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EXPeditions - The living library of knowlegdeSamuel Moyn - A brief history of human rightsSamuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, examines the development of human rights.
About Samuel Moyn
"I am Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University."
Key Points
âą The modern concept of the âRights of Manâ is born out of the French and American revolutions.
âą The first declarations of rights founded new states, but then moved to rights of women, people of ethnic backgrounds and rights to work, health and basic income.
âą In the 1960s and 1970s, international movements that demanded human rights rekindled...2025-07-1012 min
RevDem PodcastCan Courts Save Democracy? In Conversation with Samuel MoynSince the beginning of the year, the Trump administration has been trampling on different sectors of the U.S. state. Numerous commentators, both from the U.S. and abroad, have argued that the issue of a potential âconstitutional crisisââone that could pave the way for authoritarianismâessentially hinges on whether the government complies with court orders. In contrast, Professors Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn have argued that this focus is, at the very least, misplaced. So far, rather than protecting democracy, the courts have helped pave the way for the current situation. This raises important questions about the right pr...2025-06-1625 min
EXPeditions - The living library of knowlegdeSamuel Moyn - What human rights missed: the larger agendaSamuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, looks at the triumph (or failure) of human rights.
About Samuel Moyn
"I am Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.
Iâm a historian of morality; at least, thatâs how I think of myself. Iâve studied where ideas about morality come from and the philosophers whoâve propounded them. For the past decade or so, Iâve been interested in movements that try to make the world a better place: things like the human rights movement o...2025-06-0211 min
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Samuel Moyn, LâAffaire Treblinka. 1966. Une controverse sur la Shoah, CNRS, 2024 Au printemps 1966, un livre fait sensation : ils se nomme Treblinka, et son auteur est Jean-François Steiner. Lâhistorien amĂ©ricain Samuel Moyn nous en dit plus avec LâAffaire Treblinka. Une controverse sur la Shoah, livre sorti en anglais il y a vingt ans mais [âŠ]
Cet article provient de Radio AlterNantes FM2025-05-2800 minĂmissionsLa chronique de Patsy (181) : Samuel Moyn, LâAffaire Treblinka. 1966. Une controverse sur la Shoah,Vu sur La chronique de Patsy (181) : Samuel Moyn, LâAffaire Treblinka. 1966. Une controverse sur la Shoah,
Samuel Moyn, LâAffaire Treblinka. 1966. Une controverse sur la Shoah, CNRS, 2024 Au printemps 1966, un livre fait sensation : ils se nomme Treblinka, et son auteur est Jean-François Steiner. Lâhistorien amĂ©ricain Samuel Moyn nous en dit plus avec LâAffaire Treblinka. Une controverse sur la Shoah, livre sorti en anglais il y a vingt ans mais [âŠ]
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Wisdom of CrowdsSamuel Moyn on Democracy and the CourtsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveFriend of Wisdom of Crowds and frequent podcast guest Samuel Moyn is a professor of law and history at Yale University, and author of several books, including Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (2021, Macmillan) and Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times (2023). He is also the author of a recent article saying that no, sorry, the courts cannot save American democracy.If youâve been following our podcast lately, youâll know...2025-03-2646 min
Intelligence SquaredWhat Went Wrong with Liberalism and How We Can Save it, with Samuel MoynIn this episode Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, explores what he sees as the profound crisis facing liberalism and why many in the West have become disillusioned with it. Drawing from his latest book 'Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times', Moyn traces the roots of this crisis to the Cold War. The liberalism of the Cold War, he argues, betrayed the radical and emancipatory hopes of the Enlightenment and paved the way to the excesses of neoliberalism. In conversation with researcher and writer Adam McCauley, Moyn o...2025-01-2449 min
William Ramsey InvestigatesHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War with Author Samuel Moyn. (2021)Author Samuel Moyn discusses his upcoming book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War. (2021)https://www.amazon.com/Humane-United-States-Abandoned-Reinvented/dp/0374173702/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=samuel+moyn+humane&qid=1629132127&sr=8-1Â Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/william-ramsey-investigates--1898073/support.2024-12-2337 min
On the Frontlines of DemocracyReflecting on Cold War Liberalism with Samuel MoynHost Sanjay Ruparelia and Samuel Moyn discuss the evolution of liberalism, particularly during the Cold War. Moyn says that Cold War liberalism betrayed the emancipatory ideals of earlier liberals by focusing on negative liberty over positive liberty. He also highlights the contradictions in Cold War liberal thought, such as their pessimism about global freedom and their support for Israel. He also suggests that modern liberalism must reinvent itself to address current challenges, including rising inequalities and authoritarian populism, by revisiting and reviving the emancipatory ideals of historical liberalism. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Host: Sanjay Ruparelia, Jarislowsky Democracy Chair and...2024-12-1737 min
Negotiating Ideas28. Liberalism Against Itself with Samuel MoynSamuel Moyn and Omar Sadr discuss failures of Cold War liberalism and the challenges of contemporary liberalism.
Samuel Moyn is the Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. Trained in modern European intellectual history, he works on political and legal thought in modern times and on constitutional and international law in historical and current perspective.Â
Readings
Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times (Yale University Press, 2023)
The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History (Harvard University Press, 2010)
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Kreisky Forum TalksSamuel Moyn, Herlinde Pauer-Studer, Alexander Somek & Fabio Wolkenstein: LIBERALISM AGAINST ITSELFSamuel Moyn, Herlinde Pauer-Studer, Alexander Somek, Fabio Wolkenstein
LIBERALISM AGAINST ITSELFThe Cold War Roots of LiberalismÂŽs Present Crisis
By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War e...2024-06-101h 07
@WARLiberalism, 'Humane' War, and Israel-Palestine with Samuel MoynIn this episode, we talk to Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History at Yale, about US college protests over Gaza, liberalism and zionism, and how war law can enable conflict.2024-05-1445 min
Wisdom of CrowdsSamuel Moyn and Osita Nwanevu on Voters vs JudgesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveLast December, the highest court in the State of Colorado ruled that Donald Trumpâs involvement with January 6 disqualified him from holding the office of president. On May 4, the Supreme Court voted unanimously to overturn this decision, clearing the way for Trump to appear on the ballot in all fifty states. Naturally, at Wisdom of Crowds these events got us thinking about the big questions. When it comes to eligibility for office, who should have the final say â the Supreme Cour...2024-05-0543 min
UNSW Centre for IdeasSamuel Moyn: Liberalism Against ItselfFear of a nuclear apocalypse, despot leaders and a world at war â how did the sharpest minds of the Cold War leave such a legacy of fear? Samuel Moynâs Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times takes aim at liberalism, portraying it as a failed creed marred by a paranoia of communism.  Known for his challenging perspectives and boasting a cult following on the left, the Yale Professor explores the transformation of Cold War liberals who, in his view, traded the Enlightenment's moral core for a fixation on individual liberty. Hear this co...2024-04-181h 02
The Civitas PodcastEpisode 16: Liberalism and Human Rights | A Conversation with Samuel MoynPeter Leithart and James Wood discuss human rights and liberalism with Samuel Moyn._Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California-Berkeley in 2000 and a law degree from Harvard University in 2001. He came to Yale from Harvard University, where he was Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law and Professor of History. Before this, he spent thirteen years in the Columbia University history department, where he was most recently James Bryce Professor of European Legal History.His...2024-02-281h 04
Converging Dialogues#291 - Cold War Liberalism: A Dialogue with Samuel MoynIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Samuel Moyn about cold war liberalism. They provide a definition of liberalism, cold war liberalism, and some of the differences between these two forms of liberalism. They discuss some of the lessons from Cold War liberals for liberals today and the rise of neoliberalism and neoconservatism. They discuss the work of Judith Shklar, romanticism for Shklar and Isaiah Berlin, Karl Popper and historicism, Hannah Arendt on liberalism, Lionel Trilling on Freud and Cold War liberalism, the future of liberalism, and many more topics. Samuel Moyn is Chancellor Kent...2023-12-2855 min
The Prospect PodcastSamuel Moyn: America's undoingWhat do the Israel-Gaza and Russia-Ukraine wars demonstrate about US power in the world? For the cover story of our latest issue, out today, author and professor of law and history at Yale, Samuel Moyn argues that America's mission to lead humanity in a new world order is failing.Read Samuel's essay here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-12-0627 minThe Prospect PodcastSamuel Moyn: America's undoingWhat do the Israel-Gaza and Russia-Ukraine wars demonstrate about US power in the world? For the cover story of our latest issue, out today, author and professor of law and history at Yale, Samuel Moyn argues that America's mission to lead humanity in a new world order is failing.Read Samuel's essay here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-12-0627 min
Give Them An ArgumentSeason 5 Episode 42: Samuel Moyn & Matt McManus on Cold War LiberalismSamuel Moyn joins us to talk about his fascinating new book "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times." In it he argues that liberalism today is shaped by the shift made by many liberal intellectuals who turned their backs on the radical aspirations of earlier liberalisms during the Cold War.One of our favorite recurrent guests, Matt McManus, just reviewed Moyn's book for Liberal Currents. Both of them have a lot to say about liberalism, socialism, and how we think about rights and human liberationBefore that, Ben Burgis and...2023-11-241h 49
The Lawfare PodcastLawfare Archive: Samuel Moyn on âHow Warfare Became Both More Humane and Harder to End"From October 22, 2016: This week, Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History at Harvard University, closed out a one-day conference on âThe Next President's Fight Against Terrorâ at New America with a talk on âHow Warfare Became Both More Humane and Harder to End.â He argues that weâve moved toward a focus on ending war crimes and similar abuses, rather than a focus on preventing warâs outbreak in the first place. And in his view, the human rights community shares culpability for this problem. Itâs an issue that will be of great consequence as the next president takes office amids...2023-11-2349 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. MichaelLiberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times w/ Samuel Moyn
On this edition of Parallax Views, Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University, joins the show to discuss his new book Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times.
Samuel examines and dissects the beliefs of Cold War intellectuals like Karl Popper, Judith Shklar, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Lionel Trilling, Isaiah Berlin, and Hannah Arendt to argue that liberals of the Cold War in many ways ended up undermining the progressive and Enlightenment principles of the liberal tradition in their attempts to combat communism. In doing so, he m...2023-09-221h 13
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Jacobin RadioBehind the News: Cold War Liberalism w/ Samuel MoynSam Gindin, writer and activist on labor issues, outlines the shortcomings of the UPS-Teamster deal (read his article, and a follow-up, on The Bullet website). Then Samuel Moyn, author of Liberalism Against Itself, discusses how the Cold War crushed the tendencyâs emancipatory side.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-09-1153 min
Know Your EnemyWhat the Cold War Did to Liberalism (w/ Samuel Moyn)In his provocative new book, Liberalism Against Itself, historian Samuel Moyn revisits the work of five key Cold War thinkersâJudith Shklar, Isaiah Berlin, Karl Popper, Gertrude Himmelfarb, and Lionel Trillingâto explain the deformation of liberalism in the middle of the twentieth century, a time when, in his telling, liberals abandoned their commitment to progress, the Enlightenment, and grand dreams of emancipation and instead embraced fatalism, pessimism, and a narrow conception of freedom. For Moyn, the liberalism that emerged from the Cold War is, lamentably, still with usâa culprit in the rise of Donald Trump, and a barrie...2023-09-051h 11
RevDem PodcastA Betrayal of Liberalism: Samuel Moyn on the Mistaken Path of Cold War LiberalsIn this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc LaczĂł, Samuel Moyn â author of the new book Liberalism Against Itself. Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times â discusses
what motivated him to explore the Cold War liberal betrayal of previous liberal traditions; what their redefinition of the liberal canon and silences about crucial developments in their own lifetime may reveal about Cold War liberals; why the liberal establishment has failed to reexamine Cold War liberalism since
1989â91; and what would be minimally needed to make contemporary liberalism âcredible enough for salvation.â2023-08-2946 min
New Books in Western European StudiesSamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
New Books in Intellectual HistorySamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
New Books in American PoliticsSamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
New Books in Politics and PolemicsSamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
New Books in European PoliticsSamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
New Books in Political ScienceSamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
NBN Book of the DaySamuel Moyn, "Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times" (Yale UP, 2023)By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its devastating wars, rising totalitarianism, and permanent nuclear terror. They concluded that, far from offering a solution to these problems, the ideals of the Enlightenment, including emancipation and equality, had instead created them. The historian of political thought Samuel Moyn argues that the liberal intellectuals of the Cold War era--among them Isaiah Berlin, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Judith Shklar, and Lionel Trilling--transformed liberalism but left a disastrous legacy for our time.In Liberalism Against Itself: Cold W...2023-08-1949 min
None Of The AboveWhat is the Opposite of a War Crime? Samuel Moyn on Making War More âHumaneâLast week, the Biden administration agreed to share evidence with the International Criminal Court of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. President Biden insists Vladimir Putin has âclearly committed war crimes.â But however atrocious Russiaâs tactics are, is there a version of this war â or any act of war â that is not? In this weekâs episode of None Of The Above, the Eurasia Group Foundationâs Mark Hannah speaks with historian Samuel Moyn about the evolution of Americaâs thinking on war. From the interwar period to today, war has gone from being something that should be prevented to something tha...2023-08-0133 min
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc312. The Origins of Human Rights feat. Samuel MoynThe concern for human rights seems to be deeply rooted in history and based on longstanding moral concerns, but the modern human rights movement has very different motivations and concerns than previous rights-based movements. Samuel Moyn is a Professor of History and Law at Yale University and Yale Law School. He is also the author of several books, the most recent of which being Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War.Samuel and Greg discuss common perceptions and misconceptions about the growth of human rights doctrine, how the modern human rights movement is anti-utopian, a...2023-07-3153 min
Voices in Development: A Podcast from Yale's Economic Growth CenterUnraveling the impact of harmful social norms on development: Eliana La Ferrara, Samuel Moyn, and Rohini Pande on addressing hidden barriers to progressHow do social norms â the set of informal rules, beliefs, and biases that govern behavior in a given group or society Ââ affect the development process? While positive norms can support and accelerate development, harmful ones like slavery or female genital cutting can constrain it, exacerbating poverty and inequality. While social change in many high-income countries has reduced the prevalence of the most harmful norms over time, they continue to exist in many low- and middle-income countries, often preventing disadvantaged communities and groups from reaching their full potential. Â In this episode of EGC Voices in Development, Rohini Pande is joi...2023-07-1055 min
Digital Public SquareThe Rise and Centrality of Human Rights in Modern Discourse with Dr. Samuel MoynIn this episode, I am joined by Dr. Samuel Moyn of Yale University to discuss the nature of human rights in history and his works Christian Human Rights and The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History. Today, we talk about the rise and centrality of human rights in modern discourse.Meet Dr. MoynSamuel Moyn is the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University. He received a doctorate in modern European history from the University of California-Berkeley in 2000 and a law degree from Harvard University in 2001. He came to Yale from Harvard...2023-05-2241 min
Peaceful Political Revolution in AmericaS2 E8 The Constitution Should not be Reclaimed with Samuel MoynWelcome back to the Peaceful Political Revolution in America podcast.In America, "We The People" are the constituent power, "the actor which always remains outside the government" as Seyes defined it. Or, as James Wilson put it, the people are simply "above" their Constitutions of government. The framers were well aware the people were watching. They were very clear the legitimacy of the government came from the consent of the governed. That is what made our framers revolutionaries, and why our Constitution is so remarkable. But, how do the people, if ever...2023-04-261h 01
The LedeHow America Fell Out of Love with War â with Samuel Moyn and Faisal Al YafaiSamuel Moyn was working as an intern at the Clinton White House as the United States intervened in Bosnia and Kosovo.
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âI was in my 20s. It was after 1989. And it seemed as if weâd lived through the end of history, as Francis Fukuyama told us,â he explains to New Lines Magazineâs Faisal Al Yafai. Post-Cold War triumphalism was at its apex, and in those heady days, it seemed that there was nothing left to stop the United States from spreading democracy and human rights around the world. âAnd that was incredibly appealing to lots of...2023-03-2450 minIntelligence SquaredForever War: How Conflict Became Endless, with Samuel MoynSign up for Intelligence Squared Premium here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. See below for details.Academic and author Samuel Moyn joins us to discusses warfare over the course of the 20th century â from Vietnam to Iraq â and how US policy over that time has shaped the conflicts we see today. Moyn is Professor of Law and History at Yale University. His recent book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, analyses how following the Second World War, the establishment of Human rights conventions and...2022-09-261h 04
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast45 - Humane War feat. Samuel MoynWar tends to bring out the human propensity for atrocity. Nobody likes indiscriminate killing, torture and so on. What to do about it? One response is to avoid war altogether. According to Yale prof Samuel Moyn, thatâs what most people wanted after World War II and after Vietnam. But more recently, heâs noticed a shift. Now, politicians, especially in America, are focussing on making more humane. Leaders like Obama say theyâll make war as âcleanâ as possible by using drone strikes and special forces and minimizing civilian deaths and secret torture programs. Thatâs all well and good but...2022-09-051h 05
In Theory: The JHI Blog PodcastHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War: Tom Furse interviews Samuel MoynJHI Blog editor Tom Furse interviews Samuel Moyn, Professor of History at Yale University about his book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Verso, 2022).2022-07-0148 min
The Last Negroes at HarvardProfessor Samuel Moyn talks about his book: Humane:How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented WarSamuel Moyn is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University.
His research interests are in modern European intellectual history, with special interests in France and Germany, political and legal thought, historical and critical theory, and Jewish studies.
Samuel Moyn asks a troubling but urgent question: What if efforts to make war more ethicalâto ban torture and limit civilian casualtiesâhave only shored up the military enterprise and made it sturdier? 2022-06-1655 min
Over The Wire PodcastSamuel Moyn: How to stop a new Cold War Podcast: The Prospect Podcast (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Samuel Moyn: How to stop a new Cold WarPub date: 2022-04-19Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:Putin's grotesque invasion of Ukraine should not lead us to rehabilitate old, failed ideas about the international order, argues the guest in his provocative cover story for Prospect.Get Podcast Transcript âpowered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPutin's grotesque invasion of Ukraine should not lead us to rehabilitate old, failed ideas about the international order, argues Sam...2022-04-3030 min
The Prospect PodcastSamuel Moyn: How to stop a new Cold WarPutin's grotesque invasion of Ukraine should not lead us to rehabilitate old, failed ideas about the international order, argues Samuel Moyn in his provocative cover story for Prospect. He joins editor Alan Rusbridger on the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-04-2030 min
Over The Wire PodcastEpisode 17: Human Rights are Not Enough with Samuel Moyn Podcast: Reimagining Soviet Georgia (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 17: Human Rights are Not Enough with Samuel MoynPub date: 2022-04-01Notes from Over The Wire Podcast:The guest discusses the political history of human rights and in particular how this relates to the Cold War, Soviet collapse, and neoliberalism as a politics in the post-Cold War era.Get Podcast Transcript âpowered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOn today's episode we welcome Samuel Moyn, professor of Law and History at Yale, to dis...2022-04-1859 min
Reimagining Soviet GeorgiaEpisode 17: Human Rights are Not Enough with Samuel MoynOn today's episode we welcome Samuel Moyn, professor of Law and History at Yale, to discuss the political history of human rights and in particular how this relates to the Cold War, Soviet collapse, and neoliberalism as a politics in the post-Cold War era.
Here's an article by Samuel Moyn based on his book Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/human-rights-are-not-enough/
And here is a description of his book Not Enough :
The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich...2022-04-0159 min
The Philosopher & The NewsSamuel Moyn & The Legal Constraints on WarOn March 16th the UNâs International Court of Justice asked Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine. It had found no evidence to support Russiaâs claim that Ukraine was conducting genocide against Russia Speakers in the East of the country, which has been Russiaâs justification for the war. A day later Russia rejected the ruling. So, is international law completely impotent in preventing countries from going to war? And why has the law been more effective in constraining the way that countries fight even illegal wars? Has the way that the US and other...2022-03-2653 min
New Books in Public PolicyPandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel MoynIn this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale University, about neoliberalism, human rights and what our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about our true values.
Ideas Roadshow's Pandemic Perspectives Project consists of three distinct, reinforcing elements: a documentary film (Pandemic Perspectives), book (Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays) and a series of 24 detailed podcasts with many of the film's expert participants. Visit www.ideasroadshow.com for more details.
Howard Burton is the founder of Ideas Roadshow and host o...2022-03-231h 06
New Books In Public HealthPandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel MoynIn this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale University, about neoliberalism, human rights and what our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about our true values.Ideas Roadshow's Pandemic Perspectives Project consists of three distinct, reinforcing elements: a documentary film (Pandemic Perspectives), book (Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays) and a series of 24 detailed podcasts with many of the film's expert participants. Visit www.ideasroadshow.com for more details.Howard Burton is the foun...2022-03-231h 06
New Books in MedicinePandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel MoynIn this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale University, about neoliberalism, human rights and what our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about our true values.Ideas Roadshow's Pandemic Perspectives Project consists of three distinct, reinforcing elements: a documentary film (Pandemic Perspectives), book (Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays) and a series of 24 detailed podcasts with many of the film's expert participants. Visit www.ideasroadshow.com for more details.Howard Burton is the foun...2022-03-231h 06
New Books in World AffairsPandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel MoynIn this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale University, about neoliberalism, human rights and what our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about our true values.
Ideas Roadshow's Pandemic Perspectives Project consists of three distinct, reinforcing elements: a documentary film (Pandemic Perspectives), book (Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays) and a series of 24 detailed podcasts with many of the film's expert participants. Visit www.ideasroadshow.com for more details.
Howard Burton is the founder of Ideas Roadshow and host o...2022-03-231h 06
New Books in LawPandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel MoynIn this Pandemic Perspectives Podcast, Ideas Roadshow founder and host Howard Burton talks to Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale University, about neoliberalism, human rights and what our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about our true values.Ideas Roadshow's Pandemic Perspectives Project consists of three distinct, reinforcing elements: a documentary film (Pandemic Perspectives), book (Pandemic Perspectives: A filmmaker's journey in 10 essays) and a series of 24 detailed podcasts with many of the film's expert participants. Visit www.ideasroadshow.com for more details.Howard Burton is the founder of Ideas Roadshow and host o...2022-03-231h 06
Security DilemmaHumane War? (w/ Samuel Moyn)The dawn of precision weaponry helped create deeper interest in making war humane: limiting collateral damage, for example. However, argues Samuel Moyn in a new book, this has had the paradoxical effect of making war endless - rendering it sustainable and diluting efforts to end the wars rather than merely managing their violence. Join us as we hear from Moyn on his provocative argument.
Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University. He has written several books in his fields of European intellectual history and...2021-12-1648 min
The Voices of War40. Samuel Moyn - On âHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented WarâToday, I spoke with Samuel Moyn, who is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. We discussed his latest book, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, published in September this year. As you will hear, I found this book to be of immense importance and hope that its contents get attention far and wide, most notably amongst those who send us to war.
Some of the topics Sam and I covered are how the idea of humane war entered our collective...2021-12-071h 08New Books in World AffairsSamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Is it possible that efforts to make war more humane can actually make it more common and thus more destructive? Â
This tension at the heart of this query lies at the heart of Samuel Moyn's new book
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2021). He draws fascinating connections between literary figures such as Tolstoy and Bertha von Suttner, civil society organizations such as the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch, and politicans and military figures to try to understand a central question: why, when we have done so much to limit the violence inhere...2021-12-0659 min
New Books in Military HistorySamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Is it possible that efforts to make war more humane can actually make it more common and thus more destructive?  This tension at the heart of this query lies at the heart of Samuel Moyn's new bookHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2021). He draws fascinating connections between literary figures such as Tolstoy and Bertha von Suttner, civil society organizations such as the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch, and politicans and military figures to try to understand a central question: why, when we have done so much t...2021-12-0659 min
New Books in Genocide StudiesSamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Is it possible that efforts to make war more humane can actually make it more common and thus more destructive?  This tension at the heart of this query lies at the heart of Samuel Moyn's new bookHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2021). He draws fascinating connections between literary figures such as Tolstoy and Bertha von Suttner, civil society organizations such as the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch, and politicans and military figures to try to understand a central question: why, when we have done so much t...2021-12-0659 min
New Books in Diplomatic HistorySamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Is it possible that efforts to make war more humane can actually make it more common and thus more destructive?  This tension at the heart of this query lies at the heart of Samuel Moyn's new bookHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2021). He draws fascinating connections between literary figures such as Tolstoy and Bertha von Suttner, civil society organizations such as the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch, and politicans and military figures to try to understand a central question: why, when we have done so much t...2021-12-0659 min
Law and the Future of WarHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War - Samuel MoynSend us a textIn this episode, Dr Simon McKenzie talks with Professor Samuel Moyn about his new book, Humane, which considers some of the consequences of focussing on the laws of fighting wars at the expense of considering when they should be fought. They discuss the 19th-century peace movement, and what some of the legal debates from this time reveal about contemporary conflict and the rise of targeted killing and drone warfare.Samuel Moyn is Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a Professor of History at Yale University. He...2021-11-2456 min
The Michael Moore PodcastEp. 219: Stuck In The Middle (w/ Samuel Moyn)Mike is joined by Yale History and Law Professor Samuel Moyn to discuss his recent op-ed titled, âIf Democrats Return To Centrism, They Are Doomed To Lose Against Trump.â They discuss the Democrats passing the physical infrastructure bill, but failing to, as promised, simultaneously pass the much-needed and politically popular human infrastructure bill, plus the decision by 6 Squad members to courageously stick to their word and only vote on both bills together. They also discuss the neverending campaign from corporate Democrats and corporate media pushing the party to move to the âcenterâ and be more âmoderateâ and water down all of their...2021-11-1147 minNew Books in Politics and PolemicsSamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Geographic and temporal limits have typically contained modern warsârulers can ask their populace to risk lives and treasure for so long before losing legitimacy. But wars have also been horrifyingly unlimited in cruelty. Over the course of the past two decades, American activists and government officials have sought to make war less cruel and more humane. The consequence of this, Samuel Moyn argues in his well-reasoned and polemical book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, has been the elimination of those earlier geographic and temporal guardrails on war. And the evidence isnât hard to find...2021-11-101h 02New Books in World AffairsSamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Geographic and temporal limits have typically contained modern warsârulers can ask their populace to risk lives and treasure for so long before losing legitimacy. But wars have also been horrifyingly unlimited in cruelty. Over the course of the past two decades, American activists and government officials have sought to make war less cruel and more humane. The consequence of this, Samuel Moyn argues in his well-reasoned and polemical book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, has been the elimination of those earlier geographic and temporal guardrails on war. And the evidence isnât hard to find. T...2021-11-101h 02
New Books in National SecuritySamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Geographic and temporal limits have typically contained modern warsârulers can ask their populace to risk lives and treasure for so long before losing legitimacy. But wars have also been horrifyingly unlimited in cruelty. Over the course of the past two decades, American activists and government officials have sought to make war less cruel and more humane. The consequence of this, Samuel Moyn argues in his well-reasoned and polemical book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, has been the elimination of those earlier geographic and temporal guardrails on war. And the evidence isnât hard to find...2021-11-101h 02New Books in Diplomatic HistorySamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Geographic and temporal limits have typically contained modern warsârulers can ask their populace to risk lives and treasure for so long before losing legitimacy. But wars have also been horrifyingly unlimited in cruelty. Over the course of the past two decades, American activists and government officials have sought to make war less cruel and more humane. The consequence of this, Samuel Moyn argues in his well-reasoned and polemical book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, has been the elimination of those earlier geographic and temporal guardrails on war. And the evidence isnât hard to find...2021-11-101h 02New Books in Military HistorySamuel Moyn, "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War" (FSG, 2021)Geographic and temporal limits have typically contained modern warsârulers can ask their populace to risk lives and treasure for so long before losing legitimacy. But wars have also been horrifyingly unlimited in cruelty. Over the course of the past two decades, American activists and government officials have sought to make war less cruel and more humane. The consequence of this, Samuel Moyn argues in his well-reasoned and polemical book Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War, has been the elimination of those earlier geographic and temporal guardrails on war. And the evidence isnât hard to find...2021-11-101h 02
Jacobin RadioBehind the News: The Reactionary History of the Supreme Court w/ Samuel MoynDoug speaks to Samuel Moyn, co-author of this article, on the reactionary history of the Supreme Court and how to democratize it. Plus: Deepak Bhargava, one of the editors of Immigration Matters, on immigration policy, historical, current, and future.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html2021-11-0153 min
55 Voices for Democracy â The PodcastSamuel Moyn on the idea of humane wars In this episode, legal historian Samuel Moyn critically reflects on the pursuit of 'humane wars.' "We fight war crimes, but we have forgotten the crime of war," Moyn says. Thus, he says, the wars of recent decades have led to a fixation on the means of war, rather than a discussion of how to end them sustainably. Samuel Moyn is professor of law at Yale Law School and professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of "Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World" and "Humane. How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War.â 2021-10-0734 min
Crashing the War PartyHave we normalized war by making it more humane? (Ft. Samuel Moyn)Samuel Moyn, author of "Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War," joins Dan and Kelley to talk about how well-intentioned efforts over the last 75 years to make war "less lethal" has legitimized and made war more palatable, therefore protracting conflict rather than shutting it down. He talks about criticisms of his thesis by anti-war advocates and liberal interventionists alike. In the first segment, our hosts discuss the defense budget bonanza, an annual Washington ritual in which common sense and taxpayer dollars are sacrificed on the altar of the military-industrial congressional complex!More from Samuel M...2021-10-0143 min
RevDem PodcastSamuel Moyn on the USâ Attempt to Humanise its Imperial BurdenFerenc Laczo in conversation with Samuel Moyn (Yale University) about his book "Humane. How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War". 2021-09-0648 min
Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant DharSamuel Moyn on Humane WarIs a humane war a contradiction in terms? Can rules be made and followed that limit the damage that wars do, or will that make conflict perpetual? Is it necessary and moral for the USA to continue to be the policeman of the world? Samuel Moyn joins Vasant Dhar in episode 16 of Brave New World to tackle the thorny ethical and practical questions around warfare and terrorism as technologies become more precise and lethal. Useful resources: 1. Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War -- Samuel Moyn. 2. Samuel Moyn's books on Amazon.2021-07-0857 min
RevDem PodcastSamuel Moyn on American democracy after TrumpSamuel Moyn (Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale University) in conversation with Kasia Nowicka on the current state of America's democracy on the eve of Joe Biden's presidency.2021-01-1831 min
Current AffairsJubilee Day 3: Samuel Moyn on democratizing the Supreme CourtWith the Supreme Court very much in the news cycle, Oren speaks to Yale professor of law and history, Samuel Moyn, about why we should not "pack the court", as many leftists call for, but instead end the court as we know it.
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Articles by Moyn:
https://newrepublic.com/article/159710/supreme-court-reform-court-packing-diminish-power
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-case-for-ending-the-supreme-court-as-we-know-it
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/reform-the-court-but-dont-pack-it/614986/
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/09/supreme-court-socialists-ruth-bader-ginsburg-death
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3665032
This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.2021-01-061h 13
Give Them An ArgumentBonus Episode - Samuel Moyn on the Supreme CourtSamuel Moyn chats with Ben about why the judicial powers of the Supreme Court are an obstacle to social progress. We don't need to pack the Court. We need to find ways to disempower it.2020-10-2439 min
Give Them An ArgumentBonus Episode - Samuel Moyn on the Supreme CourtSamuel Moyn chats with Ben about why the judicial powers of the Supreme Court are an obstacle to social progress. We don't need to pack the Court. We need to find ways to disempower it.2020-10-2439 min
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéRBG and the Supreme Court with Samuel MoynYale professor of law and history, Samuel Moyn, joins the show to discuss the Supreme Court after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Matt and Katie discuss a dustup in Syria that hasn't gotten much media attention.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.com/subscribe2020-09-251h 33
The Katie Halper ShowWhat Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Means w/ Law Prof Samuel MoynExcellent Patreon-only ep https://www.patreon.com/posts/41941054 warning against calling Trump a fascist, Trump-washing & making war more 'humane.'
Samuel Moyn, Henry R. Luce Prof. of Jurisprudence and Prof. of History, Yale, talks to me about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy, her decision not to retire earlier, what her death means for the country, the election, and world, and why we need to rethink and reshape and pack the Supreme Court.2020-09-191h 10
Then & NowIs the U.S. Entering an Authoritarian Era? A Conversation with Samuel Moyn and Vera EidelmanIn the wake of the unprecedented election of President Donald Trump, and now punctuated by the COVID-19 pandemic and summer of protests, many scholars and public figures have argued that the U.S. is descending into autocracy. Following the recent violent intervention of federal law enforcement officers in Portland, concerns about the state of Americaâs democracy have grown.Samuel Moyn, historian and Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale University, and Vera Eidelman, staff attorney with the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, join Then & Now to explore the utility of historical analogies, President Trumpâs ro...2020-08-1053 min
Know Your EnemyKnow Your Frenemies (w/ Samuel Moyn)Matt and Sam welcome Yale historian Samuel Moyn to the show for a deep-dive into the Never Trump movement. Â Who are the Never Trumpers? How seriously should we take the heroic story they tell about themselves? Did they sink Bernie's campaign for the Democratic nomination? Have they reckoned with their role in paving the way for Trump? Â In trying to answer these questions the conversation moves from the baleful influence of Never Trumpers to a discussion of historical debates about over the rise of fascism, the perils of "tyrannophobia," and the possibilities for breaking through the hegemony of neoliberals an...2020-08-091h 26
The Dale Wiley ShowDWS Professor Samuel MoynProfessor and longtime friend Samuel Moyn
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Political Philosophy PodcastRIGHTS & NEO - LIBERALISM With Samuel MoynRIGHTS & NEO - LIBERALISM With Samuel Moyn by Toby Buckle2020-01-261h 15
The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies ConversationsMary Ellen O'Connell and Samuel Moyn on Legal Arguments for Prohibition of ForceThis episode is the second part of a four part conversation featuring Professor Mary Ellen OâConnell talking about themes emerging from her 2019 book, "The Art of Law in the International Community." OâConnell is the Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute at Notre Dame. OâConnell is joined by Professor Samuel Moyn, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History at Yale Law School. They discuss the history of legal movements to prohibit the use of force and military aggression.
2019-11-0737 min