Tiffany Jenkins On Privacy And Liberalism
About this episode
Tiffany Jenkins discusses the connection between privacy and liberal values, exploring historical perspectives and contemporary implications.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Tiffany is a cultural historian, writer, and broadcaster. She has been a critic and presenter on BBC Radio 4 and now serves as a trustee of the British Museum. Her latest book is Strangers and Intimates : The Rise and Fall of Private Life. It’s a fascinating book of history and political insight: how privacy is deeply connected to liberal values, and why its abeyance matters. For two clips of the episode — on the first sexual revolution in England, and when privacy strengthened patriarchy — head to our YouTube page . Other topics: growing up in an Anglo-American household; losing and keeping accents; privacy a rare thing in history; the Greeks and Romans; the human tendency to gossip; the Reformation and private faith; Thomas More against Martin Luther; Cromwell banning Christmas; Hobbes and the right of conscience; Locke and natural rights; Marie Antoinette; Rousseau and self-creation; spying; the emergence of the back stairs; the Romantics and subjectivity; Wollstonecraft and women’s equality; the Sodomites’ Walk; the rise of coffee shops; John Stuart Mill; child abuse; marital rape; Betty…
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