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Episode 150: The World According to Star Wars (with Cass R. Sunstein)

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Channel: Libertarianism.org · 2016 · News & Politics

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Cass R. Sunstein joins us this week to talk about his new book, The World According to Star Wars. How did the Star Wars franchise become a cultural touchstone?

Was the success of the Star Wars franchise inevitable? What does Star Wars have to teach us about politics, revolution, and constitutional interpretation?

Show Notes and Further Reading

Cass R. Sunstein, The World According to Star Wars (2016)
https://www.amazon.com/World-According-Star-Wars/dp/0062484222/

This is a previous Free Thoughts podcast with Ilya Somin on the politics of Star Wars:
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/politics-star-wars

Cato scholar Michael F. Cannon has written a column for Libertarianism.org on Star Wars and the nature of evil:
http://www.libertarianism.org/columns/jedi-libertarianism-lessons-nature-evil-star-wars

Trevor mentions a previous episode of Free Thoughts on originalism featuring Randy E. Barnett:
http://www.libertarianism.org/media/free-thoughts/our-republican-constitution-securing-liberty-sovereignty-we-people

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