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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.

@drdjbyrd.bsky.social

Professor of Philosophy and Religion; Editor-in-Chief of Ekpyrosis Press; Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Critical Social Theory; Cigars, mate! https://www.dustinjbyrd.org https://www.ekpyrosispress.com https://www.criticalsocialtheory.com

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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.@drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here is a great review of a book I contributed a chapter to regarding the “Russkii Mir” ideology, which animates Putin’s Kremlin. #Ukraine #Russia #war #Kyiv #Christianity #religion #Putin #donbas #Crimea #Russianwar #Moscow #ROC dustinjbyrd.org/2026/07/31/r...

Review: “The Many Faces of Christianism: The ‘Russian World’ in Europe”

On July 31st, 2026, an excellent review was published by Church Times regarding the book, The Many Faces of Christianism: The ‘Russian World’ in Europe. This exceptional and most timely…

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Jennifer C@thejenniwren.teamlh.social · last wk.

Rand Paul spent the weekend leaking a private diary. Today he burned a Senate hearing trying to trap the man who wrote it. Fauci called the obsession exactly what it is. Unhinged. Then he pled the Fifth and left crazy Rand with nothing on the record to twist. Manhunt: zero. Fauci: one.🔥

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.@drdjbyrd.bsky.social · last wk.

Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority. - Arthur Schopenhauer

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.@drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last week, I presented my work on political #psychoanalysis at the 16th Annual Sakharov conference in #Vilnius, Lithuania. I presented on Donald Trump’s psychological authoritarianism. It was a tremendous event. #Trump #MAGA #authoritarianism #politics #philosophy dustinjbyrd.org/2026/05/26/t...

“The Rise of Authoritarianism” – Sakharov Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania

I had the great opportunity to participate in the Sixteenth International Sakharov Conference in Vilnius Lithuania, on May 21-22. Organized by Robert van Voren, this conference brought together act…

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Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.@drdjbyrd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My latest teaching in Italy, wherein we traveled to Venice, Florence, Assisi, and Rome. We studied some of the most colorful heroes and villains of Medieval and Renaissance history: dustinjbyrd.org/2026/05/12/t...

The University of Olivet in Italy 2026

From April 27th to May 10th, I led a group of students and friends on a journey to Italy to study Medieval and Renaissance Christianity. We began our trip in Venice, where we studied Venetian merca…

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