Daniel Steinmetz–Jenkins
is an intellectual historian of modern Global Political thought.
He primarily concentrates on such topics as the history of the modern global peace movement, decolonization, theories of development, political economy, and the intersections of religion and politics. He is an Assistant Professor in the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University. He runs a regular interview series at The Nation. He is the reviews and essays editor at Modern Intellectual History and the former managing editor of The Immanent Frame.
He is the editor of: Did It Happen Here? Perspectives on Fascism and America (W.W. Norton)
He is currently work on two books that are both under contract:
Impossible Peace, Improbable War: Raymond Aron and World Order (Yale University Press).
The Global Theological Counter-Revolution: An Alternative Interpretation of Contemporary Populism (W.W. Norton)
His public commentary has appeared in The Nation, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Times Literary Supplement, Dissent Magazine, Foreign Affairs and elsewhere. He has published academic articles in Modern Intellectual History, Journal of the History of Ideas, Global Intellectual History and elsewhere.
Edited Volumes & Anthologies
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Did It Happen Here? Perspectives on Fascism and America
(W.W. Norton) 2024
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Christianity and Human Rights
(Cambridge University Press) 2020, with Sarah Shortfall
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Foucault, Neoliberalism, and Beyond
(Rowan & Littlefield) 2019, with Stephen W. Sawyer
Interview Series with The Nation
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Talking “Solidarity” With Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix
April 23, 2024
A conversation with the activist and writers about their wide-ranging history of the politics of common good and togetherness.
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The Problematic Past, Present, and Future of Inequality Studies
March 20, 2024
Branko Milanovic’s century-spanning intellectual history of inequality in economic theory reveals the ideological reasons behind the field’s resurgence in the last few decades.
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The Century of Milton Friedman
February 5, 2024
An interview with Jennifer Burns on her authoritative new biography of the American economist and the personal and intellectual origins of his theories.
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Wendy Brown: A Conversation on Our “Nihilistic” Age
January 10, 2024
The Nation spoke with the political theorist about the multifront crisis of the post-Trump era and the moral and intellectual commitments of scholars and higher education.
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The History of Equality: It's Complicated
November 16, 2023
A conversation with the historian Darrin McMahon about his new book Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea and the strange and contradicting development of the liberal version of egalitarianism.
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The Market Radicals Who Want to Put an End to Democracy
October 11, 2023
A conversation with the historian Quinn Slobodian about economic loopholes, the end of neoliberalism, and his new book Crack-Up Capitalism.
