The Dig: Liberal Hegemon w/ Aziz Rana
From the xenophobic First Red Scare through the convulsions of mid-20th century.
April 20, 2025
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April 20, 2025
The Dig: Liberal Hegemon w/ Aziz Rana
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<p>Featuring Aziz Rana on the making of the American project and its legitimation through popular worship of the US Constitution. This episode, the second in a three-part series, takes the story from World War I’s hyper-nationalist, xenophobic First Red Scare, through the convulsions of the middle decades of the 20th century: the Communist Party USA, the New Deal, World War II, the civil rights movement, the Warren Court, and ultimately the Cold War, when American liberalism, anti-communism, and empire triumphed.</p>
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