The Dig: Gun Culture is Neoliberalism with Patrick Blanchfield
Neoliberal culture expects little from government and everything from plucky individuals — including, apparently, the self-sacrificing courage to charge an AR-15 wielding gunman while your classmates cower behind bulletproof backpacks.
March 9, 2018
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March 9, 2018
The Dig: Gun Culture is Neoliberalism with Patrick Blanchfield
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The Dig: Gun Culture is Neoliberalism with Patrick Blanchfield
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Neoliberal culture expects little from government and everything from plucky individuals — including, apparently, the self-sacrificing courage to charge an AR-15 wielding gunman while your classmates cower behind bulletproof backpacks. Writer Patrick Blanchfield returns to the show to discuss his recent essays on guns for <i>New York</i> magazine (forthcoming) and <i>The Intercept</i> (<a href="http://theintercept.com/2018/02/28/parkland-florida-school-shootings-arming-teachers" rel="nofollow">theintercept.com/2018/02/28/parkland-florida-school-shootings-arming-teachers</a>). Thanks to our supporters at Verso Books. Check out <i>Greece and the Reinvention of Politics</i> by Alain Badiou <a href="http://versobooks.com/books/2560-greece-and-the-reinvention-of-politics" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com/books/2560-greece-and-the-reinvention-of-politics</a>. And support this podcast with $ at <a href="http://Patreon.com/TheDig!" rel="nofollow">Patreon.com/TheDig!</a>
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