The World of Nations: Reflections on American History, Politics, and Culture w. C. Derick Varn (Pt. 1)

We are joined in the Red Library this week by the OG of Leftist podcasting, C. Derick Varn, to read through Christopher Lasch's The World of Nations: Reflections on American History, Politics, and Culture. In part 1, we talk the gaps in Leftist understanding of U.S. history, asylums, the history of feminist movements in the 19th century, the temperance movement, the New Left, the university as a reactionary institution, imperialism, and much more! Varn brings so many icy cold takes you should put on your winter coat for this one, comrades! It's gonna get chilly...  Further Readings/References C. Derick Varn Christopher Lasch The World of Nations Review Epicureanism The Frankfurt School Irme Lakatos Georg Lukács H. Richard Niebuhr Pierre Bourdieu Jacques Barzun Lorraine Hansberry Jacques Ellul Oswald Spengler   ------------------------------------------------ Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at Red Library@red_library_pod Click here to listen to the Lost Horizons Network podcast Click here to subscribe to Red Library on iTunes  Click here to support Red Library on Patreon Click here to find Red Library on Facebook Click here to find the host's political theory blog, Capillaries: Theory at the Front