HeyJaredAnd now what? Doing Political Theory
And now what? Is a political theory podcast, providing you with fresh ideas, perspectives and questions to understand our world. It is made by me, Ulrike,a passionate political scientist and teacher from Berlin.
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Rerun - Living in truth (in difficult times) (opens the original)
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How to live in difficult times and how to change them? This is a rerun of an episode from last year about an idea by Vaclav Havel about what it requires to live in difficult times and what it demands of us. If anything, this is more relevant now than it was a year ago. Havel speaks from experience and, although he didn't know it at the time of writing the essay, the strategy worked, too. So, it's about time to rerun it. Go ahead, listen and consider. More info here: https://and-now-what.net/epis
Just a Thought - The dirty secret of governing (opens the original)
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You can't force everybody all the time. This is a thought that we rarely acknowledge. But I think we should appreciate. The blog page is the place to comment. https://and-now-what.net/the-dirty-secret-of-governing
Forced to be free – Rousseau, the general will and democracy’s challenge (opens the original)
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Forced to be free? How ludicrous! Or not? In this episode I tackle Rousseau and how his idea of freedom actually makes sense and how thinking about the general will clarifies why democracy feels so hard. And maybe a little bit what to do about it. Here is the blogpost, you are invited to comment and critique. Enjoy! As usual, there is an episode page which gives some further links. Don't be intimidated, this doesn't require a college degree to get. The picture of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is public
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