I have a new piece out on Gandhi for Aeon. It’s free to read here:
https://aeon.co/essays/on-the-varna-system-gandhis-plan-to-empower-the-workers
Citizens and spinning wheels
Getting Paid to Talk: The Market & Public Discourse
I have a new piece out for Isonomia on the role market incentives play in influencing the behavior of political professionals – people who make a living by political activity. There’s no paywall. You can read it here:
A Critique of the Critique of the Administrative State
I have a new piece out for Sublation about state bureaucracy. There’s no paywall. You can read it here: https://sublationmedia.com/a-critique-of-the-critique-of-the-administrative-state/
The Varna System in Gandhi’s Theory of Civic Education
I’ve published a new academic article in Economic and Political Weekly on Gandhi’s attempt to recover the varna system so as to generate time for spiritual and civic activity and produce an Indian subject capable of self-rule, or “swaraj.” It’s available here: https://www.epw.in/journal/2024/20/special-articles/varna-system-gandhis-theory-civic-education.html
Beyond Bonapartism: Breaking Statephobic Thought Taboos
I have a new piece out in the Platypus Review on the state. I’ve been excited for this one to come out. It’s been brewing for a while. You can read it here: https://platypus1917.org/2024/05/01/beyond-bonapartism-breaking-statephobic-thought-taboos/
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