Long Reads: Lea Ypi on the Enigmas of Modern Albania
On the last years of Albanian Communism and the country's new order.
March 12, 2022
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March 12, 2022
Long Reads: Lea Ypi on the Enigmas of Modern Albania
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<p>Lea Ypi joins <em>Long Reads</em> for a discussion about Albanian history. Lea is a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics and the author of several books. Her most recent work is <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/320/320869/free/9780241481851.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><em>Free: Coming of Age at the End of History</em></a><em>. </em>It's<em></em>account of her experience growing up in the last years of Albanian Communism and the first phase of the country's new capitalist order.</p><br /><p>Long Reads is a Jacobin podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn.</p><br /><p>Produced by Conor Gillies, music by <a href="https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Knxwledge</a>.</p>
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