Teresa M. Bejan
@tmbejan.bsky.social
Professor of Political Theory at Oxford & author of Mere Civility (Harvard 2017). Essays @ NYT, The Atlantic, New Statesman, Boston Review, WaPo, &c.
Writing on equality.
Writing on equality.
Jacob is special to us all
October 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jacob is special to us all
indeed...but I had the impression that there was an unwillingness across the whole event to acknowledge a distinction bw free speech and academic freedom lest the problem become a difficult one
in the way Jacob acknowledges
in the way Jacob acknowledges
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
indeed...but I had the impression that there was an unwillingness across the whole event to acknowledge a distinction bw free speech and academic freedom lest the problem become a difficult one
in the way Jacob acknowledges
in the way Jacob acknowledges
I got the impression that he had read Jacob’s 2016 essay a long time ago and remembered the appeal to Oakeshott but not the argument.
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I got the impression that he had read Jacob’s 2016 essay a long time ago and remembered the appeal to Oakeshott but not the argument.
I was there and raised precisely this point.
October 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I was there and raised precisely this point.
Congratulations, Jo, so sorry I couldn’t be there!
July 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Congratulations, Jo, so sorry I couldn’t be there!
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From Mere Civility by @tmbejan.bsky.social whose video I've used for years to frame class culture and discussion but realized I've not read her book. Its a banger already!
July 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From Mere Civility by @tmbejan.bsky.social whose video I've used for years to frame class culture and discussion but realized I've not read her book. Its a banger already!
Would only be fitting in a discussion of ‘Rogues’ Island!
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Would only be fitting in a discussion of ‘Rogues’ Island!
You, too—my belly laugh at the pivot to Rawls gives a sense of the thrill ride we were on!
July 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You, too—my belly laugh at the pivot to Rawls gives a sense of the thrill ride we were on!
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I'm also happy to talk to journalists and other stakeholders during while I'm in the #UK area. If you'd like to connect with me for an interview, contact the book's publicist Kate Farquhar-Thomson ASAP: musaalgharbi.com/book-tour-we...
Book Tour: We Have Never Been Woke - Musa al-Gharbi
We Have Never Been Woke will be published on October 8, 2024. I'll be on tour in the US and beyond to support the launch. Catch me if you can
musaalgharbi.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I'm also happy to talk to journalists and other stakeholders during while I'm in the #UK area. If you'd like to connect with me for an interview, contact the book's publicist Kate Farquhar-Thomson ASAP: musaalgharbi.com/book-tour-we...
Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no.
May 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Oh no! Oh no, no, no, no.