAUP regarding antisemitism, boycotts, and DEI have led to a collapse in the organization's long-standing credibility. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-collap...
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The Collapse of AAUP Credibility and Why It Matters
by Matthew W. Finkin
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 24/03/2025
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Telos 210 (Spring 2025): Rethinking State Power
Telos 210 considers the ways in which state power interacts with popular attitudes and social institutions in order to establish the basis for sovereignty and law.
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 24/03/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 210 (Spring 2025): Rethinking State Power. Read David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-210-sp...
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 05/03/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Renewing the West," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Adrian Pabst, Tom Holland, Sebastian Milbank, David Pan, and Lola Salem. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/renewing-t...
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Renewing the West
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 03/03/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Pursuing the Good Life: Nature, Demography, and Politics," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Ian Marcus Corbin, José Alberto Garibaldi, Tobias Phibbs, Vidal Romero, Robin White-Grove, and Andy Scerri. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/pursuing-t...
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Pursuing the Good Life: Nature, Demography, and Politics
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 28/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Imagination and Action: Combatting the Machine," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Esmé Partridge, Tara Burton, Paul Kingsnorth, Alison Milbank, and James Noyes insights.telosinstitute.net/p/imaginatio...
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Imagination and Action: Combatting the Machine
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 25/02/2025
REMINDER: Register today for the 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords / 中国关键词 on March 21-22 in NYC. See our website for complete details about the conference. We hope to see you there! www.telosinstitute.net/china-initia...
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The 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords
Register today for the 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords / 中国关键词
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 25/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Left Conservatism: The Future?," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Jason Cowley, Phillip Blond, Miriam Cates, David Goodhart, Dan Hitchens, and Katja Hoyer. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/left-conse...
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Left Conservatism: The Future?
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 21/02/2025
Register today for the 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords / 中国关键词 on March 21-22 in NYC. See our website for complete details about the conference. We hope to see you there! www.telosinstitute.net/china-initia...
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The 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords
Register today for the 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords / 中国关键词
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 21/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: John Milbank's keynote address, "The Politics of Virtue—A Postliberal Manifesto," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, followed by a panel discussion with Susannah Black Roberts, John Ritzema, Imogen Sinclair, and Michael Gove. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/john-milba...
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John Milbank on The Politics of Virtue—A Postliberal Manifesto
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 19/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: Our latest China Keywords webinar is now posted. Eric Hendriks of the Danube Institute talked with philosopher Daniel A. Bell about New Confucianism (新儒家). insights.telosinstitute.net/p/china-keyw...
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China Keywords: New Confucianism
Eric Hendriks talks with Daniel A. Bell
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 18/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Geopolitics, Ecology, and the International Economy," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Richard Beardsworth, Maurice (Lord) Glasman, Aris Roussinos, and the Very Reverend Dr. Frances Ward insights.telosinstitute.net/p/geopolitic...
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Geopolitics, Ecology, and the International Economy
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 17/02/2025
Happy Presidents' Day from Telos Press! Read Telos editor David Pan's latest newsletter here. mailchi.mp/telospress/p...
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 13/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Economic Democracy and Political Participation," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Dan Carden, Jonathan C.D. Clark, Will Hutton, Munira Mirza, and Imogen Sinclair insights.telosinstitute.net/p/economic-d...
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Economic Democracy and Political Participation
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 10/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: "Beyond Global Capitalism and the Ecological Crisis: Rebuilding National Economies and Societies," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Sohrab Ahmari, Juan Carlos Belausteguigoitia, Mary Harrington, and Wolfgang Streeck. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/beyond-glo...
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Beyond Global Capitalism and the Ecological Crisis: Rebuilding National Economies and Societies
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 07/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: Plenary 1, "The Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society," from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference, with Maurice (Lord) Glasman, Frances Foley, and Paul Tyson. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-crisis...
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The Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 05/02/2025
NEW VIDEO: Michael Lind’s keynote address “After Liberalism: Pluralism and the Social Constitution,” from the 2024 Postliberalism Conference. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/michael-li...
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Michael Lind on After Liberalism: Pluralism and the Social Constitution
From the 2024 Postliberalism Conference
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 01/02/2025
Register today for the 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords / 中国关键词. See our website for complete details about the conference. We hope to see you there! www.telosinstitute.net/china-initia...
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute: The 2025 Telos Conference: China Keywords
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 27/01/2025
New in Telos Insights: Jan Gerber on how shifting cultural narratives about victimhood exposed tensions between postcolonialism and Holocaust remembrance. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/the-compet...
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The Competition of Victims: On Postcolonialism and Holocaust Remembrance
by Jan Gerber
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 23/01/2025
NEW WEBINAR: Join us on Thursday, February 13, for the the next webinar our “China Keywords” series, co-sponsored by the Danube Institute, where we will explore New Confucianism with philosopher Daniel A. Bell. www.eventbrite.com/e/new-confuc...
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New Confucianism 新儒家 with Daniel A. Bell
The sixth webinar in the Telos-Paul Piccone Instistute's China Keywords series, co-sponsored by the Danube Institute.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute @telosinstitute.net · 22/01/2025
New in Telos Insights: Wodek Szemberg on why Pierre and Justin Trudeau's idealistic visions for Canada neglected the slow and steady work needed to address its inherent contradictions. insights.telosinstitute.net/p/in-the-nam...
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In the Name of the Father and the Son: Canada’s Cul-de-Sac
by Wodek Szemberg
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 20/01/2025
While supplies last, Telos Press is offering a 30% discount on Telos 182 (Spring 2018): Martin Luther King, Jr.: Fifty Years On, a special issue dedicated to King’s life and thought, available at our online store at www.telospress.com/store/Telos-...
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Telos 182 (Spring 2018): Martin Luther King, Jr.: Fifty Years On - Telos Press Store - Telos Press
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Fifty Years On Edited by Kenneth D. Johnson Introduction Kenneth D. Johnson Martin Luther King, Jr., and Ethical Leadership Rufus Burrow, Jr. Economic Democracy, Martin Luther...
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Telos Press @telospress.com · 06/01/2025
NEW ISSUE: Telos 209 (Winter 2024): Democracy Today? In this issue of Telos, we consider the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the possibilities and limitations, of democracy today. Read David Pan's introduction to the issue in our blog. www.telospress.com/telos-209-wi...
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