Show Notes
Philippe Sands, author and international law professor, joins Steve to discuss the historical “rupture” we are living through, whether Trump is the cause or a manifestation of this rupture, to what extent historical comparisons are a good guide to understanding what is happening today, whether international law is dead, the usefulness of the debate about whether the genocide label applies in Gaza, and the difference between genocide and crimes against humanity.
They also discuss Arlie Russell Hochschild’s book “Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right,” the anger many feel, populism, whether folks still care about climate change, adding ecocide to the list of international crimes, and Leonard Cohen.
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