In Democratic Individuality, I argued that at a high level of abstraction, modern conservatives, liberals and radicals believe that the best economic, social and political institutions foster each person’s individuality. Their differences are largely empirical or social theoretical. All clash with modern authoritarians. I will take up practical issues such as torture and the lineage of the neocons and link them to larger issues in how we conceive a decent regime, locally and internationally.
Erica Chenoweth, Nader Hashemi, Marie Berry, George Demartino and I will speak followed by discussion. For the announcement, see Teach-In Poster Regular And here is Erica’s striking article in the Guardian on mass nonviolent resistance: Trump administration Opinion It may only take 3.5% of the population to topple a dictator – with civil resistance Erica …