Liberties Journal

Required Reading from Liberties

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On Required Reading we talk with writers and readers about the texts — old and new — that influence or express their worldview.

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Sean Wilentz and Johann Neem on the stakes of this election 22.10.2024 31:12

Sean Wilentz and Johann Neem join Celeste Marcus to discuss their recent essays about the threat Trump poses to American liberal democracy.

Jessica Pishko - The Highest Law in the Land 17.10.2024 1:08:17

Jessica Pishko joins Celeste Marcus to discuss her book The Highest Law in the Land, a meticulously researched and reported account of how sheriffs came to believe they were the final arbiters on American law.

October 7 and The Meanings of Commemoration 08.10.2024 57:44

In a conversation about two books recounting the horrors of October Seventh, Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus explore the themes of collective memory, personal versus national trauma, commemoration, hope, and despair.

Zack Beauchamp - The Reactionary Spirit 04.10.2024 31:39

Zack Beauchamp joins us for a discussion about the chapter of his book The Reactionary Spirit which focuses on Carl Schmitt, Schmittian anti-liberalism, and the relationship between liberalism and democracy.

How We Got Here by David Shields 27.09.2024 30:14

The writer, director, and producer David Shields discusses his new book How We Got Here with Liberties' managing editor Celeste Marcus. How We Got Here tracks the history of ideas from the enlightenment to 2024 and makes the case that the same forces which yielded post-enlightenment intellectual freedom have led to the current contempt for truth.

Liberalism of Fear by Judith Shklar 20.09.2024 47:11

Public defender Elena Kagan joins Christopher McCaffery and Celeste Marcus to discuss Judith Shklar's seminal essay Liberalism of Fear.