Authority isn't a Kafkaesque nightmare, argues Mark Lilla - author of the Once and Future Liberal. Many of the left's recent mistakes come back to this fundamental misunderstanding.
Mark Lilla is an American political scientist, historian of ideas, journalist, and professor of humanities at Columbia University in New York City. He is the author of many books, including The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics.
Deirdre McCloskey was distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English and Communication at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She has written 17 books and around 400 scholarly pieces on topics ranging from technical economics to transgender advocacy.
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