Jodi Dean

Jodi Dean is a professor of politics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges,in Geneva, New York. Her most recent book is Capital's Grave: Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle.

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The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within

What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.

Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation

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