Jeffrey Church

The Political Theory Review

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Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy. This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Wisconsin. Image: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtHost contact: Jeffrey Church, jchurch4@wisc.edu

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Jeffrey Church

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Society

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Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 161: Nazmul Sultan - Waiting for the People 08.10.2024

A conversation with Nazmul Sultan about his recent book "Waiting for the People: the Idea of Democracy in Indian Anticolonial Thought" (Harvard UP).

Episode 160: David Lay Williams - The Greatest of All Plagues 26.09.2024

A conversation with David Lay Williams about his recent book, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx" (Princeton University Press).

Episode 159: Aurelian Craiutu - Why Not Moderation? 10.09.2024

A conversation with Aurelian Craiutu about his recent book, "Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 158: Benjamin Schupmann - Democracy Despite Itself 29.08.2024

A conversation with Benjamin Schupmann about his recent book, "Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy" (Oxford UP).

Episode 157: Isaac Nakhimovsky - The Holy Alliance 22.08.2024

A conversation with Isaac Nakhimovsky about his recent book "The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" (Princeton UP).

Episode 156: Genevieve Rousseliere - Sharing Freedom 14.08.2024

A conversation with Genevieve Rousseliere about her recent book, "Sharing Freedom: Republicanism and Exclusion in Revolutionary France" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 155: Samuel Bagg - The Dispersion of Power 29.07.2024

A conversation with Samuel Bagg about his recent book "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP).

Episode 154: Aaron Alexander Zubia - The Political Thought of David Hume 17.07.2024

A conversation with Aaron Alexander Zubia about his recent book, "The Political Thought of David Hume: the Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination" (Notre Dame Press).

Episode 153: Jeff Spinner-Halev - Respect and Loathing in American Democracy 12.07.2024

A conversation with Jeff Spinner-Halev about his recent book, "Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermining of Equality" (U of Chicago Press, co-authored with Elizabeth Theiss-Morse)

Episode 152: Robert Pippin - The Culmination 20.06.2024

A conversation with Robert Pippin about his recent book "The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy" (U Chicago Press).

Episode 151: Gianna Englert - Democracy Tamed 14.06.2024

A conversation with Gianna Englert about her recent book, "Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage" (Oxford UP).

Episode 150: Frank Lovett - The Well-Ordered Republic 10.06.2024

A conversation with Frank Lovett about his new book "The Well-Ordered Republic" (Oxford UP).

Episode 149: Richard Bourke - Hegel's World Revolutions 24.05.2024

A conversation with Richard Bourke about his recent book "Hegel's World Revolutions" (Princeton University Press).

Episode 148: Richard Tuck - Active and Passive Citizens 16.05.2024

A conversation with Richard Tuck about his recent book "Active and Passive Citizens: A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy" (Princeton UP).

Episode 147: Laura Valentini - Morality and Socially Constructed Norms 10.05.2024

A conversation with Laura Valentini about her recent book, "Morality and Socially Constructed Norms" (Oxford UP).

Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear 17.04.2024

A conversation with Alan S. Kahan about his recent book, "Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism" (Princeton UP).

Episode 145: Jason Blakely - Lost in Ideology 02.04.2024

A conversation with Jason Blakely about his recent book "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" (Agenda Publishing).

Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire 23.03.2024

A conversation with Ines Valdez about her recent book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP).

Episode 143: Justin Dyer - The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics 06.03.2024

A conversation with Justin Dyer about his recent book, "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding," from Cambridge University Press.

Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge 21.02.2024

A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy" (Oxford UP).

Episode 141: Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment 29.01.2024

A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 140: Kevin Elliott - Democracy for Busy People 10.01.2024

A conversation with Kevin J. Elliott about his recent book, "Democracy for Busy People" (U of Chicago Press).

Episode 139: Christopher Yeomans - The Politics of German Idealism 20.12.2023

A conversation with Christopher Yeomans about his recent book, "The Politics of German Idealism" (Oxford UP) 

Episode 138: Melvin Rogers - The Darkened Light of Faith 29.11.2023

A conversation with Melvin Rogers about his recent book "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African-American Political Thought" (Princeton UP).

Episode 137: Constantine Vassiliou - Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment 17.11.2023

A conversation with Constantine Vassiliou about his recent book "Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Smith, Hume, and Ferguson" (Edinburgh University Press).

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