EPISODE · Jun 25, 2025 · 52 MIN
Michael Ignatieff on the Contradictions of Liberal Democracy
from Democracy in Question? · host Graduate Institute, Geneva
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This episode explores the tensions and contradictions of liberal democracy. What are some recent developments regarding opposing dynamics of economic globalization and the political sovereignty of the nation state? And why are universities, which have paved the way for upward mobility in most Western democracies, now under attack? Tune in to hear why there cannot be a free society without free universities.
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