{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-and-politics-paperback","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor in Chief), \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e , \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this issue of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eKatherine C. Epstein \u003c\/b\u003e-- Scholarship and the Future of Society; \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e -- A Forgotten Giant; \u003cb\u003eCass R. Sunstein\u003c\/b\u003e -- A Constitutional Manifesto; \u003cb\u003eMark Edmundson \u003c\/b\u003e-- The Trouble with Good People;\u003cb\u003e James Wolcott\u003c\/b\u003e -- Billionaires on Parada; E\u003cb\u003elliot Ackerman\u003c\/b\u003e -- The American Strategic Imagination; \u003cb\u003eMoshe Halbertal \u003c\/b\u003e-- Two Concepts of God in Judaism and Beyond; \u003cb\u003eNoga Arikha \u003c\/b\u003e-- Why Brain Science does not Have the Last Word; \u003cb\u003eCarlos Fraenkel\u003c\/b\u003e -- Astronomy and Magic; \u003cb\u003eDaphne Merkin\u003c\/b\u003e -- What You Never Knew About Sigmund Freud's Wife; \u003cb\u003eJames R. Russell\u003c\/b\u003e -- The Poet \u003cb\u003eMisak Medzarents\u003c\/b\u003e, and Two Poems; \u003cb\u003eRobert Alter \u003c\/b\u003e-- What Flaubert Taught Agnon; \u003cb\u003eRachel Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e -- The Unfunny Fate of Humor in Our Time; \u003cb\u003eHelen Vendler\u003c\/b\u003e -- The Excitement of Discovering a New Poet; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e -- Israel and The Struggle for Liberal Nationalism; \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e -- How To Think Unhysterically About Change; and, poetry by \u003cb\u003eLeslie Williams\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMisak Medzarents\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties \u003c\/i\u003efeatures serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and introduces the next generation of writers and poets to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today's culture and politics. Nobel Prize winners, leading op-ed writers, well-known non-fiction writers, rising talents, and poets from around the world. A new issue is published every quarter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a reason why engaged citizens, cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and activists from across the cultural and political spectrum read and cherish \u003ci\u003eLiberties.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine C. Epstein \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of history at Rutgers University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa \u003c\/b\u003ewon the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. This essay was translated by \u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCass R. 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