"*both* sublimation *and* repression are equally essential to a Nietzschean account of self-organisation" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New in paperback! Nietzsche on Conflict, Struggle and War | Save 20% with code PEARSON24 📚cup.org/3w1j1en Provides a clear analysis of Nietzsche's controversial endorsement of conflict, struggle and war #19thcentury

"If debunking is inappropriate in certain crisis situations, then what response *is* appropriate?" philpapers.org/rec/PEAICI-4

Article just out. I argue that during times of crisis, IdKrit becomes a difficult and dangerous enterprise. Full article: Ideology critique in times of crisis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Maximilian Fenner, "Josef Weber and the Politics of Utopia: Between Eco-socialism and Prefigurative Strategy," European Journal of Political Theory (2025) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Delighted to be giving a talk on Nietzsche at Yale next week. Do come along if you're in or around New Haven: philosophy.yale.edu/events/2025-04…

Apropos the subject of fascism today: "A raft of theorists from across the political spectrum take alarmism to be a necessary feature of any functioning democracy, that is, necessary for the preservation and well-being of the polity." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

New article out. Can democratic governments make use of alarmism? Or is there something inherently undemocratic about the practice? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…