(Un)common Sense
Historian Sophia Rosenfeld examines the origins of politicians’ appeals to “common sense.”
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Articles tagged American intellectual history
John F. Kennedy Tried to Mediate
In 1956, the future president sought to persuade intellectuals and politicians to work better together.
5.6.11
“A Nation Arguing with Its Conscience”
Deliberative democracy, philosophical pragmatism, and Barack Obama’s conception of American governance
10.19.10
Ayn Rand
Brief life of an iconoclastic individualist