The Paranoid Tradition: Walking In Their Footsteps*

Jan 16, 2011 03:23

Just finished reading a pair of good articles on what historian Dominic Sandbrook calls the paranoid tradition and his fellow historian Richard Hofstadter calls the paranoid style of American extremist politics. In Hofstadter's words, the style is “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy.”Regarding the prominence of female ( Read more... )

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tyncinfenna Post anonymous March 16 2011, 05:10:27 UTC
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lisasmall May 17 2012, 21:53:57 UTC
Thank you for taking the time to leave some kind words. :)

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