James Rosenberg

is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2025 he undertook fellowships at WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the Institute of Human Sciences (IWM), Vienna.

Articles

Cover for: A theorist of American authoritarianism

Whether an Ivy League academic or a Patriot Front white nationalist, Curtis Yarvin will find your position too democratic. The once obscure blogger’s brand of postliberalism calls for a political system reboot popular with MAGA and Big Tech leaders. But does his eccentric mix of elitist, pseudo-religious and computational thought reflect chaos more than his desired order?