Talks in the Othmer: Corey Robin on Making Sense of Clarence Thomas’s America
Corey Robin, one of the foremost analysts of the right, brings fresh and often prescient perspectives to our understanding of American conservatism. His ground-breaking books, The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, The Reactionary Mind and Fear, explain the history that brings us to these unprecedented political times. Robin’s regular articles and opinion pieces lay out the urgent choices that confront America today. Join Robin for an evening of sharp observation and reflection that touch on the tightening grip of conservative power, the ascent of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and the trouble our democracy seems headed towards. Political writer Osita Nwanevu of The New Republic and The Guardian leads the conversation.
Participants
Corey Robin is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Robin is the author of The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, The Reactionary Mind, and Fear: The History of a Political Idea. His books and essays have been translated into thirteen languages. He is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and other publications.
Osita Nwanevu is a contributing editor at The New Republic and a columnist at The Guardian and previously a staff writer at The New Republic, The New Yorker, and Slate. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Gawker, among other publications. His first book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, will be published by Random House.
Center for Brooklyn History's Fall series, Talks in the Othmer, is presented in partnership with New York University's Brooklyn-based 370 Jay Project. Programs take place in CBH's beautiful Othmer Reading Room.
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