EPISODE · Mar 15, 2020 · 1H 2M

Episode 65: "What Would Lasch Say?"

from The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. · host John Fea

The American historian and cultural critic Christopher Lasch (1932-1994) had a powerful influence on the world of ideas. What would the author of the best-selling Culture of Narcissism (1979) have to say about Donald Trump and his particular brand of populism? In this episode we talk about Lasch, Trump, populism, progress, and "evangelical elitism" with intellectual historian Eric Miller, author of the award-winning Hope in a Scattering Time: A Life of Christopher Lasch (2010). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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