NBN Book of the Day

Marshall Poe

Private Censorship

Censorship

Free Speech

Social Media

Economic Inequality

First Amendment

Social Mobility

Western History

Wealth Accumulation

Sex Robots

America’s New Racial Battle Lines

Jews

Antitax Movement

Tax Policy

Chinese Science

Global Enlightenment

Political Legitimacy

Henry III

Guido Alfani

Historical Demography

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Trevor Brown

Author and co-author of Rural Versus Urban, The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy

Suzanne Mettler & Trevor Brown (co-authors)

Episode: Suzanne Mettler and Trevor E. Brown, "Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Vali Nasr

Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs in Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS

Johns Hopkins University

Episode: Understanding Iran Under Attack: A Discussion with Author Vali Nasr

Wendy Brown

Professor of Political Theory, Institute for Advanced Study

Institute for Advanced Study

Episode: Wendy Brown, "States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Mike Pitts

Author and archaeologist, writer of Island at the Edge of the World

Bloomsbury / Island at the Edge of the World

Episode: Mike Pitts, "Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of Easter Island" (Bloomsbury, 2025)

Pablo Zavala

Assistant professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, Loyola University New Orleans

Loyola University New Orleans

Episode: Pablo Zavala, "Forging a Mexican People: Collective Subjectivities in Postrevolutionary Print Culture, 1917-1968" (U Arizona Press, 2026)

Maud Bracke

Professor of Modern European History at the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

Episode: Maud Anne Bracke, "Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Feminism, Contraception, and Abortion, 1950-1980 (Oxford UP, 2025)

Guoqi Xu

Historian of transnational history and shared history; professor at the University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

Episode: Guoqi Xu, "The Idea of China: A Contested History" (Harvard UP, 2026)

Tamara Kay

Professor at the University of Pittsburgh; author of Sesame Street Around the World

University of Pittsburgh; Oxford University Press (book publisher)

Episode: Tamara Kay, "Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships" (Oxford UP, 2025)

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Economist and author of The Case Against Education

George Mason University (as inferred from public profile)

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Wendy Brown, "States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Q: In conflicts over race, gender, sexuality, minority rights, how can we honor histories of injury without being wedded to grievance, and what is the future of the left given these DEI battles and right-wing counter-mobilization?

The left should remain committed to equality and inclusion while expanding its language toward a planetary politics that protects both human and non-human life, moving beyond identitarian frames to cultivate solidarity and care. The aim is to sustain critique and social justice without letting co-optation derail emancipatory aims.

Wendy Brown, "States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Q: Another question is there are lots of conflict these days all over the world, even within democratic societies. Disinformation, migration, access to health, education. How can we recover practices of freedom without defaulting to bans and emergency powers, and reconstruct a democratic society?

Brown argues for distinguishing political freedom from merely private or market freedoms, emphasizing civic participation and the rule of the people. She cautions against using bans as a primary tool and suggests time-and-place discernment to counter co-optation and to maintain a viable space for critical inquiry and democratic deliberation.

Wendy Brown, "States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity" (Princeton UP, 2025)

Q: Can you just before we start, can you just very briefly tell us how the idea of this book came to you back in 1995? Why you decided to write this book and it's obviously been republished again with a new preface. Why do you think it's still relevant?

Brown explains she started from an internal left critique of identity politics and its fixation on injury, aiming to ground emancipation in a broader, more inclusive political project. The republishing underscores the continued currency of the issues, including debates over wounded attachments and the critique of left legalism, while acknowledging the evolution of these debates into current right-leaning critiques.

Maud Anne Bracke, "Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Reproductive Rights in Modern France: Feminism, Contraception, and Abortion, 1950-1980 (Oxford UP, 2025)

Q: How did the role of the MLF influence the expansion of reproductive liberty and what were some limitations you identify?

The MLF pushed the abortion debate into public and political spheres, foregrounding women's bodily autonomy and self-determination, which helped shift policy and discourse by the mid-1970s. However, the movement had limitations, notably limited focus on overseas departments and a tendency toward White Majority Feminism, which meant immigrant women and racialized groups did not always see their experiences reflected or addressed in the broader feminist agenda.

Understanding Iran Under Attack: A Discussion with Author Vali Nasr

Q: What can you tell us about the leadership and the new Supreme Leader's role during this period?

Nasr discusses the importance of the Supreme Leader, the guarded public profile of the new leader, his revolutionary Guard background, and why the assembly chose him as the most effective during wartime, given the need for steadfast leadership and continuity.

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