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In Praise of Agnes Heller (1919-2019)

10/22/2026 • 13 min

Agnes Heller loved being part of the Budapest School--and she hated being part of any school. In his 2019 In Memoriam piece, John explored her ambivalence about intellectual camaraderie, its virtues and its vices. This experiment in reading Public Books articles aloud--akin to Books in Dark Times and Recall This Story and Recall This B-Side--follows on from JP's… Play episode

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Parties on the Ground: A Study of Nominations for the House of Representat…
Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo
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Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs with Suparn…
The Democracy Exchange: Asia Asks, Latin America Responds
Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie…
God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Jacob Ware (C…
The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Now…
The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915
Notes from the Sex Worker Left: Lumpen Theory with Heather Berg (Duke UP, …
A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health with Susan Ka…
Down and Out in Utopia: Unemployment as Moral Education in Norway with Kel…
Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession with Nicolas Guilhot (Har…
The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterpar…
Beyond Incremental Reform: Rethinking the United Nations with Augusto Lópe…
Rhetorical Powers: How Rising States Shape International Order with Sasiku…
How to Stay Human Forever: On America's Digital Technology Crisis with Jam…
Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands wit…
Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kiss…
The Return of the Great Powers with Brendan Simms (Basic Books, 2026)
Compromised Coalitions: The Paradox of Postconflict Power Sharing in Afric…
Democracy on the Edge: The Trump Elections and the Future of American Poli…
Driven to Their Knees: Humiliation in Contemporary Politics with Roxanne L…
Aristotle Kallis, "Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation …
The Nature of Freedom: On the Republican Tradition with Philip Pettit
The American Right in Ferment: A Conversation with Writer Matthew Continet…
Stefano Recchia, "Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military I…
Brian L. Porto, "Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshi…
Lily Geismer on the Democratic Party in the 1990s
Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy
Nora Fisher-Onar, "Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism and Natio…
William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe, "Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the …
Voices from North Korea: Refugees Tell Their Stories
Robert Shum, "Democracy or Carbon Oligarchy?: Climate and Energy Politics …
Meghan Garrity, "Mass Expulsion: The Politics of Forced Population Removal…
Jieun Baek, "Privileged But Powerless: How North Korean Elite Grievances …
Nikhil Kalyanpur, "Legal Weapons of the Wealthy: The Offshoring of Elite C…
Michael Diniscia and Ellyn M Toscano eds. "Civility Unbound: Contesting a …
Jonathan Quong, "Political Philosophy: The Puzzle of Legitimate Injustice"…
The Political Philosophy of Mark Twain: On His Absurd, Noble Americans wit…
Richard Ned Lebow, "Why Nations Still Fight" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Srirupa Roy, "The Political Outsider: Indian Democracy and the Lineages of…
Catherine Reyes-Housholder, "How Women Win Presidential Elections in Latin…
Paul Johnson, "Challenging Inequalities: How We Got Stuck and Where We Go …
After Putin: A Discussion with Political Scientist Julian G. Waller
Edward Goldring, "Purges: How Dictators Fight to Survive" (Cornell UP, 202…
Mark Leonard, "Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail" (Polity P…
Seth Masket, "The Elephants in the Room: How Trump Voters Seized the Party…

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