Christian Nadeau
@christiannadeau.bsky.social
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Professeur de philosophie politique à l'Université de Montréal. https://christian-nadeau.com/

Political science 51%
Sociology 17%
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"And yet Táíwò’s own position misses something fundamental about the world we now inhabit. Shame does not operate in a vacuum...today, the sturdy ground that once formed shame’s foundation has collapsed."

Helpful response by @eric-reinhart.com in @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
While it once played a role in binding society, shame has lost its power—and so have the liberal tools that depend on it.
newrepublic.com
‘The​ current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.’

In his final piece for the 𝘓𝘙𝘉, Conor Gearty writes on the Supreme Court’s reinterpretation of the HRA: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. None of this is being done in secret – the...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Le gouvernement Legault a mis fin au financement du Baromètre de l’action climatique. Ce projet de recherche recevait de 33 000$/an. Il avait démontré en 2024 que 82 % des Québécois reconnaissent l’urgence d’agir contre la pire crise environnementale de l’histoire.
www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Québec supprime le financement du Baromètre de l’action climatique
Ce projet de recherche mesurait les attitudes et les perceptions des Québécois face à la crise climatique.
www.ledevoir.com

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I've been sitting with this piece of @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for two days, reading it, re-reading it. You should too. #EzraKlein is the avatar of a new kind of liberal indulgence for the worst of the far-right, embracing bad-faith as a practice. www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net

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In Postcolonial Global Justice, Shuk Ying Chan proposes a new account of postcolonial global justice centered around the value of social equality.

Now available (14 Oct UK pub). Read a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#PoliticalScience #PoliSci
Postcolonial Global Justice by Shuk Ying Chan

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A fascinating account of Peter Singer’s controversial “drowning child” thought experiment—and how it changed the way people think about charitable giving.

Death in a Shallow Pond by @davidedmonds100.bsky.social publishes 23 September. Explore a free sample: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need by David Edmonds. From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker, a fascinating account of Peter Singer’s controversial “drowning child” thought experiment—and how it changed the way people think about charitable giving

The streets of Chicago are full with tens of thousands of people standing up to ICE and Trump.

Join us.
A hoard of people march in the streets with protest signs. Even in heels, I am too short to properly show the massive scale of the crowd.
Another capitulation
The president of Northwestern University, Michael H. Schill, announced that he would resign following Republican pressure
Northwestern’s President Will Resign After University Faced Republican Pressure
www.nytimes.com

Bravo à mon quatuor préféré ! Le Molinari obtient le Diapason d'or pour leur intégrale Bério.

Nouvelle publication : Théorie politique, un lexique publié sous la direction de B. Boudou et Aurélia Bardon, où je signe l'article Liberté » et, avec Julie Saada l'article Guerre.https://www.larcier-intersentia.com/fr/theorie-politique-9782802775867.html

25e rentrée pour moi au Département de philosophie de l'Université de Montréal. Bonne rentrée à toutes et tous !

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«On August 7, dockworkers in Genoa mounted a determined blockade against the transit of the Saudi ship Bahri Yanbu, in a direct challenge to Italy’s role in arming Israel and its imperialist allies. »

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Italian dockworkers block Saudi ship carrying weapons for Israel
On August 7, Genoa dockworkers blocked the transit of the Saudi Saudi ship Bahri Yanbu.
www.wsws.org

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David Grossman sur la guerre à Gaza : «Maintenant, avec une douleur immense et le cœur brisé, je dois constater ce qu’il se passe devant mes yeux, un génocide»

L’écrivain et militant de la gauche pacifiste israélienne s'est exprimé dans une interview au quotidien «la Repubblica»
David Grossman sur la guerre à Gaza : «Maintenant, avec une douleur immense et le cœur brisé, je dois constater ce qu’il se passe devant mes yeux, un génocide»
www.liberation.fr

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