The fugitive thoughts captured below came to me while I was reading about, then visiting, the city of Vienna, Austria, a place much more famous for its composers and artists than its politicians.&n…| the fifth wave
[The following is the English original of my interview with the French online magazine, Atlantico. The text has been lightly edited. The French translation was posted in Atlantico on Ju…| the fifth wave
[In 2002, after years of intermittent research, I wrote a book-length essay titled “Freedom: A Question.” The question in the title concerned the very possibility of individual freedom, and t…| the fifth wave
Five days ago I received an email from a person who turned out to be a young woman, I’ll call her “Karma,” inviting me to a television interview on a famous cable news network – let’s call them “Fo…| the fifth wave
[The following is the original English text of my interview with Jeff Yates of Quebec’s ICI Radio-Canada. The French-language translation can be accessed at COVID-19 pandemic has made clear that th…| the fifth wave
[The following conversation, recorded May 19 of this year, was hosted by Laurent de St. Martin, member of the French General Assembly for the government party, En Marche, and included David Goodhar…| the fifth wave
“What is truth?” Pontius Pilate asked, and famously did not hang around for an answer. Lately I have been asking, Pilate-like, about “post-truth” – and the answers, if they exist, are also hard to…| the fifth wave
The following video was my participation in the virtual class “Politics and Populism,” taught by one of my favorite contemporary thinkers, Yascha Mounk, at Johns Hopkins University.| the fifth wave
[The following is the original English version of my recent interview with the French online publication, atlantico.fr. It has been lightly edited. Those who wish to read the French translation c…| the fifth wave
Revolt as Consumer Backlash Beyond Washington DC, Donald Trump, and impeachment, there lies a great big world – and that world, at the moment, is being convulsed by a remarkable number of revolts a…| the fifth wave
