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Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Enlightenment

Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Enlightenment

Update: 2025-10-21
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Are you sad? Lonely? Can't get a girlfriend? The reactionary right promises a total philosophy of life—not just a politics, but a comprehensive way of living (and explaining why it's all the libs' fault). Can liberalism speak to the same anxieties?


Host Samantha Hancox-Li argues that it can, but to understand why, we need to return to the roots of liberalism in the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and ultimately the ideas of freedom, reason, and responsibility.

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Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Enlightenment

Liberalism 101: Liberalism and Enlightenment

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