Very interesting read: a majority of adults hold views that are economically egalitarian and socially conservative -- exactly the opposite of the liberal consensus long dominant among the elites of left and right
newstatesman.com/politics/stagg…
Adrian Pabst
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Adrian Pabst
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- Some personal news: as of today, I am promoted to Professor of Politics @UniKent -- gratitude to family, friends and colleagues @UniKentPolitics and elsewhere
- The image is as striking as the title of this week’s @NewStatesman is provocative! My cover story on the managerial mindset that erodes intellectual education and proper skills — universities are civic institutions and should not be extensions of the market-state
- Fascinating panel on left conservatism, chaired by @NewStatesman Jason Cowley, with @Phillip_Blond @miriam_cates @David_Goodhart @ddhitchens and @hoyer_kat — an active state and more socially embedded market which is the ‘missing majority’ (D. Goodhart) in Western politics
- Brilliant by @PaulEmbery on the intolerance of the liberal left Why does the Left sneer at the traditional working class? unherd.com/2019/04/why-do… @unherd
- Read my latest essay in @NewStatesman on the politics of the void - the lack of an ethical purpose in liberalism, social democracy and conservatism newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
- It’s been wonderful being published alongside kindred postliberal spirits John Gray and @moveincircles & in the company of @AndrewMarr9 @JeremyCliffe @Will___lloyd @tomowolade + @MazzucatoM Brilliant @NewStatesman cover illustration
- Does the Tories' fusion of Keynesian state capitalism with technocratic populism mark a realignment of British politics? Some reflections in my cover story for this week's @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
- My colleague @ccrane74 and I call for urgent action in support of new starters @NIESRorg @CommonsTreasury niesr.ac.uk/publications/s…
- Listening to Charles Taylor’s public lecture “On Democratic Decay” @johnmilbank3 @ianmcorbin1 @ronivey @luiginobruni @HFHarvard
- I am delighted that my new book Postliberal Politics is now out Postliberalism is a current of ideas that tries to identify the errors & excesses of contemporary liberalism It embraces the positive gains of liberal liberty while offering an honest appraisal of its costs 1
- The real pivot of British politics is not left/right or liberal/populist -- it's libertarian vs postliberal @arisroussinos @unherd
- Delighted to receive an advance copy of my latest book The Demons of Liberal Democracy Published by @politybooks and out in a couple of weeks politybooks.com/bookdetail/?is…
