There’s nothing conservative about the neoconservative worldview, says Professor Claes Ryn, author of the withering study The New Jacobinism. We get into the weeds of the neoconservative phenomenon in this provocative discussion.
About the Guest
Claes Ryn is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. He is chairman of the National Humanities Institute and edits its scholarly publication, Humanitas.
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Books Discussed
The New Jacobinism: America as Revolutionary State, by Claes Ryn
A Desperate Man, by Claes Ryn
Episodes Mentioned
Ep. 341 Why Iraqi ‘Regime Change’ Was Doomed to Failure (Michael MacDonald)
Ep. 42 The Gettysburg Address (Richard Gamble)
Related Episode
Ep. 14 The Neocons: Who They Are (Daniel McCarthy)
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