Issues for the week of April 13, 2023 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of April 13

Previous Weeks

Special Issue: THE END OF NATURE & THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY

How Democracies Die, Fast and Slow

John Keane

Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and Forschungsprofessur at the WZB, Berlin.

Bloodless Democracy?

James Miller

Professor of Politics and Liberal Studies and Faculty Director of the MA in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism, New School for Social Research

Anthropocentrism and Democracy in Planetary Times

Rafi Youatt

Associate Professor of Global Politics, The New School

Are Universities Bad for Democracy?

Benjamin P. Davis

Postdoctoral Fellow in the African American Studies Department at Saint Louis University

Is Europe’s Democracy in Crisis?

Filip Kostelka

Professor and chair in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence

People Power?

John Keane

Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and Forschungsprofessur at the WZB, Berlin.

The People of New York vs. Donald J. Trump

Claire Potter

Contributing Editor at Public Seminar, and Emeritus Professor of History at the New School for Social Research