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Category Archives: Conservatives
The Republican Brain
Philosopher Rony Guldmann writes in his work in progress Conservative Claims of Cultural Oppression: On the Nature and Origins of Conservaphobia: * Much of the new conservative phrenology is summarized in science writer Chris Mooney’s The Republican Brain, which offers … Continue reading
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What Is Conservatism?
In his 2015 book, Key Concepts in Politics and International Relations, Andrew Heywood wrote: * The central themes of conservative ideology are tradition, human imperfection, organic society, authority and property. For a conservative, tradition reflects the accumulated wisdom of the … Continue reading
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Conservatism & Liberalism & Covid (6-25-23)
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‘Yes, We Should Call Them Imperialists’
Paul Gottfried wrote July 19, 2018: Neoconservatives like Max Boot are fooling themselves if they think imposing ‘values’ on the rest of the world isn’t a matter of empire. Recently while reading a book by an Israeli scholar named Yoram … Continue reading
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Paul Gottfried: ‘Right-wing Celebrities Play Fast and Loose With History’
Paul Gottfried writes Dec. 17, 2017: A new anthology of the writings of intellectual historian David Gordon contains a devastating review of Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism. Reading it reminded me how bad GOP propaganda dressed up as “history” can really … Continue reading
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Conservatism: A Rediscovery
Samuel Goldman writes: * Yoram Hazony’s Conservatism: A Rediscovery is a more personal book than its title suggests. As recounted in the fourth section, it tells the story of a sensitive young man who found in traditional religion, scholarly work, … Continue reading
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Epistemic Sabotage
People like Dennis Prager, in the words of Decoding The Gurus, "produce ersatz wisdom: a corrupt epistemics that creates the appearance of useful knowledge, but has none of the substance. …the guru is highly motivated to undertake epistemic sabotage; to … Continue reading
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Bloody Panico
Geoffrey Wheatcroft writes in the New York Review: * 2022 will be remembered as the year of two monarchs and three prime ministers, not to mention four chancellors of the exchequer, five education secretaries, and more than thirty resignations from … Continue reading
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What’s The Matter With Kansas? (2004)
This paternalistic book by Thomas Frank seems to be still the dominant way that liberals understand the working class voting Republican. BBC journalist Helen Lewis tells the Decoding the Gurus gang in a discussion that is exclusively on Patreon that … Continue reading
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Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s
Here are some highlights from this 2022 book by Nicole Hemmer: * Ronald Reagan, himself a radio and television host, set out to repeal the Fairness Doctrine from the start of his presidency, something his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finally … Continue reading
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