Episode #1 w/ Jonathan Rose (part 1): Books from Below and the power of liberal education
In this interview, Mateus interviews Jonathan Rose, renowned Historian, Professor of History, Director of the Graduate Program in Book History at Drew University, and the founding president of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. We discuss his book, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Yale University Press (2021, 3ed), the importance of Liberal Education for the emancipation of those that come from below, and the dangers of the current decline in reading rates!