Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics : Volume 5, Issue 2

Yehuda Halevi

ISBN 13: 9798985430271

Published by Liberties Journal Foundation Jan 2025, 2025

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Neuware - Liberties is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.In the Winter 2025 issue: Tim Wu explains why the only way for capitalism to flourish in the future is by decentralizing; Marci Shore encounters Ukrainian thinkers under fire; John Summers tells a true story highly unflattering to God; Michael Ignatieff wonders how to lead a liberal life; James Wolcott has his way with the celebrity worship at The New York Times; Maurice Isserman warns about the direction of the contemporary American left; Sally Satel documents the politicization of American psychotherapy; Len Gutkin reckons with the cultural cost of secularism; Robert Alter unpacks the literary greatness of the book of Job; Elena Kagan insists on giving William Wyler his due; Celeste Marcus takes a hard look at the debate about rape in war; Leon Wieseltier ponders the ways in which metaphysics makes life in the physical world bearable; and poetry from Katha Pollit and Yehuda Halevi.Liberties features essays from leading op-ed writers and scholars, award-winning writers, the next generation s rising talent, and poets from around the world there s a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and engaged citizens from across political and cultural spectrum read and cherish Liberties.<.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics : Volume 5, Issue 2
• Publisher: Liberties Journal Foundation Jan 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798985430271
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 155H x 38D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 38 millimeters depth
• Weight: 476 grams

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Synopsis

Liberties is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.

In the Winter 2025 issue: Tim Wu explains why the only way for capitalism to flourish in the future is by decentralizing; Marci Shore encounters Ukrainian thinkers under fire; John Summers tells a true story highly unflattering to God; Michael Ignatieff wonders how to lead a liberal life; James Wolcott has his way with the celebrity worship at The New York Times; Maurice Isserman warns about the direction of the contemporary American left; Sally Satel documents the politicization of American psychotherapy; Len Gutkin reckons with the cultural cost of secularism; Robert Alter unpacks the literary greatness of the book of Job; Elena Kagan insists on giving William Wyler his due; Celeste Marcus takes a hard look at the debate about rape in war; Leon Wieseltier ponders the ways in which metaphysics makes life in the physical world bearable; and poetry from Katha Pollit and Yehuda Halevi.

Liberties features essays from leading op-ed writers and scholars, award-winning writers, the next generation’s rising talent, and poets from around the world—there’s a reason why cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and engaged citizens from across political and cultural spectrum read and cherish Liberties.

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About the Authors

Tim Wu is the Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science, and Technology at Columbia Law School. He is the author, among other books, of The Curse of Bigness and The Attention Merchants. From 2021 to 2023 he served as Special Assistant to the President for Technology and Competition Policy.

Marci Shore is a professor of intellectual history at Yale University and the author, among other books, of The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution.

James Wolcott is the author of Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs.

Leon Wieseltier is the editor of Liberties.

Celeste Marcus is the managing editor of Liberties.