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Samuel Moyn
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Samuel Aaron Moyn is the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, previously the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University, which he joined in July 2017. He was a professor of history at Columbia University for thirteen years and a professor of history and of law at Harvard University for three years. His research interests are in modern European intellectual history, with special interests in France and Germany, political and legal thought, historical and critical theory, and Jewish studies. .. more

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If you want a long form philosophical exploration of the current moment, Sam Moyn provides a good one here, despite my interventions: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKHE...
Political Concepts Debate • Is the Present Historical Moment Unprecedented?
YouTube video by Cogut Institute for the Humanities
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"We must move beyond the obsession with the debate on “fascism”—that opponent whose mere mention seems to guarantee the morality and legitimacy of existing parties and systems—while analyzing historically how we got here." Gosh, I have to think about this. jacobin.com/2025/11/fasc...
The Trouble With Fascism Analogies
In the interwar decades, many observers of rising fascism failed to understand what was new about this threat. Clinging to the word fascism to define today’s growing reactionary forces risks falling i...
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Y’all make sure and come by this event today if you’re in New Haven. Going to be a banger. @samuelmoyn.bsky.social
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