Political Philosophy 
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5/14/2023
Political Pundits, Apply the "Resentment" Label with Caution
by Robert A. Schneider
As the brief respite between two Trump-Biden races reaches its end, "resentment" is once again the go-to political explanation. But too often the term is used to describe voters as irrational and unhinged while obscuring some real causes of moral aggrievement in contemporary society.
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SOURCE: Jacobin
3/7/2023
Edmund Burke's Defense of Order Indulged Racism and Antisemitism
by Aidan Beatty
A critic argues that a founding document of modern conservatism was steeped in the author's belief that Jews were responsible for exporting French radicalism; while few right-wingers today seem to actually read Burke, some carry on this legacy.
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3/6/2022
The Would-Be Czar's Dark Prophet
by Ed Simon
Vladimir Putin takes seriously the anti-liberal and neo-czarist philosophies of Aleksandr Dugin. Anyone who opposes his expansionist agenda must as well.
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SOURCE: The Baffler
9/7/2021
History Won't Judge: Joan C. Scott and Passing the Buck
by Kirsten Weld
Poor Clio, the muse of history, has been tasked with the passing of retrospective judgments that we in the here-and-now are unwilling to make. Unfortunately, that's not how history works.
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SOURCE: Aeon
8/3/2021
In Praise of Possibility
by Michele Alacevich
Albert O. Hirschman's approach to development economics stressed the need to understand "hidden rationalities" of developing societies and use them to create change.
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