/438/ You Are Being Enlisted into the Culture War ft. Andrew Hartman
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Show Notes
On the US culture wars, then and now.
Historian Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America, talks to Alex about how US Americans have been sorted into cultural camps over the past fifty years. We discuss:
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Who started it? And who perpetuates it?
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What is the "culture" in the culture war? And is it a war, or a series of skirmishes?
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Is there something particularly American about culture wars?
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The culture wars have followed the breakup of liberalism – so, what comes next?
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Do culture wars necessarily presuppose identity politics?
Links:
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A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, Andrew Hartman, UC Press
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The Culture Wars are Dead, Andrew Hartman, The Baffler