Liberties, a Journal of Culture and Politics, is essential reading for those engaged in the cultural and political issues of our time. In this issue of Liberties: Michael Ignatieff - The Mind‿s Emancipation; Mary Gaitskill - The Trials of the Young; Sergei Lebedev - Putin‿s Philosopher: A Memoir; Michael Walzer - Moral Concern; Justin E. H. Smith ‿ The Happiness Industrial Complex; Andrew Scull ‿ The Fashions in Trauma; David A. Bell ‿ The Triumph of Anti-Politics in America; Michael Kimmage ‿ A Defense of Delight in a Dark Time; Robert Alter ‿ Proust and the Mystification of the Jews; Steven B. Smith ‿ What is a Statesman?; Benjamin Moser ‿ Rembrandt‿s shadows; Helen Vendler ‿ The Poetry of Charm; Celeste Marcus ‿ Priorism, or the Joshua Katz Affair; Leon Wieseltier ‿ Problems and Struggles; and, new poems by Karen Solie, Adam Zagajewski, and John Hodgen. Published quarterly, Liberties, is a collection of the most significant writers today as well as launching the voices of tomorrow. Liberties features serious, independent, stylish, and controversial essays by significant writers and introduces the next generation of writers and poets to inspire and impact the intellectual and creative lifeblood of today‿s culture and politics. Nobel Prize winners, leading op-ed writers, well-known non-fiction writers, rising talents, and poets from around the world are part of the Liberties series. There‿s a reason why engaged citizens, cultural warriors, political leaders, opinion makers, and activists from across the cultural and political spectrum read and cherish Liberties.