15: On Rooted Cosmopolitanism
Tara Isabella Burton, Dhananjay Jagannathan, and John Milbank join the hosts for a series of conversations on place, nation, empire, the need for roots, and morally ambiguous semi-fallen angels.
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Show Notes
Peter and Susannah welcome Tara Isabella Burton and Dhananjay Jagannathan to discuss the intersections of their recent pieces. Tara’s cosmopolitan upbringing led her to yearn for the connectedness of place, and yet she’s cautious about the potential dark side of that chthonic urge.
Meanwhile, Dhananjay’s immigrant story and thoughtful loyalty to the America of the American idea will not let him dismiss patriotism.
Then, John Milbank brings us to the deepest of deep roots, with a full-throated defense of a nation that is linked to a place, and which is not based on an idea. His piece is a hymn to the mythic geography of England.