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Sophia Rosenfeld

Sophia Rosenfeld
Sophia Rosenfeld is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Democracy and Truth: A Short History and Common Sense: A Political History, among other books. Her writing has also appeared in leading publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Nation. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.


How Modern Life Has Been Shaped By the Power to Choose

From Sophia Rosenfeld’s Cundill Prize-Shortlisted “The Age of Choice”
September 26, 2025  By Sophia Rosenfeld
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