Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics

By Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Overview

Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time.

In this issue of Liberties: Katherine C. Epstein -- Scholarship and the Future of Society; Mario Vargas Llosa -- A Forgotten Giant; Cass R. Sunstein -- A Constitutional Manifesto; Mark Edmundson -- The Trouble with Good People; James Wolcott -- Billionaires on Parada; Elliot Ackerman -- The American Strategic Imagination; Moshe Halbertal -- Two Concepts of God in Judaism and Beyond; Noga Arikha -- Why Brain Science does not Have the Last Word; Carlos Fraenkel -- Astronomy and Magic; Daphne Merkin -- What You Never Knew About Sigmund Freud's Wife; James R. Russell -- The Poet Misak Medzarents, and Two Poems; Robert Alter -- What Flaubert Taught Agnon; Rachel Connolly -- The Unfunny Fate of Humor in Our Time; Helen Vendler -- The Excitement of Discovering a New Poet; Celeste Marcus -- Israel and The Struggle for Liberal Nationalism; Leon Wieseltier -- How To Think Unhysterically About Change; and, poetry by Leslie Williams and Misak Medzarents.

Liberties features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and introduces the next generation of writers and poets to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today's culture and politics. Nobel Prize winners, leading op-ed writers, well-known non-fiction writers, rising talents, and poets from around the world. A new issue is published every quarter.

There's a reason why engaged citizens, cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and activists from across the cultural and political spectrum read and cherish Liberties.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BRYMSPG8
• ISBN13: 9798985430219
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Liberties Journal
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 7.7"