Deva Woodly's guest appearances

Deva Woodly

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

Carnegie Council Podcasts

Carnegie Council Video Podcast

Chasing Leviathan

Conversations in Atlantic Theory

Larry Diamond

Andrew Yang

Carl Minzner

Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Maura Cunningham

Scott Kennedy

Eliot Peper

Yuval Noah Harari

Graham Allison

Sam Kass

Jason Stanley

Perth Tolle

Gary Marcus

Blaise Aguera

Amy Webb

OwlTail

A discussion with Deva Woodly, who teaches in the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York City, where she also directs the Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence. Deva has published widely on democratic theory and practice, focusing on the function of public meaning formation and its effect on self- and collective-understanding of the polity, employing multiple methods to understand the power of discourse in shaping democratic life. She is the author of The Politics of Common Sense: How Social Movements Use Public Discourse to Change Politics and Win Acceptance, published in 2015 by Oxford University Press, as well as Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements, also published by Oxford University Press in late-2021 and is the occasion for our conversation today. This podcast explores the origins of the project, the role of social movements in democratic life, the location of knowledge production in conversation and discussion, the future of Black liberation struggle, and the critical function of radical Black feminist pragmatism in thinking through our moment. Cover art by Kei Williams, which gets some discussion in this conversation.

A discussion with <a href="https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/faculty/deva-woodly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deva Woodly</a>, who teaches in the Department of Politics at the <a href="https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New School for Social Research</a> in New York City, where she also directs the <a href="https://mellon.newschool.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mellon Initiative for Inclusive Faculty Excellence</a>. Deva has published widely on democratic theory and practice, focusing on the function of public meaning formation and its effect on self- and collective-understanding of the polity, employing multiple methods to understand the power of discourse in shaping democratic life. She is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-politics-of-common-sense-9780190203986?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Politics of Common Sense: How Social Movements Use Public Discourse to Change Politics and Win Acceptance</a>, published in 2015 by Oxford University Press, as well as <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/reckoning-9780197603949?lang=en&amp;cc=us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements</a>, also published by Oxford University Press in late-2021 and is the occasion for our conversation today. This podcast explores the origins of the project, the role of social movements in democratic life, the location of knowledge production in conversation and discussion, the future of Black liberation struggle, and the critical function of radical Black feminist pragmatism in thinking through our moment. Cover art by <a href="https://www.keiwill.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kei Williams</a>, which gets some discussion in this conversation.

Deva Woodly on Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements

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PJ's guest is professor and activist Dr. Deva Woodly. Together, they discuss how ideas can lead to movements.

How Can Ideas Lead To Movements? with Dr. Deva Woodly

Erica Chenoweth

Civil disobedience is a storied political tradition. Can it empower today's activists? How should we understand the connection between protest and democracy? Citing movements from the recent past and using empirical data, Harvard Kennedy School's Professor Chenoweth and The New School's Professor Woodly address the relationship between forms of resistance and successful progressive reform and detail how the Movement for Black Lives is putting these ideas into practice around the world.

Civil disobedience is a storied political tradition. Can it empower today's activists? How should we understand the connection between protest and democracy? Citing movements from the recent past and using empirical data, Harvard Kennedy School's Professor Chenoweth and The New School's Professor Woodly address the relationship between forms of resistance and successful progressive reform and detail how the Movement for Black Lives is putting these ideas into practice around the world.

Protests in Perspective: Civil Disobedience & Activism Today, with Erica Chenoweth & Deva Woodly