Jedediah Purdy

I've written seven books, most recently the forthcoming Two Cheers for Politics: Why Democracy Is Scary, Flawed, and Our Best Hope. My writing is mostly about law, politics, and the natural world. I've also written for many magazines, including The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Nation, Democracy Journal, Dissent, and Jacobin. I'm a spouse and father, and right now live in New York after nearly fifteen years in North Carolina. I grew up in West Virginia.