The Inner Philosophy of the Far Right
June 24, 2025
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Episode 31 · June 24, 2025
The Inner Philosophy of the Far Right
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<p>The reactionary right is in ascendance in the Trump administration. It's easy to dismiss them as a cabal of incoherent fools scrambling for Trump's ear. But there is a deeper philosophy animating their political project: one based on a longing for an imagined aristocratic past, a craving for hierarchy and certainty, and simultaneously a deeply ambivalent relation to modernity. Samantha is joined by political theorist Professor Matt McManus for a discussion of his recent essay, "The Far Right Canon."</p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-far-right-canon/#/portal/signup</p>
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