A series
After the End of History
4-part essay series which delves into the crisis of authority and legitimacy facing liberal democracy. Overall, the essay series serves as a call to reimagine our politics to address contemporary challenges by reviving the foundational questions of political life, aiming to reinvigorate public discourse with moral and ethical considerations about the societies we aspire to create.
Read in order
- 1 After the End of History: thoughts on thawing our frozen politics Few things divide us more than politics, yet one thing almost all of us can agree on is that our politics is broken. Liberal democracy itself is in crisis - why? Can there be hope of a more beautiful politics before it all falls apart?
- 2 Liberalism and the politics of getting rid of politics Liberalism nobly attempts to transcend the messiness of politics through a reliance on law and a vision of universal principles. But in its pursuit of a rational and conflict-free societal order, does liberalism undermine the political agency and ethical discourse necessary for a vibrant democracy?
- 3 Everybody hates a tourist: why socio-political theory never gets it right about common people Metaphors matter. When too many of our core conceptual analogies about people and politics try to bring a knife to a gun fight, are we left trying to eat soup with a fork?
- 4 The music of politics How fresh political arrangements can help us conduct democracy in a way that values and voices harmony amid inevitable discord.