Jason Blakely

Jason Blakely is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (Fall 2026). His book Utopia for Our Century: A Manifesto of Hope, coauthored with David Albertson, is out July 21 with Yale University Press. The author of widely-read books—such as We Built Reality and Lost in Ideology—his essays have also been featured in major public venues like The Atlantic and Harper's Magazine.

Writing on a broad range of topics in contemporary political theory—from ideology and scientific expertise to utopianism and religion—Blakely has been called “our finest critic of misplaced appeals to scientific authority in political life.” He has delivered talks across the United States and in Europe and his writings have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Polish.