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Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins is a historian of modern political and intellectual thought Assistant Professor in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University; Running interview series @thenation; Views are my own—RTs ≠ endorsements

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Book Cover for: John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community, Raymond Arsenault

John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community

Raymond Arsenault
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

"The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis" by Raymond Arsenault: https://t.co/5t4ZuPUrK8

Hardcover, 2024

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Trust the Plan: The Rise of Qanon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America, Will Sommer

Trust the Plan: The Rise of Qanon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America

Will Sommer
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

"Will Sommer, author of the new book Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America, explains where QAnon came from, why it isn’t going away anytime soon, and how material deprivation helps drive conspiracy theories.": https://t.co/sk8Ys6tawk

Hardcover, 2023

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The New Atlantis, Francis Bacon

The New Atlantis

Francis Bacon
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

A new article by the indefatigable Samuel Zeitlin on the imperial and colonial background of Francis Bacon’s the New Atlantis: https://t.co/MCAG8EF0UO

Paperback, 2010

$5.97$2.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Call of the Tribe, Mario Vargas Llosa

The Call of the Tribe

Mario Vargas Llosa
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

"A recent collection, The Call of the Tribe, explains why the Peruvian writer rejected the left and embraced the thinking of Friedrich Hayek and his ilk.": https://t.co/K7jOYG48ZK

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism, Glory M. Liu

Adam Smith's America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism

Glory M. Liu
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Was a real pleasure to interview Glory Liu/@miss_glory for The Nation about her excellent new book: “Adam Smith’s America: How A Scottish Philosopher Became An Icon of American Capitalism: https://t.co/1sObNbl1f7

Hardcover, 2022

$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages, Carmela Ciuraru

Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages

Carmela Ciuraru
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

On Carmela Ciuraru’s new book: “Lives of the Wives” which sounds—based on this review—quite interesting: https://t.co/adTXUkRBck https://t.co/c7PI6hmSgU

Hardcover, 2023

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Edmund Burke
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

"Right-wingers often hail Edmund Burke as a founding father of modern conservatism. His Reflections on the Revolution in France is based on fear of the mob — and a racialized worldview that blames Jews for upsetting the “natural” social order.": https://t.co/7uh0a4hNRX

Paperback, 1982

$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism: a popular outline, V. I. Lenin

Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism: a popular outline

V. I. Lenin
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

One man's solution to avoiding civil war: "The Empire, as I have always said, is a bread and butter question. If you want to avoid civil war, you must become imperialists." Cecil Rhodes quoted in Lenin's "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism": https://t.co/Z77duHKd4g

Paperback, 1982

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 2: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, William Blake

The Illuminated Books of William Blake, Volume 2: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

William Blake
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

"‘Jerusalem’ is now most likely to be heard at jubilee celebrations or Last Night of the Proms – but its author William Blake, born on this day in 1757, was a radical who raged against a world split between privilege and poverty.": https://t.co/OWK9boeQV8

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Book Cover for: The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes, Stefan Eich

The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes

Stefan Eich
Daniel Steinmetz-JenkinsDaniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

A pleasure to interview Stefan Eich/@stefeich for The Nation about his important new book, “The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes”: https://t.co/kbttML00wz

Paperback, 2023

$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book