David Livingstone Smith
@davidlsmith.bsky.social
Philosopher working on dehumanization, race, Freud, and other stuff.
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Just published!
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
Real Dehumanization | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Real Dehumanization
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Just published!
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
"Real Dehumanization" by @davidlsmith.bsky.social .
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
When I trained psychotherapists, I tried to inculcate two basic principles: 1) create a secure frame, with neutrality, total privacy and total confidentiality, 2) shut the fuck up and let the patient speak. Everything else is icing on the cake.
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
When I trained psychotherapists, I tried to inculcate two basic principles: 1) create a secure frame, with neutrality, total privacy and total confidentiality, 2) shut the fuck up and let the patient speak. Everything else is icing on the cake.
My Lebowitz Prize paper "Real dehumanization" is now out in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association (open access). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My Lebowitz Prize paper "Real dehumanization" is now out in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association (open access). www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Most Dangerous Animal. A powerful short film by the late Al Sutton. www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi...
▶️ The Most Dangerous Animal
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November 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Most Dangerous Animal. A powerful short film by the late Al Sutton. www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi...
Reposted by David Livingstone Smith
Some of you may know #philsci #philbio Subrena Smith, Prof of #philosophy at UNH. Her family in Jamaica lives in one of parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa: Westmoreland. She & David are raising funds to support them w/ generators, supplies, truck water in to them, etc. Please donate if can!
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Some of you may know #philsci #philbio Subrena Smith, Prof of #philosophy at UNH. Her family in Jamaica lives in one of parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa: Westmoreland. She & David are raising funds to support them w/ generators, supplies, truck water in to them, etc. Please donate if can!
Reposted by David Livingstone Smith
Thanks to your generosity, my GoFundMe has raised $2672 to help my family in Jamaica in just a little over a day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This will go towards their most urgent needs, but it's a fraction of what's needed. T gofund.me/2a40e23c6
Donate to Help our family recover from Hurricane Melissa, organized by David Livingstone Smith
I am David Livingstone Smith, a professor of philosophy. My sp… David Livingstone Smith needs your support for Help our family recover from Hurricane Melissa
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November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Thanks to your generosity, my GoFundMe has raised $2672 to help my family in Jamaica in just a little over a day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This will go towards their most urgent needs, but it's a fraction of what's needed. T gofund.me/2a40e23c6
Thanks to your generosity, my GoFundMe has raised $2672 to help my family in Jamaica in just a little over a day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This will go towards their most urgent needs, but it's a fraction of what's needed. T gofund.me/2a40e23c6
Donate to Help our family recover from Hurricane Melissa, organized by David Livingstone Smith
I am David Livingstone Smith, a professor of philosophy. My sp… David Livingstone Smith needs your support for Help our family recover from Hurricane Melissa
gofund.me
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Thanks to your generosity, my GoFundMe has raised $2672 to help my family in Jamaica in just a little over a day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This will go towards their most urgent needs, but it's a fraction of what's needed. T gofund.me/2a40e23c6
My family is in Westmoreland, Jamaica. They are completely cut off from the rest of the island and the outside world. We don't know if they are dead or alive, but if the latter they are almost certainly homeless. If anyone has any info, PLEASE let me know. We are waiting, waiting, waiting....
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My family is in Westmoreland, Jamaica. They are completely cut off from the rest of the island and the outside world. We don't know if they are dead or alive, but if the latter they are almost certainly homeless. If anyone has any info, PLEASE let me know. We are waiting, waiting, waiting....
Real Dehumanization
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Real Dehumanization
My 2024 Lebowitz Prize Lecture
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October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Real Dehumanization
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Boston friends, don't miss this remarkable film! Friday, November 11. ticketing.bostonjfilm.org/websales/pag...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Boston friends, don't miss this remarkable film! Friday, November 11. ticketing.bostonjfilm.org/websales/pag...
For Halloween: how dehumanization creates monsters. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/i-am-the-w...
"I Am the Wolfman."
The Horror of Dehumanization
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October 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For Halloween: how dehumanization creates monsters. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/i-am-the-w...
My interview on the Holocaust and History podcast. This is a wonderful podcast. Each episode is an interview with a scholar who works on the Holocaust or topics adjacent to it. thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
Ep. 62- Dehumanization and Genocide with David Livingstone Smith - The Holocaust History Podcast
We often hear the term “dehumanization” used in a variety of contexts. For example, dehumanization a set of beliefs, or a set of behaviors? Is it metaphorical or do people actually believe their...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My interview on the Holocaust and History podcast. This is a wonderful podcast. Each episode is an interview with a scholar who works on the Holocaust or topics adjacent to it. thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
Reposting this in light of current events. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/the-assasi...
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
A warning from history
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September 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Reposting this in light of current events. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/the-assasi...
Conversation with George Makari on "Humanity on the Line: Resisting Dehumanization, Erasure, and Atrocity Amidst Divides" at the MLK Jr branch of the Cleveland Public Library, an event for the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.
September 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Conversation with George Makari on "Humanity on the Line: Resisting Dehumanization, Erasure, and Atrocity Amidst Divides" at the MLK Jr branch of the Cleveland Public Library, an event for the 90th anniversary of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.
In 1938, a Jewish teenager assassinated Ernst vom Rath, a German diplomat in Paris. This triggered a series of events leading to Kristallnacht and the incarceration of 26k Jewish men in concentration camps. Today we are at a similar tipping point. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/the-assasi...
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
A warning from history
davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In 1938, a Jewish teenager assassinated Ernst vom Rath, a German diplomat in Paris. This triggered a series of events leading to Kristallnacht and the incarceration of 26k Jewish men in concentration camps. Today we are at a similar tipping point. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/the-assasi...
I have a very ominous feeling. We may be at a turning point. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/the-assasi...
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk
A warning from history
davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I have a very ominous feeling. We may be at a turning point. davidlivingstonesmith.substack.com/p/the-assasi...
