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New essay 'To the lifehouse, Part 2' following up on some interesting reader comments to my previous essay chrissmaje.com/2025/02/to-the…

The truth is beginning to emerge...

A (brief) new post with some questions after a long book-writing lay off. More soon chrissmaje.com/2025/03/some...

Well, this really is a coalition of the damned. International corporation linked to BlackRock, industrial meat producers, ultra processed & ready made food producers, a member of the British Sugar Board, supermarket, innovation gurus, biddable NGO and academics. The fix is in.

I think James would do a better job than me, but I'm honoured to be on his list!

New essay 'Overshoot, meet undershoot' chrissmaje.com/2025/03/oversh…

New essay 'No more heroes: or, seeking strong gods' chrissmaje.com/2025/04/no-mor…

New essay 'Energy transition: the end of an idea' chrissmaje.com/2025/04/energy… looking at Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's recent book & his challenge to the notion of a clean energy transition

DO 266 - Ashley Fitzgerald, Chris Smaje, and Jason Snyder open.spotify.com/episode/6hLdqy… youtu.be/aYlFqh9TwQo?si…

A pleasure as always to chat with Ashley & Jason on the #DoomerOptimism podcast, this time about N.S. Lyons & his 'strong gods' essay youtube.com/watch?v=aYlFqh…

I'm looking forward to this We Feed the UK event in Bristol on Saturday, where among other things I'll be in conversation about agrarian localism with Helen Keys wefeedtheuk.org/event/open-hou…

I recommend making some time to listen to this farsighted trio grappling with the recent interruption of society and politics by the supposed “strong gods”. Nuanced conversation from a localist perspective, as per usual on Doomer Optimism. Looking forward to the new book Chris Smaje

New essay "Finding Lights in a Dark Age – or, writing ἀποκάλυψις" chrissmaje.com/2025/05/findin… #DarkAgeLight

Another great book coming from my favorite Distributist authors across the pond:

I'm excited to say my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work & Craft' will be published in the UK on 14 Oct & in the US on Nov 11 Preorder links here: rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/978… #DarkAgeLight

RIP Alasdair MacIntyre. A big influence on me among many. wordonfire.org/articles/remem…

New post 'Looking forward...' with a bit more news about my new book, my blog, recently deceased philosophers and other such matters chrissmaje.com/2025/05/lookin… #DarkAgeLight

New essay 'Root and branch' chrissmaje.com/2025/06/root-a…