Jacob Williams

Jacob Williams is an Oxford Ph.D. candidate in political theory, where he is researching the postliberal movement and its critique of the liberal regime. He has published academic work on religion, conservatism, and Western culture, and his commentary has appeared in First Things, The Imaginative Conservative, The Critic, and elsewhere.

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July 3, 2025

A War for the Soul of Germany

Jacob Williams

Paul Carls’ Multiculturalism and the Nation in Germany: A Study in Moral Conflict, writes Jacob Williams, is a “breath of fresh air” that analyzes the conflict triggered by the......

April 14, 2025

Islam in Europe: Embracing the State

Jacob Williams

Jacob Williams discusses prominent French intellectual Pascal Bruckner’s An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt and concludes that Bruckner makes a strong case that France is not......

December 12, 2024

The Rise of ‘Woke’: Is Kaufmann’s Account the Best?

Jacob Williams

Eric Kaufmann’s The Third Awokening locates the genesis of woke ideology in the little examined taboos of the progressive elite.

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