@HDrochon

Political Theorist @NottsPolitics | Author of 'Nietzsche's Great Politics' (Princeton 2016) and 'Elites and Democracy' (Princeton 2026)

 London, England
nottingham.ac.uk/politics/people/hugo.drochon
Joined June 2016
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Brian Kogelmann@bkogel8915h
Lottocracy is all the rage among political philosophers, but it’s natural to be uneasy about an untried system. Advocates cite successful real-world mini-publics as evidence. How much confidence should these give us? I examine this in my latest paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

What Do Mini‐Publics Prove?

Lottocracy is a novel political arrangement that replaces elected politicians with ordinary citizens selected at random. It is unlike any political system that currently exists, so it is natural to...

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Manjeet S. Pardesi@manjeetspOct 24
We are hiring in Political Science/International Relations! Come work with us @VicUniWgtn: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International/Global Political Economy or Environmental Politics. Apply before 23rd November 2026. Details: jobs.ac.uk/job/DTJ580/lectur…

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Political Science or International Relations at Victoria University of...

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Julian Jackson: “1968 resulted in an election which gave the Gaullists the biggest parliamentary majority the right has ever won in French history – much more than de Gaulle himself wanted. But this time it is not the Gaullist right that will benefit” engelsbergideas.com/essays/f…

France’s long history of revolt

The French have often taken to the streets to force the state’s hand – but the difference today is that the state itself increasingly resembles a void at the heart of society.

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Paul Nulty@pgnulty20 Nov 2025
Very happy that our review article "Dual-process theory and decision-making in large language models" has been published in Nature Reviews Psychology, with Oliver Brady, Lili Zhang, Tomas Ward and David McGovern @DP_McGovern (link below..)
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Hugo Drochon@HDrochonOct 23
If anyone's at a spare end tonight tune in to @BBCFreeThinking at 9pm where I'll be discussing democracy with @DrMatthewSweet, @tmbejan, @Melissa_S_Lane and others! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00333t…

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, What's So Good About Democracy?

Matthew Sweet and guests look at democracy past and present.

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James Sladden@james_sladdenSep 26
8pm tonight, BBC Radio 4, Archive on 4, Rock Bottom: 50 years since Britain's IMF crisis: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00325y…

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Rock Bottom: 50 years since Britain's IMF crisis

The drama and trauma of Britain’s 1976 financial crisis and resulting IMF bailout.

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If anyone's at a spare end tonight tune in to @BBCFreeThinking at 9pm where I'll be discussing democracy with @DrMatthewSweet, @tmbejan, @Melissa_S_Lane and others! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00333t…

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, What's So Good About Democracy?

Matthew Sweet and guests look at democracy past and present.

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Dr Inaya@inayacan28 May 2025
My latest article on the expulsion of British farmers and journalists from Kenya is out in The English Historical Review @enghistrev on first view! doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ceaf073

‘Not So Much a Melting Pot’: White Expulsions and the Diplomatic Safety Valve in Kenya, 1964–1967*

Abstract. This article examines the political impact of two rounds of arbitrary expulsions of white and Asian British citizens by the Kenyan government—fir

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@tmbejanOct 23
I’ll be on BBC Radio 4 Free Thinking live this evening at 9 to discuss ‘Democracy’ with @HDrochon, Melissa Lane, and others—please tune in!
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Vincent Lloyd on his new Harold Cruse biography: theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…

A Forgotten Fix for American Racial Strife

Harold Cruse had a prescient understanding of why social movements stumble—and how they might find more success.

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David Armitage: "In this reflective essay marking the 25th anniversary of The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000), David Armitage reconstructs the intellectual genesis of his book and reassesses its arguments in light of subsequent scholarship." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Intellectual Origins of The Ideological Origins of the British Empire

In this reflective essay marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000), David Armitage reconstructs the intellectual genesis of his book and reassesse...

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Tim Howles@AimeTimOct 22
Wonderful to see this: "The Liberalism of Fear", Judith N. Shklar A classic essay that envisions liberalism not as the triumphant endpoint of political progress, or even a cohesive ideology, but rather as a precarious guardrail against abuses of power. hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…
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ACADEMIC JOB ALERT 💥 📚 💯 The Department of Political Science @Stanford seeks applicants for a senior appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The preferred area of specialty is Political Theory. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Political Science or a related field and will be expected to teach and advise students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The term of appointment is expected to begin on September 1, 2027. The application process will close on March 31. buff.ly/YIjjr5m
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Duncan Bell@DrDuncanBellOct 21
The Introduction to an excellent roundtable on David Armitage's classic book, The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000) Andrew Fitzmaurice, "The Past and the Future of the Ideological Origins of the British Empire" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The Past and the Future of the Ideological Origins of the British Empire

Published in History of European Ideas (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Sophie Pedder@PedderSophieOct 22
Our cover this week
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One professor who recently left academia said it felt like being a miner in 1982 and it’s hard to disagree
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Avi Lifschitz@DiderotesqueOct 21
Corrected proofs sent to the press. Forthcoming in March 2027! press.princeton.edu/books/ha…
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Teresa M. Bejan
@tmbejanOct 20
Today is the official release date for my new book, First Among Equals: Visions of Equality before Egalitarianism (Belknap, 2026). It explores how and why “equality” became, rather suddenly, a basis on which ordinary men and women could make political demands in early modern England. hup.harvard.edu/books/978067…
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Jonathon Catlin@planetdenkenOct 20
Happy to share my chapter, "History as Permanent Catastrophe: A Conceptual Collaboration between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno," in "Concepts of Culture: New Directions in Conceptual History," eds. Mattias Pirholt & Michael Lipkin. DM for a PDF! jstor.org/stable/jj.38271401
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Persuasion@JoinPersuasionOct 16
Former medical science editor Jan DiVincenzo recounts losing his twenty-year career to AI publishing software. open.substack.com/pub/persua…
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