The Political Theory Review
The Political Theory Review features conversations with scholars about recent books in political theory and social and political philosophy. Each episode discusses academic research and ideas in these fields. The podcast is independent and not affiliated with the University of Wisconsin, despite the host's university email. The host, Jeffrey Church, also provides contact information for listener outreach. The show uses an image of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the public domain.
Episodes
Episode 219: Felipe Taufer - Marx's Anti-Practical Philosophy
A conversation with Felipe Taufer about his recent book, "Marx's Anti-Practical Philosophy: the Roots and Aftermath of the First Critique of Political Economy" (Palgrave Springer).
Episode 218: Peter Verovsek - Juergen Habermas
A conversation with Peter Verovsek about his recent book "Juergen Habermas: Public Intellectual and Engaged Critical Theorist" (Columbia UP).
Episode 217: Jeffrey Howard - Setting Fire to Reason
A conversation with Jeffrey Howard about his recent book, "Setting Fire to Reason: the Ethics of Free Speech" (Princeton UP).
Episode 216: Kristina Lepold - Ambivalent Recognition
A conversation with Kristina Lepold about her recent book, "Ambivalent Recognition: The Harmful Social Consequences of an Ethical Good" (Columbia UP).
Episode 215: Jonathan Quong - Political Philosophy
A conversation with Jonathan Quong about his recent book, "Political Philosophy" (Princeton UP).
Episode 214: Burke Hendrix - Contexts of Justice
A conversation with Burke Hendrix about his recent book, "Contexts of Justice: Native Peoples, Political Theory, and Fair Treatment" (Oxford UP).
Episode 213: Paul Stern - Dante's Political Philosophy
A conversation with Paul Stern about his recent book, "Dante's Political Philosophy: Rethinking Paradiso" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 212: Mårten Björk and Tormod Johansen - The End of Law
A conversation with Mårten Björk and Tormod Johansen about their recent book "The End of Law: Political Theology and the Crisis of Sovereignty" (Routledge).
Episode 211: Paul DeHart - The Social Contract in the Ruins
A conversation with Paul DeHart about his recent book, "The Social Contract in the Ruins" (U of Missouri Press).
Episode 210: Jan-Werner Mueller - Street, Palace, Square
A conversation with Jan-Werner Mueller about his recent book, "Street, Palace, Square: The Architecture of Democratic Spaces" (Penguin Books).
Episode 209: Mark Hoipkemier - The Price of the Common Good
A conversation with Mark Hoipkemier about his recent book "The Price of the Common Good: Markets, Corporations, and Political Economy" (Notre Dame Press).
Episode 208: Steven Lukes - The Diversity of Morals
A conversation with Steven Lukes about his recent book, "The Diversity of Morals" (Princeton UP).
Episode 207: Christian Miller - The Honesty Crisis
A conversation with Christian Miller about his recent book, "The Honesty Crisis: Preserving Our Most Treasured Virtue in an Increasingly Dishonest World" (Oxford UP).
Episode 206: Ian Shapiro - After the Fall
A conversation with Ian Shapiro about his recent book, "After the Fall: From the End of History to the Crisis of Democracy, How Politicians Broke Our World" (Basic Books).
Episode 205: Stephen Darwall - Modern Moral Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
A conversation with Stephen Darwall about his recent book, "Modern Moral Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 204: Natalia Alexander - Growing People: the Enduring Legacy of John Dewey
A conversation with Natalia R. Alexander about her recent book, "Growing People: the Enduring Legacy of John Dewey" (Columbia UP).
Episode 203: Allison Merrick - Nietzsche on the Methods and Aims of Philosophy
A conversation with Allison Merrick about her recent book, "Nietzsche on the Methods and Aims of Philosophy" (Cambridge UP)
Episode 202: Tejas Parasher - Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought
A conversation with Tejas Parasher about his recent book "Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 201: Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - Justice Across Generations
A conversation with Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook about their recent book, "Justice Across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social Contract" (Palgrave Macmillan).
Episode 200: Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio - How to Teach Political Theory
A 200th episode special-- Colin Bird, Jeffrey Church, and Nicholas Tampio discuss how to teach the introduction to Political Theory course, with reference to their textbooks:Colin Bird, An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Cambridge UP)Jeffrey Church, Introduction to Political Theory (Sage/CQ Press)Nicholas Tampio, Teaching Political Theory (Edward Elgar Press)
Episode 199: Michael Illuzzi - Mending the Nation
A conversation with Michael Illuzzi about his recent book, "Mending the Nation: Reclaiming We the People in a Populist Age" (U Kansas Press).
Episode 198: Shuk Ying Chan - Postcolonial Global Justice
A conversation with Shuk Ying Chan about her recent book, "Postcolonial Global Justice" (Princeton UP).
Episode 197: Matthew Benjamin Cole - Fear the Future
A conversation with Matthew Benjamin Cole about his recent book, "Fear the Future: Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century" (University of Michigan Press).
Episode 196: Michael Lazarus - Absolute Ethical Life
A conversation with Michael Lazarus about his recent book, "Absolute Ethical Life: Aristotle, Hegel, and Marx" (Stanford University Press).
Episode 195: Laura K. Field - Furious Minds
A conversation with Laura K. Field about her recent book, "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right" (Princeton UP).
Episode 194: David Wiens - From the Best to the Rest
A conversation with David Wiens about his recent book, "From the Best to the Rest: Idealistic Thinking in a Non-Ideal World" (Oxford UP).
Episode 193: Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande - The Politics of Islamic Ethics
A conversation with Raissa von Doetinchem de Rande about her recent book, "The Politics of Islamic Ethics: Hierarchy and Human Nature in the Philosophical Tradition" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 192: John McCormick - The People's Princes
A conversation with John McCormick about his recent book, "The People's Princes: Machiavelli, Leadership, and Liberty" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 191: John Harpham - The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery
A conversation with John Harpham about his recent book, "The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery: English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World" (Harvard UP).
Episode 190: Alex Zakaras - Freedom for All
A conversation with Alex Zakaras about his recent book "Freedom for All: What a Liberal Society Could Be" (Yale UP).
Episode 189: Roxanne Euben - Driven to Their Knees
A conversation with Roxanne Euben about her recent book, "Driven to their Knees: Humiliation in Contemporary Politics" (Princeton UP).
Episode 188: Lisa Herzog - The Democratic Marketplace
A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "The Democratic Marketplace: How a More Equal Economy Can Save Our Political Ideals" (Harvard UP).
Episode 187: Douglas Moggach - Freedom and Perfection
A conversation with Douglas Moggach about his recent book "Freedom and Perfection: German Political Thought from Leibniz to Marx" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 186: William Galston - Anger, Fear, Domination
A conversation with William Galston about his recent book, "Anger, Fear, Domination: Dark Passions and the Power of Political Speech" (Yale UP).
Episode 185: Cass Sunstein - On Liberalism
A conversation with Cass Sunstein about his recent book "On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom" (MIT Press).
Episode 184: John Christman - Reconceiving Freedom from the Shadows of Slavery
A conversation with John Christman about his recent book, "Reconceiving Liberty from the Shadows of Slavery: Liberty in a Nonideal World" (Cambridge UP)
Episode 183: Linda Zerilli - A Democratic Theory of Truth
A conversation with Linda Zerilli about her recent book, "A Democratic Theory of Truth" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 182: Alyssa Battistoni - Free Gifts
A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about her recent book, "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" (Princeton UP)
Episode 181: Amit Ron and Abraham Singer - Everyone's Business
A conversation with Amit Ron and Abraham Singer about their recent book, "Everyone's Business: What Companies Owe Society" (U Chicago Press).
Episode 180: Robert Gooding-Williams - Democracy and Beauty
A conversation with Robert Gooding-Williams about his recent book, "Democracy and Beauty: the Political Aesthetics of W.E.B. DuBois" (Columbia UP).
Episode 179: Natasha Piano - Democratic Elitism
A conversation with Natasha Piano about her recent book, "Democratic Elitism: the Founding Myth of American Political Science" (Harvard UP).
Episode 178: Agustina Paglayan - Raised to Obey
A conversation with Agustina Paglayan about her recent book, "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" (Princeton UP)
Episode 177: Ryan Balot - Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws
A conversation with Ryan Balot about his recent book, "Tragedy, Philosophy, and Political Education in Plato's Laws" (Oxford UP).
Episode 176: Michael Fuerstein - Experiments in Living Together
A conversation with Michael Fuerstein about his recent book, "Experiments in Living Together: How Democracy Drives Social Progress" (Oxford UP).
Episode 175: Laurie M. Johnson - The Gap in God''s Country
A conversation with Laurie M. Johnson about her recent book, "The Gap in God's Country: A Longer View on Our Culture Wars" (Wipf & Stock).
Episode 174: Leah Downey - Our Money
A conversation with Leah Downey about her recent book "Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters" (Princeton UP).
Episode 173: Kevin Pham - The Architects of Dignity
A conversation with Kevin Pham about his recent book, "The Architects of Dignity: Vietnamese Visions of Decolonization" (Oxford UP).
Episode 172: Ali Aslam, David McIvor, and Joel Schlosser - Earthborn Democracy
A conversation with Ali Aslam, David McIvor, and Joel Schlosser about their recent book, "Earthborn Democracy: A Political Theory of Entangled Life" (Columbia University Press).
Episode 171: Anna Marisa Schoen - Nations before the Nation-State
A conversation with Anna Marisa Schoen about her recent book, "Nations before the Nation-State: Between City-State and Empire from Antiquity to the Present" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 170: Vanessa Wills - Marx's Ethical Vision
A conversation with Vanessa Wills about her recent book, Marx's Ethical Vision (Oxford UP).
Episode 169: Alasia Nuti - Politicizing Political Liberalism
A conversation with Alasia Nuti about her recent co-authored book, "Politicizing Political Liberalism: on the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views" (Oxford UP).
Episode 168: Espen Hammer - After the Death of God
A conversation with Espen Hammer about his forthcoming book "After the Death of God: Secularization as a Philosophical Challenge from Kant to Nietzsche" (U of Chicago Press).
Episode 167: Mary Nichols - Aristotle's Discovery of the Human
A conversation with Mary Nichols about her recent book, "Aristotle's Discovery of the Human: Piety and Politics in the Nicomachean Ethics" (Notre Dame UP).
Episode 166: Nancy Rosenblum - Ungoverning
A conversation with Nancy Rosenblum about her recent book "Ungoverning: the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos" (Princeton UP).
Episode 165: Fabienne Peter - The Grounds of Political Legitimacy
A conversation with Fabienne Peter about her recent book, "The Grounds of Political Legitimacy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 164: Stephen Darwall - The Heart and Its Attitudes
A conversation with Stephen Darwall about his recent book "The Heart and Its Attitudes" (Oxford UP).
Episode 163: Alexandre Lefebvre - Liberalism as a Way of Life
A conversation with Alexandre Lefebvre about his recent book, "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton UP).
Episode 162: Jordan Cash - The Isolated Presidency
A conversation with Jordan Cash about his recent book, "The Isolated Presidency" (Oxford UP).
Episode 161: Nazmul Sultan - Waiting for the People
A conversation with Nazmul Sultan about his recent book "Waiting for the People: the Idea of Democracy in Indian Anticolonial Thought" (Harvard UP).
Episode 160: David Lay Williams - The Greatest of All Plagues
A conversation with David Lay Williams about his recent book, "The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx" (Princeton University Press).
Episode 159: Aurelian Craiutu - Why Not Moderation?
A conversation with Aurelian Craiutu about his recent book, "Why Not Moderation? Letters to Young Radicals" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 158: Benjamin Schupmann - Democracy Despite Itself
A conversation with Benjamin Schupmann about his recent book, "Democracy Despite Itself: Liberal Constitutionalism and Militant Democracy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 157: Isaac Nakhimovsky - The Holy Alliance
A conversation with Isaac Nakhimovsky about his recent book "The Holy Alliance: Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" (Princeton UP).
Episode 156: Genevieve Rousseliere - Sharing Freedom
A conversation with Genevieve Rousseliere about her recent book, "Sharing Freedom: Republicanism and Exclusion in Revolutionary France" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 155: Samuel Bagg - The Dispersion of Power
A conversation with Samuel Bagg about his recent book "The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of Democracy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 154: Aaron Alexander Zubia - The Political Thought of David Hume
A conversation with Aaron Alexander Zubia about his recent book, "The Political Thought of David Hume: the Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination" (Notre Dame Press).
Episode 153: Jeff Spinner-Halev - Respect and Loathing in American Democracy
A conversation with Jeff Spinner-Halev about his recent book, "Respect and Loathing in American Democracy: Polarization, Moralization, and the Undermining of Equality" (U of Chicago Press, co-authored with Elizabeth Theiss-Morse)
Episode 152: Robert Pippin - The Culmination
A conversation with Robert Pippin about his recent book "The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy" (U Chicago Press).
Episode 151: Gianna Englert - Democracy Tamed
A conversation with Gianna Englert about her recent book, "Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage" (Oxford UP).
Episode 150: Frank Lovett - The Well-Ordered Republic
A conversation with Frank Lovett about his new book "The Well-Ordered Republic" (Oxford UP).
Episode 149: Richard Bourke - Hegel's World Revolutions
A conversation with Richard Bourke about his recent book "Hegel's World Revolutions" (Princeton University Press).
Episode 148: Richard Tuck - Active and Passive Citizens
A conversation with Richard Tuck about his recent book "Active and Passive Citizens: A Defense of Majoritarian Democracy" (Princeton UP).
Episode 147: Laura Valentini - Morality and Socially Constructed Norms
A conversation with Laura Valentini about her recent book, "Morality and Socially Constructed Norms" (Oxford UP).
Episode 146: Alan S. Kahan - Freedom from Fear
A conversation with Alan S. Kahan about his recent book, "Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism" (Princeton UP).
Episode 145: Jason Blakely - Lost in Ideology
A conversation with Jason Blakely about his recent book "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" (Agenda Publishing).
Episode 144: Ines Valdez - Democracy and Empire
A conversation with Ines Valdez about her recent book Democracy and Empire: Labor, Nature, and the Reproduction of Capitalism (Cambridge UP).
Episode 143: Justin Dyer - The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics
A conversation with Justin Dyer about his recent book, "The Classical and Christian Origins of American Politics: Political Theology, Natural Law, and the American Founding," from Cambridge University Press.
Episode 142: Lisa Herzog - Citizen Knowledge
A conversation with Lisa Herzog about her recent book "Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy" (Oxford UP).
Episode 141: Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment
A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP).
Episode 140: Kevin Elliott - Democracy for Busy People
A conversation with Kevin J. Elliott about his recent book, "Democracy for Busy People" (U of Chicago Press).
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