James KiersteadWhich Types of Students Feel Uncomfortable in Class Discussions?In 2021 I was involved, with colleagues in Heterodox New Zealand, in a administering a version of Heterodox Academy’s Campus Expression…May 20, 20231May 20, 20231
James KiersteadWas Athenian Democracy Dependent on Slavery?Back in November 2021 I published a piece in Areo magazine called ‘Was Athenian Democracy Dependent on Imperialism?’ When I sent the editor…Jan 19, 20231Jan 19, 20231
James KiersteadDemocrazia, Ideologia, e il Mondo Antico: Un’intervista a Luciano CanforaUna dozzina di anni fa, durante un viaggio in Italia, ho preso in mano una storia generale della democrazia scritta da uno studioso…Feb 10, 20221Feb 10, 20221
James KiersteadClassics Before the Enlightenment (Long Version)This is the full, unedited version of a piece that appeared earlier this year on the Heterodox Academy blog. The editor rightly suggested…Jul 25, 20211Jul 25, 20211
James KiersteadIs Democracy Western? The Case of SortitionRecently I was asked to review Liliaen Lopez-Rabatel and Yves Sintomer’s edited volume Sortition and Democracy: History, Tools, Theories…Apr 25, 2021Apr 25, 2021
James KiersteadPopper and Plato: A Response to David J. RiesbeckSoon after my article on Karl Popper and Plato appeared in the Journal of New Zealand Studies last year, David J. Riesbeck posted a…Jan 12, 2020Jan 12, 2020
James KiersteadThe Future of our Ancient Past (Long version)This is the full, unedited version of a piece that appeared in January this year as part of a series on Western Civ and the classics in…Jun 16, 20191Jun 16, 20191
James KiersteadA Reply to Maximus Planudes’ CritiqueSome time after I published a piece on white supremacism and Classics, someone going by the name Maximus Planudes posted a response on…Apr 5, 20194Apr 5, 20194