Sacred and Profane Love Episode 3: Walt Whitman on Hope and National Character
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In Episode 3 of the podcast Sacred & Profane Love, philosopher Jennifer A. Frey has a conversation with fellow philosopher Nancy Snow, about why she thinks we should be reading the poetry of Walt Whitman in our current political moment.\\xa0 We discuss Whitman\\u2019s, \\u201cSong of Myself\\u201d and \\u201cDemocratic Vistas,\\u201d and how each of these works touches on the theme of hope as a democratic civic virtue.\\xa0 We also explore Whitman\\u2019s conviction that poetry can help build hope and help to shape the national character more generally.
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