{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-and-politics-9798985430257","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent quarterly journal of ideas that publishes serious, stylish, and controversial essays about significant issues in culture and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Summer 2024 issue of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePaul Berman\u003c\/b\u003e finds the history of antisemitism on the American left in a cartoon circulated at Harvard; \u003cb\u003eSergei Lebedev\u003c\/b\u003e laments the limitations of Navalny's understanding of Russia's violent history; \u003cb\u003eAssaf Sharon\u003c\/b\u003e diagnoses the horrific condition of the Israeli-Palestinian \"discourse\"; \u003cb\u003eRosanna Warren\u003c\/b\u003e celebrates \u003cb\u003eWallace Stevens's\u003c\/b\u003e first masterpiece; Using new sources about the pogrom at Kishinev, \u003cb\u003eEkaterina Pravilova\u003c\/b\u003e considers the exacting task of analyzing victim testimony in the search for justice; \u003cb\u003eCarlos Fraenkel\u003c\/b\u003e adjudicates between Plato and Aristotle in their views of public philosophy;\u003cb\u003e Justin Smith-Ruiu \u003c\/b\u003eunhysterically explains what the real threats of AI are; \u003cb\u003eKit Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e treats the death of tonality and the temptations of historicism in the understanding of music; \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Balint\u003c\/b\u003e recovers the legacy of an extraordinary Austrian Jewish writer, \u003cb\u003eIlse Aichinger\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eMitchell Abidor\u003c\/b\u003e recounts the intellectual odysseys and battles of the great anti-Stalinist writer, \u003cb\u003eVictor Serge\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eMatthew Zipf \u003c\/b\u003euses the case of \u003cb\u003eRenata Adler's\u003c\/b\u003e braid to explore the role of iconography in crafting history; \u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West \u003c\/b\u003eintroduces perhaps the most overlooked deep thinker of our time, \u003cb\u003eVladimir Jank?l?vitch\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eDavid Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e honors the intimate joy of small gestures in film; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus \u003c\/b\u003eexplains how to appreciate the brilliance of a great contemporary painter; \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e provides a close reading of an anti-Zionist screed from \u003cb\u003eNaomi Klein\u003c\/b\u003e; and, new poems by \u003cb\u003eMosab Abu Toha\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDaniel Halpern\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efeatures essays from leading op-ed writers and scholars, award-winning and well-known non-fiction and fiction writers, next generation rising talents, 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 \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Berman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eTerror and Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSergei Lebedev\u003c\/b\u003e is a Russian novelist and the author of \u003ci\u003eOblivion and Untraceable\u003c\/i\u003e. This essay was translated by Antonina W. Bouis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAssaf Sharon\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Philosophy at Tel Aviv University and a senior fellow at Molad: The Center for the renewal of Israeli Democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKit Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and musician based in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEkaterina Pravilova\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history at Princeton, and the author of \u003ci\u003eA Public Empire: Property and the Quest for the Common Good in Imperial Russia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosanna Warren\u003c\/b\u003e is an American poet and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eMax Jacob: A Life in Art and Letters\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos Fraenkel \u003c\/b\u003eis the James McGill Professor of Philosophy and Religion at McGill University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin Smith-Ruiu \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Paris, and the author among other books of \u003ci\u003eThe Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, A Philosophy, A Warning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell Abidor\u003c\/b\u003e is an historian, writer and translator. 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