Join us for a discussion with Professor Geoff Mann as he examines the political and economic challenges posed by climate change and their implications for liberal-democratic governance. Drawing from his co-authored work Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future (Verso, 2018), Mann will explore the emergence of the "Climate Leviathan"—a hegemonic model of global climate governance rooted in liberal capitalism.

In conversation with Penn graduate student Audrey Jaquiss, Mann will unpack how climate change not only threatens ecological stability but also demands a reckoning with the political structures that shape our world. Does addressing the climate crisis require an abandonment of liberal democracy, as some theorists suggest? Or can democracy adapt to confront planetary-scale challenges?

This event is part of our Other Ideals? The Future of Democracy series, which examines alternatives to the conventional liberal-democratic model, including socialism, social democracy, anarchism, indigenous governance, and other paradigms that may offer more effective responses to pressing global crises.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER