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It’s Political Power, Stupid
Today’s populist revolts against globalization are not only economic in nature—they are fundamentally political. As Hannah Arendt warned, the elevation of economics over politics, especially under imperialism and globalization, leads to the collapse of political judgment and self-determination. Her historical analysis now reads like prophecy: we are witnessing the return of politics in its most raw and terrifying form.04-06-2025
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Happy Holidays! December 25th, 2016
Masha Gessen suggests that facts are not the field on which politics is played, and starting from them is a mistake:12-25-2016
December 11th, 2016
David Runciman asks the question: "Isn’t this how democracy ends?" But the answer he offers is not so simple.12-11-2016
December 4th, 2016
Ian Buruma looks at the special relationship between the U.S. and the U.K. in the wake of Donald Trump's election and the Brexit vote. He argues that both votes are in important ways responding to a similar distaste for certain kinds of citizens.12-04-2016
November 27th, 2016
Arthur Goldhammer argues that Trump's "farrago of falsehoods" threatens the common world that allows any society to exist.11-27-2016
November 20th, 2016
Leon Botstein offers nine "Speculative Thoughts on the Trump Presidency." Here are the first two.11-20-2016