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Episode 126: Vejas Liulevicius - Western Civilization in 60 Minutes
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- Oct 25, 2024
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- 3702
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Summary
Vejas Liulevicius is a historian, an author, and a professor whose "Great Courses" lectures include "Turning Points in Modern History" and "War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500–2000." ------------ Book Dan to do an interview or a meeting ------------ Keep Talking Substack Spotify Apple Podcasts Social media and all episodes ------------ Support via Venmo Support on Substack Support on Patreon ------------ (00:00) Intro (01:00) Rome, Greece, and the Enlightenment (12:57) Contrasting the Enlightenment to other political philosophies of its time (22:07) The American Revolution and the American Experiment (30:47) Alexis de Tocqueville and "Democracy in America" (34:24) The Weimar Republic and the Rise of Nazism (46:41) How Hitler rose and what culturally preceded dictatorship in Germany (54:16) The 2024 U.S. Presidential election and our point in history (58:20) The Great Courses