Hugh Linehan interviews Lea Ypi about her book, 'Indignity: A Life Reimagined,' which explores political, historical, and philosophical themes through the life of Ypi's grandmother, Leman Ypi. The discussion covers silenced histories, nation formation, archives, and analogies between historical and current political crises.
On today’s Inside Politics podcast Hugh Linehan interviews Albania n academic and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined . The book is an exploration of political, historical and philosophical themes through the story of Ypi’s grandmother, Leman Ypi, who experienced Albania ’s tumultuous 20th century, from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, through fascism, Nazism, communism and its fall.
Lea talks about how literature helps us hear silenced histories - particularly those of women. She also discusses nation formation, the role of archives, and the analogies between historical and current political crises. Lea Ypi is Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Indignity: A Life Reimagined is published by Penguin.The Trial of Richard Satchwell review: The story of an innocent woman who became the victim of a violent husbandThe Women's PodcastFather and daughter found dead in Finglas suspected murder-suicide named locallyThe Walsh Sisters review: Disappointing adaptation has a weird attitude towards middle-aged womenThe Trial of Richard Satchwell review: The story of an innocent woman who became the victim of a violent husbandGovernment commits to CHI inquiry after meeting Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s parentsThe Irish Times view on the end of Children’s Health Ireland: promise unfulfilled
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