Peter Baehr

Peter Baehr is a research professor of social theory in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, at Lingnan University (Hong Kong).

4 Posts

Podcast #149: Lingnan University scholar Peter Baehr on Academic Life Within Hong Kong’s Increasingly Repressive Political Atmosphere

Quillette’s Jonathan Kay speaks with Hong Kong-based professor Peter Baehr about the many ways in which free speech and democratic politics are being suppressed by China’s mainland communist government.

Quillette / Peter Baehr

14 May 2021 · 1 min read

Dictatorship and Responsibility in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s political culture is being dismantled.

Peter Baehr

1 Feb 2021 · 16 min read

A Letter From Hong Kong

The myths of the obedient Hong Kong child, of the disciplined dronelike worker, of the person who puts money above everything else, are shattered for ever.

Peter Baehr

3 Sep 2019 · 7 min read

The Unsafe Feminist: Rebecca West and the ‘Bitter Rapture’ of Truth

Infantilism goes along with illiberalism, because while a liberal society requires a baseline of human freedom and responsibility.

Peter Baehr

3 Dec 2018 · 10 min read