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The Name Game
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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Feb 14, 2024
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Podcast episode
Description
Is there really such a thing as left and right? Scholars Hyrum and Verlan Lewis don’t think so. In their book, The Myth of Left and Right, the brothers argue that this generalization is undermining sophisticated political discourse. And on today’s episode of The Remnant, they join Jonah to explain why, when two tribes go to war, a point really is all you can score. Do terms like conservative and liberal really have any use? Why are we having an election between two wretched candidates? How do industrialized democracies around the world think about the political spectrum? And will Jonah ever get sick of talking about Liberal Fascism?
Show Notes:
- Hyrum’s blog
- Verlan on the myth of ideological polarization
- Hyrum and Verlan’s book, The Myth of Left and Right
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Show Notes:
- Hyrum’s blog
- Verlan on the myth of ideological polarization
- Hyrum and Verlan’s book, The Myth of Left and Right
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Released:
Feb 14, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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