The critique of neo-conservatism and of Reaganism, especially the right-libertarian critique from within conservatism, amounts to a critique of their shared Hegelianism.
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Notes on America in the Philosophy of World History: Ronald Reagan’s ‘A Time for Choosing’
Posted in Featured, History, Neo-Imperialism, Political Philosophy Tagged with: Hegel, Neo-Conservatism, Reagan
Feet First on Reagan, Neo-Conservatism, and Hegel
I was working on some spare-time notes for a period during which I do not in theory possess any spare time, and by now the notes are an unfinished opus. It struck me today that the footnotes to that not…
Iran-Contra 25 Years Later
If the crimes of what became known as the Iran-Contra scandal had been investigated the way they should have been — which is to say, had they been investigated all the way up to criminal indictments at the top of the executive branch, and impeachment inquiries into the conduct of relevant officials, including the president — the political world would have been changed utterly, as Mr. Yeats once put it.
Obama’s done pretty alright, but liberals are incapable of being realistic about him
Liberals are dissatisfied with Obama because liberals, on the whole, are incapable of feeling satisfied with a Democratic president.
The Ages of Reagans
Sooner or later, we may always end up seeing our own moment as the hinge point of some grand historical narrative. Resisting that temptation, or taking cognizance of its dangers, should not prevent us from being aware that the plates do shift, typically at the moment you think they have finally gone completely still.
Posted in Culture & Entertainment, Philosophy, US History Tagged with: Conservatism, Corey Robin, Reactionary, Reagan, Reaganism
We get it, we do (per request, kinda)
Obamaism as a negation of Reaganism is also its excrescence, as inevitably during the inherently uncertain and drawn-out transition between financialized neo-liberalism and its unnameable successor. The Republican candidates express the exhaustion and irrelevance of Reaganism in and to that context, except as the active expression of that exhaustion and irrelevance, in the familiar zombie format.
Faith-Based Politics In Place Of A Winning Program
Responding to a Salon article by Democratic Strategist Ed Kilgore on the Republicans’ “2012 problem,” RS McCain offers up a mixture of snark and political prognostication. The snark is arguably well-deserved, and McCain delivers it with relish. He doesn’t, however,…
Posted in US History Tagged with: 2012 Elections, constitutional conservatism, Obama, Reagan, Ross Douthat