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Today = 7th 🎂 of publication of Je mehr Gewalt, desto weniger #Revolution: Texte zum gewaltfreien #Anarchismus & anarchistischen...

Today = 7th 🎂 of publication of Je mehr Gewalt, desto weniger #Revolution: Texte zum gewaltfreien #Anarchismus & anarchistischen #Pazifismus, which includes my "Leo #Tolstoi über den Staat" (translation of 2008 #AnarchistStudies original) https://graswurzel.net/gwr/produkt/je-mehr-gewalt-desto-weniger-revolution/

Reminder for interested Londoners: this is tonight :)

Reminder for interested Londoners: this is tonight :)

Re: #Ukraine #peace talks in Paris, maybe time has finally come to also consider "civilian-based defence" for Europe's ...

Re: #Ukraine #peace talks in Paris, maybe time has finally come to also consider "civilian-based defence" for Europe's security? Training entire populations in #nonviolent civil disobedience cheaper & less destabilising than exponential militarism https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae275

📢 Looking fwd to presenting my International Affairs paper articulating #pacifist reflections on #Ukraine (full paper here:...

📢 Looking fwd to presenting my International Affairs paper articulating #pacifist reflections on #Ukraine (full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae275) at Richmond American International University in London next Tuesday, 5pm: https://richmond.ac.uk/news-events/news/guest-lecture-event-questioning-the-warist-orthodoxy/.

Looking fwd to leading a guest session on #pacifism, #nonviolence, international politics & conflict for James Rogers' Cornell...

Looking fwd to leading a guest session on #pacifism, #nonviolence, international politics & conflict for James Rogers' Cornell students in 30 mins, including this paper I recently published on Ukraine: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae275.

The UK Higher Education funding model is broken. Sign this petition to add pressure to change it:...

The UK Higher Education funding model is broken. Sign this petition to add pressure to change it: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/e/2PACX-1vTY20tsLYA7JVe6X354VD_e8oS4FGHmm6DEyBBPYj8i6aOO7S5_vyzqpxle8nWYaShxT0NMQ3yU5vfw/pub?pli=1

PM me if you want to join me with Pacifism & Nonviolence Research Group colleagues at 1pm tomorrow for webinar led by Noga Glucksam on...

PM me if you want to join me with Pacifism & Nonviolence Research Group colleagues at 1pm tomorrow for webinar led by Noga Glucksam on ' #Peacebuilding as #Rewilding: Ecosystem Thinking for Post-Conflict Reconstruction': https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/pacifism-and-nonviolence-research-group/

Enjoying day 2 of #VirtualBISA2025. Presented at kick-off slot yesterday (on #pacifist reflections on #Ukraine:...

Enjoying day 2 of #VirtualBISA2025. Presented at kick-off slot yesterday (on #pacifist reflections on #Ukraine: https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae275), & presenting again in closing slot tomorrow (on anarcho-pac reflections for critical #terrorism studies) https://virtualconference.bisa.ac.uk

2/ Article focuses on T’s #defamiliarization of common justifications of #violence (with examples), encouraging readers to admit their...

2/ Article focuses on T’s #defamiliarization of common justifications of #violence (with examples), encouraging readers to admit their implicit #complicity & noticing process which numbed them into accepting such complicity

3/ Then reflects on 4 specific #subversive characteristics of defam: #disruption of automated perception, implicit #concession of problem, corrosion of respect for traditional #hierarchies, & encouragement of #empathy

Today's the 6th 🎂 of my article exploring the subversive potential of #Tolstoyan #defamiliarisation. Freely available here:...

Today's the 6th 🎂 of my article exploring the subversive potential of #Tolstoyan #defamiliarisation. Freely available here: https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/The_subversive_potential_of_Leo_Tolstoy_s_defamiliarisation_a_case_study_in_drawing_on_the_imagination_to_denounce_violence/9468479

Short thread summary: 1/ T is primary example of master of #literary technique of ‘#defamiliarisation’ (looking at the familiar as if new) to shake readers into recognising absurdity of common views & practices

Looking forward to #BIAPT2025 starting tomorrow esp to two panels on pacifism/nonviolence on Friday: on #pacifist pol thought (11:15) and on...

Looking forward to #BIAPT2025 starting tomorrow esp to two panels on pacifism/nonviolence on Friday: on #pacifist pol thought (11:15) and on #animals & #nonviolence (16:15): https://www.associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk/conference/apt-2025-2/

📢 new 📰 in International Affairs articulating #pacifist critique of reactions to Russian invasion of #Ukraine ➡️...

📢 new 📰 in International Affairs articulating #pacifist critique of reactions to Russian invasion of #Ukraine ➡️ https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae275 #nonviolence #pacifism #war #Russia #NATO #militarism

Summary:
1/ asks whether military path worse than coordinated mass #nonviolent civil disobedience
2/ exposes 2 ingrained assumptions (on efficacy of #violence & violence in 'human nature')
3/ reflects on how war transforms agents of violence & entrenches 'warism'/militarism

🎄⛪️Today Christians celebrate the birth of (someone who, if they paid attention, they'd note was) an #anarchist:...

🎄⛪️Today Christians celebrate the birth of (someone who, if they paid attention, they'd note was) an #anarchist: https://sites.google.com/site/christoyannopoulos/publications/christian-anarchism-a-political-commentary-on-the-gospel #christmasnotjustforconsumerism #interestingdinnerconversations

Today = 3rd 🎂 of Λέων #Τολστόι: Η δουλεία της εποχής μας: το #κράτος, which includes Greek...

Today = 3rd 🎂 of Λέων #Τολστόι: Η δουλεία της εποχής μας: το #κράτος, which includes Greek translation of my #AnarchistStudies titled "Leo #Tolstoy on the #State: A Detailed Picture of Tolstoy's Denunciation of State #Violence & #Deception"

Short thread summary: Day frequently mentioned Tolstoy, but almost only his #fiction. Paper explores extent of Tolstoy’s influence beyond...

Short thread summary: Day frequently mentioned Tolstoy, but almost only his #fiction. Paper explores extent of Tolstoy’s influence beyond just fiction based on close reading of #archivalsources.

Demonstrates Tolstoy’s #political & #religious views did leave significant impression on Day & #CatholicWorkerMovement

Notably: D had early (if discreet) passion for T; T’s helped cement D’s #anarchism & #pacifism, & T (through #Hennacy) helped inspire CW’s embrace of #civildisobedience

🪦#DorothyDay died today in 1980. Here's a free article exploring the extent to which she was influenced by #LeoTolstoy:...

🪦#DorothyDay died today in 1980. Here's a free article exploring the extent to which she was influenced by #LeoTolstoy: https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Leo_Tolstoy_s_impact_on_Dorothy_Day_and_the_Catholic_worker_movement/13667594?file=26231840 #anarchism #pacifism #anticlericalism

Note also separate studentship to support racialised minority groups:...

Note also separate studentship to support racialised minority groups: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/positive-action-studentship/

See also https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research-degrees/proposal/ for helpful #tips on drafting your...

See also https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research-degrees/proposal/ for helpful #tips on drafting your application.

Also check out my great colleagues and potential co-supervisors around #pacifism & #nonviolence: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/pacifism-and-nonviolence-research-group/, #anarchism: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/arg/, but also political #theory: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/eplrg/ & #security studies: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/research/css/

🧑‍🎓 💷 Interested in a funded #studentship for a #PhD with us at Loughborough University's School of Social Sciences and...

🧑‍🎓 💷 Interested in a funded #studentship for a #PhD with us at Loughborough University's School of Social Sciences and Humanities? Follow this link: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/research-degrees/phd-opportunities/ssh-studentship/. Deadline 30 January. If particularly interested in working with me, please get in touch.

Core chapters explore T’s #pacifism, #anarchism, #anticlericalism, #asceticism & #nonviolent #activism. Each time first systematising...

Core chapters explore T’s #pacifism, #anarchism, #anticlericalism, #asceticism & #nonviolent #activism. Each time first systematising T (with plenty of poignant quotes), then discussing criticisms of his views, then reflecting on relevance since.