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I realize the Democrats and Republicans both annoy us, but we do live under their rule, so we do need to know about them. And when Republicans say the Democrats are divided or in trouble, I think they’re engaged in wishful thinking.

About the Guest

Paul Gottfried is professor emeritus of humanities at Elizabethtown College and a Guggenheim recipient.

Article Discussed

“Why Democrats Are More Unified Than the GOP”

Selected Books by the Guest

Revisions and Dissents: Essays

Fascism: The Career of a Concept

Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt: Toward a Secular Theocracy

Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right

The Strange Death of Marxism: The European Left in the New Millennium

After Liberalism: Mass Democracy in the Managerial State

Leo Strauss and the Conservative Movement in America

Previous Appearances

Ep. 889 The Biases of Historians, Beneath a Magnifying Glass

Ep. 862 The Alt Right

Ep. 650 Fascism: The Career of a Concept

Ep. 574 Neocon Says Word Neoconservative Is Outdated Now; I Remain Unmoved

Ep. 496 Wilsonianism: The Legacy That Won’t Die

Ep. 386 What Fascism Is, and Why It Isn’t Just a Name for Everything People May Oppose

Ep. 87 World War I: Sleepwalk to Suicide

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