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EXPeditions - The living library of knowlegde
Samuel Moyn - A brief history of human rights
Samuel 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...
2025-07-10
12 min
RevDem Podcast
Can Courts Save Democracy? In Conversation with Samuel Moyn
Since 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...
2025-06-16
25 min
EXPeditions - The living library of knowlegde
Samuel Moyn - What human rights missed: the larger agenda
Samuel 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...
2025-06-02
11 min
- Radio AlterNantes FM
La 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] Cet article provient de Radio AlterNantes FM
2025-05-28
00 min
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La 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] Cet article provient de Radio AlterNantes FM
2025-05-28
00 min
Wisdom of Crowds
Samuel Moyn on Democracy and the Courts
This 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...
2025-03-26
46 min
Intelligence Squared
What Went Wrong with Liberalism and How We Can Save it, with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2025-01-24
49 min
William Ramsey Investigates
Humane: 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.
2024-12-23
37 min
On the Frontlines of Democracy
Reflecting on Cold War Liberalism with Samuel Moyn
Host 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...
2024-12-17
37 min
Negotiating Ideas
28. Liberalism Against Itself with Samuel Moyn
Samuel 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. 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) Connect with us! â â â â â â â Googleâ â â â â â â , â â ...
2024-11-06
50 min
Kreisky Forum Talks
Samuel Moyn, Herlinde Pauer-Studer, Alexander Somek & Fabio Wolkenstein: LIBERALISM AGAINST ITSELF
Samuel 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...
2024-06-10
1h 07
@WAR
Liberalism, 'Humane' War, and Israel-Palestine with Samuel Moyn
In 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.
2024-05-14
45 min
Wisdom of Crowds
Samuel Moyn and Osita Nwanevu on Voters vs Judges
This 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...
2024-05-05
43 min
UNSW Centre for Ideas
Samuel Moyn: Liberalism Against Itself
Fear 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...
2024-04-18
1h 02
The Civitas Podcast
Episode 16: Liberalism and Human Rights | A Conversation with Samuel Moyn
Peter 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...
2024-02-28
1h 04
Converging Dialogues
#291 - Cold War Liberalism: A Dialogue with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2023-12-28
55 min
The Prospect Podcast
Samuel Moyn: America's undoing
What 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.
2023-12-06
27 min
The Prospect Podcast
Samuel Moyn: America's undoing
What 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.
2023-12-06
27 min
Give Them An Argument
Season 5 Episode 42: Samuel Moyn & Matt McManus on Cold War Liberalism
Samuel 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...
2023-11-24
1h 49
The Lawfare Podcast
Lawfare 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...
2023-11-23
49 min
Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
Liberalism 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...
2023-09-22
1h 13
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2023-09-15
00 min
Jacobin Radio
Behind the News: Cold War Liberalism w/ Samuel Moyn
Sam 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.
2023-09-11
53 min
Know Your Enemy
What 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...
2023-09-05
1h 11
RevDem Podcast
A Betrayal of Liberalism: Samuel Moyn on the Mistaken Path of Cold War Liberals
In 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.â
2023-08-29
46 min
New Books in Western European Studies
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
New Books in Intellectual History
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
New Books in American Politics
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
New Books in Politics and Polemics
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
New Books in European Politics
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
New Books in Political Science
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
NBN Book of the Day
Samuel 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...
2023-08-19
49 min
None Of The Above
What is the Opposite of a War Crime? Samuel Moyn on Making War More âHumaneâ
Last 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...
2023-08-01
33 min
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc
312. The Origins of Human Rights feat. Samuel Moyn
The 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...
2023-07-31
53 min
Voices in Development: A Podcast from Yale's Economic Growth Center
Unraveling the impact of harmful social norms on development: Eliana La Ferrara, Samuel Moyn, and Rohini Pande on addressing hidden barriers to progress
How 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...
2023-07-10
55 min
Digital Public Square
The Rise and Centrality of Human Rights in Modern Discourse with Dr. Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2023-05-22
41 min
Peaceful Political Revolution in America
S2 E8 The Constitution Should not be Reclaimed with Samuel Moyn
Welcome 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...
2023-04-26
1h 01
The Lede
How America Fell Out of Love with War â with Samuel Moyn and Faisal Al Yafai
Samuel Moyn was working as an intern at the Clinton White House as the United States intervened in Bosnia and Kosovo. Â 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...
2023-03-24
50 min
Intelligence Squared
Forever War: How Conflict Became Endless, with Samuel Moyn
Sign 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...
2022-09-26
1h 04
Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast
45 - Humane War feat. Samuel Moyn
War 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...
2022-09-05
1h 05
In Theory: The JHI Blog Podcast
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War: Tom Furse interviews Samuel Moyn
JHI 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).
2022-07-01
48 min
The Last Negroes at Harvard
Professor Samuel Moyn talks about his book: Humane:How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War
Samuel 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?
2022-06-16
55 min
Over The Wire Podcast
Samuel 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...
2022-04-30
30 min
The Prospect Podcast
Samuel Moyn: How to stop a new Cold War
Putin'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.
2022-04-20
30 min
Over The Wire Podcast
Episode 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...
2022-04-18
59 min
Reimagining Soviet Georgia
Episode 17: Human Rights are Not Enough with Samuel Moyn
On 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...
2022-04-01
59 min
The Philosopher & The News
Samuel Moyn & The Legal Constraints on War
On 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...
2022-03-26
53 min
New Books in Public Policy
Pandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2022-03-23
1h 06
New Books In Public Health
Pandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2022-03-23
1h 06
New Books in Medicine
Pandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2022-03-23
1h 06
New Books in World Affairs
Pandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2022-03-23
1h 06
New Books in Law
Pandemic Perspectives 3: A Conversation with Samuel Moyn
In 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...
2022-03-23
1h 06
Security Dilemma
Humane 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...
2021-12-16
48 min
The Voices of War
40. Samuel Moyn - On âHumane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented Warâ
Today, 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...
2021-12-07
1h 08
New Books in World Affairs
Samuel 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 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...
2021-12-06
59 min
New Books in Military History
Samuel 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...
2021-12-06
59 min
New Books in Genocide Studies
Samuel 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...
2021-12-06
59 min
New Books in Diplomatic History
Samuel 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...
2021-12-06
59 min
Law and the Future of War
Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War - Samuel Moyn
Send 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...
2021-11-24
56 min
The Michael Moore Podcast
Ep. 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...
2021-11-11
47 min
New Books in Politics and Polemics
Samuel 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...
2021-11-10
1h 02
New Books in World Affairs
Samuel 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...
2021-11-10
1h 02
New Books in National Security
Samuel 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...
2021-11-10
1h 02
New Books in Diplomatic History
Samuel 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...
2021-11-10
1h 02
New Books in Military History
Samuel 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...
2021-11-10
1h 02
Jacobin Radio
Behind the News: The Reactionary History of the Supreme Court w/ Samuel Moyn
Doug 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.html
2021-11-01
53 min
55 Voices for Democracy â The Podcast
Samuel 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
2021-10-07
34 min
Crashing the War Party
Have 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...
2021-10-01
43 min
RevDem Podcast
Samuel Moyn on the USâ Attempt to Humanise its Imperial Burden
Ferenc Laczo in conversation with Samuel Moyn (Yale University) about his book "Humane. How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War".Â
2021-09-06
48 min
Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar
Samuel Moyn on Humane War
Is 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.
2021-07-08
57 min
RevDem Podcast
Samuel Moyn on American democracy after Trump
Samuel 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.
2021-01-18
31 min
Current Affairs
Jubilee Day 3: Samuel Moyn on democratizing the Supreme Court
With 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. scotusreform.com 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.
2021-01-06
1h 13
Give Them An Argument
Bonus Episode - Samuel Moyn on the Supreme Court
Samuel 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.
2020-10-24
39 min
Give Them An Argument
Bonus Episode - Samuel Moyn on the Supreme Court
Samuel 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.
2020-10-24
39 min
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté
RBG and the Supreme Court with Samuel Moyn
Yale 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/subscribe
2020-09-25
1h 33
The Katie Halper Show
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Death Means w/ Law Prof Samuel Moyn
Excellent 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.
2020-09-19
1h 10
Then & Now
Is the U.S. Entering an Authoritarian Era? A Conversation with Samuel Moyn and Vera Eidelman
In 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...
2020-08-10
53 min
Know Your Enemy
Know 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...
2020-08-09
1h 26
The Dale Wiley Show
DWS Professor Samuel Moyn
Professor and longtime friend Samuel Moyn --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dale613/support
2020-04-28
35 min
Political Philosophy Podcast
RIGHTS & NEO - LIBERALISM With Samuel Moyn
RIGHTS & NEO - LIBERALISM With Samuel Moyn by Toby Buckle
2020-01-26
1h 15
The Kroc Cast: Peace Studies Conversations
Mary Ellen O'Connell and Samuel Moyn on Legal Arguments for Prohibition of Force
This 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.
2019-11-07
37 min