Matt McManus
@mattpolprof.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Spelman College. Author of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and other books.
"Charismatic" figures like Alan Dershowitz...
November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Charismatic" figures like Alan Dershowitz...
The outlook is so good they want it to be a surprise...
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The outlook is so good they want it to be a surprise...
My book "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" is on sale for Routledge this Black Friday!
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My book "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" is on sale for Routledge this Black Friday!
The dialectic of MAGA's great minds...
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The dialectic of MAGA's great minds...
The best and truest thing that has ever been said about me
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The best and truest thing that has ever been said about me
Loki standing on guard
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Loki standing on guard
Heading out tonight and I was told to make myself presentable
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Heading out tonight and I was told to make myself presentable
Doing a twin review for @liberalcurrents.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Doing a twin review for @liberalcurrents.com
Patience famously pays the bills
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Patience famously pays the bills
Glad I checked to see whether this had lapsed...
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Glad I checked to see whether this had lapsed...
Let the golden age begin...
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Let the golden age begin...
Time to start writing
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Time to start writing
Continental versions of conservatism are eye rolling; there's something cloying-cute even-about being asked to revere the magic monarchy rock.
But American conservatism is basically a grasping dude looking around the world paranoid those he regards as his inferiors are trying to fuck him
But American conservatism is basically a grasping dude looking around the world paranoid those he regards as his inferiors are trying to fuck him
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Continental versions of conservatism are eye rolling; there's something cloying-cute even-about being asked to revere the magic monarchy rock.
But American conservatism is basically a grasping dude looking around the world paranoid those he regards as his inferiors are trying to fuck him
But American conservatism is basically a grasping dude looking around the world paranoid those he regards as his inferiors are trying to fuck him
If only anyone had seen before
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If only anyone had seen before
Ill be heading to Brazil next week to speak about liberal socialism in a few places.
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ill be heading to Brazil next week to speak about liberal socialism in a few places.
I read the news today. Oh boy.
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I read the news today. Oh boy.
There are a lot of other problems. Most notably chastizing me for not foregrounding historical and immanent critique while not looking at the large book I released which is just on that topic, and which concludes with a discussion of liberal socialism, but I'll leave it at that.
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There are a lot of other problems. Most notably chastizing me for not foregrounding historical and immanent critique while not looking at the large book I released which is just on that topic, and which concludes with a discussion of liberal socialism, but I'll leave it at that.
3) Far from elliding the importance of addressing imperialism, the last chapter of "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" chastises earlier liberal socialists for NOT paying nearly enough attention to it. It even calls that a "failure" that contributed to liberal socialisms marginalization.
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
3) Far from elliding the importance of addressing imperialism, the last chapter of "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" chastises earlier liberal socialists for NOT paying nearly enough attention to it. It even calls that a "failure" that contributed to liberal socialisms marginalization.
2) My arguement about the realization of human capacities might be wrong, but it is certainly not anti-Marxist. Marx posits the importance of realizing human capacities/powers/energy at several points (one of the things he DOES take up from Aristotle), including late in Capital VOl III.
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
2) My arguement about the realization of human capacities might be wrong, but it is certainly not anti-Marxist. Marx posits the importance of realizing human capacities/powers/energy at several points (one of the things he DOES take up from Aristotle), including late in Capital VOl III.
This is also essential to my arguements for moral equality, which the author misattributes to calls for realizing a moral/human essence, by breaking from the old teleological essentialist systems that backed up social hierarchy.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is also essential to my arguements for moral equality, which the author misattributes to calls for realizing a moral/human essence, by breaking from the old teleological essentialist systems that backed up social hierarchy.