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What are climate havens? They are seen as places with an abundance of freshwater that are cooler on average, and would benefit from milder winters. Wisconsin, and Madison in particular seem to fit that bill. In fact, this CBS News piece, holds Madison is stark contrast to Paradise, California which burned to the ground in 2018.  Madison is toted as a place safe from–or even benefiting from–climate change. In her recent piece There will be no “climate haven”, Tone Madison News and Politics Editor Christina Lieffring writes that these narratives create “a false sense of security” and offers “potential easy answer to this crisis.”

Lieffring hosts today’s A Public Affair and goes more in depth with Professors Sumudu Atapattu and Richard Keller about the complex issue of climate-based displacement. Keller is the author Fatal Isolation: The Devastating Paris Heat Wave of 2003, and he argues that heat, even in cooler climates, can have drastic and deadly consequences when the infrastructure is not ready.

Atapattu, author of UN Human Rights Institutions and the Environment, offers that developing nations are disproportionately impacted by the rise in temperature, sea level, and natural disasters. She press that globally we must be prepared to relocate populations whose homes will become inhabitable.

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In this episode, we focus on how the narrative imagination helps us make sense of the world. Additionally, we dig into the connection between story and imagination. Our guest scholar in this episode is Dr. Richard Kearney, Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College

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Richard Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston College and has served as a Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, the University of Paris (Sorbonne), the Australian Catholic University and the University of Nice.

He is the author of over 26 books on European philosophy and literature (including three novels and a volume of poetry) and has edited or co-edited 23 more. His most recent publications include Anatheism (2012), Reimagining the Sacred (2015), Carnal Hermeneutics (2015), Twinsome Minds: An Act of Double Remembrance (2018), Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense (2021), Thinking Film: Philosophy at the Movies (ed. Richard Kearney and M.E. Littlejohn) (2023).

He was formerly a member of the Arts Council of Ireland, the Higher Education Authority of Ireland and chairman of the Irish School of Film at University College Dublin. He is also a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

As a public intellectual in Ireland, he was involved in drafting a number of proposals for a Northern Irish peace agreement (1983, 1993, 1995).

He has presented five series on culture and philosophy for Irish and British television and broadcast extensively on the European media.

He is currently international director of the Guestbook Project–Hosting the Stranger: Between Hostility and Hospitality.

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While his full catalog of articles and books is far too long to list here, the publications below provide a useful introduction to his scholarship addressing the topic of imagination:

Kearney, R. (2002). The wake of imagination. Routledge.

Kearney, R. (2002). On stories. Routledge.

Littlejohn, M. E. (Ed.). (2020). Imagination Now: A Richard Kearney Reader. Rowman & Littlefield.

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In this episode, we are joined by Professor Rosemarijn Hoefte, a historian specializing in the history of Suriname after 1873. She is a professor at the University of Amsterdam and a researcher at the Royal Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in the Netherlands.

Professor Hoefte discusses her article, "Control and Resistance: Indentured Labor in Suriname," offering an in-depth look into the period following the abolition of slavery. She explores the origins of indentured laborers, mainly from British India and Java (present-day Indonesia), and the significant impact they had on Suriname's society and economy.

The episode delves into the mechanisms of control imposed by colonial authorities and plantation owners, including penal sanctions and restricted movement, as well as the various forms of resistance employed by the laborers. From open rebellions to subtle acts of defiance, the laborers' struggle for justice is brought to light.

We also discuss the long-term cultural and economic consequences for the laborers and their descendants, and the importance of preserving and respecting this often-overlooked chapter in Suriname's history. Professor Hoefte emphasizes the need for broader recognition and understanding of the entire colonial history of the Netherlands, including the indentured labor system.

Tune in to gain a comprehensive understanding of the control and resistance dynamics within Suriname's indentured labor system and its lasting legacy.

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Rose Marie Adelheid Leonie (Rosemarijn) Höfte is a Dutch historian and Surinamist . She publishes under the name Rosemarijn Hoefte .

Professor Hoefte  studied history at Leiden University and at the University of Florida in Gainesville . She received her doctorate from this institution in 1987 with a dissertation on British Indian and Javanese contractlabor in Suriname , Plantation labor after the abolition of slavery: the case of plantation Marienburg (Suriname), 1880-1940 . An adaptation of this was published as In Place of Slavery (1998).

Rosemarijn Hoefte was head of the Caribbean Department and subsequently head of Collections at the KITLV in Leiden and editor-in-chief of the Nieuwe West-Indische Gids/New West Indian Guide . She is a member of the editorial board of the journal for Surinamistics , Oso , on behalf of the KITLV . In addition to the journals mentioned, she has published articles in Latinamericanist , Boletín de estudios latinoamericanos y del Caribe , Hemisphere: a magazine of Latin American and Caribbean affairs , Intermediair , Internationale spectator: journal for international politics , Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Slavery & abolition: a journal of comparative studies , International labor and working-class history , the women's history journal Historica and Wadabagei: journal of the Caribbean and its diaspora , and in various volumes. She was co-editor of the series Caribbean Abstracts .

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Background: William French is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago. His main research interests are religious ethics, ecological ethics and policies, and war and peace issues. He has written articles and book chapters on such topics as global climate change, land use issues, ecological security, just war theory, the moral status of animals, the Catholic natural tradition, Biblical views of creation, and on comparative religious ethics.

We discuss topics from the infrastructure of war to philosophical history as well as Dr French’s & my opposing views on climate change.

Is democracy at risk worldwide? In this penultimate episode of After America, we examine the alarming trend of democratic backsliding, the global rise of authoritarianism, and how it might provide a blueprint for a second Trump presidency.

We compare the authoritarian tendencies of leaders in India, Russia, and Hungary,  whose tactics in weakening the judiciary, manipulating the media, and undermining fair elections have set a troubling precedent, influencing similar movements across Europe and even some Republican figures in the U.S. This discussion also highlights the broader implications of sacrificing civil liberties for nationalism and security, reflecting on the erosion of democracy in these countries and the potential roadmap it provides for the U.S.

Finally, we discuss the intricate relationship between liberalism and democracy, using Hungary as a case study to explore how democracies without full liberalism can falter. The concept of a "post-communist mafia state" provides a lens through which we analyze Hungary's journey from democracy to autocracy. We also tackle the challenges the European Union faces in addressing Hungary's defiance of democratic norms and consider the global threat of authoritarianism, weighing the contrasting approaches of the EU and the U.S. in imposing sanctions.

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Statistics show that the United States has a robust economy flush with opportunity; but poll after poll of the American public indicates discontent. The 2024 election will be framed by this metaphysical malaise, with Donald Trump and his MAGA movement finding strength in the community of alienated voters. Now Kamala Harris must also secure a narrative which not only addresses the country’s emotional burden, but helps her to form a loyal community of her own.

For the second episode of ECFR’s Swamp Chronicles series, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş and Jeremy Shapiro welcome Connecticut senator Chris Murphy to discuss America’s ‘metaphysical’ crisis and the post-neoliberal framing of the 2024 election. What is the impact of the loneliness epidemic on US society? How is post-neoliberalism shaping the Harris-Walz agenda? And what might a post-neoliberal path mean for Europe?

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Jon Greenaway is a horror expert, with a PhD from the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. He is the co-host of the leftist film analysis podcast Horror Vanguard and his work has appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Baffler and a host of other online publications. He lives and works in the North of England.

Capitalism: A Horror Story: Gothic Marxism and the Dark Side of the Radical Imagination

What does it mean to see horror in capitalism? What can horror tell us about the state and nature of capitalism?

Blending film criticism, cultural theory, and philosophy, Capitalism: A Horror Story examines literature, film, and philosophy, from Frankenstein to contemporary cinema, delving into the socio-political function of the monster, the haunted nature of the digital world, and the inescapable horror of contemporary capitalist politics.

Revitalizing the tradition of Romantic anticapitalism and offering a “dark way of being red”, Capitalism: A Horror Story argues for a Gothic Marxism, showing how we can find revolutionary hope in horror- a site of monstrous becoming that opens the door to a Utopian future.

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Daniel Conceição is back to discuss the social damage of rentier capitalism and the potential to address it through the insights of Modern Monetary Theory. 

Rentier capitalism derives profit from ownership and manipulation of assets rather than through productive activity. While industrial capitalism also creates inequality, rentier capitalism, or rent seeking, exacerbates the division.  

State-controlled money creation could nullify some of the speculative advantage of rentiers by directly funding critical public services, such as housing and healthcare. It may not be the ultimate answer, but it’s worth looking at. 

Daniel and Steve discuss the importance of overcoming mainstream economic fallacies that serve the interests of the financial elite. 

Daniel Negreiros Conceição did his undergraduate studies in Economics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and his postgraduate studies at UMKC (under Professors Wray, Kelton, et al). He is a professor of macroeconomics and public finance at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He helped create the Institute for Functional Finance and Development (iffdbrasil.org),  and he helps run the Brazilian Modern Money Network (https://mmtbrasil.com/) aimed at producing more easily accessible material for teaching MMT to the wider public.  

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