Akiva Malamet

Biography

Akiva Malamet is an MA student in Philosophy and the program in Political and Legal Thought at Queen’s University, Kingston. He holds a BA in Government from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya in Israel. His writing has appeared in Liberal Currents, Lib​er​tar​i​an​ism​.org, and other publications. He was a winner of the 2018 ‘Carl Menger Undergraduate Essay Contest’ from the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics.
Articles
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Reconciling Libertarian and Leftist Views of Power and Equality
Akiva Malamet
Reconciling Libertarian and Leftist Views of Power and Equality

There are a lot of similarities in the two ideologies’ critiques of power and domination, but great differences in how they view state vs. market power. Yet both can learn from each other.

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Akiva Malamet
Vice in <em>The Virtue of Nationalism</em>

Hazony’s views about the role of individuals and the nature of ethics mean that nations of any type are permitted to wage unjust war and impose sweeping domestic oppression. This nationalism should not guide our thinking today.

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Akiva Malamet
Postmodernism: A Libertarian Introduction

What is postmodernism, really? And how does it relate to libertarian thought?

Podcasts
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The Big Lebowski
Julian Sanchez, Akiva Malamet, Landry Ayres, & Natalie Dowzicky
Explaining Postmodernism
Akiva Malamet, Aaron Ross Powell, and Trevor Burrus