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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 21d

Interesting article from a Gramscian perspective in hegemony and post-growth 👇 - argues that the future will not be easily understood in traditional left-right terms

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Growth hegemony and post-growth futures: A complex hegemony approach | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Growth hegemony and post-growth futures: A complex hegemony approach - Volume 50 Issue 5

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 27d

It is definitely worth reading - the culmination of Archibugi's long engagement with the idea.

I just won't be purchasing it!

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 27d

For an extended discussion of world government proposals see 👇 , The Universal Republic: A realistic utopia?, by Matthias Archibugi.

Caveat: eye watering price by OUP

#polisky #utopianIR

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · 27d

Can't remember if I shared this before, but an interesting article from ISQ on global attitudes towards world government

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Who on Earth Wants a World Government, What Kind, and Why? An International Survey Experiment

Abstract. Amidst multiple transnational crises, global governance has retaken center stage in academic and public debates. While previous generations of th

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Centre for Human Security and Social Change @socialchangeltu.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Centre for Human Security and Social Change Director Lisa Denney will speak on this webinar on 10 September:

Navigating Crisis with Insight: Why the future of development cooperation needs political economy analysis

Register here: asiafoundation.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 29

The examples to trot out would be legion. Syrup bottles. Beer ads. Latte-sipping liberals. 'Hummus' as a password.

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 29

I understand this is a serious issue, but 'Coercing Cracker Barrel' is too good to let go as a possible article title

'Coercing Cracker Barrel: Populism, Semiology, and Food Politics in Late Capitalism' - writes itself.....

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Came across a reference to Croce's 'creative misreading' of Hegel in his work. I think my new favourite conceptual move will be to claim a 'creative misreading' in all my work.

With this said, Philip Wegner's take on non-reading in his Invoking Hope (2021) was very interesting

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Naazneen Barma @naazneenbarma.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 We are searching for a tenure-line assistant or associate professor with a focus on the intersection of technology and global and public affairs @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social — please share across your networks.
#polisky #psjobs #poliscijobs Apply by September 15.
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Details - Assistant or Associate Professor, Global and Public Affairs - Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs | University of Denver

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm not sure the ISA-Science, Technology, Art and International Relations (STAIR) group has a bluesky account but they do have a LinkedIn profile if you are interested in sharing there as well

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Utopianists: Check out 👇 Special Issue on Far Right Utopias in Practice

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Introduction to special issue: exploring far-right utopias in practice

Published in Journal of Political Ideologies (Vol. 29, No. 3, 2024)

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 22

If 'blueprint' utopias had never existed scholars of utopianism would surely have needed to create them.

Otherwise, how would they (we?) know what to reject on page 3 of every book and article?

Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Not sure! I did quite like Blade Runner 2049 after not finding the original to be as good as I had heard

Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 21

I increasingly watch a lot of dystopian films for research purposes.

This is right up there with any fictionalized dystopian future I've seen. Real 'front of train' vibes

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 21

Is... is this on purpose?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 20

'Fewer graduates regret going to university than is widely assumed and the public have a more favourable view of universities than people imagine, according to new research.' 1/3

Public vastly overestimate level of ‘graduate regret’, poll finds

New research highlights misconceptions about higher education, with people more positive about universities than is commonly realised

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Reading up a little on temporality today and found the best reference ever in a scholarly work!

Andrew Hom, Silent Order: Temporal Turn in Critical IR, Millennium 2018

Reference: Blades of Glory, the 2007 Will Ferrell figure skating movie, line below quoted 🤣

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a man is on a treadmill and says " it gets the people going "

ALT: a man is on a treadmill and says " it gets the people going "

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Interesting article developing socio-technical imaginaries perspective, applied to future of 'low carbon' war in the UK 👇

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The UK Ministry of Defence, “Low-Carbon Warfare,” and the struggle to construct novel sociotechnical imaginaries of future war

Why do defence organizations take some imaginaries of future warfare more seriously than others? In this article, we use the concept of “sociotechnical imaginaries” to chart the struggle of a vangu...

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Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jamal is the winner of the 2024 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial paper prize for early-career scholars! Be sure to read the newly publish piece 👇

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 15

#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social -

Affective sovereignty: A decolonising politics of emotion in Palestine - cup.org/4fBwwEd

- Jamal Nabulsi

#FirstView

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very interesting looking piece on Anarchy and Balance of Power:

#polisky

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Anarchy Is What the Balance of Power Made of It: Two Core Concepts and the Public/Private Distinction in International Relations

Abstract. In this article, I question a familiar assumption in International Relations (IR): that the balance of power and anarchy are mutually reinforcing

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 15

Late to the ball on this one this is an interesting piece on 'anarcho-pacifism' in IR 👇

A relatively neglected topic in the field (barring the longer-term project on pacifism in IR by Richard Jackson (@fr33palest1ne.bsky.social) of course!)

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An Anarcho-Pacifist Reading of International Relations: A Normative Critique of International Politics from the Confluence of Pacifism and Anarchism

Abstract. Pacifism and anarchism have been until recently largely missing on the landscape of international relations (IR) theories, even though they help

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Those interested in the historiography of IR/its continued salience see Sean Molloy on debate btw Normal Angell & Thayer Mahan 👇

My exposure to Angell was via @lucianashworth.bsky.social founder of the 'Limerick School' - big impact on a wide # of IR scholars

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Angell versus Mahan: revisiting International Relations on the eve of World War I - Seán Molloy, 2024

In 1912 a debate erupted between Alfred Thayer Mahan and Norman Angell. The debate revolved around what motivates states and what constitutes the fundamental ba...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Aug 12

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social -

A Tale of Two Liberalisms: Desegregating American Political Thought - cup.org/4fATs6z

- Susan McWilliams Barndt

#FirstView

Image featuring a banner with the text "Perspectives on Politics" over a background showing industrial smokestacks emitting smoke, with a hashtag "OpenAccess" at the bottom.

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Maybe its the overcast sky, maybe it is writing about imagined futures, but I've finally got around to looking at the interesting work on existentialism in IR (e.g. 👇).

To go along with it, a great comic:

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 7

That's a book title if I've ever seen one.

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Daniel R. McCarthy @drmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 7

For IR folks interested in utopia and theory, @mattfluck.bsky.social and I are co-editing a volume, Reclaiming Utopia in International Relations, to be published by Bristol University Press (@brisunipress.bsky.social) next year

#polisky

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