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Matt McManus
Matt McManus is a lecturer in political science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of, among other books, The Political Right and Equality, A How To Guide to Cosmopolitan Socialism, and the forthcoming The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism.

Matt McManus is a lecturer in political science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of, among other books, The Political Right and Equality, A How To Guide to Cosmopolitan Socialism, and the forthcoming The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism.
Matt McManus Articles

The Left and Right both get Nietzsche wrong

After the death of the grand narrative

Post-liberalism and its dangers

War demands moral clarity, not moral certainty

Reviving liberalism's radical roots

To defeat populism, the left must focus on work
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How education embedded inequality

How liberals left liberty behind

We can’t tame big tech

The legacy of Charles Mills
Can the state know what's best?

Why taking offence is good

The power of utopia

The power of apocalypse

The future of male identity

Buy stuff, end capitalism?

Defending freedom will be the downfall of the US

We shouldn't fear genetic differences

In defence of hierarchy

The family's threat to justice

The dangers of Davos and the global social contract

Democracy and the polarization trap

The political power of your body

The Ethics of Online Communication

Beyond envy's dark side

Ukraine alone won't save democracy

The most important book Marx never wrote

We must imitate Zelensky, not just admire him

Political labels are a farce

The philosophers behind Putin

Ukraine is not about territory, it's about identity
Liberal democracies can't solve climate change

How Macron polarized politics, and won

Prosecuting war crimes is not the answer

Fundamental rights and the limits of democracy

Musk's town square will be chaos