{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-and-politics-volume-5-issue-2-9798985430271","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Volume 5, Issue 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a quarterly journal of serious, stylish, and controversial essays on culture and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Winter 2025 issue: \u003cb\u003eTim Wu\u003c\/b\u003e explains why the only way for capitalism to flourish in the future is by decentralizing; \u003cb\u003eMarci Shore\u003c\/b\u003e encounters Ukrainian thinkers under fire; \u003cb\u003eJohn Summers\u003c\/b\u003e tells a true story highly unflattering to God; \u003cb\u003eMichael Ignatieff\u003c\/b\u003e wonders how to lead a liberal life; \u003cb\u003eJames Wolcott\u003c\/b\u003e has his way with the celebrity worship at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003cb\u003eMaurice Isserman\u003c\/b\u003e warns about the direction of the contemporary American left; \u003cb\u003eSally Satel\u003c\/b\u003e documents the politicization of American psychotherapy; \u003cb\u003eLen Gutkin\u003c\/b\u003e reckons with the cultural cost of secularism; \u003cb\u003eRobert Alter\u003c\/b\u003e unpacks the literary greatness of the book of Job; \u003cb\u003eElena Kagan\u003c\/b\u003e insists on giving William Wyler his due; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e takes a hard look at the debate about rape in war; \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e ponders the ways in which metaphysics makes life in the physical world bearable; and poetry from \u003cb\u003eKatha Pollit\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eYehuda Halevi\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiberties\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Wu\u003c\/b\u003e is the Julius Silver Professor of Law, Science, and Technology at Columbia Law School. He is the author, among other books, of \u003ci\u003eThe Curse of Bigness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Attention Merchants\u003c\/i\u003e. 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