Among Rousseau’s greatest concerns was human dividedness. How does Rousseau suggest solving this problem? After leading a seminar organized by the Yale Buckley Program in June, Professor Benjamin Storey at Furman University sat down with The Politic over Zoom to offer some explanations.
Category Archives: Interviews
Playground Politics: A Conversation with UN Youth Advisor Sophia Kianni
We’re in this situation because rich, wealthy people have been treating the planet like their personal playground—unnecessarily polluting and letting their companies pollute our planet.
On Historical Memory in Colombia: A Conversation with Martin Nova
In any case, I don’t see myself as a collector of interviews—what I really want to do is to tell stories. And so what I found is that the tool of the interview is very useful. When you begin a real dialogue with someone, you find that everyone has something to tell, a story to share, but we need to listen.
What Bigfoot Can Teach Us About Today’s Republican Party: A Conversation With Outgoing Congressman Denver Riggleman
“We have a leader that can validate [insane belief systems], and it’s just like how Bigfoot is a leader to a lot of people.”
Searching for Truth in Crisis: A Conversation with Vice’s Isobel Yeung
“I think there will always be a need for finding out the truth, and now more so than ever.”
Mr. Scaramucci Goes to Washington: An Interview with President Trump’s Former Communications Director
“I got an 11-day PhD in Washington scumbaggery. I have a better idea of how these people operate now, and what they’re really all about, and how they really don’t give a shit about the American people.”
Strength of a City: A Conversation with Mayor John Tory
“Run 100 miles an hour the other way from the kind of bitterness, polarization and division that we see happening in many places of the world”
Back on Track: A Conversation with Gina Ortiz Jones
I’ve seen what happens when good people don’t stand up in the face of tyranny. I had to ask myself, am I going to be part of the problem, or part of the solution?