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{"id":6815266471995,"title":"Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?","handle":"do-humankinds-best-days-lie-ahead","description":"\u003cp\u003eProgress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. 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It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals and societies around the world. But is progress inevitable? Its critics argue that human civilization has become different, not better, over the last two and a half centuries. What is seen as a breakthrough or innovation in one period becomes a setback or limitation in another. 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Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The seventeenth semi-annual Munk Debates tackles whether humankind’s best days lie ahead.
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{"id":6813802135611,"title":"Is American Democracy in Crisis?","handle":"is-american-democracy-in-crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate pits award-winning journalist E. J. Dionne, Jr. and influential author and blogger Andrew Sullivan against former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich and bestselling author and editor Kimberley Strassel to debate the current crisis of American democracy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Our country is now as close to crossing the line from democracy to autocracy as it has been in our lifetimes.” — E. J. Dionne, Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the public debate of the moment: is Donald Trump precipitating a crisis of American democracy? For some the answer is an emphatic “yes.” Trump’s disregard for the institutions and political norms of U.S. democracy is imperiling the Republic. The sooner his presidency collapses the sooner the healing can begin and the ship of state righted. For others Trump is not the villain in this drama. Rather, his young presidency is the conduit, not the cause, of Americans’ deep-seated anger towards a privileged and self-dealing Washington elite. Trump’s disruption of politics as usual is what America needs to start the process of restoring democracy by the people, for the people.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-23T13:11:01-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-23T09:23:43-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Dionne Jr. E.J.","By (author) Gingrich Newt","By (author) Strassel Kimberley","By (author) Sullivan Andrew","House of Anansi Press","Munk Debates","pub date: 2018-04-24","Technology \u0026 Politics","The Munk Debates"],"price":995,"price_min":995,"price_max":1495,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40205719863355,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487004514","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Is American Democracy in Crisis? - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1495,"weight":140,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487004514","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40205909622843,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487004521","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Is American Democracy in Crisis? - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487004521","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}},{"id":40205910376507,"title":"mobi","option1":"mobi","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487004538","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Is American Democracy in Crisis? - mobi","public_title":"mobi","options":["mobi"],"price":995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487004538","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_01e7ae53-8f55-41de-80e0-67443cb25c13.jpg?v=1678599638"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_01e7ae53-8f55-41de-80e0-67443cb25c13.jpg?v=1678599638","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324545613883,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"width":1500,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_01e7ae53-8f55-41de-80e0-67443cb25c13.jpg?v=1678599638"},"aspect_ratio":0.625,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_01e7ae53-8f55-41de-80e0-67443cb25c13.jpg?v=1678599638","width":1500}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate pits award-winning journalist E. 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Rather, his young presidency is the conduit, not the cause, of Americans’ deep-seated anger towards a privileged and self-dealing Washington elite. Trump’s disruption of politics as usual is what America needs to start the process of restoring democracy by the people, for the people.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Dionne is also a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University.\u003c\/p\u003e","BISACSubjectLiteral_0":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ American Government \/ General","BISACSubjectLiteral_1":"POLITICAL SCIENCE \\\/ American Government \\\/ General","BISACSubject_0":"POL040000","BISACSubject_1":"POL007000","ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE. J. DIONNE, JR.\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning journalist and political commentator who appears regularly on MSNBC, NPR’s \u003cem\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/em\u003e, and ABC News’ \u003cem\u003eThis Week\u003c\/em\u003e. He is currently a William F. Bloomberg Visiting Professor at Harvard University, with a joint appointment at the Harvard Divinity School, the Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 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Is American Democracy in Crisis?
The twenty-first semi-annual Munk Debate considers the current crisis of American democracy.
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{"id":6813780901947,"title":"Political Correctness","handle":"political-correctness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe twenty-second Munk Debate pits acclaimed journalist, professor, and ordained minister Michael Eric Dyson and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ecolumnist Michelle Goldberg against renowned actor and writer Stephen Fry and University of Toronto professor and author Jordan Peterson to debate the implications of political correctness and freedom of speech.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs political correctness an enemy of free speech, open debate, and the free exchange of ideas? Or, by confronting head-on the dominant power relationships and social norms that exclude marginalized groups are we creating a more equitable and just society? For some the argument is clear. Political correctness is stifling the free and open debate that fuels our democracy. 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Political Correctness
The twenty-second semi-annual Munk Debate discusses the implications of political correctness and freedom of speech.
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North America’s Lost Decade?
The eighth semi-annual Munk Debate asks will North America rebound from economic stagnation, or is the future more uncertain than ever?
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China and the West
The twenty-fourth semi-annual Munk Debate tackles the threat of China to the liberal international order.
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The Rise of Populism
The twenty-third semi-annual Munk Debate takes on the future of liberalism against the rising tide of populism.
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Should the West Engage Putin’s Russia?
The fifteenth semi-annual Munk Debate considers whether the West should engage, not isolate, Putin’s Russia.
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Hitchens vs. Blair
Two formidable minds, one powerfully charged debate: is religion a force for good in this world?
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Powered by the human capital of 1.3 billion citizens, the latest technological advances, and a comparatively efficient system of state-directed capitalism, China seems poised to become the global superpower this century. But the Middle Kingdom also faces a series of challenges. 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Does the 21st Century Belong to China?
A Munk Debate on the key geopolitical issue of the century: the rise of China.
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Can Donald Trump Make America Great Again?
The nineteenth semi-annual Munk Debate tackles whether Donald Trump has what it takes to be the 45th President of the United States.
