Paul Kelly
@pjthinker.bsky.social
Professor of Political Theory
Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics
Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
Former Head of Department of Government and PVC Education
London School of Economics
Author Against Post-liberalism: Why Faith, Family and Flag is a Dead End for the Left, Polity Press 2025
I bought this monster - vol 1 of the two vol Claremont/Hillsdale story of Western Civilisation - the civilisation that JD Vance thinks Europe / UK has given up on and which is now left to MAGA guardian. All nonsense but the story is still interesting and the book is handsomely produced
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I bought this monster - vol 1 of the two vol Claremont/Hillsdale story of Western Civilisation - the civilisation that JD Vance thinks Europe / UK has given up on and which is now left to MAGA guardian. All nonsense but the story is still interesting and the book is handsomely produced
Over 17 000 downloads - thanks @lsepress.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Over 17 000 downloads - thanks @lsepress.bsky.social
At @jodrellbank.bsky.social for the opening of #cosmicthreads and @annekellytextiles.bsky.social commission piece for the 80th anniversary - go and see it and of course the iconic radio telescope
January 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
At @jodrellbank.bsky.social for the opening of #cosmicthreads and @annekellytextiles.bsky.social commission piece for the 80th anniversary - go and see it and of course the iconic radio telescope
In light of Mark Carney’s excellent speech and it’s lessons for Keir Starmer and his advisors - here is a book that might come in handy - seriously. @lsepress.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 AM
In light of Mark Carney’s excellent speech and it’s lessons for Keir Starmer and his advisors - here is a book that might come in handy - seriously. @lsepress.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
Finally arrived - thanks Amazon for leaving it in a puddle! A momentous achievement appreciated even by some political theorists! It remains for me a shame that @lsegovernment.bsky.social had no part in this. Maybe one day we will change. In the meantime a mine of insight and wisdom.
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Finally arrived - thanks Amazon for leaving it in a puddle! A momentous achievement appreciated even by some political theorists! It remains for me a shame that @lsegovernment.bsky.social had no part in this. Maybe one day we will change. In the meantime a mine of insight and wisdom.
Now available on Kindle - so you can now take it anywhere… @politybooks.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Now available on Kindle - so you can now take it anywhere… @politybooks.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Birthday table courtesy of Harvard Bookstore, Munro’s, and Margate bookshop - my family get me…
January 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Birthday table courtesy of Harvard Bookstore, Munro’s, and Margate bookshop - my family get me…
US publication day today @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
US publication day today @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
Reposting this as US publication date is tomorrow @politybooks.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is increasingly important to understand Postliberalism given its place in US and UK politics but it’s also important to understand how it might be challenged…
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Reposting this as US publication date is tomorrow @politybooks.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is increasingly important to understand Postliberalism given its place in US and UK politics but it’s also important to understand how it might be challenged…
My father who died 8 years ago today. RIP not forgotten
January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
My father who died 8 years ago today. RIP not forgotten
Just picked up @lkatfield.bsky.social Furious Minds at Munro’s in Victoria BC. Already loving it. A great supplement to recent books on Post-liberalism books such as Kelly and Sleat @politybooks.bsky.social This is a fine genealogy of the US right but has implications for us over the pond Atlantic
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Just picked up @lkatfield.bsky.social Furious Minds at Munro’s in Victoria BC. Already loving it. A great supplement to recent books on Post-liberalism books such as Kelly and Sleat @politybooks.bsky.social This is a fine genealogy of the US right but has implications for us over the pond Atlantic
Just picked up @lkatfield.bsky.social Furious Minds at Munro’s in Victoria BC. Already loving it. A great supplement to recent books on Post-liberalism books such as Kelly and Sleat @politybooks.bsky.social This is a fine genealogy of the US right but has implications for us over the pond Atlantic
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Just picked up @lkatfield.bsky.social Furious Minds at Munro’s in Victoria BC. Already loving it. A great supplement to recent books on Post-liberalism books such as Kelly and Sleat @politybooks.bsky.social This is a fine genealogy of the US right but has implications for us over the pond Atlantic
New Carl Schmitt book is in the house - more grist to the post-liberal mill …
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
New Carl Schmitt book is in the house - more grist to the post-liberal mill …
Fourteen year old Crockett & Jones brogues but they still scrub up pretty well - the don of English shoes…
January 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Fourteen year old Crockett & Jones brogues but they still scrub up pretty well - the don of English shoes…
In Margate for the Bridget Reilly exhibition at the Turner Contemporary. Wonderful but takes me back. Many years ago Anne worked for the Juda Rowan gallery - Reilly’s gallery, and she helped her at openings etc. A vicarious claim to fame on my part…
December 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In Margate for the Bridget Reilly exhibition at the Turner Contemporary. Wonderful but takes me back. Many years ago Anne worked for the Juda Rowan gallery - Reilly’s gallery, and she helped her at openings etc. A vicarious claim to fame on my part…
Margate railway station - its a TSEliot thing at the moment…
December 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Margate railway station - its a TSEliot thing at the moment…
See Leithart review of Against Post-Liberalism
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
See Leithart review of Against Post-Liberalism
Should you be passing through Victoria BC on the way north or to do a bit of Whale watching and you need a critique of Post-Liberalism pop by Munros - it’s an excellent book store 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Should you be passing through Victoria BC on the way north or to do a bit of Whale watching and you need a critique of Post-Liberalism pop by Munros - it’s an excellent book store 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
I spent time over last Christmas reading the MS for review. I liked it and here it is. Congratulations to @mattsleat.bsky.social - a fine book. Also for those paying attention this and Ed Hall’s book mark out Politics @polshef.bsky.social as perhaps the top UK theory dept this year…
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I spent time over last Christmas reading the MS for review. I liked it and here it is. Congratulations to @mattsleat.bsky.social - a fine book. Also for those paying attention this and Ed Hall’s book mark out Politics @polshef.bsky.social as perhaps the top UK theory dept this year…
Should you be passing through Paris (or resident) and need a book critiquing Post-Liberalism pop along to Shakespeare and Co
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Should you be passing through Paris (or resident) and need a book critiquing Post-Liberalism pop along to Shakespeare and Co
According to Amazon this has now been released and is on its way. It’s a great book, I read it in MS for the press as Matt read my book - so we are sort of joined at the hip. The books complement each other but are different. Sleat makes an important contribution to Liberal political theory …
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
According to Amazon this has now been released and is on its way. It’s a great book, I read it in MS for the press as Matt read my book - so we are sort of joined at the hip. The books complement each other but are different. Sleat makes an important contribution to Liberal political theory …
Maybe if interest @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social see also @mattsleat.bsky.social 👇👇👇
December 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Maybe if interest @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social see also @mattsleat.bsky.social 👇👇👇
Although they don’t self identify as post-liberals Christian Nationalists in the US and UK definitely are of the same family. If your interested in hearing more come to the event below on Thursday - and with respect to the question my answer is I am…👇👇👇
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Although they don’t self identify as post-liberals Christian Nationalists in the US and UK definitely are of the same family. If your interested in hearing more come to the event below on Thursday - and with respect to the question my answer is I am…👇👇👇
There are two distinct but related stories behind the book. The first began with the rise of Blue Labour and its search for a new political economy following the Brown Gov defeat in 2010. What started as a left discourse with Cruddas, Rutherford, Pabst and Glasman, quickly turned right under Glasman
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
There are two distinct but related stories behind the book. The first began with the rise of Blue Labour and its search for a new political economy following the Brown Gov defeat in 2010. What started as a left discourse with Cruddas, Rutherford, Pabst and Glasman, quickly turned right under Glasman
Doing some prep for the discussion below and reading Stephen Wolfe’s The Case for Christian Nationalism. All I can say is Wow - Rousseau would have approved… (Wolfe is one of the influences on J D Vance, though definitely not Catholic, instead a curious Protestant Integralist; it’s a thing!)
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Doing some prep for the discussion below and reading Stephen Wolfe’s The Case for Christian Nationalism. All I can say is Wow - Rousseau would have approved… (Wolfe is one of the influences on J D Vance, though definitely not Catholic, instead a curious Protestant Integralist; it’s a thing!)