Happy to share a short piece I wrote on Takaichi Sanae for a Special Issue of Critical Asia Archives (edited by Kawamura Satofumi) "Retrotopian Affect and the Takaichi Phenomenon: Prefigurative Nostalgia under “General Conservatism”" caarchives.org/retrotopian-...

Zur Debatte um die Einladung von Peter Thiel bei den Wiener #festwochen möchte ich die Podcast Folge zu den Antichrist-lectures vom Know Your Enemy Podcast empfehlen: dissentmagazine.org/blog/know-yo...

Ein interessanter, aber auch sehr seltsamer Text, weil er die sich selbst gestellte Frage im Grunde nicht beantwortet. Man fragt ja so, weil es der qualitativ entscheidende Unterschied ist, wenn ein politisches Regime nicht mehr konservativ genannt werden kann. Es sind existenzielle Fragen. 1/8

🚨New policy study🚨 There must be an alternative: Against mainstream defeatism and towards the rejuvenation of the democratic public space We make seven key recommendations to turn the tide @feps-europe.eu 🧵 1/ feps-europe.eu/publication/...

It's got a cover! Coming out in June.

📣Book launch📣 Join us on Thursday 12th March (6pm GMT) for the launch of Europe's Populist Condition by @emmyeklundh.bsky.social. Sign up for this hybrid event below! reacpol.net/populist-con...

Book Launch: Europe’s Populist Condition - Reactionary Politics Research Network

Book launch of Europe's populist condition (Emmy Eklundh).

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Please read these great scholars' work ✍️

Théo Aiolfi@theoaiolfi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Very proud to share this piece with @bolandeira.bsky.social for @jacobinmag.bsky.social, where we discuss the complicated relationship between the radical left and the nation, based on our article in JCES (doi.org/10.1080/1478...).

Democratic futures now! | 今こそ民主的な未来 🙌Publication alert: Special Issue I co-edited with Anna Linder. Translations from Japanese into English and German into Japanese by excellent scholars concerned with democratic futures. See: journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/aaj

Some thoughts of mine about the radical right gaining ground in Japan in this 👇 thanks to the great @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social for asking me to be a part of this newsletter

ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy@ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 We are delighted to present the latest edition of our e-Extreme Newsletter, courtesy of our wonderful editorial team: @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social & @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. You can download it via our website (see “Current Issue”): ecpr.eu/news/news/de... 📖

🚨new article🚨 "Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive 🧵Thread🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Were former Japanese Prime Ministers Yukio Hatoyama and Naoto Kan security policy amateurs? Conversely, was Abe Shinzō an expert? How and why do reputations for expertise and amateurism emerge and spread? For some answers, see my new article with Björn Jerdén. doi.org/10.1057/s413...

The narrative construction of political competence: challenging the expert/amateur binary in Japan’s foreign and security policy - International Politics

Whether expertise or amateurism is attributed to political leaders can play a pivotal role in their success. This article analyzes the dissemination of such reputations, focusing on the perceived fore...

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Following up on the two recent #FutureHistories episodes with Aaron Benanav (@abenanav.bsky.social), here you'll find the full versions of his new papers #BeyondCapitalism 1 & 2 -> buff.ly/k23voql Must read! Find the two episodes here: Ep1 -> buff.ly/MkPKGXT Ep2 -> buff.ly/dqWZ5Q3

テッサ・モリスースズキ先生による、ラムザイヤー氏の在日コリアンに関する論文 (Social Capital and the Problems of Opportunistic Leadership: The Example of Koreans in Japan) の徹底的な反論とファクトチェックです。ラムザイヤー氏の元論文はThe European Journal of Law and Economicという学術誌のオンライン版に2021月2月に発表されたものでした。 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 Registration still open! Come to Vienna and discuss (un)democratic futures with/through the Japanese experience. All details here: vsjf2025.univie.ac.at

Given yesterday's election result in Japan, please consider joining this conference (📅November 7-9). It offers many perspectives on why parties like Sanseitô are successful, and how democratic livable futures might be attainable. 👉See the full program here: vsjf2025.univie.ac.at/program/

📢 New article with @bolandeira.bsky.social in JCES! Can left populism embrace anti-racism & queer politics - or must it stick to patriotism to reach “the people”? We reply to Rojas-Andrés, Mazzolini & Custodi with a French case: the Mélenchon–Ruffin split.👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🗓️ What does historic memory mean politically in hyperpoltical times? Join us Friday 13th (June) to discuss with great people such as @tomomiyg.bsky.social and @eltschiggolo.bsky.social at the University of Vienna or online. More: vsjf2025.univie.ac.at/undemocratic...

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The rise of end times fascism

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

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🤱Come join us for a talk by Yamaura Chigusa (Oxford) this Thursday 6pm. At the Vienna Japanese Studies department or online: japanologie.univie.ac.at/startseite/e...

Childcare Provision and the Desire for Motherhood in the Era of a Shrinking Japan

A hybrid <i>u:japan lecture</i> by <b>Chigusa Yamaura</b> (University of Oxford)

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Japan used to be covered with massive monuments to fascism, but most of them have been torn down. One exception is the "Peace Tower" in Miyazaki: 1/

If you are in Tokyo, you might be also interested in this event (まだ未定だが、参加するかも)💡

My essay "Parkside Demolitionist", published last year by @othersidelitmag.bsky.social, is now available to read online (with the rest of the issue). I write about different migrant experiences, based on a chance encounter with Kurds in my local area of Tokyo. othersideofhope.com/parkside-dem...

Parkside Demolitionist by William Andrews

T HINGS WERE SETTLING into that liminal part of an early spring day in Tokyo, when it was technically afternoon and not yet dark, but the signs of the evening’s onset were apparent in the dimming...

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A new episode of Future Histories! This time I talk to Kohei Saito (@koheisaito.bsky.social) and Matt Huber (@matthuber.bsky.social) about growth, natural limits, technology and progress. Find the full episode here: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo... #FutureHistories #Podcast

Trump und Merz wollen eine neue neoliberale Ära beginnen. Wir gründen das Wirtschaftsmagazin »Surplus«, das die Interessen der großen Mehrheit ins Zentrum rückt, nicht die der Reichsten. Jetzt abonnieren 👉 surplusmagazin.de

Surplus Magazin

Surplus ist das Wirtschaftsmagazin, das sich um die Interessen der großen Mehrheit und nicht der Reichsten dreht.

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Es gibt ein neues, heterodoxes deutschsprachiges Wirtschaftsmagazin, herausgegeben von @isabellamweber.bsky.social @adamtooze.bsky.social und @mauricehoefgen.bsky.social Toll! www.surplusmagazin.de/kolonialer-h...

Kolonialer Handel prägt Volkswirtschaften bis heute

Was ein Land in der Vergangenheit exportiert hat, bestimmt, wo es heute auf der Entwicklungsleiter steht. Der Kolonialismus prägt die Welt bis heute.

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📣 New open access publication in @politicsjournal.bsky.social 📣 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... We about pluralism a lot in populism studies as populism’s supposed opposite, but what does pluralism actually mean? More importantly, perhaps, what do we want it to mean? 🧵

Pluralising pluralism in the study of populism - Alex Yates, 2024

Despite the widespread claim that populism and pluralism are incompatible, the latter is rarely defined clearly in the existing literature. This is significant ...

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Critical populism studies are flourishing, and we're curating a Bluesky starter pack featuring brilliant young minds and seasoned experts shaping the field! Dive into their groundbreaking work here 👇 go.bsky.app/NEheVTj

"Anti-rape activism in Japan from the 1980s" a hybrid u:japan lecture by Chiara Fusari (University of Zurich, CH) - 28.11.2024 18:00 - 19:30 japanologie.univie.ac.at/startseite/e...

I will be talking about Daishima Haruhiko's film and issues surrounding memory and the New Left in Japan at a symposium at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University, on November 30. www.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/symposium/zi...

William Andrews@william-andrews.bsky.social · 2y ago

Daishima Haruhiko's documentary Forest of Lynching, about the killing of a student at Waseda University in 1972, was released in Japan earlier this year, sparking considerable controversy. The DVD comes out next week, as does a book based on a critical symposium that was held in the summer.