What Does Authoritarianism Feel Like? | Kim Lane Scheppele

In this clip from The Civic Forum, Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele talks about what "soft authoritarianism" feels like for the people living through it. She draws from her research on Hungary under Viktor Orbán’ and draws parallels to the current Trump administration. Rory Truex, a scholar of authoritarianism, moderates the conversation. Full interview is here:    • What Trump Learned from Orbán | Kim Lane S...   Follow The Civic Forum 🌐 Website: https://www.thecivicforum.com/ 🎥 Crowdcast: https://www.crowdcast.io/@the-civic-f... 📰 Substack/Newsletter: https://rorytruex.substack.com/ 📸 Instagram:   / thecivicforum   💼 LinkedIn:   / rory-truex-4860a2101   ✖️ X/Twitter: https://x.com/rorytruex More About Kim Lane Scheppele https://sociology.princeton.edu/peopl... https://substack.com/@kimlanelaw Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is also a faculty fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Her primary field is the sociology of law and she specializes in ethnographic and archival research on courts and public institutions. She also works in sociological theory, comparative/historical sociology, political sociology, sociology of knowledge and human rights. In 2016, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also an elected member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and serves as a “global jurist” on the executive committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law. She served as the elected president of the Law and Society Association from 2017-2019. Her book, Legal Secrets, won Special Recognition in the Distinguished Scholarly Publication competition of the American Sociological Association as well as the Corwin Prize of the American Political Science Association. More About Rory Truex https://www.rorytruex.com https://rorytruex.substack.com/ Rory Truex is Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, where his research and teaching focuses on Chinese politics and authoritarian systems. In 2021 he received the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, the highest teaching honor at Princeton. His commentary on China and U.S.-China relations has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and South China Morning Post, among other outlets. He is the founder and host of The Civic Forum. Thank Yous Website Design: Victor Rolf, https://www.rolfmade.com/ Graphic Design: Grace Xu Production/Editing: Brooke Bothner