Aspen Brinton, Ph.D., is a political theorist. Her research interests include democratic theory, dissident movements, East-Central Europe, and the intellectual history of civil society and free speech. In this episode, we discuss her book Confronting Totalitarian Minds: Jan Patočka on politics and dissidence, alongside discussions on Gandhi, phenomenology, Charter 77, and more.

Brinton's book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo68264285.html

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