Charles Kesler compares and contrasts the Roman republic with the current state of American democracy.
The Tyranny of Identity Politics
Charles Kesler, Mark Lilla, Heather Mac Donald, and Ryan Williams examine the political and moral threat of identity politics and the means necessary to reinstate and protect the motto on which our republic stands: e pluribus unum. Claremont hosted this panel on November 9, 2017 at the Harvard Club in NYC.
The panelists:
– Charles Kesler, Editor, Claremont Review of Books; Senior Fellow, The Claremont Institute; Professor, Claremont McKenna College
– Mark Lilla, Professor, Columbia University; Author, The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
– Heather Mac Donald, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Author, The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
– Ryan Williams, President, The Claremont Institute (moderator)
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