# Toward an Interdisciplinary Study of Liberty, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/toward-an-interdisciplinary-study-of-liberty-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 28, 2016

---

George H. Smith begins his discussion of the need for an interdisciplinary approach to liberty by noting some hazards of academic specialization.

[Originally published in essay form on February 7, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/toward-interdisciplinary-study-liberty-part-1)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._