Benjamin Studebaker

Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off - Dirk Jörke, Benjamin Studebaker, 2025 Democratic theorists often argue that democracy is in crisis, but nonetheless maintain democracy can be revived. In contrast, this paper argues that modernisati...

Recommended reading! "Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off" by @bmstudebaker.bsky.social and Dirk Jörke. Open access.
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Democracy is being hollowed out by the very processes of modernization once thought to sustain it. Our article of the week argues that epochal shifts like hyper-individualism have eroded the conditions for democratic self-rule.

By Dirk Jörke & @bmstudebaker.bsky.social

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Debilitated democracy: When the legs get ripped off - Dirk Jörke, Benjamin Studebaker, 2025 Democratic theorists often argue that democracy is in crisis, but nonetheless maintain democracy can be revived. In contrast, this paper argues that modernisati...

Here's the link:
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Very pleased to announce that Dirk Jörke and I have published a new article in the European Journal of Social Theory! It's open access, so you can read & download it for free.

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New issue of The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition Vol. 19, No. 1 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social @bmstudebaker.bsky.social

Unraveling Legitimacy: Political Narratives and Ideological Shifts with Benjamin Studebaker Podcast Episode · Varn Vlog · 02/10/2025 · 2h 15m

This discussion between @varnvlog.bsky.social and @bmstudebaker.bsky.social is worth a listen.

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I'll be in Darmstadt for the next 6 weeks! If you're around and want to get a coffee, reach out

Finally got round to read it, it’s good, you should read it too.

My new book with Edinburgh University Press is out! How do legitimacy and ideology interface in old, embedded democracies where alternative political systems are unthinkable and pluralism runs deep?

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On the varna system, Gandhi’s plan to empower the workers | Aeon Essays For Indians to be truly free, Gandhi argued they must take up traditional crafts. Was it a quixotic hope or inspired solution?

I have a new piece out for Aeon on Gandhi, adapting for a wider audience the article I published earlier this year in Economic & Political Weekly:

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I'm really excited to be part of this event next week in Geisa:

Please enjoy this photo of my tortoise taking a pleasant nap

The Millennial Left as a Moment in Internet History There have been many interesting books and articles recently about the demise of the millennial left. Here are just a few. I like this material--I think we could do with some more reflection about eve...

Terribly interesting paralells here with the collapse of Young Hegelianism after 1843 in this piece from @bmstudebaker.bsky.social.