On liberals' embrace of the past and history wars.
We talk to Matthew Karp about his essay, "History As End: 1619, 1776, and the politics of the past". It seems as if there's an ideological inversion going on, where liberals see history in terms of original sin and cycles of injustice, or at best, want to relitigate the past in order to fight battles of the present. Meanwhile conservatives have abandoned the past. What does this say about current attitudes to capital-h History and making the future?
Readings:
/225/ Wokeistan & Lebanonworld ft. Karl Sharro
Excerpt: /224/ Three Articles: Labour Revolts?
/222/ Nukes 4 Kids ft. Emmet Penney, pt. 1
Excerpt: /221/ Reading Club: Truth About Class
Excerpt: /220/ Aufhebonus Bonus
Excerpt: OK Bunger! The Problem of Generations, pt. 5
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 4
Excerpt: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 3
/218/ Stability Über Alles ft. Wolfgang Streeck
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 2
Excerpt: /217/ Reading Club: Intersectional Stalinism
/216/ Goodbye Mutti! Election Preview ft. Dominik Leusder
OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, pt. 1
Excerpt: /215/ Organize the Incels?! ft. Alex Gendler
/213/ The Leopard Lockdown ft. Adam Tooze
Excerpt: /212/ Three Articles: Middle-Class Anxieties
/211/ Unlocking the Lockdown Left ft. @galexybrane
Excerpt: /210/ Reading Club: Psychoanalysis & Spirit of Capitalism
Excerpt: /209/ Aufhebonus Bonus + Kabul Falls
/207/ Pangolin vs Lobster, pt 1 ft. Paolo Gerbaudo
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