{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-and-politics-volume-5-issue-1-9798985430264","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Volume 5, Issue 1","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\u003eIn the Fall 2024 issue of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/b\u003e bluntly defines the stakes of this election; \u003cb\u003eKatherine C. Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e laments the death of research and its consequences for our culture; \u003cb\u003eRyan Ruby\u003c\/b\u003e presides over the unlikely meeting of \u003cb\u003eEmily Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFranz Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eMark Edmondson\u003c\/b\u003e diagnoses the fever in contemporary politics; \u003cb\u003eSohrab Ahmari \u003c\/b\u003eexposes the sordid depths to which rightwing extremism has sunk;\u003cb\u003e Jonathan Zimmerman\u003c\/b\u003e pushes back against the opponents of higher education;\u003cb\u003e Jack M. Balkin\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSanford Levinson\u003c\/b\u003e argue that \"We The People\" is not as clear as it looks; \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e describes what is absent from social relations in America; \u003cb\u003eRamachandra Guha\u003c\/b\u003e introduces the founding poet of the environmental movement, \u003cb\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eAnge Mlinko\u003c\/b\u003e resurrects the art of \u003cb\u003eAmy Clampitt\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eSteven B. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e reveals what is truly revolutionary about our sixteenth president; in Teaching Ellison by \u003cb\u003eAnnie Abrams\u003c\/b\u003e: A high school teacher, a great writer, and how to live; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e on a film, a great director, and the rise of fascism; \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e examines the grotesque intellectual underpinnings of Trumpism and Vanceism; and new poetry from \u003cb\u003eDavid Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eErica McAlpine\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eDevin Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e features 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere'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\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/b\u003e is the Geoirge Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University and the author, among many books, of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine C. Epstein\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Camden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan Ruby\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer living in Berlin. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Zero and The One\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Grossman's \u003c\/b\u003enew book, \u003ci\u003eThe Thinking Heart: On Israel and Palestine\u003c\/i\u003e, will appear in the spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Edmondson\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor at the University of Virginia and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the On-line World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSohrab Ahmari's\u003c\/b\u003e most recent book is \u003ci\u003eTyranny, Inc\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevin Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet who teaches at St. Louis University and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eDragons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Zimmerman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of the History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and the author, among other books, of \u003ci\u003eWhose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack M. Balkin\u003c\/b\u003e is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale University and the author, among other books, of \u003ci\u003eConstitutional Redemption: Political Faith in an Unjust World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSanford Levinson\u003c\/b\u003e is the W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair in Law at the School of Law at the University of Texas in Austin and the author, among other books, of \u003ci\u003eOur Undemocratic Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Solitude: Selected Essays on Culture and Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamachandra Guha's\u003c\/b\u003e new book, \u003ci\u003eSpeaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism\u003c\/i\u003e, has recently been published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErica McAlpine\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at Oxford and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Country Gambler\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnge Mlinko\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and critic who teaches at the University of Florida. 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