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Political Science August 9, 2019

De-Moralizing Gay Rights

Some Queer Remarks on LGBT+ Rights Politics in the US

Cyril Ghosh

Hosted by Emily Crandall
In his book, De-Moralizing Gay Rights: Some Queer Remarks on LGBT+ Rights Politics in the US (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), Cyril Ghosh interrogates three arenas of debate over LGBT+ rights in …
Gender Studies March 25, 2019

Decolonizing Universalism

A Transnational Feminist Ethic

Serene J. Khader

Hosted by Emily Crandall
Transnational feminist theory and practice is faced with a dilemma: how should we contest and resist gender-based oppression, while at the same time respecting cultural difference? In her book, Decolonizing …
Politics & Polemics January 4, 2019

The Lost History of Liberalism

From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century

Helena Rosenblatt

Hosted by Emily Crandall
How is it that “liberalism” is a word so ubiquitous and yet we can hardly seem to agree on its meaning? In her book The Lost History of Liberalism: From …
Politics & Polemics November 26, 2018

Free Time

Julie L. Rose

Hosted by Emily Crandall
Though early American labor organizers agitated for the eight-hour workday on the grounds that they were entitled to “eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for …
Science September 7, 2016

Objectivity and Diversity

A New Logic of Scientific Inquiry

Sandra Harding

Hosted by Emily Crandall
Is the scientific value of objectivity in conflict with the social justice commitment to diversity? In her latest book, Objectivity and Diversity: A New Logic of Scientific Inquiry (University of …