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 136: Stefan Eich - The Currency of Politics 07.11.2023

A conversation with Stefan Eich about his recent book The Currency of Politics: the Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes (Princeton UP).

Episode 135: Kevin Vallier - All the Kingdoms of the World 25.10.2023

A conversation with Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP).

Episode 134: John Scott - Rousseau's God 04.10.2023

A conversation with John Scott about his recent book, "Rousseau's God: Theology, Religion, and the Natural Goodness of Man" (U of Chicago Press).

Episode 133: Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap 24.09.2023

A conversation with Yascha Mounk about his new book, "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" (Penguin Random House).

Episode 132: Haig Patapan - A Dangerous Passion 13.09.2023

A conversation with Haig Patapan about his recent book, A Dangerous Passion: Leadership and the Question of Honor (SUNY Press).

Episode 131: Philip Pettit - The State 29.08.2023

A conversation with Philip Pettit about his new book "The State" (Princeton UP).

Episode 130: Melissa Lane - Of Rule and Office 22.08.2023

A conversation with Melissa Lane about her new book "Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political" (Princeton UP).

Episode 129: Donovan Miyasaki - Nietzsche's Immoralism and Politics after Morality 16.08.2023

A conversation with Donovan Miyasaki about his recent two-volume project, Nietzsche's Immoralism: Politics as First Philosophy (Palgrave) and Politics after Morality: Toward a Nietzschean Left (Palgrave).

Episode 128: David James - Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy 01.08.2023

A conversation with David James about his recent book "Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 127: Ewa Atanassow - Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours 20.07.2023

A conversation with Ewa Atanassow about her recent book, "Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours: Sovereignty, Nationalism, Globalization" (Princeton UP).

Episode 126: Thomas Pangle - The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries 27.06.2023

A conversation with Thomas Pangle about his recent book "The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker" (Cornell UP).

Episode 125: Laurence Cooper - Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom 26.06.2023

A conversation with Laurence Cooper about his recent book, "Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom: Rousseau's Philosophic Life" (U of Chicago Press).

Episode 124: Jeanne Morefield - Unsettling the World 09.06.2023

A conversation with Jeanne Morefield about her recent book, "Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory" (Rowman & Littlefield).

Episode 123: Mathias Thaler - No Other Planet 16.05.2023

A conversation with Mathias Thaler about his recent book "No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 122: Eric MacGilvray - Liberal Freedom 26.04.2023

A conversation with Eric MacGilvray about his recent book "Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 121: Richard Velkley - Sarastro's Cave 05.04.2023

A conversation with Richard Velkley about his recent book, Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past (Mercer UP).

Episode 120: Frederick Neuhouser - Diagnosing Social Pathology 31.03.2023

A conversation with Frederick Neuhouser about his recent book "Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim" (Cambridge University Press).

Episode 119: Rebecca Kingston - Plutarch's Prism 10.03.2023

A conversation with Rebecca Kingston about her recent book "Plutarch's Prism: Classical Reception and Public Humanism in France and England, 1500-1800" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 118: Michael Walzer - A Struggle for a Decent Politics 07.03.2023

A conversation with Michael Walzer about his recent book, "A Struggle for a Decent Politics: On 'Liberal' as an Adjective" (Yale University Press). 

Episode 117: Nicholas Tampio - Teaching Political Theory 10.02.2023

A conversation with Nicholas Tampio about his recent book Teaching Political Theory: A Pluralistic Approach (Edward Elgar).

Episode 116: Charles Zug - Demagogues in American Politics 24.01.2023

A conversation with Charles Zug about his recent book "Demagogues in American Politics" (Oxford UP).

Episode 115: Susan Shell - The Politics of Beauty 10.01.2023

A conversation with Susan Shell about her recent book "The Politics of Beauty: A Study of Kant's Critique of Taste" (Cambridge UP).

Episode 114: Michael Zuckert - A Nation So Conceived 03.01.2023

A conversation with Michael Zuckert about his recent book, "A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty" (Kansas UP).

Episode 113: Christopher Beem - The Seven Democratic Virtues 20.12.2022

A conversation with Christopher Beem about his recent book, The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy (Penn State University Press).

Episode 112: Jeffrey Church - Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life 02.12.2022

A conversation with Jeffrey Church about his recent book, "Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life" (Oxford UP).

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