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August 20, 2021
David Klion
Mike Duncan Takes On the Turmoil of History
In over 150 hours of his podcast “Revolutions” and a new book, Duncan wrestles with centuries of upheaval.
August 17, 2020
Ian Beacock
Can Democracy Handle Charisma?
From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.
June 12, 2020
Parker Richards
The Fall and Rise of the Guillotine
Ideologues of left and right have learned to stop worrying and love rhetorical violence.
May 21, 2019
MagazineWin McCormack
Socialism in No Country
Why the revolutionary left has always been bad news for democracy
January 24, 2019
Warren Breckman
The Conflicted Soul of Modern Liberalism
A new book traces the history of an idea—and shows what American liberals have lost.
July 31, 2014
Jonathan Israel, Lynn Hunt
Was Louis XVI Overthrown by Ideas?
July 28, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
In France, It Really Matters What Politicians Wear. Even Men.
François Hollande is just the country's latest fashion victim
June 28, 2014
Lynn Hunt
Louis XVI Wasn't Killed by Ideas
This is what happens when you ignore the role of politics in intellectual history
February 27, 2014
David A. Bell
The Historical Analogy That Should Have Ukraine's Revolutionaries Very Worried
October 20, 2013
Darrin M. McMahon
How the French Revolution Gave Us the Cult of Genius

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