Mike talks with Helena Rosenblatt, a professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York about her latest book, The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century.
Topics Mike & Helena discuss include:
the meaning of liberalism in ancient Greece and Rome
liberalism as an aristocratic virtue
the connection between liberalism and education
the Catholic Church as an historical opponent of liberalism
classical, ‘laissez faire’ liberalism
progressive Republicans, Wilsonian Democrats, and 20th century American liberalism
how mid-twentieth century totalitarianism affected liberalism
the key challenges to modern liberalism
Helena Rosenblatt on Twitter
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