New Political Thinkers is a blog dedicated to critical and provocative political commentaries written by students at the University of St Andrews. Born in collaboration with an all female group of students on the Anthropology of Politics and Governance module, students from across the disciplines are invited to contribute short individual or co-authored opinion articles on issues of contemporary political debate.
The editors also invite themed collections of essays that may result from seminar discussions and/or reactions to global politics (e.g. COVID-19, equality and diversity, indigenous rights, intersectionality, nationalism, and belonging). Theoretically informed and driven by real-world concerns, the aim is to enhance the development of political thought among students during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, taking key debates beyond the classroom environment.
Please address all correspondence, including proposals for individual articles and collective themed sections, to co-editor Camila Ferreira Marinelli ([email protected]).
Camila Ferreira Marinelli and Stavroula Pipyrou
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The Gift of the Mask: Cuomo’s influence during Covid-19
By Sophia Rosenblatt The press conference looked the same as it did every day. Andrew Cuomo—New York governor and emerging stud of the pandemic (see. Cuomosexual[1])— front and centre, framed on a TV screen which displayed “Breaking News” beneath him and death tolls by state to the right. These press conferences have been daily, broadcasted…
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The Deadly Consequences of Reckless Speech
By Betty Andrews The Washington Post[1] actively fact checks dubious claims made by politicians and public figures and, during his time in office, Donald Trump has made false claims frequently enough to warrant an entire webpage dedicated to compiling them. As of April 3rd, he had made 18,000 false or misleading claims over the course…