Episode 10: Corey Robin, The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump

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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

Donald Trump

Reagan Era

Joe Manchin

New Deal



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