Biography

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 NationThe GuardianThe AtlanticTimes Literary SupplementDissent Magazine, Foreign Affairs, Jacobin Magazine and elsewhere. He has published academic articles in Modern Intellectual HistoryJournal of the History of IdeasGlobal Intellectual History and elsewhere.