Lamentations and Next Steps in Trumplandia
The weather in New York on the morning of November 9th was gloomy, just like the political mood. Despite numerous reassurances to the contrary, many people’s worst nightmare had just come true. Donald...
theory
Reflections on the Left Turn in Latin America
For those interested in LA politics and social movements, Jon Beasley-Murray has an interesting analysis piece in the latest Alternautus: Pyrrhic Victories: The Fall and Rise of the Left Turns. While I don’t...
My AAR Talk on Latour, Gaia, the Anthropocene and Animism
So I recently gave a presentation at the American Academy of Religion (AAR)’s annual conference in San Diego. This was the first time I have done a digital presentation, as I prefer the...
Young Earth Creationism and the Politics of Astrobiology
So I had the great pleasure recently to present some of my latest research on creationism, science education and politics, in this case on the topic of astrobiology and young earth creationism. I...
Anthropocene Fundamentalism
As I’ve written about before, I had the change to present some of my work on the Anthropocene at the 2013 Western Political Science Association (WPSA) conference in Hollywood recently. For someone writing...
Thinking About Seeing #Mali
So I was thinking about Mali today after seeing a whole batch of new photos coming out of Timbuktu following the French paratrooper arrival there earlier this week. Here’s one that was run...
