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What We Get Wrong About ‘A City on Hill’
And why we need to rediscover its real meaning.
by
Daniel T. Rodgers
via
Made By History
on
November 13, 2018
The Uses and Abuses of 'Neoliberalism'
Does the term clarify or confuse our understanding of capitalism today?
by
Daniel T. Rodgers
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Dissent
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December 13, 2017
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Puritanism as a State of Mind
Whatever the “City on a Hill” is, the phrase was not discovered by Kennedy or Reagan.
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Glen A. Moots
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Law & Liberty
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April 30, 2021
How Should We Remember the Puritans?
In his new book, Daniel Rodgers not only offers a close reading of Puritan history but also seeks to rescue their early critique of market economy.
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Andrew Delbanco
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The Nation
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November 18, 2019
Winthrop’s “City” Was Exceptional, not Exceptionalist
A review of Daniel T. Rodgers’ "As a City on a Hill: The Story of America’s Most Famous Lay Sermon."
by
Jim Sleeper
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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February 19, 2019
Socialism and the Liberal Imagination
How do socialist demands become liberal common sense? The history of the New Deal offers a useful lesson.
by
Mason B. Williams
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Dissent
on
August 8, 2018
The Liberals Who Weakened Trust in Government
How public interest groups inadvertently aided the right’s ascendency.
by
Kim Phillips-Fein
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The New Republic
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August 2, 2021
Pinhookers and Pets: Inventing the Non-Smoker
Who needs a public health system when sickness is a personal failure?
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Jackson Lears
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London Review of Books
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February 18, 2021
How Violent American Vigilantes at the Border Led to Trump’s Wall
From the 80s onwards, the borderlands were rife with paramilitary cruelty and racism. But the president’s rhetoric has thrown fuel on the fire.
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Greg Grandin
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The Guardian
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February 28, 2019
Loaded Phrases
The long, entwined history of America First and the American dream.
by
Kevin M. Kruse
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The Nation
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November 21, 2018