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How the Modern World Self-Destructs (w/ Tomer Persico)

How the Modern World Self-Destructs (w/ Tomer Persico)

Update: 2025-01-29
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Religious scholar Tomer Persico, now a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, returns to help us unpack why liberalism is special — and why it’s now in crisis.

Mentioned in this episode:

-Our first conversation with Tomer, about the implications of seeing ourselves as made in the image of God

-Yascha Mounk, who talked to us about how identity politics is straining liberalism

-Tom Holland, the Liberal who lost his faith

-Sarah Isgur, who survived Trump’s DOJ

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On the agenda:

-Why Liberalism [3:10-13:30 ]-Defining Liberalism & Individual Rights [13:31-18:23 ]-The Government's New Responsibility: Protect Individual Rights [18:24-29:43 ]-The Importance of Unprescribed, Artful Negotiations of Power [29:44-48:05 ]-Nationalism & Mass Conscription [48:06-1:02:32 ]-The Problem Liberalism is facing now [1:02 :33-1:18:20 ]

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How the Modern World Self-Destructs (w/ Tomer Persico)

How the Modern World Self-Destructs (w/ Tomer Persico)

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