Author Archives for James Alexander

Would You Rather be a Fool or a Tool?

March 25, 2023 11:00 am Published by 2 Comments

Politics Professor James Alexander salutes Giorgio Agamben. Written off by his former disciples on the left as an "anti-vaccine conspiracy nutcase", he is one of the few academic philosophers to truly 'get' the pandemic.


The Politics of Zero

January 9, 2023 9:00 am Published by 11 Comments

Politics professor James Alexander ruminates about how toxic the word ‘zero’ has become, signalling intolerance and an unwillingness to compromise, whether it’s ‘Net Zero’, ‘Zero Covid’ or ‘Zero Tolerance’.


Right-Wing Intersectionalism

December 31, 2022 9:00 am Published by 43 Comments

The Left’s embrace of ‘intersectionality’ – a theoretical rationale for building coalitions between disparate groups – has been a strategic masterstroke. Is it time for the Right to follow suit?


Two Types of Free Speech

December 10, 2022 4:21 pm Published by 33 Comments

Politics professor James Alexander points out that ‘free speech’ can mean two different things: one is respectable and political; the other is sceptical and eccentric.