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Authoritarian charisma. Educating the elites. Secular versus divine power. Join us in New York City for an unforgettable night with Jennifer Frey, John Ganz, Julia Sonnevend, Shadi Hamid, Skye Cleary, Musa al-Gharbi, Tara Isabella Burton, Scott Barry Kaufman, and Interintellect founder Anna Gát for a salon and debate on the nature of power today.

Legitimacy, cooption, retaliation: the three pillars of power are never more up for debate than in a year when a country elects its new leaders, when it exerts its democratic force to make the one who represents the majority best its chief executive.

Mass media, educational institutions, and communities of worship all play important roles in who gets to lead and what will be required of them. At Interintellect, we believe the truth comes out in conversation, and the more angles and disciplines are represented, the better for all.

At this special afternoon festival in New York City, we will come together with some of our favourite American thinkers to talk about what power means and how it works in 2024. The event will feature three panels and at the end a roundtable where all panelists and moderators, and our audience, will get a chance to compare notes and debate what lies at the heart of power today.

4 pm – 4:45 pm: The Discreet Charm of Populism (panel)

Julia Sonnevend and John Ganz – led by Tara Isabella Burton

On authoritarians, online fame, and institutional nihilism…

4:45 pm – 5:30 pm A Sentimental Education

Scott Barry Kaufman and Musa al-Gharbi – led by Skye Cleary

On educators, and the changing role of academia as a counterbalance/check/training ground for the powerful…

5:30pm – 5:45 pm Break

5:45 pm – 6:30 pm Render to Secular Power the Things That Are Secular Power’s

Jennifer Frey and Shadi Hamid – led by Rebecca Lowe

On God, and the role of divine power in an increasingly secular world and its politics…

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm On Power

Roundtable with all panelists, moderators, and audience members – – led by Anna Gát

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Mingle

Recommended reading:
The Universe and the University by Jennifer A. Frey
The Power of Tim Walz’s Joyful Charm by Julia Sonnevend
Secular Stagnation: How Religion Endures in a Godless Age By Shadi Hamid
Of memes and magick by Tara Isabella Burton
Out of Sartre’s Shadow by Skye Cleary
An interview with Rebecca Lowe
Schools and the Theory of Personal Intelligence - interview with Scott Barry Kaufman
What's Going on with the Tech-Fash Turn? by John Ganz
Behind the Ivy Intifada by Musa al-Gharbi