Best Louise Rousseau Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 158: Benjamin Schupmann - Democracy Despite Itself 1:13:50

8d ago1:13:50

1:13:50

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 1:05:42

1h ago1:05:42

1:05:42

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 1:24:16

12d ago1:24:16

1:24:16

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 1:20:11

30d ago1:20:11

1:20:11

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 1:12:41

27d ago1:12:41

1:12:41

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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Episode 153: Jeff Spinner-Halev - Respect and Loathing in American Democracy 1:03:16

2M ago1:03:16

1:03:16

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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Episode 152: Robert Pippin - The Culmination 1:04:16

2M ago1:04:16

1:04:16

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 1:09:56

2M ago1:09:56

1:09:56

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 1:19:42

3M ago1:19:42

1:19:42

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 1:08:55

3M ago1:08:55

1:08:55

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 1:01:15

3M ago1:01:15

1:01:15

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

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Episode 147: Laura Valentini - Morality and Socially Constructed Norms 1:20:51

4M ago1:20:51

1:20:51

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

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Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear 1:16:59

5M ago1:16:59

1:16:59

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 1:18:00

5M ago1:18:00

1:18:00

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

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Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire 1:06:12

6M ago1:06:12

1:06:12

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 1:04:02

6M ago1:04:02

1:04:02

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 1:14:00

7M ago1:14:00

1:14:00

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 1:03:33

7M ago1:03:33

1:03:33

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 1:21:29

8M ago1:21:29

1:21:29

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 1:15:17

9M ago1:15:17

1:15:17

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 1:16:43

9M ago1:16:43

1:16:43

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 1:13:50

10M ago1:13:50

1:13:50

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 1:17:52

10M ago1:17:52

1:17:52

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 1:12:11

11M ago1:12:11

1:12:11

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 1:14:42

11M ago1:14:42

1:14:42

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 1:19:43

12M ago1:19:43

1:19:43

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 1:04:45

12M ago1:04:45

1:04:45

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 1:10:23

1y ago1:10:23

1:10:23

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 1:06:46

1y ago1:06:46

1:06:46

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 1:30:06

1y ago1:30:06

1:30:06

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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Episode 128: David James - Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy 1:24:00

1y ago1:24:00

1:24:00

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 1:18:16

1y ago1:18:16

1:18:16

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 1:04:38

1y ago1:04:38

1:04:38

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 1:17:47

1y ago1:17:47

1:17:47

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 1:18:04

1+ y ago1:18:04

1:18:04

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 1:20:59

1+ y ago1:20:59

1:20:59

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 1:14:51

1+ y ago1:14:51

1:14:51

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 1:14:57

1+ y ago1:14:57

1:14:57

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 1:19:31

1+ y ago1:19:31

1:19:31

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 1:17:18

1+ y ago1:17:18

1:17:18

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 1:04:51

1+ y ago1:04:51

1:04:51

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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Episode 117: Nicholas Tampio - Teaching Political Theory 1:20:00

1+ y ago1:20:00

1:20:00

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

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Episode 116: Charles Zug - Demagogues in American Politics 1:19:29

1+ y ago1:19:29

1:19:29

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

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Episode 115: Susan Shell - The Politics of Beauty 1:05:40

1+ y ago1:05:40

1:05:40

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

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Episode 114: Michael Zuckert - A Nation So Conceived 1:17

1+ y ago1:17

1:17

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

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Episode 113: Christopher Beem - The Seven Democratic Virtues 1:12:44

1+ y ago1:12:44

1:12:44

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).

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Episode 112: Jeffrey Church - Kant, Liberalism, and the Meaning of Life 1:08:54

2y ago1:08:54

1:08:54

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

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Episode 111: Ben Jones - Apocalypse without God 1:20:06

2y ago1:20:06

1:20:06

A conversation with Ben Jones about his recent book, "Apocalypse without God: Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope" (Cambridge UP).

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Episode 110: Emma Saunders-Hastings, "Private Virtues, Public Vices" 1:09:07

2y ago1:09:07

1:09:07

A conversation with Emma Saunders-Hastings about her recent book, "Private Virtues, Public Vices: Philanthropy and Democratic Equality" (U of Chicago Press).

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Episode 109: Lee Ward - Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy 1:25:37

2y ago1:25:37

1:25:37

A conversation with Lee Ward about his recent book, "Recovering Classical Liberal Political Economy: Natural Rights and the Harmony of Interests" (Edinburgh UP).

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