Illiberalism Studies Program
@ILLSP_GWU
Illiberalism Studies Program at @IERES_GWU. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of GW University
Welcome to the Illiberalism Studies Program! Hosted at @IERES_GWU, we study the different faces of illiberal politics and thought in today’s world. Follow along for events, analysis, and more! @ElliottSchoolGW @GWtweets #illiberal #populism #extremism
New paper! Erik Piccoli (@erik_pv_ita) on the transnational dimensions of Italian neofascism in the Cold War, and how the same foreign-domestic dynamics are shaping the Italian far right today. Check it out! illiberalism.org/italian-neofas…
New interview! Alison Brysk discusses her book Abortion Rights Backlash, plus globalization, nationalism, and humanitarianism today. Give it a read! illiberalism.org/alison-brysk-o…
Last week, our director Marlene Laruelle was interviewed as part of @lemondefr's investigation into illiberal leaders around the globe and the foundations of their success. Check it out! youtube.com/watch?v=7uPKyt…
New piece! Elisabeth Zerofsky (@zerofskaya) on the European far right's relationship to antisemitism and Israel today, and how it squares with their xenophobic politics. Check it out! illiberalism.org/strange-bedfel…
New piece! @MattPolProf on the radical philosophies and politics of Nietzsche and Heidegger, their critique of liberalism, and countering their intellectual progeny today. Check it out! illiberalism.org/nietzsche-and-…
New piece! @LaurentiuPl on Romania's elections, the fragility and resilience of liberalism in Eastern Europe, and geopolitical continuity and rupture. Check it out! @gmfus illiberalism.org/romanias-presi…
New post! We republish @lkatfield's article from @Verfassungsblog, which explores the tensions between traditionally conservative jurisprudence and the Trumpist New Right's legal philosophy. Check it out! illiberalism.org/trumps-final-f…
New piece! Mario Peucker on the social drivers and embeddedness of far-right attitudes in our societies, and strategies to counter the far right's appeal. Check it out! illiberalism.org/not-as-fringe-…
New piece! Arnaud Miranda on the origins and features of Curtis Yarvin's neoreactionary political theory, and its relationship to the Trump administration. Check it out! illiberalism.org/understanding-…
New piece! Charles U. Zug on the right wing's "alternative higher education" programs, their historical antecedents, and their function today. Check it out! @lkatfield illiberalism.org/alt-higher-ed-…
Our director Marlene Laruelle is in @RussiaPost_tw with an article on the "Dark Enlightenment," related historical movements in Russia, and the ideological bridges being built between the U.S. and Russia. Check it out! @IERES_GWU @RussiaProgram russiapost.info/politics/dark_…
New piece! Alberto Polimeni on the characteristics, purposes served, and paradoxes of Atreju, the Italian far-right's annual gathering. Check it out! illiberalism.org/atreju-the-ita…
New piece! Geoffrey Kabaservice (@RuleandRuin) on the problems in higher education today, universities' relationship to the public, and reciprocity and civic responsibility. Check it out! @IERES_GWU @lkatfield illiberalism.org/trump-harvard-…
Today, our director Marlene Laruelle is in Politics and Rights Review with an article on illiberalism, its utility as an analytical category, and how it helps us understand our world today. Check it out! politicsrights.com/why-illiberali…
Online first: @JulianWaller in the Journal of Illiberalism Studies on the postliberal ecosystem, its features and development since 2016, and its influence today and in the years to come. Check it out! illiberalism.org/postliberalism…
My tribute to Alasdair MacIntyre for @ILLSP_GWU
New piece! @MattPolProf on the late critic of liberalism and capitalism, Alasdair MacIntyre, his reception on the left and the right, and why contemporary thinkers should take his work to heart. Check it out! illiberalism.org/liberalisms-be…
New piece! @MattPolProf on the late critic of liberalism and capitalism, Alasdair MacIntyre, his reception on the left and the right, and why contemporary thinkers should take his work to heart. Check it out! illiberalism.org/liberalisms-be…
New piece! @Jacob_A_Ware reviews Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here and Paul Lynch's Prophet Song and addresses the question of authoritarianism's rise in the Anglo world. @IERES_GWU illiberalism.org/fascism-in-the…
New piece! Christian Ruth on the past and present of monarchical thinking in the United States and its contemporary influence among the tech right and its allies. @IERES_GWU illiberalism.org/modern-monarch…
