Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy. This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Houston, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Houston. 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 Art
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Episode 161: Nazmul Sultan - Waiting for the People
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A conversation with Nazmul Sultan about his recent book "Waiting for the People: the Idea of Democracy in Indian Anticolonial Thought" (Princeton UP).
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Episode 160: David Lay Williams - The Greatest of All Plagues
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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).
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Episode 159: Aurelian Craiutu - Why Not Moderation?
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A conversation with Aurelian Craiutu about his recent book, "Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals" (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 158: Benjamin Schupmann - Democracy Despite Itself
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A conversation with Benjamin Schupmann about his recent book, "Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy" (Oxford UP).
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Episode 157: Isaac Nakhimovsky - The Holy Alliance
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A conversation with Isaac Nakhimovsky about his recent book "The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" (Princeton UP).
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Episode 156: Genevieve Rousseliere - Sharing Freedom
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A conversation with Genevieve Rousseliere about her recent book, "Sharing Freedom: Republicanism and Exclusion in Revolutionary France" (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 155: Samuel Bagg - The Dispersion of Power
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A conversation with Samuel Bagg about his recent book "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP).
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Episode 154: Aaron Alexander Zubia - The Political Thought of David Hume
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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).
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Innovation in risk, yes risk, with FNB’s chief risk officer Emma Mer – Stuff
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Risk isn’t a word that consumers often use, but banks are obsessed with it – as they should be, Emma Mer, Chief Risk Officer at FNB, tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.
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Episode 153: Jeff Spinner-Halev - Respect and Loathing in American Democracy
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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)
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Why contactless payments are more secure, with FNB Card’s head of fraud Chris Boxall – Stuff
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Digital wallets have rapidly become the default means for anyone with a smartphone to use for contactless payments. But are these payment methods have become more sophisticated, so have the criminals, FNB Card’s head of fraud Chris Boxall tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.…
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Episode 152: Robert Pippin - The Culmination
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A conversation with Robert Pippin about his recent book "The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy" (U Chicago Press).
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Episode 151: Gianna Englert - Democracy Tamed
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A conversation with Gianna Englert about her recent book, "Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage" (Oxford UP).
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Episode 150: Frank Lovett - The Well-Ordered Republic
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A conversation with Frank Lovett about his new book "The Well-Ordered Republic" (Oxford UP).
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Episode 149: Richard Bourke - Hegel's World Revolutions
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A conversation with Richard Bourke about his recent book "Hegel's World Revolutions" (Princeton University Press).
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Episode 148: Richard Tuck - Active and Passive Citizens
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A conversation with Richard Tuck about his recent book "Active and Passive Citizens: A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy" (Princeton UP).
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The future of AI, with FNB's chief data officer Christoph Nieuwoudt – Stuff
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Any conversation with Dr Christoph Nieuwoudt – FNB’s chief data and analytics officer – is always a meandering journey across a range of fields. He delves into how artificial intelligence is a game changer, and specifically about the immediate gains of generative AI, he tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.…
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Episode 147: Laura Valentini - Morality and Socially Constructed Norms
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A conversation with Laura Valentini about her recent book, "Morality and Socially Constructed Norms" (Oxford UP).
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The future of payments is contactless, with FNB's Ashley Saffy – T2S2
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Where credit cards replaced cheques, virtual cards have replaced plastic ones. But the evolution of payments isn’t over yet, as its contactless future shows, as Ashley Saffy, head of spend and customer value management at FNB Card, tells tuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.
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Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear
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A conversation with Alan S. Kahan about his recent book, "Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism" (Princeton UP).
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Episode 145: Jason Blakely - Lost in Ideology
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A conversation with Jason Blakely about his recent book "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" (Agenda Publishing).
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How to nav-igate your life, with FNB's nav chief Jolandé Duvenage – Stuff
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Jolandé Duvenage is the chief imaginer for FNB’s nav» offering. The bank wants to make it easier to buy or sell a car or a house, value them and insure them, whiel hopefully increasing your financial literacy, Duvenage tells Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Read more on Stuff.
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Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire
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A conversation with Ines Valdez about her recent book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 143: Justin Dyer - The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
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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.
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Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge
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A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy" (Oxford UP).
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Episode 141: Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment
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A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 140: Kevin Elliott - Democracy for Busy People
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A conversation with Kevin J. Elliott about his recent book, "Democracy for Busy People" (U of Chicago Press).
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Episode 139: Christopher Yeomans - The Politics of German Idealism
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A conversation with Christopher Yeomans about his recent book, "The Politics of German Idealism" (Oxford UP)
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Episode 138: Melvin Rogers - The Darkened Light of Faith
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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).
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Episode 137: Constantine Vassiliou - Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment
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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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Episode 136: Stefan Eich - The Currency of Politics
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A conversation with Stefan Eich about his recent book The Currency of Politics: the Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes (Princeton UP).
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Episode 135: Kevin Vallier - All the Kingdoms of the World
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A conversation with Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP).
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Episode 134: John Scott - Rousseau's God
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A conversation with John Scott about his recent book, "Rousseau's God: Theology, Religion, and the Natural Goodness of Man" (U of Chicago Press).
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Episode 133: Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap
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A conversation with Yascha Mounk about his new book, "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" (Penguin Random House).
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Episode 132: Haig Patapan - A Dangerous Passion
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A conversation with Haig Patapan about his recent book, A Dangerous Passion: Leadership and the Question of Honor (SUNY Press).
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Episode 131: Philip Pettit - The State
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A conversation with Philip Pettit about his new book "The State" (Princeton UP).
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Episode 130: Melissa Lane - Of Rule and Office
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A conversation with Melissa Lane about her new book "Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political" (Princeton UP).
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Episode 129: Donovan Miyasaki - Nietzsche's Immoralism and Politics after Morality
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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).
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Talking folding glass with Samsung’s Justin Hume and Zahir Cajee – Stuff
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Fold 5 and Flip 5 have folding glass screens, an engineering innovation that still delights Stuff editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak. Mobile executives Justin Hume and Zahir Cajee join in the geek out. Read more on Stuff.
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Episode 128: David James - Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy
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A conversation with David James about his recent book "Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy" (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 127: Ewa Atanassow - Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours
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A conversation with Ewa Atanassow about her recent book, "Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours: Sovereignty, Nationalism, Globalization" (Princeton UP).
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Episode 126: Thomas Pangle - The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries
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A conversation with Thomas Pangle about his recent book "The Life of Wisdom in Rousseau's Reveries of the Solitary Walker" (Cornell UP).
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Episode 125: Laurence Cooper - Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom
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A conversation with Laurence Cooper about his recent book, "Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom: Rousseau's Philosophic Life" (U of Chicago Press).
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Episode 124: Jeanne Morefield - Unsettling the World
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A conversation with Jeanne Morefield about her recent book, "Unsettling the World: Edward Said and Political Theory" (Rowman & Littlefield).
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Episode 123: Mathias Thaler - No Other Planet
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A conversation with Mathias Thaler about his recent book "No Other Planet: Utopian Visions for a Climate-Changed World" (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 122: Eric MacGilvray - Liberal Freedom
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A conversation with Eric MacGilvray about his recent book "Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics" (Cambridge UP).
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Episode 121: Richard Velkley - Sarastro's Cave
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A conversation with Richard Velkley about his recent book, Sarastro's Cave: Letters from the Recent Past (Mercer UP).
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Episode 120: Frederick Neuhouser - Diagnosing Social Pathology
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A conversation with Frederick Neuhouser about his recent book "Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim" (Cambridge University Press).
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Episode 119: Rebecca Kingston - Plutarch's Prism
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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).
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Episode 118: Michael Walzer - A Struggle for a Decent Politics
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A conversation with Michael Walzer about his recent book, "A Struggle for a Decent Politics: On 'Liberal' as an Adjective" (Yale University Press).
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