10/22- “The Crisis of Democracy and the Future of Liberal Nationalism: A Conversation Between Michael Walzer and Richard Wolin”
“The Crisis of Democracy and the Future of Liberal Nationalism: A Conversation Between Michael Walzer and Richard Wolin”
October 22nd, 2024, from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Rooms 9206 and 9207
In-Person attendees: Please RSVP to history@gc.cuny.edu
Zoom attendees: Please register at https://tinyurl.com/crisis-in-democracy
Vladimir Putin in Russia, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Marine Le Pen in France, Georgia Meloni in Italy, Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela – to say nothing of the MAGA-inflected political stakes of the upcoming US presidential election – the world is awash in authoritarian populism. Hopes for a “third wave” of democracy that arose following the demise of communism have been repeatedly dashed. Instead, wherever one turns, the false promises and deceptive allure of “illiberal democracy” (Orbán) have seemingly gained the upper hand. In their conversation, Michael Walzer and Richard Wolin explore the underlying causes of this worrisome political trend and the prospects for reversing it.
Michael Walzer is Professor Emeritus of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. He has written on a wide variety of topics in political theory and moral philosophy: political obligation, just and unjust war, nationalism and ethnicity, economic justice and the welfare state. Walzer was co-editor of Dissent Magazine, a unique voice of independent left-wing thought, for over three decades. Among his numerous books are Just and Unjust Wars, Spheres of Justice, The Company of Critics, Thick and Thin: Moral Argument at Home and Abroad, and On Toleration. His most recent book, In Search of a Decent Politics: Liberal as an Adjective, was published in 2023.
Richard Wolin is Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science and Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has written frequently for the New Republic, The Nation, and Dissent. His new book, Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology, has just been published by Yale University Press.
This event is sponsored by The History Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences, Belle Zeller Scholarship Trust Fund, The CUNY Alliance for Inclusion, and The DAAD Alumni Associations Canada – USA
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