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Genealogies of Modernity Episode 7: A Genealogy of Gun Violence
Genealogies of Modernity Episode 7: A Genealogy of Gun Violence
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
The problem of gun violence is as old as guns themselves. According to historian Priya Satia, America’s present epidemic of gun violence has its roots in the industrial revolution. Satia tells the story of British gun-maker Samuel Galton, Jr., who was called to task by his Quaker community for manufacturing rifles. As a professed pacifist, Galton had to wrestle with the large-scale uses to which his weapons were put. So where do we look for answers about how to regulate guns? Some claim the answer has to lie in the past, in the nation’s founding documents. Others argue that novel technologies demand novel solutions. Solving the problem of gun violence may be a case where we need to make a strong modernity claim.
Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Christopher Nygren, Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
Featured Scholars:
Catherine Fletcher, Professor of History, Manchester Metropolitan University
Priya Satia, Professor of History, Stanford University
Special thanks: James DeMasi, Chloé Hogg, Jonathan Lyonhart, Pernille Røge, Jennifer Waldron, Catherine Yanko.
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Researcher, writer, and episode producer: Christopher Nygren, Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh
Featured Scholars:
Catherine Fletcher, Professor of History, Manchester Metropolitan University
Priya Satia, Professor of History, Stanford University
Special thanks: James DeMasi, Chloé Hogg, Jonathan Lyonhart, Pernille Røge, Jennifer Waldron, Catherine Yanko.
For transcript, teaching aids, and other resources, click here.
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Released:
Dec 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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