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Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent at The Nation and the author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014).

Articles and Events

Where Things Went Awry

The rise of illiberalism in the West flows directly from liberalism’s failures.

Jeet Heer

Richard Aldous

Host of "Bookstack," a weekly podcast of books and ideas.

Latest Podcast

Peter Hartcher on Australia's China Challenge

Peter Hartcher on Australia's China Challenge

Featured Posts

How to Build a New Political Party

Frank J. DiStefano
How to Build a New Political Party

Who’s Afraid of FDR?

Mary Ann Glendon
Who’s Afraid of FDR?

What Remains? Georg Lukács’ Dialectical Wager

Vladimir Tismaneanu
What Remains? Georg Lukács’ Dialectical Wager

Upcoming Events

August 4, 2021: Peter Berkowitz discusses "The Clash within Liberal Democracy"

August 6, 2021: "A Night at the Movies" with Barry Jenkins and David Thomson

August 18, 2021: Timothy Garton Ash on his article "The Future of Liberalism"