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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 1d

Beccaria was way ahead of us, back in 1764, when he worried about the brutalizing effects of state violence: How it could transform our ways of thinking and feeling. He was only 25 years old at the time—a Gen Z by our standards today. I just posted an essay here: open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...

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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 1d

Tuesday, October 7th join author Daniel Louis Wyche in conversation with Bernard Harcourt about THE CARE OF THE SELF AND THE CARE OF THE OTHER at Book Culture starting at 7pm. @bernardharcourt.bsky.social @bookculture.com

112th: Daniel Louis Wyche with Bernard Harcourt | Book Culture

536 West 112th StNew York, NY

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 2d

and, sadly, of Rikers Island as well…

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 2d

… and stunning views of Brooklyn and Queens as well…

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 2d

I had amazing views of Manhattan on my flight back from Alabama this afternoon…

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 2d

Some thoughts on the brutality of our punishment practices, from the American death penalty to summary executions in international Waters…

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 3d

Back in Alabama, driving through the cotton fields, on the way to Holman Prison in Atmore. The clouds are getting ominous. The dementors are swooping in....

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 5d

Trump just ordered and the U.S. Navy just carried out another summary execution of 4 persons suspected of drug running in international waters. I am at a loss of words, so I am re-upping my piece on this just posted yesterday…

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President Trump’s Summary Execution of “Foreign Designated Terrorists” in International Waters and the Coming War on Anti-Fascism in America

Stopping A Lethal Category Error Before It Goes Any Further

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 6d

Was writing about this earlier today, here is a good primer on the presidential memorandum: time.com/7322106/trum...

White House Anti-Terror Order Targets ‘Anti-American’ Views

The order, experts warn, could target protestors' constitutional right to protest and free speech.

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 6d

President Trump is deliberately eliding and fabricating lethal categories at the same time as he is creating a new war on anti-fascism in America. I just posted an essay about it on my Substack here, where I try to disentangle the categories:
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 7d

Join us tonight (10/1) for the launch of Michel Foucault's 1953-54 book, newly published in English by @columbiaup.bsky.social, *Binswanger and Existential Analysis* at 7pm at @bookculture.com on 112th bet. Broadway and Amsterdam. We will discuss the early Foucault: cup.columbia.edu/book/binswan...

Binswanger and Existential Analysis | Columbia University Press

In the early 1950s, the young Michel Foucault took a keen interest in the method of existential analysis—Daseinsanalyse—developed by the Swiss psychiatri... | CUP

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 7d

Cooperation and artist cooperatives, a perfect synergy, especially in these heightened times of exclusion and political repression. I just posted a review of the "Press & Pull" print exhibit at the James Gallery at the CUNY Graduate School in NYC. Open access here:
open.substack.com/pub/bernardh...

The Art of Cooperation

A Review of the “Press & Pull” Art Exhibit at the James Gallery in New York City

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Antonia Marrero @antoniamarrero.bsky.social · 12d

“… elements of patrimonialism & sultanism…Trump runs the government as if it were his household, gives out favors to his family & friends, grants pardons…& operates as a private entrepreneur.
There are mobster elements as well, with Trump directing his DOJ to prosecute … @newyorkstateag.bsky.social”

Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 12d

I just posted a third essay on my Substack: "Twilight of American Democracy: Mapping A Democratic Breakdown in the United States." Back from an intense gathering on the current crisis of American democracy, and as we debated, I created a mental map... bernardharcourt.substack.com/p/twilight-o...

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 12d

I just posted a third essay on my Substack: "Twilight of American Democracy: Mapping A Democratic Breakdown in the United States." Back from an intense gathering on the current crisis of American democracy, and as we debated, I created a mental map... bernardharcourt.substack.com/p/twilight-o...

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book culture @bookculture.com · 13d

yes this is a post to let you know event season starts tonight
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Mark Mazower TONIGHT!
@alexandrahorowitz.bsky.social & @christinewebb.bsky.social in convo Monday
Stephanie Cowell on her Brontë novel Tuesday
@bernardharcourt.bsky.social on Foucault Wednesday
& more!

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 14d

I just posted my second essay on Substack, the newsletter is called "Critique & Praxis." I explore the ideology of the Heritage Foundation and all its internal contradictions, as a way to lay the groundwork for critique. You can read it here: bernardharcourt.substack.com/p/the-ideolo...

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 23d

I just started a Substack. it is called "Critique & Praxis." If it had a subtitle, it would be "Channel 13/13." Please give it a read here: substack.com/@bernardharc...

Bernard E. Harcourt | Substack

Columbia University in New York City and the École des haute études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · 23d

Just posted a full intro essay to Hegel 13/13 that explores the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 and family resemblances with Hegel on the family, civil society, and state - and argues for a different path forward. Read here the1313.law.columbia.edu/2025/09/15/0.... Video here youtu.be/i6TaQD_4pfY

Hegel and the Heritage Foundation: Family Resemblance and New Beginnings [Full Intro to Hegel 13/13]

YouTube video by Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought

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DB @doctormcbrown.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you don't follow the 13/13 series at Columbia you should. There is an academic lifetime of critical thought in these seminars.

Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 2

Coming this year: Hegel 13/13 a multi-year project that explores the historical confrontations with G.W.F. Hegel’s thought, from 19th century to the present, with the aim of developing new critical perspectives and practices for today’s times of crisis. I am building the website now, stay tuned...

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Josef Früchtl @fruechtl.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hegel always has something to teach us when it comes to understanding transitions, such as the transition from old Europe to Modernity. And, of course, he can teach us how to turn the world upside down ("auf den Kopf stellen") in the best possible way.

Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 2

Coming this year: Hegel 13/13 a multi-year project that explores the historical confrontations with G.W.F. Hegel’s thought, from 19th century to the present, with the aim of developing new critical perspectives and practices for today’s times of crisis. I am building the website now, stay tuned...

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 8

"To confront Hegel's contradictions and invent a new politics": Just posted a short introduction to the new seminar series Hegel 13/13 coming up this year at @columbiaccct.bsky.social Text version online here: the1313.law.columbia.edu/2025/09/04/b... Video version here: youtu.be/bI71BbVa92s

"To confront Hegel's contradictions and invent a new politics": Intro to new Hegel 13/13 @ the CCCCT

YouTube video by Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 5

On another front, Alabama's gas executions are “like watching somebody drown without water.” Horrifying testimony about a form of torture, where the person likely is conscious for about four minutes while they are being killed by asphyxiation. We must stop this. Article at www.al.com/news/2025/09...

Alabama’s nitrogen execution is ‘like watching somebody drown without water,’ widow says at hearing

A federal judge is hearing witnesses in death row inmate Anthony Boyd's challenge to Alabama's new way of carrying out the death penalty.

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 4

OK, here's the new website for Hegel 13/13: hegel1313.law.columbia.edu. Soon we begin with preparatory sessions (informal conversations, small seminars, reading groups, lectures) to lay the groundwork for the full seminars. The ambition: to develop a new critical praxis for these times of crisis...

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Bernard E. Harcourt @bernardharcourt.bsky.social · Sep 2

Coming this year: Hegel 13/13 a multi-year project that explores the historical confrontations with G.W.F. Hegel’s thought, from 19th century to the present, with the aim of developing new critical perspectives and practices for today’s times of crisis. I am building the website now, stay tuned...

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Jon Yorke @jonyorke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Room XXV 🇺🇳 is now full for the no-show of the US government for it’s own UPR pre-session @bernardharcourt.bsky.social @dralicestorey.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com

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