Indignity with Lea Ypi
Mark Leonard welcomes Lea Ypi to discuss her latest book on indignity—and how lessons from the past can help the left counter the new right
Experts & Staff
Lea Ypi
Professor, London School of Economics
Biography
Lea Ypi is an ECFR council member and professor in political theory at the London School of Economics.
In the media
When the argument that we must “be pragmatic” is the first to be put on the table, principles – memory, responsibility, care for vulnerable people, you name it – have already been suspended
Lea Ypi on British interest in the migrant pact struck between Italy and Albania
The Right has positioned itself as the defender of the people, while those who wish to defend Europe seem to offer only a tradition of cosmopolitanism and common values in response
Lea Ypi analyses the winding gap between the European people and the political elite
Perhaps this is the real political meaning of the Enlightenment: whether there is hope or not is only a relevant question for those who have the privilege to doubt it
Lea Ypi reflects on moments of 2023 teaching Immanuel Kant’s 1784 essay, What Is Enlightenment?