The Political Theory Review-logo

The Political Theory Review

Philosophy Podcasts

Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy. This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Houston, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Houston. Image: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Location:

United States

Description:

Conversations with scholars on recent books in Political Theory and Social and Political Philosophy. This podcast is not affiliated with the University of Houston, and no opinions expressed on this podcast are that of the University of Houston. Image: Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), After a model by Jean Antoine Houdon (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris), in the public domain courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Language:

English


Episodes
Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear

4/16/2024
A conversation with Alan S. Kahan about his recent book, "Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism" (Princeton UP).

Duration:01:16:59

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 145: Jason Blakely - Lost in Ideology

4/2/2024
A conversation with Jason Blakely about his recent book "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" (Agenda Publishing).

Duration:01:18:00

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire

3/22/2024
A conversation with Ines Valdez about her recent book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP).

Duration:01:06:12

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 143: Justin Dyer - The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics

3/5/2024
A conversation with Justin Dyer about his recent book, "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding," from Cambridge University Press.

Duration:01:04:02

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge

2/21/2024
A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy" (Oxford UP).

Duration:01:14:00

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 141: Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment

1/29/2024
A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP).

Duration:01:03:33

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 140: Kevin Elliott - Democracy for Busy People

1/10/2024
A conversation with Kevin J. Elliott about his recent book, "Democracy for Busy People" (U of Chicago Press).

Duration:01:21:29

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 139: Christopher Yeomans - The Politics of German Idealism

12/19/2023
A conversation with Christopher Yeomans about his recent book, "The Politics of German Idealism" (Oxford UP)

Duration:01:15:17

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 138: Melvin Rogers - The Darkened Light of Faith

11/28/2023
A conversation with Melvin Rogers about his recent book "The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African-American Political Thought" (Princeton UP).

Duration:01:16:43

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 137: Constantine Vassiliou - Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment

11/17/2023
A conversation with Constantine Vassiliou about his recent book "Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment: Montesquieu, Smith, Hume, and Ferguson" (Edinburgh University Press).

Duration:01:13:50

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 136: Stefan Eich - The Currency of Politics

11/7/2023
A conversation with Stefan Eich about his recent book The Currency of Politics: the Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes (Princeton UP).

Duration:01:17:52

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 135: Kevin Vallier - All the Kingdoms of the World

10/24/2023
A conversation with Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World: On Radical Religious Alternatives to Liberalism (Oxford UP).

Duration:01:12:11

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 134: John Scott - Rousseau's God

10/3/2023
A conversation with John Scott about his recent book, "Rousseau's God: Theology, Religion, and the Natural Goodness of Man" (U of Chicago Press).

Duration:01:14:42

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 133: Yascha Mounk - The Identity Trap

9/23/2023
A conversation with Yascha Mounk about his new book, "The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time" (Penguin Random House).

Duration:01:19:43

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 132: Haig Patapan - A Dangerous Passion

9/12/2023
A conversation with Haig Patapan about his recent book, A Dangerous Passion: Leadership and the Question of Honor (SUNY Press).

Duration:01:04:45

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 131: Philip Pettit - The State

8/29/2023
A conversation with Philip Pettit about his new book "The State" (Princeton UP).

Duration:01:10:23

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 130: Melissa Lane - Of Rule and Office

8/22/2023
A conversation with Melissa Lane about her new book "Of Rule and Office: Plato's Ideas of the Political" (Princeton UP).

Duration:01:06:46

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 129: Donovan Miyasaki - Nietzsche's Immoralism and Politics after Morality

8/16/2023
A conversation with Donovan Miyasaki about his recent two-volume project, Nietzsche's Immoralism: Politics as First Philosophy (Palgrave) and Politics after Morality: Toward a Nietzschean Left (Palgrave).

Duration:01:30:06

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 128: David James - Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy

8/1/2023
A conversation with David James about his recent book "Property and its Forms in Classical German Philosophy" (Cambridge UP).

Duration:01:24:00

Ask host to enable sharing for playback control

Episode 127: Ewa Atanassow - Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours

7/20/2023
A conversation with Ewa Atanassow about her recent book, "Tocqueville's Dilemmas, and Ours: Sovereignty, Nationalism, Globalization" (Princeton UP).

Duration:01:18:16