Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs Episode 10: Corey Robin, The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump
John Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Corey Robin, political theorist and author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump in which Robin argues that conservatism is a reaction against movements of the left—from the French Revolution to feminism.
Together, they discuss aspects of such arguments, including the roots of conservatism, and what drives the political right in today's political landscape.
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Footnotes:
- Conservatism
- Edmund Burke
- Letter to a Noble Lord
- French Revolution
- Sarah Palin
- Subaltern
- Social Construction of Gender
- Democratic Governance
- Joseph de Maistre
- Populism
- Modern American Conservatism
- Aristocracy
- Limousine Liberal
- Racial Ideology
- Abolitionism
- Traditionalist Conservatism
- New Left
- Cancel Culture
- ‘Why Me?’ The Role of Perceived Victimhood in American Politics
- Richard Nixon
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