Robert Jensen
Robert Jensen is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center in Austin. He is the author of Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue (City Lights, 2013); All My Bones Shake: Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic Voice, (Soft Skull Press, 2009); Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (South End Press, 2007); The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege (City Lights, 2005); Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity (City Lights, 2004); and Writing Dissent: Taking Radical Ideas from the Margins to the Mainstream (Peter Lang, 2002). Jensen is also co-producer of the documentary film "Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancing" (Media Education Foundation, 2009), which chronicles the life and philosophy of the longtime radical activist. An extended interview Jensen conducted with Osheroff is online here.
Jensen can be reached at rjensen@austin.utexas.edu and his articles can be found online here.
Other articles by this author
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Avoiding False Alternatives
By Robert Jensen, Truthout | Book Excerpt
Get Apocalyptic: Why Radical is the New Normal
By Robert Jensen, Yes! | Op-Ed
The Collapse of Journalism, and the Journalism of Collapse
By Robert Jensen, The Rag Blog | News Analysis
We Are All Ideological Now (and Always Have Been)
By Robert Jensen, City Lights Books | Book Excerpt
Important Truths Behind an Anti-War Slogan
By Robert Jensen, The Statesman | Op-Ed
An Illegal Anniversary
By Robert Jensen, Truthout | Op-Ed![]()
Rationally Speaking, We Are All Apocalyptic Now
By Robert Jensen, Truthout | Op-Ed
Living Your Life Honestly
By Robert Jensen, New Left Project | Op-Ed
Go Ahead, Talk Religion and Politics at the Table
By Robert Jensen, The Austin American-Statesman | Op-Ed![]()