{"product_id":"liberties-journal-of-culture-and-politics-volume-ii-issue-4-paperback","title":"Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics: Volume II, Issue 4 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e , \u003cb\u003eRobert Kagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A Meteor of Intelligent Substance\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Something was Missing in our Culture, and Here It Is\"\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e is THE place to be.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues and causes of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiberties \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efeatures serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers throughout the world; new poetry; and, introduces the next generation of writers and voices to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today's culture and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edition of Liberties: \u003cb\u003eOksana Forostyna's\u003c\/b\u003e A Diary from Lviv; \u003cb\u003eRobert Kagan\u003c\/b\u003e argues All Wars are Wars of Choice; \u003cb\u003eJustin E. 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Smith\u003c\/b\u003e grapples with The Gamification of Reality; \u003cb\u003eJames Wolcott \u003c\/b\u003equestions The Poetry of Rock; \u003cb\u003ePascal Bruckner\u003c\/b\u003e sees The Oblomovization of the West; \u003cb\u003eWilliam Deresiewicz \u003c\/b\u003eon higher education's Schools for Souls; \u003cb\u003eJaroslaw Anders \u003c\/b\u003ewrites An Open Letter to an Enemy in My Native Land; \u003cb\u003eElliot Ackerman\u003c\/b\u003e reveals The Politicization of the American Military;\u003cb\u003e Jonathan Baskin\u003c\/b\u003e on Sheila Heti and the Fight for Art; A Conversation About Modern History between\u003cb\u003e Isaiah Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAdam Michnik\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eDavid Thomson\u003c\/b\u003e goes back to Chinatown with Roman Polanski and John Huston; \u003cb\u003eHelen Vendler\u003c\/b\u003e reads John Donne for How to Talk to God; \u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus \u003c\/b\u003eon Why Women Mortify Themselves; \u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e on Ukraine and Us; and, poetry from \u003cb\u003eValzhyna Mort\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDaryna Gladun\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLesyk Panasiuk\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eUri Tzvi Greenberg\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eHenri Cole\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eClaire Malroux\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eLa Fontaine\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eDevin Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCeleste Marcus\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing editor of \u003ci\u003eLiberties\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOksana Forostyna\u003c\/b\u003e is a Ukrainian writer and translator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Kagan\u003c\/b\u003e is the Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the author most recently of \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustin E. 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