Articles by Robert Jensen
Domination/Subordination Dynamics: Five Foundational Books Challenging Illegitimate Authority
3 Quarks Daily · September, 2026
Some of the things I’ve learned in four decades of academic and activist work, and the books that were important to me at the beginning of that education.
Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases
Savage Minds Substack · September, 2026
A sustainable future requires “fewer (people) and less (consumption),” along with more humility.
‘There Are No Unsacred Places’: Wendell Berry’s Memory Will Trouble My Thoughts
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Religion & Ethics · September, 2026
Remembering the power of Wendell Berry’s writing.
My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’
ScheerPost · August, 2026
This essay is adapted from This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, which will be published in September. https://blueearbooks.com/this-i-dont-believe/
Who Is ‘Authentically’ Working Class?
3 Quarks Daily · August, 2026
My work experience—spanning six decades and a wide variety of jobs—illustrates why the claims of working-class authenticity that are prized in today’s politics are so fraught.
Dodging Dogma: Moving to Higher Ground in Higher Education
3 Quarks Daily · July, 2026
I want to speak in favor of intellectual diversity for individuals (because we all need to remember to keep an open mind). In my three decades in academia, I saw too many professors hang on too tightly to the conventional wisdom of their intellectual gang rather than entertain new ways of thinking.
Cornelia Gipson: Unlearning Racism
3 Quarks Daily · June, 2026
Cornelia Gipson is trying to understand the hold that whiteness has on white people.
Caitlin Taylor: Building a ‘Legible’ Food System
3 Quarks Daily · May, 2026
Architect/farmer Caitlin Taylor said that one problem in today’s food system is “the missing middle.” Between a globalized corporate industry on one end of the spectrum and local farmers markets on the other, there is not enough regional storage and processing infrastructure, either for small farmers who need to sell crops or for businesses that make and bake food products.
Not just an ally: Radical feminism for men
Julie Bindel Substack · May, 2026
Members of dominant classes have uneasy standing in movements that challenge their class power and privilege. Can we contribute to intellectual debates and political change without replicating a dominance dynamic? Why should anyone trust us? Should we trust ourselves?
As a white man born in the United States who has worked in professional jobs during a period of economic expansion, I have considerable first-hand experience with this quandary
Bill Rees: Ecological Footprint Analysis Grew from a Boy’s Contemplation of “Soil and Sun”
3 Quarks Daily · April, 2026
Profile of ecologist Bill Rees and the origins of ecological footprint analysis.
“Prairie Prophecy” of Wes Jackson
Dead Dogma Substack · March, 2026
“Prairie Prophecy,” a film about the work of ecologist Wes Jackson, is now available through PBS.
Nandita Bajaj: Confronting Patriarchy, Pronatalism, and Population Denial
3 Quarks Daily · March, 2026
Bajaj was born in India in 1981 and has lived in Canada since 1998. In 2021, she took the leadership job at Population Balance, a small U.S.-based nonprofit that is growing in influence through its two podcasts (“Overshoot” and “Beyond Pronatalism”), research reports, media articles, guest presentations, and Bajaj’s debating skills. She also is a senior lecturer at Antioch University, where she teaches graduate courses about the links between pronatalism and human supremacy.